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Benefits of Recycling Championed During Awareness Week 27.09.2018 10:56 Comparison Study Finds Reducing Levels of Plastic Waste & Litter on UK Beaches Levels of plastic wastes and other litter on UK beaches have reduced, according to a comparison beach cleaning and litter surveying programme by Cromwell Polythene as part of its 35th anniversary activity and to mark Recycle Week. read more …
GreenWaste Recovery and City Partner with BioCellection for Hard-to-Recycle Plastics 24.09.2018 18:10 VIDEO: Partnership for Plastic Recycling Tech Startup in San José, California In California, the City of San José and GreenWaste Recovery have partnered with cleantech startup, BioCellection to develop chemical based solutions for hard-to-recycle plastics. read more …
Pakistan’s Largest University to Develop Energy from Waste Tech 31.08.2018 14:50 Waste to Energy Research Facility Opened at Punjab University, Lahore In Lahore, Pakistan Punjab University’s Vice Chancellor, Prof Niaz Ahmad has inaugurated a new laboritory to develop waste to energy technologies. read more …
Low-Energy Extraction Wells a Cheaper Option? 24.08.2018 14:36 IN DEPTH: Groundwater Monitoring of Landfill Leachate Early detection of contaminants in groundwater released from landfill sites helps facilitate timely and effective source control and mitigation, but could low-energy extraction wells offer a cheaper alternative to passive wells? read more …
Service Options for the Kerbside Collection of Residential Yard Waste 16.08.2018 12:55 SWANA Report on Kerbside Yard Waste Collections SWANA's Applied Research Foundation has published a new report documenting the collection of yard waste and analysing schedules, processes, and costs, while looking for opportunities to improve efficiency and mitigate risks. read more …
UN Environment Project for Sustainable Soil Amendments 03.08.2018 13:07 IN DEPTH: Vietnamese Farmers Replacing Chemicals with Biochar from Wastes A project backed by UN Environment and the Global Environment Facility is boosting the sustainability of soil amendments in Vietnam using biochar made from agricultural wastes. read more … American Manganese Process Receives First Office Action 19.07.2018 19:07 Patent Progress Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Technology Developer American Manganese has reported on the progress of its application at the US Patent and Trademark Office for recycling lithium-ion battery cathode materials. read more … Japanese Waste Gasification Firm Partners with Nanyang Technological University 03.07.2018 10:39 JFE Engineering Inaugurates Waste to Energy Innovation Centre in Singapore JFE Engineering has set up the Innovation Centre for Environmental Technology in the CleanTech One facility in Singapore to carry out research activities on “Development of Enhanced Utilisation Methodologies for Direct Melting Gasification”. read more … UK Research and Innovation Funding to Boost Circular Economy for Plastics 22.06.2018 11:37 £20m Plastics Research and Innovation Fund to Increase Reuse & Recycling A £20 million fund has been launched in the UK to explore new ideas and innovations that can bring changes in the plastics manufacturing industry and increase reuse and recycling. read more … Step Towards Circular Economy for Plastics 19.06.2018 11:22 Plastics Recyclers Europe Collaboration to Characterise PE-LD Pellets Work on the characterisation of recycled PE-LD pellets, which provides a framework for the quality assessment of the pellets, has been conducted by Plastic Recyclers Europe and VKC-CENTEXBEL. read more … R&D Into Digestion of Plastics 13.04.2018 14:19 Extremophile Waste Treatment Firm Advetec Expands Bath, UK based Advetec, a specialist in the use of extremophiles to treat solid and liquid organic waste, is expanding its operations with additional laboratories and staff to research plastic digestion. read more … Skid Mounted Gasification Unit Developed by Al Shrooq Green Energy 05.04.2018 15:05 Waste to Energy Gasification Research Deal in UAE In the United Arab Emirates the American University of Ras Al Khaimah has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with municipal solid waste gasification technology firm, Al Shrooq Green Energy. read more …
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