Veolia records one preventable fire a day from residents putting dangerous items in bins. To prevent those incidents, the company started a campaign that aims to raise awareness of the danger real people face from vehicle and facility fires.
With the rise of self-injection medications and people injecting them not only at home, but of course also in public restrooms, comes the...
Since 2014 the Global E-waste Monitor has provided the most up-to-date overview of global e-waste data, statistics, and progress in policy...
The Composting Consortium launches a new report and platforms to work with composters and communities to scale organics infrastructure...
Smartphones, tablets and laptops contain lithium-ion batteries. They contain liquid electrolytes that trigger chemical reactions when...
China, the world’s biggest UCO biofuels producer, will soon run out of used cooking oil (UCO) as demand from Europe and US soars, a recent...
Europe needs to be more independent from Russian gas. Biomethane might just be the solution. It's green, sustainable and can be produced...
The Biomethane Industrial Partnership is a strategic platform promoting dialogue between private and public biomethane stakeholders. Learn...
Plastic particles mixed in with the sand on the beach, plastic bottles gathering on the coasts: Marine litter is a global problem. But it...
On June 17 Europe's Environment Ministers made pivotal decisions on the EU’s waste management policies. They reached a general approach on...
CARBIOS and TOMRA Textiles will work together to bridge the gap between the collection of textile waste and innovative technologies for...
In its annual report, Break Free From Plastic ranks the world's top plastic polluters. Here are the results from the global brand audit.
Coffee drinkers in the pilot regions of Upper Austria, the districts of Krems-Land and Schwechat have collected more than 9 million coffee...
Plastics have been more and more replaced by alternative materials believed to be more sustainable. A new study looks at the life cycle...
Maximising metal separation and recovery from e-waste is the focus for Bunting at stand C60 at the E-Waste World Conference and Expo (26-27...
US scientists focused their work on PET recycling. Their recently published report suggests key areas for researchers to focus on to...
Li-ion batteries are prized for their high energy density and rechargeability, making them ideal for use in everything from smartphones and...
International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) 2024, the compost industry's largest and most comprehensive educational initiative, takes place...
Printed electronics are virtually impossible to recycle. Up until now. Dutch tech research institute TNO claims to have developed a method...
2023 shows a serious destabilisation of the European plastics sector. Imports of recycled plastics into the EU are increasing. This is...
On April 24, TOMRA Recycling's headquarters served as the testing hub for the European research project EcoReFibre. After a one-day visit...
In March two pieces of bipartisan legislation focused on improving the recycling and composting systems in the US passed the Senate....
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