Recycling

Inside a rundown apartment in northwest China, a rotund young man with long, braided hair is rummaging through piles of plastic bottles, cardboard boxes, and other waste strewn across the floor. “It seems that trash isn’t that valuable,” the director comments. “No, but you can sell it. That’s good, isn’t…

The toxic grey smoke that roiled out from the fire-gutted remains of the recycling centre at Hume is that type that sticks to your clothing and hair with chewing gum-like tenacity. Those nasty petroleum-based polymers and plastics, together with the glues and resins that bind many of the cardboard products,…

The Sydney company contracted to operate the ACT government's Hume recycling centre is desperate to gain access to the site in the next 24 to 48 hours to assess the full extent of the damage and determine its next steps. How long this arrangement will continue and what happens next…

The ACT government does not intend to dump recycling it is storing in the wake of a major fire at its main sorting facility, but has not ruled that out. The items will be stored at Mugga Resource Management Center while other arrangements are made, City Services Minister Chris Steel…

LEAWOOD, KS / ACCESSWIRE / December 27, 2022 / TortoiseEcofin today announced that Archaea Energy Inc (NYSE: LFG) will be removed from the Tortoise Decarbonization Infrastructure IndexSM (DCRBN), Tortoise Recycling Decarbonization IndexSM (RCYCL), and the Tortoise Recycling Decarbonization UCITSSM Index (RECYCLE), as a result of the approved merger with BP…

Skip to main content New technologies in recycling, sourcing and fabric manufacturing are pushing the boundaries of what can be made in the fashion world, and these are some of the brands we’re looking to for next year As consumers continue to grow more aware about the lasting effects of…

File photo Waste Connections will pick up trees from customers with yard debris or organics collection for recycling VANCOUVER – When it’s time to undeck the halls, Clark County Public Health urges residents to recycle their Christmas trees, rather than sending them to the landfill. “Recycled Christmas trees are chipped…

EPD to launch 2022-23 Natural Christmas Trees Recycling Programme *****************************************************************      To encourage recycling and upcycling of yard waste in the community, the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) today (December 21) called on members of the public and commercial and industrial (C&I) organisations to recycle natural Christmas trees (NCTs) intended…

Sustainability has emerged as an increasingly important trend within the food and beverage industry in APAC over the last few years, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic hit. This has driven many firms in the sector to set lofty sustainability goals, but within the region a great deal of focus has…

The U.S. National Science Foundation is accelerating convergence research across materials discovery and development as well as production and manufacturing to address challenges aligned to the manufacturing, reuse and recycling of critical materials and products. With a total investment of $11.5 million, 16 Phase 1 multidisciplinary teams have been selected…