Recycling

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.…

Toyota has announced a new circular economy plant in Walbrzych, Poland, which is designed to process around 20,000 end-of-life vehicles per year, recovering components and secondary raw materials—including traction batteries—for reuse and recycling. The new facility will cover an area of ​​25,000 square meters, reports Electrive.com. “Items such as batteries…

The Circular Supply Chain Coalition (CSCC) is laying the foundation for a global network of regional recycling nerve centers that would “mine” critical minerals from e-waste. It is pitching the effort as industrial risk management that sidesteps extractive mining. Tariffs, geopolitical pressures and anxiety over access to valuable metals and…

OJUELEGBA, Nigeria — On the bustling streets of this central Lagos neighborhood, it’s easy to buy a drink. Hawkers weave between buses and motorcycles with wheelbarrows of bottled water and canned beverages. Finding a bin for the empty container is much harder. Many end up on the ground...Read More

In this episode Bishop & Taylor discuss the latest in the ongoing saga of the physical deterioration of the Palace of Westminster.  They also talk power tools, with the relaunch of a redesigned range of JCB-branded tools. And they talk soil recycling, with specific reference to house-builder Persimmon’s latest money-saving…

Taxing the paper on which newspapers and magazines are printed is not the same as taxing packaging. It means taxing content that is of fundamental value to our society, produced by local professionals specifically for Quebec readers. Photo by Ryan Taplin /Postmedia News files Article content An alliance of Quebec…

Three years ago, two young men began walking the streets of Mwanza, Tanzania’s second-largest city, sacks in hand, collecting discarded plastics. With no machines, no funding, and some hope, Patrick John Kipesha and Ignatius Anchar Mushi soldiered on, driven by a simple conviction of keeping their neighbourhood clean. What started…

Haley Zaremba Haley Zaremba is a writer and journalist based in Mexico City. She has extensive experience writing and editing environmental features, travel pieces, local news in the… More Info Set us as your preferred Google source Premium Content By Haley Zaremba - Feb 14, 2026, 2:00 PM CST The United…

Research ahead of new legislation coming into force in April paints a gloomy picture of our recycling habits - three key reasons we've lost faith A recycling plant... but polling reveals many people are tiring of sorting their waste (Image: Getty) Britons appear to have fallen out of love with…

In 2022, roughly 5.1 billion kg of electronic waste (e-waste) were traded—often illegally—across borders, nearly 90% of which ended up in developing countries (1, 2). Most flows move from the Global North to Africa, Asia, and South America (3, 4). High costs of safe recycling in exporting countries...Read More