Recycling

A recycling centre where a huge blaze took place last year has been permitted to rebuild part of the building damaged in the fire. The blaze at Monoworld in Rushden, Northamptonshire, led to a major incident being declared on 23 May 2025, with 15 crews tackling the fire at its…

LAHORE: Widespread labour rights violations have been found in the textile recycling industry, which is being promoted by major fast fashion brands as a pillar of sustainability. A recent study conducted by the Labour Education Foundation (LEF), in collaboration with Arisa, a Holland-based rights body, has revealed a stark contradiction…

Wreckdock is witnessing a fundamental shift in how the maritime industry approaches vessel decommissioning, as prominent shipowners join the platform as long-term partners rather than seeking one-off recycling contracts. This partnership model centers on shared governance, transparency, and strategic alignment at board level, marking a departure from purely transactional approaches.…

A German-Turkish research team has developed a solvent-free method using ultrasonic cavitation to delaminate end-of-life crystalline-silicon PV modules, fully separating the glass and front EVA layer while partially releasing c-Si fragments. The proposed approach achieved an 82.2% mass-based delamination efficiency, highlighting ultrasonic cavitation as a sustainable alternative for PV module…

Composter Recycler workshop participants. Photo courtesy Clark County Public Works In these sessions, participants learn how to shrink their environmental impact through hands-on composting, green cleaning, smarter recycling and preventing food waste VANCOUVER – Clark County’s Composter Recycler program is hosting a series of free in-person workshops that teach practical…

Mountains of plastic waste: PET bottles, nylon fibers and polyurethane foam, typify our throwaway culture. They choke rivers, smother oceans and do not decompose. But what if these plastics could be converted, not as pollutants, but into clean energy and high-value chemicals? A team of researchers has revealed a new…

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Work involved installation of a 680 kWp rooftop solar PV system comprising 1,400 high-efficiency 490W modules, paired with 10 x 60kW SolaX string inverters and full TIGO optimisation across the arrays. Due to the site’s consistently high energy demand, 100% of the energy generated is consumed on site, with the…

People work at Huge Recycle, a company handling household waste recovery and recycling, in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 14, 2026. (Xinhua/Jiang Han) HANGZHOU, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Scanning a code, opening a hatch, and tossing in bottles, Yuan Meirong completes the recycling process in less than 10 seconds.…