Avainsana: waste

Southeast Asia is one of the biggest sources of plastic waste from land to the ocean, and Thailand is among the top five contributors. In…

A new €370 million (£329m) waste-to-energy project in Belgrade, which will provide the 1.7 million citizens of the Serbian capital with a modern waste management…

In a circular economy, goods are designed to last, consumption and waste is reduced, and resources are maximised. Putting the circular economy at the core…

Spain’s Ministry of Ecological Transition has published a ministerial order that establishes the criteria to determine when recovered paper for use in the manufacture of…

International waste management charity Wasteaid has announced a two-year partnership worth €900,000 (£800,000) with sustainable food packaging company Huhtamaki to drive community-level circular economy innovation…

Portugal, which recycles around 28% of its urban refuse, below the European average of 46%, EU figures show, has long been a laggard. It had…

Portugal, which recycles around 28% of its urban refuse, below the European average of 46%, EU figures show, has long been a laggard. It had…

This spring, New York’s commercial waste sector was planning to submit bids for a transformative new franchise zone system. Instead, haulers are now dealing with…

According to the data of the Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU), the EU countries exported 31 million tons of waste in…

The average Brit will get through 242 plastic bottles, 109 single-use coffee cups and 209 crisp packets each year, according to research. Research polling 2,000…

Commercial and household rubbish could soon be heating tens of thousands of homes in South East London, thanks to a new partnership announced today between…

The global demand for certain plastics has grown during the coronavirus pandemic while recycling efforts have suffered setbacks, according to an environmental expert at Rice…

Waste exports from the EU to other parts of the world have risen two-thirds (+66%) since 2004, but remained stable from 2018 to 2019, the…

Turkey’s circular on disposing of surgical masks and gloves in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak is crucial but late, an environment expert has said….

Last year, Singapore disposed of nearly three million tonnes of waste, of which about 30 per cent was plastic waste. Plastic waste was the top…

According to the ministry, collecting waste by type is worthwhile as this will save resources and recycle the materials. Old furniture, clothing, shoes, tires, construction…

A spill from a tailings dam at a molybdenum mine in northeast China on Saturday has contaminated water up to 110 km (68 miles) downstream,…

Designing batteries for circular economy will prevent “mountains” of battery waste A circular economy solution has been launched with the aim of preventing millions of…