Category: Waste & Waste Management
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ACC Statement on White House’s Federal Action Report on Plastic
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China’s latest efforts to address marine plastic waste
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Biden-Harris Administration Releases New Strategy to Tackle Plastic Pollution
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The Composting Consortium Identifies Investment Opportunities to Scale Food-Waste Composting Infrastructure and Reduce Waste
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Colorado new waste-labeling asks citizens to report on compostable plastics
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Why Norway Should Lead the Fight on Ocean Plastic Pollution
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Canada starts consultation to combat plastic waste in textile sector
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TSG Bhasker raises concern over Illegal disposal of Plastic and Non-Biodegradable waste in Port Blair by PBMC (India)
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Kenya starts transition to biodegradable bags for organic waste today
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Ciel Report – How Cities and States Can Recoup the Rising Costs of Plastic Pollution
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Waste Reduction Regulations Ordinance Takes Effect July 1 (Burbank, California)
Waste Reduction Regulations Ordinance Takes Effect July 1 (Burbank, California)
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Waste Framework Directive: food waste reduction sidelined while Council agrees to textile reforms
Waste Framework Directive: food waste reduction sidelined while Council agrees to textile reforms
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Joint efforts underway to solve plastic waste challenge in Vietnam
Joint efforts underway to solve plastic waste challenge in Vietnam
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Converting biodegradable plastic waste into green energy
Converting biodegradable plastic waste into green energy
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“Sustainable Textiles”: what are next-gen materials, biobased materials and recycled materials? (When is a material truly recycled?)
“Sustainable Textiles”: what are next-gen materials, biobased materials and recycled materials? (When is a material truly recycled?)
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Spain has manipulated its plastic recycling data
Spain has manipulated its plastic recycling data
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How this company is turning India’s agri-waste into biodegradable plastic
How this company is turning India’s agri-waste into biodegradable plastic
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South Australia advances composting with new research
South Australia advances composting with new research
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Functionalized Chitosan as a Biobased Flocculant for the Treatment of Complex Wastewater
Functionalized Chitosan as a Biobased Flocculant for the Treatment of Complex Wastewater
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Development of technology for producing bioplastics from agricultural and food byproducts by the World Institute of Kimchi
Development of technology for producing bioplastics from agricultural and food byproducts by the World Institute of Kimchi
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Fedrigoni introduces compostable label material
Fedrigoni introduces compostable label material
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Coca-Cola sabotages instalment of EPR in Singapore
Coca-Cola sabotages instalment of EPR in Singapore
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Major Chinese-European collaboration begins to find high-value, eco-friendly uses for agri-food residues
Major Chinese-European collaboration begins to find high-value, eco-friendly uses for agri-food residues
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EU Finalizes New Rules for Packaging and Packaging Waste Reduction
EU Finalizes New Rules for Packaging and Packaging Waste Reduction
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Should Bioplastics Be Allowed in US Organic Compost?
Should Bioplastics Be Allowed in US Organic Compost?
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Democrats push Biden to take stronger stance on plastics waste in pivotal negotiations
Democrats push Biden to take stronger stance on plastics waste in pivotal negotiations
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A global study just revealed the world’s biggest known plastic polluters
A global study just revealed the world’s biggest known plastic polluters
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Kenya bans plastic garbage bags (FREE)
No more Plastic Garbage Bags as NEMA Issues 90-Day Segregation of Waste Notice. This is a FREE article
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Bioplastics creates a composting conundrum
Bioplastics create a composting conundrum
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Oceana report exposes Amazon plastic packaging waste
Oceana report exposes Amazon plastic packaging waste
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What you need to know about the plastic crisis
What you need to know about the plastic crisis
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Big brands like P&G and Nestlé say chemical recycling will help meet environmental goals, but the technology is struggling to deliver (NY Times)
Well, US and EU politicians are easily convinced by the promises made by the industry … but at some point…
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Filamentive Launch Free Recycling for PLA 3D Printing Waste
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US State deploys AI system to separate compostables from trash
US State deploys AI system to separate compostables from trash
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Yard waste collection in the US, a few examples
Yard waste collection in the US, a few examples
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Sweden’s chemical recycling plant Site Zero (Update)
Update on Sweden’s chemical recycling plant Site Zero
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Plastic pollution and global warming are linked in a vicious cycle
More and more voices are blaming climate change on plastic and plastic waste. I think we could blame solar eclipses…
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US Senate passes recycling & composting bills
US Senate passes recycling & composting bills
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Perspectives on sustainable plastic treatment: A shift from linear to circular economy
Chemical upcycling of plastic provides a sustainable method for plastic waste management.
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Study Into New Zealand-first For End-of-life Plastic Recycling
A new collaboration between industry and Government marks the first step towards a circular economy for soft plastic packaging in…
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KTH Scientists turn food waste into plastic-free diapers and sanitary pads
KTH Scientists turn food waste into plastic-free diapers and sanitary pads
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Global warming and plastic pollution create vicious circle, report says
Global warming and plastic pollution create vicious circle, report says
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Sustainable waste management: what the EU is doing
Find out how Europeans manage their waste and what measures the EU is taking to ensure environmentally-friendly practices.
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How BPI’s petition to the USDA will support the growth of composting infrastructure
How BPI’s petition to the USDA will support the growth of composting infrastructure
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The US Composting Industry Has a Plastics Problem
The study explored the role of conventional plastics and compostable plastic packaging in compost contamination.
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Global Waste Management Outlook 2024 Report (UN)
Global Waste Management Outlook 2024 Report (UN)
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Is Europe set to become China’s recycling bin? (Euractiv)
Well, the European Commission gets its information from industry lobbyists and NGOs … this should explain the dystopian legal framework…
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Plastic’s role in the triple planetary crisis
The world is facing a triple planetary crisis: climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss — a trifecta of injustice. While…
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EU PPWR is not compatible with EU law
Well, one must not have a rocket science degree to realise that recent EU legislation on plastic waste management is…
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Future of returnable bottle packaging at risk following the sale of Coca-Coca Philippines
Environmental group calls on Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and Aboitiz Equity Ventures to commit to increasing reusable beverage packaging throughout the…
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Digimarc Accelerates the Global Fight Against Plastic Pollution
Digimarc Corporation, the pioneer and global leader in digital watermarking technologies, today announced the wide availability and easy accessibility of…
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Plastic Bag Ban Made Pollution Worse in California
California’s environmental-friendly lawmakers were quite proud of themselves when, in 2014, they passed a first-in-the-nation ban on stores from handing out so-called…
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Auckland Airport expands compost programme
13.5 tonnes of domestic terminal food court organic waste diverted from landfill in three months
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Prison sentences for rogue waste recyclers
Up to 5 years imprisonment for people involved in illegal waste trade between Belgium and France
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Australia Institute in favour of Plastic Tax
By 2050, the amount of plastic consumed in Australia will more than double. Despite government policies aimed at creating a…
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Here’s how a lingerie brand designed its new undies to be totally biodegradable (FastCompany)
Here’s how a lingerie brand designed its new undies to be totally biodegradable (FastCompany)
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Tackling e-waste by making electronics compostable and recyclable
Researchers are tackling the growing problem of electronic waste by designing wearable electronics from sustainable and recyclable materials.
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Researchers engineer bacteria that convert plastic into Spider Silk
For the first time, researchers have used bacteria to “upcycle” waste polyethylene
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Irish Deposit Return Scheme (Video)
The new Deposit Return Scheme for plastic bottles and drinks cans is coming into effect on 1 February. Here’s everything…
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New Colorado laws on Pets, plastics and compostables (video)
From pet rent to no more plastic bags, there are big changes ahead with new laws going into effect in…
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Dubai Municipality launches plastic packaging initiative
Dubai Municipality launches initiative to collect and recycle 3 million plastic packaging
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Waste-to-Energy Technical Assistance for US Local Governments
The U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced selectees for the 2023…
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EU recycling market faces ‘collapse’ after waste export ban
The readers of bioplasticsnews.com knew that already. The house of cards is going to collapse overnight, but the EU commission…
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New York waste management – update
County in New York funds $90K for waste study
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Bloomington (Indiana) accepts certified compostable plastics
City solid waste customers who sign up for an organics cart to compost their food scraps receive an annual voucher…
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California composting facilities surveyed on compostable plastic
California composting facilities surveyed on compostable plastics
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Vietnam Startup makes brewery and seafood waste bioplastics
Bioplastics made of brewer’s grains have higher durability, water and heat resistance than plastics made of paper pulp and bagasse.
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UM students try to compost PLA bioplastics
UM students take the innovative route to compost PLA bioplastics.
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Michigan stadium and campus farm trials compostable packaging
OCS, Athletics, and the Campus Farm are piloting the possibility of composting waste from football games at the Campus Farm.
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Renewed focus on plastic waste in Thailand
Practical solutions are required as the volume continues to mount
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Kenyan Senator calls uncontrolled exports of Second Hand Clothing to Kenya ‘Dumping’ (FREE)
Nominated Senator Hamida Kibwana has described the exportation of sub standard textiles, plastics and synthetics into Kenya from developed countries as “dumping”.…
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Plastic Packaging Use and Recycling Collection Rates Drop for the First Time
Plastic resource efficiency and recycling charity, RECOUP, has launched its annual UK Household Plastic Packaging Collection Survey, which estimates that…
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Waste and Recycling Technology Association on chemical recycling
Sutco Managing Director and Chairman of the VDMA Waste and Recycling Technology Association Michael Ludden talks about chemical recycling of…
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US Recycling directory ends
After 20 years of operation, a national online recycling directory for plastic bags and plastic films has been taken offline,…
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ACC publishes plastic end-of-life industry roadmap
Durable Plastics in Automobiles, Electronics, Buildings, Infrastructure and Medical Sectors Can and Should Be Part of a More Circular Economic…
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Impact of EPR Implementation in Philippines
A year after EPR implementation, plastics still end up in landfills, creeks in Philippines’ major islands
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Waste management in new capital of Indonesia
Indonesia’s waste opportunity: Could the new capital be a role model for trash management?
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PPWR threatens bioplastics says EUBP
EUBP wants bio-based and recycled content to be considered as equivalent in the PPWR — Well, the coal mining industry…
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Vietnam battle against plastic
Why Vietnam faces an uphill battle in its war against plastic waste
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Plastic waste export to Africa is out of control
And they will claims that it is driven by African demand for plastic waste …. knowing that there is no…
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EU agrees to ban exports of plastic waste to poor countries
EU reaches deal to stop sending waste to countries that can’t process it — Well, finally some common sense by…
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Putting an End to Plastic Separation Anxiety
Researchers have developed a process to break down the mixture of conventional and bio-based plastics that ends up at recycling…
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Could bacteria and fungi solve plastic waste crisis? (Washington Post)
One solution to the plastic crisis may lie in bugs’ bellies
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Feasibility of anaerobic co-digestion of biodegradable plastics with food waste, investigation of microbial diversity and digestate phytotoxicity
The effects of biodegradable plastics of different thicknesses (30 and 40 μm) and sizes (20 × 20, 2 × 2, and 1 × 1 mm) on anaerobic digestion…
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Sweden opens state-of-the-art plant for sorting plastics for recycling
A new plastics sorting facility inaugurated in Sweden on Wednesday is being billed as the largest of its kind, and…
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Oakland to ban compostable plastic packaging
Oakland intends to ban compostable plastic packaging because they contaminate the compost with microplastics and because commercial composters do not…
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Asian plastic rivers – Viral video on social media
This video is getting millions of views on social media. It shows the severity of the plastic waste problem, especially…
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Marin County says no to compostable bioplastics
On Nov. 10, Marin County will begin enforcing the Reusable Foodware Ordinance.
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Michigan city no longer accepts BPI certified compostable plastics
The lack of transparency and amateur communication of BPI is just phenomenal. I mean after 10 years of following bioplastics,…
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ENVI makes sweeping changes to PPWR proposals
The European Parliament’s Committee on Environment (ENVI) has voted on initial amendments to the draft Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation…
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Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) Summary (Free)
A summary of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) for dummies. This is a FREE article
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Paper Packaging Industry Statement on EU PPWR
Statement from EPPA on the results of the ENVI Committee vote on PPWR
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Floral waste as a potential feedstock for PHA production
Floral waste as a potential feedstock for polyhydroxyalkanoate production using halotolerant Bacillus cereus TS1: optimization and characterization studies
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From sludge to fuel: Researchers are getting ready to produce green oil in Denmark
Very soon the first green fuel will be made from the sludge in our wastewater. This is the culmination of…
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Plastics Europe raises significant concerns about Environment Committee vote on PPWR
Today the European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) voted on the Packaging and Packaging…
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New Public-Private Partnerships Look to AI and Enzymes to Break Down Plastic and Textile Waste
Protein Evolution Partners with Agile BioFoundry and the Joint BioEnergy Institute to Decarbonize the Chemicals Industry
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Update on EU Waste Directive
Latest documents on the EU Waste directive
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Eco-Products Unveils New Program to Help Prevent Contamination in Compost Streams (FREE)
CIRC program will verify that foodservice operators have taken key steps to avoid sending non-compostable items to composters. This is…
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LCA of recycling of post-use plastic to plastic via pyrolysis
This LCA from the Argonne National Laboratory underscores that greenhouse gas savings can be achieved when pyrolysis oil, derived from…
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Brooklyn Goes Composting
Sanitation workers will now pick up compost items from residents in Brooklyn who separate their food scraps and yard waste…
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