Recycling

Recycling started in the late 70s Photo by Christian Wiediger on Unsplash From the late 1970s, we started going to the bottle bank to deposit (smash) our red, green and clear bottles in the appropriate recycling bin. And in 2003, the Household Waste Recycling Act was passed. This meant that…

by: Vicente Arenas Posted: Mar 20, 2020 / 06:07 PM MDT / Updated: Mar 20, 2020 / 06:16 PM MDT THORNTON, Colo. (KDVR) -- Emergency responders and medical staff around Colorado know they may need to begin recycling personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 crisis. Some agencies are putting out…

As cities across the U.S. tighten quarantine and other restrictions to slow the spread of the coronavirus, one word keeps popping up concerning the services, jobs and activities permitted to continue: “essential.”“I will sign an Executive Order mandating that 100% of workforce must stay home, excluding essential services,” New York…

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Now that so many Americans are working from home in response to COVID-19, our living space has become our workspace. That wouldn’t be so tricky if we weren’t also sharing the apartment with toddlers, pets, and spouses. It’s a good time to work out a temporary plan that’s better than…

Dezeen promotion: British textile company Camira has created fabrics that contain recycled plastic collected from oceans and beaches.Camira's Oceanic range has a twill weave comprising a light warp and a deeply saturated weft.Up to 50 per cent of the fibres are created from recycled plastic bottles that were sourced from the…

According to the National University of Singapore (NUS), only 40 percent of discarded tires are recycled – the rest are either burned to generate power, or thrown in landfills. Now, however, the university has developed a method of converting old tire rubber into a high-value aerogel.First of all, just what…

Researchers have used waste rubber tires to create super-light aerogels that are highly absorbent, extremely durable, and efficient at trapping heat and sound. Upcycling waste rubber into products of a higher commercial value offers an eco-friendly way to recycle rubber. About 1 billion rubber tires—which are highly durable and non-biodegradable—are…

All schools are to close by Friday with the Easter break being brought forward, according to the Welsh Government.All school exams are to be cancelled this summer with GCSEs and A-levels graded on work already completed.The health minister has also warned individual funerals may not be possible if virus deaths…

The ties between company culture and financial performance are clearer than ever. But according to one company culture expert, only recently have leaders realized their cultures need work. Companies with strong cultures see four times the revenue growth of their peers. Yet a separate study found just 15 percent of business…