Recycling

The following submission statement was provided by /u/nastratin: Plastic recycling rates are declining even as production shoots up, according to a Greenpeace USA report out Monday that blasted industry claims of creating an efficient, circular economy as "fiction." Titled "Circular Claims Fall Flat Again," the study found that of 51…

Gikomba Market in Nairobi is Kenya's hub for second hand clothes. It's always heaving with people on the lookout for a bargain, Western brand names which are recycled and sold at a fraction of their original cost and traders appear to have an infinite amount of sacks full of second…

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The plastics industry says there is a way to help solve the crisis of plastic waste plaguing the planet's oceans, beaches and lands— recycle it, chemically. Chemical recycling typically uses heat or chemical solvents to break down plastics into liquid and gas to produce an oil-like mixture…

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WICKLOW town managed to escape the majority of storm damage caused on Wednesday as heavy rainfall battered much of the country, but the nearby town of Ashford recorded the heaviest rainfall in all of Ireland. n Wednesday morning the heaviest rainfall in the country was recorded at Ashford at 36…

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify that Fundy Regional Service Commission, a waste management service, operated the bins outside grocery stores and not the City of Saint John. The City of Saint John’s new waste collection program goes into effect next Monday, and those who live in…

Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways International Conference on Green Ship Recycling & Vehicle Scrapping and Review Meeting of Development of National Maritime Heritage Complex (NMHC) Project, Lothal Gujarat is the flag bearer of India’s maritime success story, says Union Shipping Minister Shri Sarbananda SonowalGujarat to emerge as global centre…

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Leading Chinese battery firm CATL held an event on September 27 regarding trial production of the Brunp Recycling Project and the commencement of a new phase in the CATL-BRUNP Integrated New Energy Industrial Park, which has total investment of 32 billion yuan ($4.42 billion). Trial production of the Brunp Recycling…

EPD's response to media enquiries on beverage carton recycling **************************************************************      In response to media enquiries about the arrangements of beverage carton recycling, a spokesman for the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) today (September 27) said the following:      The Government's policy is to encourage the recycling and reuse of local resources and…