New Process Could Enable More Efficient Plastics Recycling Cobalt-based catalysts could be used to turn mixed plastic waste into fuel, new plastics, and other products. The accumulation of plastic waste in the oceans, soil, and even in…

Turning Wood Into Recyclable, Biodegradable Plastic Plastics are one of the world’s largest polluters, taking hundreds of years to degrade in nature. A research team, led by YSE professor Yuan Yao and Liangbing Hu from the University of…

Canadian Wood Recycling Sector Positions Itself for Growth Alberta-based Wood waste recycling business group supports a holistic approach to development There's a lot more to wood recycling than shredding, screening and grinding. The…

Smirnoff Recycling Program Targets Chicago Glass Bottles A new recycling program spearheaded by Smirnoff will connect over 300 Chicago bars, restaurants, and businesses to recycle used and discarded glass bottles. Smirnoff partnered…

Coca-Cola Aims to Use 50 Percent Recycled Glass by 2030 O-I Glass and Coca-Cola are expanding an existing relationship to recycle more than 700,000 glass bottles annually. The Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United has announced its goal of…

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…

Is Glass Recycling in the U.S. Broken? If you're one of the millions of Americans who dutifully puts your glass bottles out in a bin on the sidewalk in front of your house in an effort to help curb waste and keep it out of the landfills,…

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…

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…

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…