Recycling

Pakistan is set to expand its ship recycling industry to reach a value of USD 2 billion over the next ten years, with a focus on developing the Gaddani Ship Recycling Yard. The government has announced a modernization programme worth Rs 12 billion to improve infrastructure and working conditions at…

Article content While black-box paper and cardboard recycling in Ottawa will be collected by a contractor starting Jan. 1, 2026, green-bin compost material will still be collected by the City of Ottawa. Photo by ERROL MCGIHON /POSTMEDIA Article content What’s recyclable now? Article content While materials collected for recycling have…

UK construction firm Warwick Ward enters administration, jobs lost A United Kingdom construction firm, Warwick Ward (Machinery) Ltd, has made all of its employees redundant and has entered administration. The leading nationwide supplier of earthmoving machinery and recycling equipment has been operating since 1970 and the current “wider economic challenges”…

As the supply of hotel assets grows more slowly than demand across Europe, 9 million square metres of office space remained vacant in France in 2024, including 2 million square metres classified as structurally vacant, according to BNP Paribas Real Estate’s barometer. This situation is prompting office building owners to…

From 2026, Nigerians who buy vehicles or process vehicle registrations will be required to pay a mandatory Vehicle Recycling Fee as the Federal Government rolls out a new End-of-Life Vehicle (ELV) programme to change how cars are imported, used, repaired, and disposed of in the country. Nigeria wants to stop being a…

Will Fitzgibbon New York Times · 22 Dec, 2025 02:00 AM 9 mins to read A worker unloading dead batteries from a vehicle at a breaking yard in Lagos, Nigeria, in April. Photo / Finbarr O’Reilly, The New York Times A worker unloading dead batteries from a vehicle at a…

The Federal Government has announced plans to tap into Nigeria’s largely informal vehicle recycling market, projecting annual revenues of over N150bn from 2026, as part of sweeping reforms to modernise the country’s automotive industry. The National Automotive Design and Development Council disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday, with…

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File Copy: Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun The Ogun State Government has suspended three environmental consultancy firms for negligence and culpability in the alleged acid battery pollution linked to the closed Used Lead Acid Battery recycling companies in the Ogijo area of the state. The Commissioner for Environment, Ola Oresanya,…

Article content Leloup said Ontario already lagged behind other provinces when it came to empty bottle returns, pointing to Quebec’s deposit-refund system, which accepts non-alcoholic beverage containers. Some stores even offer reverse vending machines that accept bottles and return cash. Article content The City of Ottawa’s online recycling guide says…