Recycling

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,…

Global plastic pollution has finally made it to the forefront of the international agenda, with a United Nations-backed plastic treaty  under negotiation for the past two years but with an unsuccessful conclusion in Busan, South Korea, last week. The collapse of the expected final round of negotiations is a cause…

Environment Minister Mathew Samuda and Dr Damien King, Chairman of Recycling Partners of Jamaica Jamaicans could soon be mandated by law to recycle their plastic waste to reduce plastic pollution. Mathew Samuda, Minister responsibility for water, the environment & climate change, said on Thursday that the government may have to…

Coca-Cola is reducing its plastic recycling targets from previous commitments, which advocacy groups say is an abandonment of its reuse goals. The beverage giant’s announcement comes just as talks for a global plastic treaty stalled this month. In a statement published Dec. 2 on its website, Coca-Cola said it has…

Learn about gypsum and concrete recycling and more at C&D World 2025 Registration is now open for the CDRA’s annual conference By Heavy Equipment Guide Staff December 06, 2024 Dallas is gearing up to host C&D World 2025 this spring, and registration is now open. The annual conference and exhibition…