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Waste Wood Chemically Recycled to Produce Material Stronger Than Steel A treatment process can turn old pieces of wood into a new super-strong material called "healed wood" A material made from recycled wood is five times stronger than…

How India's Metal Scrap Recycling Industry Growing India is now the world's second-largest steel producer, with output expected to increase by 17.8 per cent to 118.1 million tonnes in 2021 India is the second largest producer of steel…

This International E-Waste Day, Give Your Used Electronic Devices for Recycling, Urges Non-Profit Give used electronic devices forv recycling , says international non-profit even as weight of e-waste generated this year surpasses that of…

New E-Waste Recycling Method Receives National Award and Funding Researchers at the University of Leicester have been awarded funding and national recognition for their development of a clean and zero-carbon electronic waste-recycling…

Chemical Recycling: ‘Green’ Plastics Solution Makes More Pollution: Report The plastics industry claims that ‘chemical recycling’ or ‘advanced recycling’ technologies, which use heat or solvents to convert waste plastic into chemical…

Chemical Recycling of Plastic: Neste Acquires European Rights to Alterra Energy’s Thermochemical Liquefaction Technology Neste has purchased the European rights to Alterra Energy’s liquefaction technology, further solidifying the company’s…

Only About 5% of Plastic Waste Gets Recycled in US, New Report Says Only 5% to 6% of the 46 million tons of plastic waste generated annually in the U.S. gets recycled, a big dip from the last estimate of nearly 9% just a few years ago,…

Recycling Should Be Last Resort for Managing Packaging Waste Josephine Liang, CEO of the reusable lunchbox scheme CauliBox, asserts that recycling won’t solve our sustainability problems. Recycling is often promoted as the easiest way…

A New Way to Tell if That Plastic Bottle or Bag Has Recycled Material In It To encourage more recycling, the U.K. taxes single-use plastic products containing less than 30% recycled material. But aside from a manufacturer's word, there…

Plastic Recycling Remains a 'Myth': Greenpeace Study Plastic recycling rates are declining even as production shoots up, according to a Greenpeace U.S. report out Monday that blasted industry claims of creating an efficient, circular…