Category: Waste & Waste Management
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The US Waste Management Fiasco
The US falls behind most of the world in plastic pollution legislation
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Agilyx CEO on Band Between Net Zero Waste and Emissions
Net zero emissions and net zero waste should be viewed as interconnected if we are to meet our climate goals
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OECD Report on Preventing SUP waste
Implications of different policy approaches
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Philippines Government Sued over Plastic Pollution
Oceana, youth, fisherfolk, local lawmakers and former senator sue National Solid Waste Management Commission on plastic pollution
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Axens and Sumitomo Chemical Partner on Waste Based Polyolefin
Axens and Sumitomo Chemical Achieve Historical Landmark with the First Waste-based Polyolefin Production
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Cortec Launches Organics Recycling Program
Cortec launches its new organics recycling program at their HQ in Minnesota
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Nationally Determined Contributions Report
Wasted Opportunities: A review of international commitments for reducing plastic and waste-sector GHG emissions
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Turning Plastic Waste into Planks
Article on Reuters about turning plastic waste into planks for the construction industry
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Impact Covid on Plastic Waste
The focus on plastic waste reduction has since been overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic
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Plastic Pollution to Double by 2030 Says UN
Plastic pollution on course to double by 2030
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Citizen Initiative Waste Management Model
We’re seeing more and more of these citizens initiatives
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Converting Plastic Waste into Proteins
Plastic waste and access to nutritious food top the list of humanity’s challenges.
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Chicago Goes Composting
Chicago waste management is not really what we would call “an example”
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Bangladesh Sustainable Plastic Management Plan
Bangladesh wants to recycle 80% plastic by 2030
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Waste Management Scandal in Paris
Hidden camera reveals French waste management fiasco.
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Wales Kerbside DRS Pilot Update
Kerbside return schemes prove their value to brands and households
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Industry Asks EU Framework for Deposit Return System
It’s time to acknowledge the role of Deposit Refund Systems (DRS) in achieving a Circular Economy for beverage packaging in…
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Pilot Biorefineries in Italy and Spain
After five years, Agrimax, the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking project, which has built two ground-breaking pilot plant facilities in Spain…
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First Italian Circular City Index
Four key areas are analyzed to determine the level of urban circularity: digitalization, environment and energy, mobility, and waste
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NRRI Patents Two Bio Binders from Waste
NRRI patents two bio-based binders from waste resources
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Plastic Waste Generation and Pollution Per Country, Capita, Sector
They managed to put all the data on plastic waste and pollution in interactive tables. There’s much more than just…
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PLA Sorting for Recycling Report
PLA Sorting for Recycling Report
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Deposit Return Scandal in Belgium (FREE)
Another secret deal revealed. Is this corruption or bribery? This is a FREE article.
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Chemical Contaminants and Food Waste Management Decision Report
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development has issued a report warning about PFAS and toxic chemicals in…
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Preparatory Briefing on Ministerial Conference on a Coherent Global Strategy to End Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution
Preparatory Briefing on Ministerial Conference on a Coherent Global Strategy to End Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution
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Bandai Toys Circular Model
This is a great example of producer responsibility.
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Impact Plastic Waste on Animal Migration UN Report
Study confirms that plastic pollution is impacting land and freshwater species protected by the UN’s Convention on Migratory Species in…
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Huhtamaki, RiverRecycle and VTT Partner on River Waste Collection
Huhtamaki partners with RiverRecycle and VTT to develop technology to tackle floating river waste. New technology river waste collector now…
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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…
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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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Legal Action Regarding Irish Landfill
Legal action against Belfast City Council
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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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Food Waste Disposal Methods
Scientists discuss food waste disposal options in the US
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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What’s Happening to UK Plastic Waste Now?
Turkey is refusing plastic waste now
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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…
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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…
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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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Danone Goes DRS for Glass Packaging
Danone Launches DRS for Glass Packaging in France
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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…
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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…
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Turkey Bans UK Plastic Waste
Turkey to ban plastic waste imports from the UK
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Plastic Waste Makers Index Report
Here’s the Plastic Waste Makers Index Report
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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
Latest reports
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Bio-on’s Collapse: Novamont, Short Sellers, Amber Capital and the Unanswered Questions
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America Recycles Day: Recycle textiles, batteries, bulbs, and e-waste
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Raul Gardini: The Enimont Scandal, a Controversial Death and Novamont’s Road to ENI
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INEOS Founder Warns the UK Is on the Slide
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Covestro CEO Attempts to Speak Italian with His Hands