Category: Waste & Waste Management
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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…
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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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French Startup Turns Diapers into Compost
Turning diapers into compost.
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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…
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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.…
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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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McDonalds Trays Made from Food Waste
McDonald’s Serving up Sustainable Trays with UBQ
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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…
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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…
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Extended Producer Responsibility for Compostable Packaging
EPR For Compostable Foodservice Packaging in the UK
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Increasing Material Recovery in the US
Study to Measure Opportunity for Additional Capture of Recyclable Materials Set To Launch in Northeastern U.S.
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DEFRA 2021/2022 Packaging Waste Targets
Packaging waste recycling targets for 2021 and 2022 have been released by DEFRA.
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How California is Fighting Corona PPE Waste?
How “Ocean Friendly” initiatives in San Diego are combatting the rise of COVID-19 plastic pollution
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Recycling Biorefinery Waste Streams
NREL Recycles Biorefinery Waste Streams to Create High-Value Chemical Products
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Sun Chemical Goes Digital Watermarks
Sun Chemical aka the sustainability wintersleepers.
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PPE Pollution in UK
Great British Beach Clean 2020 results: PPE pollution on the rise on UK’s beaches
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Design Bioplastic Face Masks Made from Food Waste
Alice Potts makes bioplastic face shields from food waste
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Irish Deposit Return Scheme Supported by Majority
The Irish Government is set to introduce a DRS for drinks containers in 2021. Majority support all drinks containers in…
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US Plastic Waste on Land and Ocean
The United States’ contribution of plastic waste to land and ocean
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Air Pollution is Determinant of Plastic Waste
Air pollution as a determinant of food delivery and related plastic waste.
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Can Plastic Pollution Be Fixed?
Correcting our plastic waste problem requires a fundamental change in thinking about how plastics are made, used, and discarded, two…
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Municipal Waste and Recycling Rate in 29 Countries
We explored the municipal waste of 29 countries over five years to find out how they handle their waste, and…
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Impact Lockdown on UK Waste Collection
Eight in 10 councils saw an increase in the amount of recycling being collected since the outbreak and national lockdown.
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UK Plastic Waste Fiasco Continues
UK still shipping plastic waste to poorer countries despite Conservative pledge. More than 300 tonnes a day of plastic scrap…
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Microbial Biomass Living on Ocean Plastic Waste
Microbial Biomass Living on Ocean Plastic Debris.
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Public Consultation on Waste Management in France
Public consultation on waste management ends on 25 October.
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Worlds Fastest Plastic Eating Enzymes
The race is on. Which enzymes will be the fastest to break down plastic? Will UK beat France (Carbios)? Probably!
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New Waste Recovery Centre of Excellence in Austria
In addition to a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, the new headquarters will become an international Centre of Excellence for waste recovery…
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Germany Extends Deposit System on Drink Containers
The Bundesrat (upper house of German parliament) recently voted in favor of extending the mandatory deposit on containers to cover…
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Australian Solution for Cotton Recycling
Cotton waste composter uses earthworms to turn waste into high-grade fertiliser
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Africa Starts Waste Valorization
Bestseller Foundation in collaboration with Intellecap Africa launches the first of its kind accelerator for waste value enterprises
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Ireland Waste Action Plan for Circular Economy
Minister Ryan launches Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy
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Plastic Waste Problem in Indonesia
Ocean plastic crisis—Mental models of plastic pollution from remote Indonesian coastal communities.
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US Technology to Remove Ocean Plastic Waste
US has invented a solution to solve the unwanted plastic waste in the oceans.
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Food Wrappers Biggest Coastal Waste
Volunteers removed nearly 5 million food wrappers from beaches and waterways last year.
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Minnesota to Impose Fine on Bad Plastic Sorting
Minn. – Olmsted County residents could soon have to pay a fine for recycling items that don’t belong in the…
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Plastics in New French Recovery Plan
New French Government shares new recovery plan for France. I’ve summarised all measures relevant to plastics industry.
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California May Go For Compostable Rates
How will California Deal with the Plastic Waste?
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SUP Producers to Pay for German Waste Management
‘You pay,’ Germany tells suppliers of throwaway utensils
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Consultation on Waste Management Plan for England
Seeking views on the updated waste management plan for England. All the info and documents on this topic.
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Can We Use Plastic Waste as Building Material?
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UK Green Deal Starts with Building an Incinerator
We had the euphoria of the green deal, now we have market reality of waste recovery.
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Revolution in Deposit Schemes
New technology will revolutionise deposit schemes for plastic bottles and aluminium / steel cans.
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Benefits of Regulatory Convergence on Sustainable Plastics Management
Americans are promoting the Regulatory Convergence on Sustainable Plastics Management.
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UK Sends Waste to Energy Technology to Australia
First of its kind export to Australia.
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Novamont Launches iPhone App
Novamont launches iPhone game app to teach kids value of food waste recycling
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UK City Council Says Bioplastics Are a Problem
They are promoted as ‘green alternatives’, but the truth is there is no truly viable end-of-life solution for them at…
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Santa Barbara Landfill Goes Recycling and Anaerobic Digestion
This new state-of-the-art waste management facility will increase our community’s recycling rate to above 85%, generate resources, such as green…
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EU Agrofilms from Mushroom Waste
Within the framework of the BBI-JU Funguschain Project, the industrial context of Monaghan Mushrooms (MM) has provided the basis to…
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Agilyx Launches Plastic Waste Feedstock Company
Agilyx Corporation a leader in chemical recycling, announced that it is leveraging its existing post-use plastic feedstock management system to…
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Polystyrene Waste Recovery in France
The French association, Ruptur (120 members), which promotes a virtuous economy for the environment, has just launched a recovery process…
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Innovative Solutions for Food Waste in EU
A report identifying the untapped potential to valorise bio-waste in the EU will be published in July. We were able…
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US Church Starts Collection of Compostable Plastic
Faith Lutheran Church in Miltona has begun a new outreach service to its community, one that church members say will…
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What Happens to Compostable Plastics in Belgium?
I wanted to understand what happened to compostable plastics in Belgium and was a bit surprised with what I found…
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Scottish Parliament Approves Deposit Return
The deposit return scheme (DRS) has been approved by Scottish parliament in a vote yesterday (13 May) after debate that…
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Why Ineffective Recycling in Indonesia?
Indonesia has been in hot water over its contribution to marine waste since 2015, when a report by researcher Jenna…
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What About Landfills?
Recently, many politicians were in such a hurry to ban plastic bags.
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NL Starts Small Plastic Bottle Deposit
As of next summer, there will be a 15 cent deposit on all plastic bottles under 1 liter, State Secretary…
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Australia to Review Waste Storage Laws
A review of Victoria’s dangerous goods laws has been appointed to answer the state’s recycling and waste crisis.
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US Waste Collection and Corona Crisis
Barney Shapiro, owner of Tenleytown Trash, never expected that he would turn to the Washington National Opera’s costume department to…
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Australia to Change Attitude to Waste
Australians must start treating waste as a resource rather than a problem, says recycling science expert Professor Veena Sahajwalla.
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Sulapac End of Life Nonsense
Sulapac gives us a good example of what not to do in terms of end-of-life greenwashing fairy tailing marketing.
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Breakthrough in Viscose Production from Textile Waste
Sateri, the world’s largest producer of viscose, has successfully produced on commercial scale viscose fibre regenerated from textile waste. The…
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Zero Waste in Japan
For 20 years Kamikatsu has led the way in the world’s second biggest producer of plastic waste.
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First Zero Waste Chocolate
It might be shaped like a regular chocolate bar, but the similarities end there. First, it comes in curious flavors:…
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Mandatory Composting in New York
A proposal would make organic waste recycling available to all, then eventually require it. Critics say it would be expensive.
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Dysfunctional Waste Management of UK Government
The government’s ‘dysfunctional’ approach to preventing marine plastic pollution is unlikely to deliver any lasting improvements, according to the think…
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More Plastic than Fish in Ocean by 2050
PLASTIC could outweigh fish in the ocean by 2050, an environmental group has warned as it launched a lawsuit against…
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Compostable Packaging Confusing for Canadian Waste Management
Issues around compostable packaging in Canada. Article dates back from October 2018 but is still relevant.
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Plastic River in Ghana
Every time it rains in Ghana, the following occurs.
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LyondellBasell CEO Talks Industry Trends and Curbing Plastic Waste
LyondellBasell CEO Bob Patel was the keynote speaker at the Partnership’s 2nd annual State of Houston’s Petrochemical Industry event on…
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Big Oil and Big Soda Kept Plastic Calamity a Secret
How Big Oil and Big Soda kept a global environmental calamity a secret for decades.
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Mealworms Can Eat Plastic Waste
The latest research published in Environmental Science & Technology showed that tiny mealworms are not only able to eat and…
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The UK-Polish Recycling Connections
UK waste intended for recycling was dumped in Poland. UK Taxpayers will pay for the fiasco.
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French Composting Startups
Video documentary on a French Composting Startup called “Les Alchimistes”.
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Italian Illicit Export of Plastic Waste to Malaysia
Greenpeace finds hundreds of tonnes end up in landfill or burned at illegal factories.
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Israel Pioneers Household Waste Bioplastics
Carbon capturing and carbon sequestering, meaning the uptake and storage of CO2 molecules in a solid object, like a building…
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Industrial Production of Textile from Coconut Waste
Australian-based biomaterial technology company Nanollose Ltd has created the world’s first wearable garment using the company’s eco-friendly Tree-Free Rayon fibre…
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Disruptive UK Environment Bill
Landmark Bill will better protect our natural environment for generations to come.
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Ontario Reviewing Waste Management
It’s a stinky system for which no one likes forking out cash. And it’ll take more money than you think…
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Alliance To End Plastic Waste Report
Today marks the release of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste’s First Anniversary Report.
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