Recycling

After years of changing careers and starting businesses, entrepreneur Phethuxolo Austin Ngoyi has finally found his passion in recycling construction waste. Ngoyi, 44, owns Vanquisher Building Solutions and uses recycled materials to construct playgrounds, among other things. “We use the rubble for a number of alternative projects, such as building…

The recent deferral of the EPR rollout presents a window for refining this policy, compelling the industry to shoulder the full expenses of packaging collection and recycling. SEYLLOU/AFP In a proposal to revolutionise recycling efforts, the British government's ambitious plans for a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for bottle containers face…

You’ve just finished a cup of coffee at your favorite cafe. Now you’re facing a trash bin, a recycling bin and a compost bin. What’s the most planet-friendly thing to do with your cup? Many of us would opt for the recycling bin — but that’s often the wrong choice.…

Can crushers have a bad reputation. Many will associate the tool with drunk frat dudes crushing hundreds of cans a night to mitigate the apocalyptic trail of can waste they leave behind them when they party, or maybe you think of can crushers as something used mainly by summer camps…

Recycling trash by picking it up and selling it, or buying it and converting it into profitable materials, has become a booming business in Zimbabwe, as the country and its citizens struggle under hyperinflation.Community-based recycling organizations, which handpick litter, quadrupled in the last few years, now picking up 15% of…

The company working with the City of Regina on food waste recycling offers its side of the dispute over the location of a compost facility. Published Aug 19, 2023  •  Last updated 1 day ago  •  2 minute read The town sign for Pilot Butte on July 27. Photo by KAYLE…

China will introduce technical standards and policies for the wind and solar industries to recycle their decommissioned equipment by 2030. August 18, 2023 Pilar Sánchez Molina A module is loaded into a climate chamber at PI Berlin, LeTID can only be detected through testing at high temperatures. And now scientists…

Two Cherwell primary schools have been announced as winners of a district wide competition to design a vehicle panel to celebrate local recycling. In February, Cherwell District Council launched a competition for local primary school children to design a panel for two of its refuse vehicles. Pupils were asked to…

Volvo Trucks Australia and key waste management contractor, JJ’s Waste and Recycling have joined forces to trial the Volvo FE Electric in waste applications.  Affectionately dubbed “Oscar” by VGA staff, the 6×2 FE Electric featured on the Volvo Group Australia stand at the 2023 Brisbane Truck  Show. The truck has been…

RIYADH: The fintech sector is thriving in the Kingdom, which could be gauged through the fact that the share of digital payments reached 62 percent close enough to Saudi Arabia’s target of 70 percent by the end of 2025, said a top official of the central bank. Speaking at the…