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Recycling

Revealed: How four billion disposable wrappers and containers could be kept out of shopping baskets and recycling bins Recycling

Revealed: How four billion disposable wrappers and containers could be kept out of shopping baskets and recycling bins

French legislation may offer a model for Ireland to follow One Irish person, on average, generates five pieces of plastic waste a day Caroline O'Doherty Thu 31 Jul 2025 at 06:30 Shoppers could avoid binning four billion containers and wrappers every year in Ireland if supermarkets changed the way they…
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July 31, 2025
Proper hazardous material disposal highlighted after Kelowna recycling truck catches fire Recycling

Proper hazardous material disposal highlighted after Kelowna recycling truck catches fire

A fire that erupted inside a recycling truck in Kelowna, B.C., this week is prompting an important reminder about hazardous material being tossed into recycling bins. “Very scary situation,” said Cynthia Coates, supervisor of solid waste services with the Regional District of Central Okanagan (RDCO). “It seems to be a…
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July 26, 2025
2027: Nigerians Need New Faces, Not Same Old Folks – Laolu Akande Recycling

2027: Nigerians Need New Faces, Not Same Old Folks – Laolu Akande

As political realignments intensify ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 general elections, former presidential aide Laolu Akande has called for a departure from the recycling of familiar political figures and urged Nigerians to demand genuine alternatives grounded in policy and reform. Appearing on Thursday’s edition of Sunrise Daily on Channels Television, Akande…
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July 25, 2025
Plastics Pipe Institute Issues Statement of Support for CIRCLE Act Recycling

Plastics Pipe Institute Issues Statement of Support for CIRCLE Act

IRVING, TX — The Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI) has issued a statement in support of the bipartisan Cultivating Investment in Recycling and Circular Local Economies (CIRCLE) Act, introduced by Representatives Tom Suozzi (D-NY) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA). By creating a 30 percent investment tax credit for recycling infrastructure, the…
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July 24, 2025
SERGIO DE LA PENA: America must lead the world in nuclear waste recycling for cleaner energy, better future Recycling

SERGIO DE LA PENA: America must lead the world in nuclear waste recycling for cleaner energy, better future

We cannot afford to be dependent on foreign suppliers for energy that can and should be sourced from our own untapped, highly reusable spent fuel we mislabel as "waste." Across 33 states, spent nuclear fuel sits idle at 119 reactor sites—a silent testament to a challenge the United States has…
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July 23, 2025
Block copolymer molecular design to address practical limitations to recycling polyolefin blends Recycling

Block copolymer molecular design to address practical limitations to recycling polyolefin blends

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 29, July 2025. SignificancePlastics present daunting challenges to society, where innumerable benefits clash with the exponential growth of environmental challenges. Polyethylene (PE) and isotactic polypropylene (iPP), which constitute more than half of the world’s ...Read More
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July 18, 2025