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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…

Coles, Woolworths-partnered Recycling Giant Denies Program Failed After 'Concerning' Revelations Hundreds of millions of plastic bags dropped off by customers at major supermarkets are being stockpiled in warehouses instead of being…

Recycling To Close Synthetic Fabric Window On Fossil Energy Stakeholders In another bad sign for fossil energy stakeholders, the apparel industry supply chain is focusing more attention on recycling pre-consumer and post-consumer…

Why the Collapse of Soft Plastics Recycler Redcycle Could Be a Good Thing for the Environment The REDcycle program accounted for a small amount of Australia’s soft plastics and put the onus on the consumer. Advocates say manufacturers and…