Category: Waste & Waste Management
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NSF Grant for Waste Plastics Research
A Washington State University and University of Washington team has received a $2 million grant from National Science Foundation Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (NSF EFRI) program for research to recycle and create valuable products out of municipal waste plastics.
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Prince William Bans Plastic Waste Bags
Prince William County residents who bag up their leaves and grass clippings must use paper bags.
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UNEP and Sri Lanka Partner on Plastic Waste
UNEP and Government of Sri Lanka announce a new collaboration to fight plastic pollution in rivers
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Extracting Gold and Platinum from the Sewage
Expected output is 10 kg of gold and 1 kg of platinum per one million citizen per year.
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EU Initiative on Plastic Bottle Deposit System
European Citizens’ Initiative: Commission decides to register ‘ReturnthePlastics’ initiative on plastic bottle recycling
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Asian Response to Waste Trade Issue Report
Report Proposes Stronger ASEAN Response to Fight Global Waste Dumping
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GAILs and Ocean Bottle Partner on Tech Plastic Initiative
GAIL’s & Ocean Bottle partner to launch tech plastic pollution initiative
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Converting Plastic Waste into Lubricants
Synthetic Lubricants Derived from Plastic Waste and their Tribological Performance
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Plastic Pollution in the Caribbean
Source, sea and sink—A holistic approach to understanding plastic pollution in the Southern Caribbean
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US Town Hall Meetings on Recycling
Maplewood and South Orange hosted a Town Hall to discuss opportunities for improvement.
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British Columbia Plastic Waste Management Report
2020 Highlights and Plastic Recovery report
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Clothes Create More Waste than Plates or Straws
Clothes may be worse for the environment than single use plastics says Newsweek
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French Law on Waste Sorting
Decree n° 2021-950 of 16 July 2021 relating to the sorting of waste paper, metal, plastic, glass, textiles, wood, mineral fraction and plaster
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Dow on How to Partner with Waste Collector Communities
How do we tap into that power that waste reclaimers have where they’re already collecting material to create their livelihood and bring it back into the loop
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Policy Options to Eliminate Additional Marine Plastic Litter Report
The think piece provides policy options to reduce marine plastic litter and achieve the Osaka Blue Ocean Vision, which voluntarily commits G20 countries to “reduce additional pollution by marine plastic litter to zero by 2050 through a comprehensive life-cycle approach”.
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Lombard Odier Tips to Reduce Plastic Pollution
What are our top tips to reduce plastic pollution?
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Global Threat from Plastic Pollution Report
Common press release: Stockholm University, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
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New Co-op Food Packaging Collection Scheme (FREE)
Co-op launches Europe’s most extensive collection scheme for plastic bags, crisp packets and food wrappings. This is a FREE article
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France Household Waste Recycling Review 2020
Review of household and paper packaging recycling in 2020
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Industry Trying to Circumvent NL Deposit Scheme
Starting today in The Netherlands, you can turn in small plastic bottles for a 15-cent deposit
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US Public Private Partnership to Modernize Recycling
Unique Public-Private Partnership to Modernize Baltimore’s Recycling Collection and Infrastructure
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Australians Create Plastic Sorting Robot
Recycling robot could help solve soft plastic waste crisis
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New Strategy on Green Waste Collection in France
New strategy regarding the collection of compostable waste
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Pampers, Carrefour and Terracycle Partner on Nappy Collection Scheme
This pilot scheme is a major opportunity to find out if a system to collect used nappies can be set up that would give them a second life
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France Amends Industrial Composting Law
The Order of 27 May 2021 amending the Order of 22 April 2008 lays down the technical rules with which composting installations subject to authorisation must comply pursuant to Title I of Book V of the Environment Code
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Joint Industry Call for EU Packaging Waste Labelling
The packaging industry and consumer product manufacturers calling for an EU approach to packaging waste labelling
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Willow Trees to Treat Municipal Wastewater
A ‘bio-refinery’: using the chemistry of willow trees to treat municipal wastewater
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Sulapac Launches Packaging Take Back Program
The new take back program transforms used, bio-based supplement packaging into pet urn that biodegrades without leaving permanent microplastics behind
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Flexible Packaging Industry Position on Waste Collection
Agreed common position on collecting flexible packaging waste in a circular economy outlines essential elements to capture resources
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Converting Wind Turbines Waste into PLA
Experimental and analytical investigation of 3D printed specimens reinforced by different forms of recyclates from wind turbine waste
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Converting PET Waste into Vanillin
Microbial synthesis of vanillin from waste poly(ethylene terephthalate)
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Cars Made from Paper Waste
Cars made from paper waste: UL research project harvesting sustainable carbon fibre
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NL Introduces Deposit on Plastic Bottles
The Netherlands has introduced a deposit return scheme for plastic bottles
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France Waste Management Update
The simplification of sorting continues: more than 50% of French people can sort all their household packaging without exception
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Nuclear Technology to Fight Plastic Waste
NUTEC Plastics: Using Nuclear Technologies to Address Plastic Pollution
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Compostable Packaging Reality in Germany
The reality regarding compostable packaging in Germany
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Most Plastic Packaging are Not Recyclable
Less than one third of the plastic packages are well-recyclable
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University Report on Waste to Energy
Our society’s increasing focus on the interrelationship of energy and the environment, including in particular sustainable waste management, has prompted the need for a comprehensive review of generating energy from waste
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DOE to Fight Plastic Waste
DOE Announces $14.5 Million to Combat Plastics Waste and Pollution
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Italian Waste to Fertiliser Crime Ring
Italian waste management crime ring discovered. The waste to fertiliser maffia. Is this the top of the iceberg?
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NGO Condemns Dirty Global Waste Trade
The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) Asia Pacific together with #breakfreefromplastic is holding a media briefing today on the ongoing plastic waste trade
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Greenpeace Video on UK Plastic Waste Fiasco (FREE)
1.8 million kilograms of the UK’s plastic waste is exported to other countries every single day. What would it look like if that exact amount was dumped on Downing Street?
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Colorado Curbside Collection of Compostable Items Evaluation
Curbside collections of compostable items can be rated a ‘success’
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Mattel Launches TakeBack Program
Mattel Launches New Toy Takeback Program Called Mattel PlayBack
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Quest® Proganics Launches Organics Recycling (FREE)
Quest® Proganics™ Provides A Transformative Step Forward In Organics Recycling.
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Global Bioenergies and l’Oreal Partner on Turning Waste into Cosmetics
From farm to face as Global Bioenergies turns waste to make-up
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Aquatic Pollutants in Oceans and Fisheries
Chemicals and plastics, not just overfishing, threaten aquatic food chain with ‘disaster’, report warns
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US Helps Sri Lanka Tackle Plastic Pollution
United States Launches “Clean Cities, Blue Ocean Program” In Sri Lanka To Tackle Plastic Pollution
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Singapore Waste Statistics and Recycling Rate 2020
Key Highlights of the 2020 Waste and Recycling Statistics
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Henkel Partners with Terracycle
Henkel Partners with TerraCycle® to Close the Loop on a Circular Economy
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Converting Used Plastics in Biodegradable Surfactants
With this new science, plastics could see a second life as biodegradable surfactants
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Industry Letter on Review EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive
Packaging value chain calls on the European Commission to dedicate appropriate time and resources to review of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive
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The Recycling Backstage, NL Documentary (FREE)
Dutch Documentary unveils the backstage of the plastic recycling industry. This is a FREE article
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Philippines Biggest Plastic Polluters
3 companies are responsible for biggest part of plastic waste pollution in Philippines
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UK Minister Statement on Consultations
A money-back scheme on drinks bottles to help increase recycling is being considered by Environment Minister Edwin Poots
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UK Consultation on Deposit Return Scheme
Moving towards a more circular economy, where resources are kept in use for as long as possible and waste is minimised, and ensuring the UK is a world leader in resource efficiency and resource productivity is a priority for Government.
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Plastic Incineration is Worse than Landfill
Greenhouse Gas and Air Quality Impacts of Incineration and Landfill
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AmberCycle Aims to End Fashion Waste
The ambercycle process enables true circularity for polyester by separating fibers within garments on a molecular level and reprocessing them as if they were brand new
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New UK Recycling Charter
Producers and councils join forces on ‘public confidence in recycling charter’
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US Violates New UN Plastic Waste Rules
Customs data reveal that US government are violating new global rules
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UK Waste Collection Rates
These datasets contain the annual results for local authority collected waste in England
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Plastic Waste Expo in Canada (FREE)
New Discovery Centre exhibit in Halifax tackles plastic waste and its impact on the ocean. This is a FREE article
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How Plastic Moves in the Oceans
Model predicts probability of plastic debris being transported from one ocean surface region to another
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US to Valorize Organic Waste
A Community-First Approach to Energy and Resource Recovery from Waste
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Design of Deposit Return Policy and Systems
TOMRA’s new white paper revealing best practices in designing deposit return systems for beverage container recycling
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Agilyx and ExxonMobil Partner on Advanced Plastic Recycling (FREE)
Agilyx and ExxonMobil Establish Cyclyx Joint Venture to Supply Plastics Recycling Industry
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PHA Made From Low Cost Agro Industrial Residues
Integrated solid-state enzymatic hydrolysis and solid-state fermentation for producing sustainable polyhydroxyalkanoates from low-cost agro-industrial residues
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UK MPs Call for Deposit Scheme
This motion has been signed by 19 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted
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North Lincoln Excludes Compostable Plastics from Composting
North Lincoln Sanitary Service will distributing new compostable roll carts during the next two weeks and will begin collecting compostable materials from customers on March 1
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New London Site for Compostable Packaging
New Compostable Packaging Line in London. Is this the beginning of a new era?
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Compostable Plastics in Lincoln City
Lincoln City takes a stance on compostable plastics.
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Poland is EU Plastic Landfill
Are the illegal German waste activities emerging to the surface? Most illegal Western plastic waste exports were covered in the media except for Germany
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Tender to Manage On-the-Go Packaging in France
Better collection and recycling of packaging resulting from on the go consumption away from home
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Deposit on Cans Campaign in NL
A campaign to impose Deposits on Cans was launched in the NL
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EU is Incinerating and Landfilling Plastics Like Never Before
EU has never incinerated and landfilled so much plastic waste as today. Big contradiction between what EU says and does. These are the Golden years of Plastic Incineration.
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What Country is Food Waste Recycling Champion?
How did one country became world champion in food waste recycling?
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Stop UK Plastic Waste Export Petition
A petition by a nine-year-old schoolgirl calling on Boris Johnson to stop shipments of plastic waste to developing countries has received more than 70,000 signatures in less than a week
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Open Letter Urges UK Gov not to Backtrack on Green Policies
Open letter urges government not to backtrack on green policies
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First Thai Plastic Waste Processing Community Enterprise
Plastic waste processing community enterprise in Thailand
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Hypocrisy of Singapore Waste Management
Is there future for bioplastic packaging in the current system?
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How French Recycling Body Spend its Money
Summary of how French Recycling body spend its money
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Mermaid Protest for Bali Plastic Waste Crisis
Woman’s ‘mermaid’ protest to highlight plastic waste crisis at Bali’s beaches gets everyone talking online
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The Deadliest Plastics For Marine Life
Not all plastics are equal, some are worse than others for marine life
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Compostable Bags Propaganda or Independent LCA?
I found this study on compostable bags. Not sure if It looked more like independent research or propaganda?
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UN Solutions for Marine Plastic and Microplastics
Water pollution by plastics and microplastics: A review of technical solutions from source to sea
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UK Litter During Lockdown Report
Clearly coronavirus has had a devastating impact on communities across the country and continues to present us with significant challenges.
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Is Thailand Next Plastic Waste Dumping Paradise?
Will Thailand become the new China in terms of plastic waste dumping place?
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Scottish Waste Export is Unacceptable
‘Unacceptable’ – Scotland should not be exporting its waste elsewhere, says Zero Waste Scotland
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New Italian Consortium for End of Life Compostable Plastics
The decree approving the statute of the National Consortium for the organic recycling of biodegradable and compostable plastic packaging has been published in the Official Gazette.
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