Avainsana: recycling
Tomra equips Borealis European recycling effort
Austria-based plastics producer Borealis and European sorting equipment maker Tomra have opened what they call a “state-of-the-art” plant for postconsumer plastic scrap sorting and mechanical…
Young Champions of the Earth: trashing barriers to boost recycling in Kuwait
An electrical engineer from Kuwait is being recognized by the United Nations for her success in raising the environmental importance and economic value of recycling…
Greenpeace sues Walmart regarding recyclability claims
Greenpeace Inc. has filed a lawsuit in California Superior Court alleging that Walmart has employed unlawful, unfair and deceptive business practices by labeling and advertising…
Zero Waste Europe: beverage carton recycling rates substantially lower than reported
The ‘Recycling of multilayer composite packaging: the beverage carton’ paper calculated the estimated recycling rates of beverage cartons in the UK, Germany, Spain, and Sweden…
Veolia North America Launches Recycling Program for Wind Turbines
Veolia North America (VNA) will now recycle blades removed from its US-based onshore turbines during upgrades and repowering efforts. Through an agreement with GE Renewable…
China tightens recycling rules
China’s Ministry of Commerce has introduced a nationwide system for retailers to report their plastic consumption and will be established. It is part of a…
America’s Beverage Industry Celebrates One Year of Every Bottle Back
The first year of a breakthrough effort by America’s leading beverage companies to boost the recycling of plastic bottles saw the initiation of modernization…
2.1 million materials back ‘#InTheLoop’ thanks to on-the-go recycling
2.1 million cans, plastic and glass bottles and coffee cups were collected and recycled across three pilot projects to tackle on-the-go waste in Leeds, Swansea…
Household recycling surge raises costs for councils in England
H&M Lets Customers See Garment-to-Garment Recycling Up Close
Wish you could turn one of your sad old T-shirts into a new garment? At an H&M store in Stockholm, they’ll do it for you,…
















