Researchers describe enzymatic hydrolysis as a viable way in the end-of-life management of textiles.

Scientists at Cornell University aim to ease the process of plastic waste chemical recycling.

Two EPFL engineers developed a new method for tackling plastic pollution. They are harnessing the inner workings of proteins.

The UK's largest Recycling, Resource & Waste Management Event is being held at NEC Birmingham on 22-23 September 2021.

Certified compostable bioplastics are doing their share to alleviate plastic pollution, but they can’t be depended upon to reverse the...

A Dutch company has developed an innovative way to convert asbestos and Chrome-6 contaminated steel into a high-value product.

With rare earths becoming increasingly rare, excavating e-waste grows ever more important, despite extraction challenges.

Legislative measures supporting wastewater treatment have gained traction in the US these past few months.

Plastic packaging thrived during the early stages of the pandemic. Now British retailers are set on reversing that development.

Informal waste collectors play as big a role in India’s recycling market as public institutions and private companies. The recycling rates...

The skyrocketing quantity of textile waste fast fashion is considered one of the biggest technological problems in the circular economy....

More and more often, lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are being identified as the cause of fires at landfills and waste treatment facilities....

PureCycle Technologies plans to invest 363 million dollar in the construction of a plant in Ohio that will recycle polypropylene.

China is facing rapidly mounting volumes of waste. In the future, it intends to have digitally monitored intelligent waste collection sites...

In the design of new products, the circularity and recyclability at the end of the product life cycle has hardly been considered so far. A...