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World leaders, environment ministers and other representatives from 173 countries have agreed to develop a legally binding treaty on plastics, in what many described a truly historic moment.
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Thais make amulets from plastic waste to inspire more recycling
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Hoping to inspire more Thais to recycle plastic waste, two local companies have teamed up to make Buddhist amulets by using nine types of recyclable materials ranging from plastic bottles to nylon fishing nets.
Why your ‘wishcycling’ can do more harm than good
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Contaminating the waste stream with material that is not actually recyclable makes the sorting process more costly because it requires extra labor. Wishcycling also damages sorting systems and equipment and depresses an already fragile trading market.
Recycling expert uncovers common Christmas wrapping paper mistakes
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Recycling expert Samantha Jones has spoken out about how to properly dispose of wrapping paper over the Christmas period. Samantha has revealed that wrapping paper is non-recyclable in most areas.
Pot Recycle: Closing the loop on plastic plant and seedling pots
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Mitre 10 has launched a nationwide roll-out of Pot Recycle, a ‘closed loop’ solution that stops garden pots ending up in landfill and reduces the amount of new plastic used to make plant and seedling pots.
Engineers Have Invented an Entirely New Approach to Recycling Plastic
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A new study demonstrates the proof-of-concept of an entirely new approach to plastic recycling, inspired by the way nature naturally ‘recycles’ the components of organic polymers present in our environment.
Work starts on plant to recycle blended fibres
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Australian start-up BlockTexx has begun work on what it claims will the the first textile recycling plant capable of separating and recycling blends of cotton and polyester fibres at scale.
Hello poo-powered dairies, goodbye recycling bins
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The New South Wales south coast is powering ahead when it comes to alternative energy projects, with dairies soon to be powered by poo and new solar farms being built, and plans for a state-of-the-art recycling machine.
Natural enzymes revolutionize plastic recycling
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Plastic recycling is still in its infancy – only a small part of the waste is recyclable. Natural enzymes could get the circular economy going.
Auckland factory producing recyclable meat trays
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An Auckland packaging company is working to remove the confusion around recycling plastic, one meat tray at a time. Pact Packaging’s Kiwi-designed meat trays – made from Polyethylene Terephthalate, or PET – can be recycled.
Can the Tokyo Games get a perfect recycling score?
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Before the pandemic arrived and safety became such a high priority, the Olympic Commission announced it was to be the ‘most sustainable one’ since the Games started in 1896. But what does that mean exactly?
Repairing – not recycling – is the first step to tackling e-waste from smartphones. Here’s why.
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As smartphone sales have skyrocketed, so has the device’s contribution to waste streams and carbon emissions. Manufacturers will need to conserve resources as 6 of the key elements for mobile phones will run out in the next 100 years.