Category: Waste & Waste Management
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Newsom Killed California’s Plastic Recycling Crackdown
Governor Newsom vetoed California’s major recycling bill, handing the powerful petrochemical industry a massive corporate victory over advanced plastic regulations.
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The Challenges of Plastic Waste Management
The article examines the real trade-offs of plastic waste management, from recycling and reuse to exports, bioplastics and incineration, questioning whether full circularity is technically, environmentally and economically realistic.
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French Documentary: Inside France’s Waste Mafia
A French documentary investigates the country’s waste mafia, exposing illegal trafficking networks through the testimony of former waste trafficker.
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Belgian Waste Processor Burns Down in Major Industrial Fire
A major fire burned through a Belgian waste-processing site in Roeselare, raising questions about safety, waste handling and investigation.
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Italy Defies Brussels on Compostable Plastics
Italy’s compostable-plastics exemption raises questions over actual composting capacity, market interests, and the potential long-term consequences for Italian food production.
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TF1 Exposes Italy’s Toxic Waste Problem
TF1 investigates decades of illegal toxic waste dumping in Italy, exposing the devastating environmental and health consequences for local communities.
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PepsiCo and the Great Plastic Puzzle
PepsiCo explores Aduro’s advanced recycling technology as a potential route to turn difficult plastic waste into valuable reusable feedstocks.
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Don’t Produce Less Plastic — Recycle More, Study Says
Study argues better waste collection and recycling could cut plastic pollution more cheaply than limiting production and raising consumer prices.
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EU Says Don’t Export Waste — Then Sends It to Turkey
Europe cannot recycle all its plastic waste, so it ships the problem to Turkey. Brussels calls this environmental policy.
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EU Greenwashing Rules Collide With “Circular” Plastics
EU greenwashing rules collide with mass-balance accounting, raising questions over whether fossil-based plastics can legitimately be marketed as circular.
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Europe, Where Do Tetra Paks Actually Go?
Europe tells consumers exactly how to sort Tetra Paks. What happens after collection remains a much less transparent story.
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Italy’s Waste Scandal: Mafia, Business and Politics
Italy’s waste crisis exposed a toxic mix of mafia trafficking, failed politics, corporate contracts and poisoned land—leaving Campania to pay the price for decades.
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Italy Mandates Compostable Packaging Amid Conflict-of-Interest Concerns
Italy’s compostable-plastics policy raises conflict-of-interest concerns as state ownership and waste strategy increasingly overlap.
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EU Ends Plastic Waste Export Carousel
The EU will ban plastic waste exports to non-OECD countries from November 2026, tightening controls and pushing more recycling within Europe.
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Philippines Cracks Down on 155 Companies Over Plastic EPR Compliance
The Philippines is stepping up enforcement of its plastic packaging rules, ordering 155 companies to explain their alleged failure to meet recycling and recovery obligations under the country’s Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation.
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The Waste Shipment Regulation fairy tale
After decades of treating developing nations as Europe’s personal plastic landfills, a new EU law finally kicked in this May to ensure our trash is handled “sustainably.” It turns out shipping millions of tons of plastic scrap across the ocean only for it to be dumped in someone else’s backyard wasn’t the eco-friendly triumph Brussels…
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PPWR: And They All Recycled Happily Ever After
A European fairy tale in which every plastic package finds the correct bin, every recycling plant works perfectly, compostable plastic magically becomes compost, and nobody asks inconvenient questions.
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Chemical Recycling Bubble Begins to Burst
Chemical Recycling Faces a Reality Check as Projects Stall Across Europe and the US
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Italy says it Recycled more than 75% of Packaging
Italy Recycles Record 77.3% of Packaging, Strengthening Its Circular Economy Credentials
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Is DG COMP Trying to Block Compostable Plastics in Europe?
The European Commission has once again found itself at the centre of the debate over compostable plastics.
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Is Italy’s Waste Management System Collapsing?
Italy managed to convince EU officials that its waste management system was a best-in-class example. Watch the video
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Pakistan is one of the biggest polluter on the planet
Here’s an interesting video on waste management in Pakistan.
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UK’s inconvenient plastic waste management
Household rubbish weighing 30,000 tonnes (mostly plastics) has been dumped at a protected site and covered with soil. The same is happening overall in Europe.
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EU PPWR Guidance
Personal Remarks Lobbyists have done a great job. The European Commission is once again avoiding taking the bull by the horns and addressing the real, fundamental issues. Congratulations to the lobbyists. In the end, it’s just another legal document that doesn’t truly change anything. That said, I believe the PPWR will eventually lead to significant…
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EU PPWR is a complete failure
The European Circular Economy: Now Circulating Mostly Microplastics The European Commission has launched yet another consultation on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). Citizens, stakeholders, industry representatives and lobbyists are invited to provide feedback on how Europe should manage packaging waste. The same stakeholders who helped design the system that produced Europe’s packaging waste…
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Why plastic recycling companies are leaving Europe?
For decades, the plastics and chemical industries operated with virtually no oversight regarding waste management. The European Commission’s regulatory framework existed only on paper; officials remained insulated in Brussels, never verifying if actual recycling took place. This allowed industry players to be treated like royalty while they sold the public a “recycling” illusion…. yes, the…
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India has become the biggest polluter on the planet
India is drowning in its own garbage.
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Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission proposes Moratorium on plastic waste imports (Video)
Personal Remarks This is a good idea. The amount of corruption in the plastic and plastic waste industry is impressive. If you want to improve the waste management system, it is important to remove the politicians and public officials who have been surfing on the corruption wave. However, don’t expect too much: a parliamentary commission…
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Is Bill Gates’ Waste Management dishonest towards Canadians?
Bill Gates is major stakeholder in the company Waste Management in Canada.
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Bioplastic circularity: Experts split on most effective disposal method
https://www.packaginginsights.com/news/bioplastics-disposal-options-debate.html
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New York City collects 5.9M pounds of compostable material
https://www.wastetodaymagazine.com/news/new-york-city-collects-five-million-pounds-of-compostable-material
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Indian property management dealing with waste
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How indian train companies are dealing with waste (Video)
Our relation to waste and waste management are culturally defined. Some cultures are just polluting more than others. Some may argue that Indians are the filthiest, Japanese are the cleanest.
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Green Science Alliance Made Quantum Dot from Plastic Wastes
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/green-science-alliance-made-quantum-dot-from-plastic-wastes-302610277.html
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Green alternative for light-emitting materials in displays uses plant waste and amino acids
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-11-green-alternative-emitting-materials-displays.html
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Cruise ships dumping their waste in the ocean (video)
How cruise ships get rid of their waste in the middle of the oceans. Is this real or is this AI?
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Waste-2-Plastic: Turning wastewater into bioplastic
https://www.umu.se/en/events/waste-2-plastic-turning-wastewater-into-bioplastic_12146910
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Plastic spends century on ocean surface, study finds
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8v5jgyq20o.amp
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The Poshest Belgian Avenue is a landfill
The Avenue Louise is the poshest avenue in the capital of Europe (Brussels, Belgium). Belgians pay more than 55 % income tax and 21 % VAT … but still, the government and the European Commission cannot clean the Avenue properly. The avenue is filthy, full of waste and litter.
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Plastic packaging waste in the EU: 35.3 kg per person
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20251022-1
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Bill Gates has high stakes in recycling business
16 % of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust is invested in a recycling company. As recycling doesn’t exist … Bill Gates is literally the biggest individual greenwasher on the planet.
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Finetech Unveils Eco-Friendly Packaging Line Compatible With Compostable and Recyclable Materials
https://www.biospace.com/press-releases/finetech-unveils-eco-friendly-packaging-line-compatible-with-compostable-and-recyclable-materials
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China plans to rip off Cambodia with waste
China intends to export its plastic waste to Cambodia. Has China suddenly invented a new recycling method of are they trying to do what the West did to China for decades … use the country as a landfill to dump their plastic waste? https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501776214/china-firm-urged-to-invest-in-waste-recycling-in-cambodia
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BASF Presentation on biodegradability as end-of-life option
BASF produces PBAT who is bad for the soil and human health. But the allmighty BASF always gets its way with the European Commission. Its always about money and profit and never about human health and the environment. The European Commission destroys the chemical sector and manages to allows toxic plastics at the same time.
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Ultrathin bioplastics: scientists develop an alternative to traditional plastics from food waste
Ultrathin bioplastics: scientists develop an alternative to traditional plastics from food waste
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Sulzer and TripleW produce PLA bioplastic from food waste at scale
https://www.ofimagazine.com/news/sulzer-and-triplew-produce-pla-bioplastic-from-food-waste-at-scale
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Scientists’ electrochemical process enables biodiesel producers to transform waste into planet-friendly profit
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/media-centre/press-releases/2025/october/electrochemical-transform-biodiesel-solketal
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Kennebunkport launches pilot composting program to cut waste
https://eu.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/2025/10/04/kennebunkport-launches-pilot-composting-program-to-cut-waste/86495677007
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Waste PET Bottle-Based Midsoles
https://www.cleanthesky.com/innovation/far-eastern-new-century
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Are compostable plastics preferable to biodegradable ones?
https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/772149
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Closed Loop to bribe composters to accept compostable plastics
Compostable plastics will become a major source of toxic microplastics in the US food chain.
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Sephora fined for improper hazardous waste management
https://www.personalcareinsights.com/news/sephora-hazardous-waste-fine.html
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UK water company said naturally occurring glucose in sewage could be turned into biofuels, bioplastics and detergents
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1dq910534qo
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Compostable Field Testing Program earns funding for research initiative
https://www.wastetodaymagazine.com/news/compostable-field-testing-program-earns-funding-for-research-initiative
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Scientists transform plastic waste into efficient CO2 capture materials
https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2025/09/scientists-transform-plastic-waste-into-efficient-co2-capture-materials
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Industry buys composting infrastructure to contaminate US food chain with microplastics
My dear American friends, the plastic industry wants you to eat plastic.
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Advocates push bill to shift packaging waste costs to producers to reduce plastics & trash
https://www.waer.org/news/2025-09-22/advocates-push-bill-to-shift-packaging-waste-costs-to-producers-to-reduce-plastics-trash
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Portugal to invest €30 million to strengthen recycling and waste recovery
Translated by Google Translate Notice of the Environmental Fund, financed by the PRR and framed within REPowerEU, supports the installation of sorting lines, composting plants, electric vehicles and wastewater treatment systems, with a participation rate of up to 100% and completion by December 31, 2025. Boosting the circular economy and carbon neutrality: investment promotes waste…
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Sulzer and TripleW transform food waste to PLA Bioplastic at scale
https://www.sulzer.com/en/shared/news/250909_sulzer-and-triplew-transform-food-waste-to-pla-bioplastic-at-scale
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Scientists sound the alarm after making disturbing discovery deep in Mediterranean Sea: ‘It was an unsolved mystery’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/scientists-sound-alarm-making-disturbing-233500808.html
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MOL Tests New Way to Make Plastics from Waste
https://hungarytoday.hu/mol-tests-new-way-to-make-plastics-from-waste
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Japan backs new material development to reduce marine plastic waste
https://www.nationthailand.com/blogs/news/world/40055469
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How this tiny B.C. community is making an outsized impact on plastic waste
https://vancouversun.com/news/tofino-bc-plastic-waste
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The Future Of Plastic Waste Management
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2025/09/11/the-future-of-plastic-waste-management
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Scottish college launches reverse vending machine trial offering 20p per bottle
https://resource.co/article/scottish-college-launches-reverse-vending-machine-trial-offering-20p-bottle
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Bio-based plastic sorting trial demonstrates recycling breakthrough
https://resource.co/article/bio-based-plastic-sorting-trial-demonstrates-recycling-breakthrough
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What Are ‘Neptune Balls,’ The Microplastic-Filled Clumps Washing Up On Beaches?
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/neptune-balls-microplastics-explained_uk_68baea62e4b04dd23504941b
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Circular Strategies for Polylactic Acid Waste: A Pathway to Advanced Thermosets
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c04557
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Chattanooga announces partnership for curbside composting and glass pick-up
https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/sep/06/chattanooga-announces-partnership-for-curbside
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Should end-of-life options determine the future of packaging technology? (FREE)
Should the circular economy dictate the future of packaging technology? Haven’t we learned a lesson from the recycling fairy tale? This is a FREE article.
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Updated UK statistics on waste
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data/uk-statistics-on-waste
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US researchers engineer enzymes to create recyclable bioplastics from crops, farm waste
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/u-s-crops-recyclable-bioplastics
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Ethiopia confronts packaging waste crisis amid rising animal welfare concerns
https://www.packaginginsights.com/news/donkey-animal-welfare-ethiopia-plastic-ban.html
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SAXY PLASTICS: New Plastics from Regional Waste – Fully Recyclable and Biodegradable
https://idw-online.de/en/news857104
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Indonesia prepares mandatory EPR as part of plastic waste management strategy
https://www.packaginginsights.com/news/indonesia-epr-plastic-producers-waste-management.html
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Plastic Pollution on the Tunisian coast (FREE)
I traveled to Hammamet in Tunisia in October 2024 and brought back some pictures and videos to show the amount of (plastic) (packaging) pollution on the beaches. This is a FREE article.
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Australia’s amount of plastic waste surges as recycling rates fail to improve
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/24/australias-amount-of-plastic-waste-surges-as-recycling-rates-fail-to-improve
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Inside the Trash can of Mick Jagger
Let’s see how much plastic there is inside the trash can of Mick Jagger from the Rolling Stones.
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‘We are drowning in plastic’: Environmentalists, lawmakers urge Newsom not to weaken plastic pollution law
https://phys.org/news/2025-08-plastic-environmentalists-lawmakers-urge-newsom.html
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Denver could soon require lots more composting. Who will get their hands dirty?
https://denverite.com/2025/08/15/denver-new-composting-rules-waste-no-more
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EPA Withdraws Proposed SNURs for 18 Chemicals Made from Plastic Waste-Based Feedstocks
https://www.lawbc.com/epa-withdraws-proposed-snurs-for-18-chemicals-made-from-plastic-waste-based-feedstocks
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Biffa closes UK recycling plant amid regulatory uncertainty and waste exports
https://www.packaginginsights.com/news/uk-recycling-plant-shutdown-biffa-regulations.html
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Binghamton University researchers develop process to turn food waste into biodegradable plastic
https://www.binghamton.edu/news/story/5671/binghamton-university-researchers-develop-process-to-turn-food-waste-into-biodegradable-plastics
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Environmental life cycle assessment of renewable starch alternative plastic: a comparative analysis of end-of-life scenarios in the Republic of Korea
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652625015288
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IIT Madras researchers develop agri-waste-based packaging solution to eliminate plastic usage, check details
https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/news/iit-madras-develops-agriculture-waste-based-packaging-solution-aimed-at-eliminating-plastic-dependency-check-details-101754137956640.html
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Scientists work to turn microbes into vanishing bioplastics to tackle plastic waste
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-07-20/Scientists-work-to-microbes-into-vanishing-bioplastics-1F9F50L3Axq/p.html
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UN Plastics Treaty is the world’s “last chance to act boldly”
https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/un-plastics-treaty-is-the-worlds-last-chance-to-act-boldly
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Compostable bioplastics: an Australian solution to tackle the global plastic packaging crisis
Read Compostable bioplastics: an Australian solution to tackle the global plastic packaging crisis
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US unable to curb plastic pollution (Study)
Read https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/study-us-subpar-comes-curbing-152806046.html
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Environmental life cycle assessment of renewable starch alternative plastic: a comparative analysis of end-of-life scenarios in the Republic of Korea
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652625015288
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AI-assisted sorting, other new technologies could improve plastic recycling
https://www.buffalo.edu/grad/news.host.html/content/shared/university/news/news-center-releases/2025/07/plastic-recycling-improvements.detail.html
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Hungry bugs and disappearing bioplastics hold key to ending plastic waste crisis
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1091680
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