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Los Angeles’ New Plan to Increase the City’s Water Supply Capacity

Recently, the city officials of Los Angeles have announced that by 2035, the city would recycle 100% of its wastewater by taking initiatives to markedly enhance water conservation and reduce dependency on imported water.

4 Mar 2019

Starlinger and PET2PET Collaborate to Boost PET Recycling to Meet Growing Demand

Austrian company PET2PET has collaborated with Starlinger to meet the growing demand for recycled material. The joint efforts of the two have resulted in increasing the output by 20%.

From Starlinger & Co Gmbh 1 Mar 2019

New Recycling Process to Ensure Profitable Second Lives for Future Plastic Bottles

A new recycling process has been developed by the researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

28 Feb 2019

Ice-Cream Maker Ben & Jerry's to Phase out Single-Use Plastics in Scoop Shops Worldwide

Ben & Jerry's has announced that it is moving away from single-use plastic. As a first step, the company will no longer offer plastic straws and spoons in any of its more than 600 Scoop Shops worldwide in early 2019.

22 Feb 2019

Nestlé & Danimer Scientific to Produce Biodegradable Water Bottles Made from PHA

Nestlé and Danimer Scientific has announced a global partnership to develop biodegradable bottles. Nestlé and Danimer Scientific will collaborate to design and manufacture bio-based resins for Nestlé’s water business using Danimer Scientific’s PHA polymer Nodax™.

From Danimer Scientific 22 Feb 2019

Efforts to Curb Plastic Pollution Caused by Microplastics

Despite the polyester leisure suit being a 1970s mistake, polyester and other synthetic fibers such as nylon are still in use, and are a huge contributor to the volume of microplastics in the environment, according to a materials scientist from Penn State University (PSU), who suggests swapping to biosynthetic fibers to resolve this issue.

18 Feb 2019

About 12 Tons of Waste Kept Out of Landfills and Moved to Recycling Streams by Rubicon Global

Rubicon Global, a technology company that offers waste, recycling, and smart city solutions to industries and governments internationally, recently stated that it effectively diverted approximately 12 tons of waste intended for landfills from State Farm Arena during last week’s revelries in Atlanta, Georgia.

15 Feb 2019

New Method to Convert Plastic Bags into Carbon Chips for Making Li-Ion Batteries

Plastic bag pollution has become a massive environmental concern, prompting many cities and countries to severely tax or ban the products.

14 Feb 2019

Nestlé Accelerates Actions to Meet its Sustainable Packaging Goals by 2025

Nestlé has announced its broader vision to achieve a waste-free future and announced a series of specific actions towards meeting its April 2018 commitment to make 100% of its packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025, with a particular focus on avoiding plastic-waste.

25 Jan 2019

Improved Plastics Recycling Thanks to Spectral Imaging

If we are ever to reduce the quantity of plastics being dumped into the environment, efficient recycling is essential. Currently, many plastics cannot be economically sorted to enable their recycling.

24 Jan 2019