Recycling

Although many Americans dutifully deposit their plastic trash into the appropriate bins each week, many of those materials, including flexible films, multilayer materials and a lot of colored plastics, are not recyclable using conventional mechanical recycling methods. In the end, only about 9 percent of plastic in the United States…

Smoke from the fire is expected to impact Oakland, San Leandro, Fremont and Alameda, with the potential to reach areas as far south as San Jose, according to the air district. ...Read More

The blaze reportedly began about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday...Read More

NASA has achieved a technological milestone that could one day play an important role in missions to the Moon and beyond. This week, the space agency revealed (via Space.com) that the International Space Station’s Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS) is recycling 98 percent of all water astronauts bring…

Mongabay is publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish, English and Portuguese.Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for…

The Environment and Ecology Bureau on Wednesday said it is looking into building an EcoPark in the northern part of the New Territories, to provide more land for the recycling industry at an affordable rental cost. In a paper submitted to Legco, authorities said around 90 percent of the recycling…

We look at Attero's big bet on recycling lithium-ion batteries and check out how Carsome tuned up its liquidity to US$200 million...Read More

Technology By combining a solar fuel cell that converts carbon dioxide into fuel with a plastic recycling system, researchers can create sustainable fuels and useful chemicals By Chen Ly The device captures carbon from air and recycles waste plastic Ariffin Mohamad Annuar A solar-powered device could help remove carbon dioxide…

Last year a 66% recycling rate for post-consumer packaging was achieved by Petco members 18 June 2023 - 20:10 Major South African brands and retailers are meeting targets when it comes to collecting and recycling the plastic packaging in which their products are sold and keeping it out of the…

Heather Cooley, director of research for the Pacific Institute in Oakland, an independent organization that studies water sustainability, and an author of a report on distributed systems and water resilience, believes premise systems are essential for California’s water future. “These onsite and distributed systems are an exciting addition to the…