Plastic producers must clean up their own mess
Every year, Bangladesh produces around 800,000 tonnes of plastic waste, of which only about 40 percent is recycled.…
UK turns 72,000 lab bottles into recyclable plastic with new tech
Scotland’s public water utility has recently become the first in the world to adopt a new technology that…
Mexico’s Small Retailers Push Sustainability, Recycling Practices
Given their reach within local communities, small retailers are increasingly being positioned as a channel to promote recycling, responsible…
Recycling fee put forward as solution to Australia’s growing solar panel waste
One of Australia’s leading science organisations says an additional installation fee of about $10 for each panel could…
New rules for a more circular European automotive sector
The End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV) Regulation enters into force tomorrow, revising the rules that govern the design, production, collection,…
The Tech That Could Turn Plastic Waste Into a Trillion Dollar Opportunity
Plastic is cheap, but it’s an ecological, environmental, and human health disaster that actually costs Americans over $1…
Green Machines: Four Smart Composters That Turn Trash Into Treasure
Composters are a great way to shrink your ecological footprint and a cost-effective solution for feeding your garden…
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…
Potomac River sewage spill after January pipe collapse raises worries past DC
WASHINGTON (AP) — The January collapse of a pipe as wide as a car dumped so much sewage…
Sewage leak into Potomac river will take weeks longer to fix
WASHINGTON (AP) — Repairs on a pipe rupture that has sent sewage flowing into the Potomac River northwest…
Sydney’s landfills are set to reach capacity by 2030 sparking controversial plans to take trash to the regions
Battlelines are being drawn in New South Wales amid plans to dispose of Sydney’s rubbish in country communities.…
Plastic Waste: Europe’s plastic recycling paradox: High performance, low demand
According to a recently published report by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) on the state of the…