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Chinese Manufacturers of Electric Vehicle Battery Focused on Recycling

Chinese electric vehicle battery manufacturers are gradually concentrating on recycling as part of a sustainable life cycle approach.

27 Mar 2019

Making Disposable Products or Bioplastic Films from Fruit Waste

How about a disposable cup from which one can drink coffee and then have the cup as dessert. Veronika Bátori, who recently obtained her doctorate in Resource Recovery at the University of Borås, has made the first move toward making the production of disposable products or bioplastic films from fruit waste a reality.

21 Mar 2019

PureCycle, Milliken & Nestlé Team-Up to Recycle Used PP into Virgin-Like Resin

PureCycle Technologies has partnered with Milliken & Company and Nestlé S.A. as it moves forward with plans to open its first plant to restore used polypropylene (PP) plastic to 'virgin-like' quality with a revolutionary recycling method.

20 Mar 2019

China, India – Who’s Next to Ban Plastic Waste Imports from the UK?

It’s been just over a year since the UK’s recycling industry was hit with the news that China was placing restrictions on the recyclable materials it would accept into the country. Now, India has announced that it too wants to tighten its laws around the plastic waste being imported for recycling.

17 Mar 2019

RepescaPlas Project Targets Recovery of Toxic Marine Waste

The RespescaPlas Project, which began in January 2018, has completed its first year with more than 3,000 kilos of marine litter collected from the water in the ports of Marín and Vigo (Galicia) and Gandia, (Valencia).

17 Mar 2019

Polymers Pave Way for Wider Use of Recycled Tires in Asphalt

Each year, about 27 million tires end up in landfills, dumps and stockpiles, where they pose health and environmental hazards.

14 Mar 2019

ACOR and Boomerang Alliance Announce the 5 Big Waste Policies for Federal Election

The Australian Council of Recycling (ACOR) and national recycling campaign group, the Boomerang Alliance, have today released their 5 priority actions the next Commonwealth Government needs to implement to solve Australia’s waste and recycling crisis.

13 Mar 2019

Eastman Develops Advanced Circular Recycling Technology to Tackle Polyester Waste

Eastman has announced its intention to pursue the launch of an innovative advanced circular recycling technology that uses polyester waste which cannot be recycled by current mechanical methods, and as a result, often ends up in landfills and waterways.

From Eastman Chemical Company 13 Mar 2019

KAUST Team Develops Eco-Friendly Method to Make Membranes that Process Wastewater

The environmental credentials of the chemical industry could be greatly enhanced by the selectively permeable membranes derived from renewable plant-based materials.

12 Mar 2019

Carbios Produces the First PET-Bottles Made With 100% Recycled Plastic Waste

CARBIOS (Euronext Growth Paris: ALCRB), a company pioneering new, bioindustrial solutions to reinvent the lifecycle of plastic and textile polymers, has announced that it has successfully produced the first PET-bottles made with 100% Purified Terephthalic Acid (rPTA), through the enzymatic biorecycling of plastic waste.

From CARBIOS 6 Mar 2019