Recycling

The country's biggest bulk wine supplier has begun turning gigantic flexibags into plastic fenceposts but the fencepost manufacturer protests that a lack of government funding is barring the way from doing so much more. A plastic bladder weighing 110kg at a North Island landfill. (file pic) Photo: Supplied Multinational giant…

Using the data from HaloSat, one of a class of minisatellites designed and built at Iowa, astronomers at the University of Iowa have determined that a clumpy halo of hot gases surrounds the milky way galaxy. This heated halo, also known as the circumgalactic medium (CGM), is continually supplied with…

Nine-in-ten people would like to see all drinks containers included in Ireland’s new deposit and return scheme. The new scheme will see people paying a deposit on all plastic bottles and aluminium cans and getting their money back for recycling them. According to a new poll however, 88% of Irish…

TORONTO — Ontario plans to expand the list of items accepted in blue boxes as it moves to standardize recycling programs across the province. TORONTO — Ontario plans to expand the list of items accepted in blue boxes as it moves to standardize recycling programs across the province. Environment Minister…

Tobago Elizabeth Gonzales Monday 19 October 2020Kwesi Des Vignes The Division of Infrastructure, Quarries and the Environment hosted a dry run on Monday ahead of the launch of Tobago's first material recovery depot. Secretary of the division Kwesi Des Vignes told Newsday the pilot project will be officially launched within…

Police say the human remains found off Kits Point are the result of the city's 15th homicide of the the year.The Canadian Coast Guard recovered a blue recycling bin containing human remains on Sunday. Police are investigating the death as a homicide. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)Vancouver police are investigating after human…

Just under a year after Evo Morales’s government was ousted by U.S.-backed far-right forces, his Movement Toward Socialism, or MAS, party looks almost certain to take back power after Sunday’s election. Morales, the country’s first Indigenous president, remains in exile in Argentina. His election in 2019 remains hotly debated: While…

The new iPhone 12. Photo: Apple Adam Minter says Apple's recycling efforts are not all as they seem.A Canadian recycler hired to destroy on iPhones found hundreds of thousands in perfectly good shape and these are devices are now circulating in China, without any problems.Could Apple's drive to sell new…

Melissa Puts Another Foot Forward In The Sustainability Game Cult footwear brand Melissa became a global phenomenon in the ‘90s with the launch of their coveted ‘Possession’ jelly shoe, an iconic piece that became a defining style of the decade. Leading innovators in the shoe-game, Melissa have long been champions…

The Legislative Council on Friday revived previously-halted discussions on a proposed waste disposal levy – almost four months after councillors decided to halt work on the bill as time ran short on their term. The legislation would force households and businesses to pay for the rubbish they throw out –…