Avainsana: recycling
H&M recycled dress ‘well received’
Clothing retailer H&M has said a dress it launched earlier this year dubbed as one of the world’s first truly recycled clothing items has been…
Kenyan recycling firm mixes kitchen waste to boost urban farming
Kenyan urban farmer Francis Wachira credits a soil recycling company with keeping him afloat financially during the coronavirus crisis: it helped him to start producing…
Henkel’s Oral Care Tubes To Be Recyclable by 2021
While toothpaste tubes are being used by millions of consumers every day, not many may know that today’s classical tubes couldn’t be recycled so far…
Japan to collect all types of plastic waste for recycling
The government on Tuesday unveiled a plan for municipalities to collect all types of plastic waste from households for recycling. The plan, designed to make…
Pandemic negates Japan’s bid to reduce plastic waste
Starting this month, Japanese retailers must charge customers for plastic shopping bags. Plastic packaging is a bigger waste problem, especially in the midst of a…
Coca-Cola European bottler commits to PET recycling
United Kingdom-based Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP), which calls itself the world’s largest independent Coca-Cola bottler, says it will provide funding to startup company CuRe Technology,…
Rubbermaid Teams with TerraCycle for Food Storage Recycling
Rubbermaid is partnering with international recycling company TerraCycle to make all brands of well-used food storage containers recyclable in the US and Canada. Through this…
New California regulation could jump-start solar panel recycling sector
A long-awaited change to California’s regulations on the handling of solar panel waste is expected to take effect later this year, with implications that could…
Adidas to End Plastic Waste and Support a Circular Future
Sports company Adidas is taking real action to reduce plastic waste. The company is working on creating innovative sustainable materials and processes to create the…
Cathedral City launches solution to cheese’s plastic recycling challenge
A new frontier in plastic packaging recycling was opened this week, as Cathedral City announced a scheme to recycle flexible film cheese packaging. Cheese packaging…
Keurig Dr Pepper commits $10m to improve polypropylene recycling
Keurig Dr Pepper has committed $10 million over the next five years to increase and improve the recovery and recycling of polypropylene plastic in the…
Brightmark to recycle boat wrap materials
San Francisco-based Brightmark, a waste solutions provider, has announced that it completed a pilot collection program for boat wraps with a local marine services dealer…
Facing Export Ban, Australia Invests $132 Million in Recycling Capacity
The Australian government is investing around $132 million in a new fund to modernize the country’s waste and recycling capacity. An export ban on sending…
Renault Trucks developing network for recycling truck parts with Indra
Renault Trucks is stepping up its transition to a circular economy and is developing a network with Indra for recycling and reusing truck parts. The…
Australia to set up $132 million fund to boost recycling following export curbs
Australia said on Monday it will set up a fund worth A$190 million ($132.11 million) to support companies which convert garbage into manufactured products, a…
Humans left behind a record amount of e-waste in 2019
2019 set a record for the amount of e-waste ever generated worldwide: 53.6 million metric tons of discarded phones, computers, appliances, and other gadgets. That’s…
Study Finds That Plastic Recycling From Europe Being Dumped In Asian Waters
New research from NUI Galway and the University of Limerick has for the first time quantified the volume of plastic from European countries (EU, UK,…
Close the Glass Loop platform officially launched
Set in motion in response to EU rules increasing net recycling targets for glass packaging to 75% by 2030, the Close the Glass Loop programme…
Doubling recycling across Europe “feasible, for certain waste streams”
Compared to current recycled amounts, this potential can double recycling for municipal and electronic waste and increase it by 30 % for construction and demolition…
15 Companies Receive ‘F’ Grade for Attempts at Reducing Plastic Pollution
Today, As You Sow released its “Waste & Opportunity 2020: Searching for Corporate Leadership” report analyzing the actions, or inactions, of 50 of the largest…

















