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Each pair of sneakers contains 10 plastic bags and 12 bottles. The tote bag contains four plastic bottles and the box is made from recycled paper and has seeds in it which you can grow.
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Watch Apple’s iPhone recycling robot Daisy punch out screws, freeze batteries, and more
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Apple says iPhone is now 20% made from recycled materials and the goal is that eventually all new iPhones will be made from 100% recycled materials.
Europe’s biggest hydrometallurgical battery recycling facility unveiled in Finland
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The facility is the first commercial-scale operation of its kind in Europe, addressing the increasing demand for sustainable battery materials from European manufacturers and reducing dependence on imported critical battery raw materials.
Cotton recycling in the soil closes the circle on fibre waste
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In an unusual cotton recycling project, two of the fibre’s crops growing in Australia this year have an unusual additive in the soil – shredded cotton bedsheets and clothing.
Plastic pirouettes: Japan’s recycled bottle ballet
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“Plastic,” a new production by renowned Japanese company K-BALLET, aims to draw attention to a global pollution crisis through some unusual set and wardrobe design.
Drinking fountains for London
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The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has partnered with Thames Water to install a network of more than 100 drinking water fountains in busy and accessible areas of London, to reduce the number of single-use plastic water bottles used.
Your next necklace may have gold from an old phone
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Jewellery brands big and small have been turning to e-mining, using metals reprocessed from devices such as mobile phones, laptops, gaming consoles and graphics cards as an alternative to mined materials.
World leaders agree to draw up ‘historic’ treaty on plastic waste
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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.
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.
Northvolt produces fully recycled battery cell
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Swedish battery maker Northvolt announced that it has produced its first battery cell with 100% recycled nickel, manganese and cobalt (NMC) at its Northvolt Labs in the central city of Västerås.
Aircraft recycling: How planes are being turned into items like Coke cans
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With COVID-19 bringing forward the retirement of hundreds of airliners, there’s now massive money to be made from recycling them. There are dozens of companies around the world which dismantle airliners and salvage what they can for resale.
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.