What the New Starbucks ‘Widely Recyclable’ Label Really Means
Frappuccino lovers, rejoice: Your plastic to-go cups are now “widely recyclable.” That’s according to an announcement made in…
‘Chaos’ as thousands of recycling collections missed on day one of new bin rules
Stockton Council has apologised after almost 6,000 households missed recycling collections on the first day of a new…
Dirty diapers born again in Japan recycling breakthrough
SHIBUSHI, KAGOSHIMA PREF. – Billions of dirty diapers end up buried or burned every year in Japan —…
Australians expected to generate more solar panel waste each year by 2030, inquiry hears
The annual level of solar panel waste generated in Australia is expected to grow by 30,000 tonnes by…
What happens to obsolete oil rigs in a green future?
Recycling steel and copper from fossil fuel infrastructure to build wind turbines, solar panels, and the like could…
Clear Drop Soft Plastic Compactor Review: Eco Experiment
Soft plastics are notorious for jamming sorting machines, slipping through processing lines, and wreaking havoc on the environment.…
recycled paper waste turns into a living spatial installation
Papercrete Structure Defines a Porous Installation by Raza Zahid Morphosis by Raza Zahid is an experimental installation…
One of Australia’s first steel mills in decades to be built in Ipswich, promising to support economy and Olympics
One of the country’s first steel mills in decades has broken ground in south-east Queensland, promising to supply…
1Y’s museum revives an industrial past with reclaimed materials
Echo of the Ruins: listening to an industrial past in Zhuzhou In Zhuzhou’s former Qingshuitang industrial zone,…
Plastic bottles recycled into Parkinson’s drug using bacteria
University of Edinburgh researchers have used bacteria to turn plastic waste into a Parkinson’s drug, advancing a new…
The Urgent Need for Policy and Industrial Recycling
Across Africa, waste tyres are an urban environmental burden that are quite hard to miss. These wastes sit…
Multiple Types of Plastic Are Turned into Vinegar Using Sunlight-Powered Process Without Emissions
Waterloo PhD student Wei Wei, who led the research – credit, University of Waterloo, released Researchers at the…