Recycling

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…

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