Sustainability & Recycling

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…

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…

Recycle Plastics for a Cleaner Environment and Circular Economy For effective recycling, segregation of plastic material according to their properties or resin material needs to be science-based I happened to visit a grocery store in a…