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Ngoyi finds his true calling in life in repurposing rubble

After years of changing careers and starting businesses, entrepreneur Phethuxolo Austin Ngoyi has finally found his passion in recycling construction waste. Ngoyi, 44, owns Vanquisher Building Solutions and uses recycled materials to construct playgrounds, among other things. “We use the rubble for a number of alternative projects, such as building…
bubmag
August 24, 2023
Recycling

UK government’s recycling scheme could cost more than £1.8 billion

The recent deferral of the EPR rollout presents a window for refining this policy, compelling the industry to shoulder the full expenses of packaging collection and recycling. SEYLLOU/AFP In a proposal to revolutionise recycling efforts, the British government's ambitious plans for a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for bottle containers face…
bubmag
August 23, 2023
Recycling

This $16 Can Crusher Is So Useful, I Party Every Day Now

Can crushers have a bad reputation. Many will associate the tool with drunk frat dudes crushing hundreds of cans a night to mitigate the apocalyptic trail of can waste they leave behind them when they party, or maybe you think of can crushers as something used mainly by summer camps…
bubmag
August 22, 2023
Recycling

Zimbabwe sees recycling boom as waste picking becomes lucrative business

Recycling trash by picking it up and selling it, or buying it and converting it into profitable materials, has become a booming business in Zimbabwe, as the country and its citizens struggle under hyperinflation.Community-based recycling organizations, which handpick litter, quadrupled in the last few years, now picking up 15% of…
bubmag
August 21, 2023
Recycling

China plans recycling system for wind turbines, solar panels

China will introduce technical standards and policies for the wind and solar industries to recycle their decommissioned equipment by 2030. August 18, 2023 Pilar Sánchez Molina A module is loaded into a climate chamber at PI Berlin, LeTID can only be detected through testing at high temperatures. And now scientists…
bubmag
August 18, 2023
Recycling

Bicester primary school wins council’s design competition

Two Cherwell primary schools have been announced as winners of a district wide competition to design a vehicle panel to celebrate local recycling. In February, Cherwell District Council launched a competition for local primary school children to design a panel for two of its refuse vehicles. Pupils were asked to…
bubmag
August 16, 2023