California’s cap-and-trade program, intended to decrease greenhouse gasses, has long been criticized. A recent study found that Black and Latino communities and other communities of color are still more exposed to pollution from oil facilities than white communities. Source: What …
Google published its latest plastic circularity report, finding that both chemical and mechanical recycling will be needed to close the “plastics circularity gap” by 2040. The tech giant also pointed to taxing virgin plastics to help reduce waste. → …
A leader of Clean Earth’s electronics processing division explains how electronics recycling and reuse companies can adjust to meet the evolving needs of their customers.→ Source: In My Opinion: Adapting in a changing e-waste environment – E-Scrap News Read More…
Investment is crucial to creating a circular economy for plastics and there are significant opportunities for investors, particularly at the nexus of climate and plastics. Source: The Time To Invest In The Circular Economy For Plastics Is Now, According To …
As the world seeks to move beyond burning fossil fuels for energy, the oil sector saw plastic production as a lifeline – but now that’s in doubt too Source: Plastics resolution tees up battle over oil industry’s plan B Read More…
The Northeast Recycling Council's (NERC) has published the latest update to its Summary of Announced Increased Capacity to Use Recycled Paper report. This update reflects continuing progress to use more recycled paper in North America. Mo … Read More…
NRDC conducted in-depth research on “chemical recycling” facilities in the United States. What we found led us to conclude that “chemical recycling” is a dangerous false solution to the growing plastic waste crisis – and it shouldn’t be considered recycling. …
The Recycling Partnership will launch a PET recycling coalition, a representative of the nonprofit group announced at last week’s Plastics Recycling Conference. … Read More…
INDIANAPOLIS – Retriev Technologies, the most comprehensive lithium battery recycler in North America and the pioneer in end-of-life battery management, has acquired Battery Solutions, the North American leader in sustainable, end-to-end manage … Read More…
Aside from aiding mental health, those tasty little pizza toppers are being used to create environmentally safe packaging and construction products, consumer goods, and even cleaning up one of the biggest messes humans have ever made. Source: Mushrooms: The Next …