Environment & Sustainability

How to Comply With California's New Food Waste Recycling Law at Home Under S.B. 1383, instead of putting food waste in the regular trash, residents of California are expected to put it in green bins and dumpsters. A new organics…

Wood Pallet Recycling Wood pallet recycling encompasses hobbyist activity as well as commercial operations. It can include the activities of hobbyists and small businesses which recycle pallets through upcycling. Creative hobbyists are…

The Importance of Wood Recycling in C&D Management Wood Recycling in the Construction Waste Stream Wood waste is the second-largest component of construction and demolition (C&D) debris after concrete. It contributes 20 percent…

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…

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…

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…

Black Plastics Recycling: Towards a Circular Economy Black plastics have been notoriously difficult to detect, but recent technological developments have made it possible to sort them not only by color but also by polymer, unlocking…