Recycling

Politics The federal government promised to "pilot a new automatic filing service" in 2024 to help get benefits to low- and fixed-income Canadians — but ended up recycling a program from the year before that saw little uptake. Government expanded a file-by-phone program to include a digital option — few people used…

More and more celebrities are recycling their iconic outfits that once dazzled the red carpet or an award show and passing them on to their children. Celebrity kids are making headlines for stepping into their parents’ famous ensembles in a trend that merges nostalgia with sustainability. These young stars not only pay homage to their parents but…

Waste statistics for 2023 published ***********************************      The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) today (December 19) published the report "Monitoring of Solid Waste in Hong Kong - Waste Statistics for 2023". It presents the 2023 statistics on disposal and recovery/recycling of solid waste generated in Hong Kong, including municipal solid waste (MSW)…

    EL PASO, TX, December 17, 2024 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present Scott Newell with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. An accomplished listee, Mr. Newell celebrates many years' experience in his professional network and has been noted for…

Ireland is "almost certain" to miss mandatory EU recycling targets that apply from 2025 onwards, according to a report by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA's Circular Economy and Waste Statistics Highlights Report 2022 found that Ireland’s recycling rate has not improved in a decade as the agency called…

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Brazil’s Tapajós River Basin emits 16 metric tons of CO2 per kilo of gold produced, and 2.5 metric tons of mercury annually, a study has found. Researchers suggest that recycling gold could dramatically reduce harmful emissions, along with other solutions such as formalizing mining,…

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Today, carbon-fiber materials are nearly ubiquitous in the industrialized world, found in everything from hockey sticks to passenger airliners. With hundreds of thousands of tons of carbon fiber produced around the world every year, scientists have sought useful, cost-effective methods for recycling the material. But carbon fiber -- strands of…

UK and Luxembourg-based startup Uplift360 has landed €1mn in pre-seed funding to scale up a greener method for recycling advanced materials like Kevlar. Uplift360’s patent-pending process breaks down Kevlar and other composites without compromising the integrity of the fibres and resins. These raw materials can then be reused to make…

It might not be a pleasant image, but recycling all the human and livestock feces and urine on the planet would contribute substantially to meeting the nutrient supply for all crops worldwide, thereby reducing the need to mine fertilizers such as phosphorus and dramatically reducing the dependency on fossil fuels,…