Recycling

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This article is sponsored by Eastman. When one automobile reaches the end of its useful life, that means more than 4,000 pounds of materials, on average, are out of a job. Estimates vary, but about 80 percent of those materials are metals, tires and glass that can be recycled through…

The Lagos Waste Management Authority, (LAWMA), and the state’s Ministry of the Environment, have paid a field visit to Polysmart, a wholly indigenous multimillion-dollar plastic recycling facility, located in Aiyetoro, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, to explore areas of partnership, towards solving plastic pollution challenge in the state and across the country. The…

CDE plans to commission multiple new waste recycling plants across the Americas following a successful CONEXPO-CON/AGG.  At the 2023 trade show, which saw over 139,000 industry professionals in attendance, CDE showcased its solutions that underpin its recycling process, including the latest generations of its AggMax scrubbing and attrition system, Counter…

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / April 17, 2023 / Cummins Inc. Cummins On June 18, 2022, locals gathered at Cummins Inc.'s Jamestown Engine Plant (JEP) for its annual Community Recycling Day. Some started arriving as early as 5:30 a.m., eager to safely dispose of the unwanted items they'd been storing.…

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / April 17, 2023 / DOW Recycling plastics can save landfill space and conserve energy and water that would have been used to make new materials, among other benefits. But mechanical recycling also comes with its challenges. To ensure high-quality post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic resins, recycled…

Hungarian photojournalist Nicky Almasy was house photographer at That’s Shanghai from 2009-2013, spending five years capturing the diversity of this ever-shifting city, from life in the old lanes to ultra-modern skyscrapers under construction. He then took his hunt for a colorful story continent-wide, traversing Asia for Travel 360, AirAsia’s inflight…

Extended producer responsibility (EPR) legislation is popping up in more U.S. states. There’s a lot of energy around these policies, which require producers to contribute to the costs associated with recycling the packaging they put into the market.  TerraCycle operates in 20 countries, many of which have federal EPR programs…

As the fire at an Indiana plastics-recycling storage facility burned over several days and officials scrambled to calm evacuated residents and measure air quality, larger safety questions emerged across a nation that relies on recycling to help offset the impact of teeming landfills and littered waterways. Authorities in the eastern…

The Indiana recycling plant fire that prompted the evacuation of 2,000 people was successfully extinguished on Thursday after burning and spewing toxic smoke for days. Richmond Mayor Dave Snow took to Twitter on Thursday to thank first responders for their hard work and said attention would now turn to the…