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City tells court Southeast Side metal shredder would harm residents, should not open

Southside Recycling, formerly General Iron, wants a judge to force the city to issue it an operating permit.

Chicago Sun-Times

France to roll out plan to recover wastewater amid crippling drought

The French government is to announce measures this week outlining the future of water recycling. It hopes the plan will resolve recurring water shortages and drought across a country that has been particularly affected by global warming.

Radio France Internationale

The Fukushima nuclear plant will start releasing treated wastewater. Here's what you need to know.

Japanese officials plan to start discharging treated radioactive wastewater from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday

The Independent UK

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Scrap that: whopping 200,000 tonnes of waste diverted from landfill

The equivalent of 700 Airbus A380s has been diverted from landfill in Lake Macquarie.

Newcastle Herald

Victorian recycling company found to have systematically underpaid refugees and asylum seekers

Company formerly known as Polytrade fined more than $375,000 in the federal court

The Guardian - AU

Kerala Solid Waste Management Project to be launched today

KSWMP is a significant step in Kerala's waste mgmt sector, with ₹2,400 cr from WB & AIIB. It will provide grant for infra & service delivery, set up bio-methanation & windrow compost plants, double-chambered sanitary napkin incinerators, scientific landfills & green industrial parks. 350 professionals & SWM engineers deployed, with…

The Hindu

Here's What Happens To Dead EV Battery Packs

Lithium-ion battery recycling is a necessity in a market rapidly shifting towards electrification. Here's what happens with old lithium-ion batteries.

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Japan's nuclear plants are short of storage for spent fuel. A remote town could have the solution

A Japanese town says it has agreed to a geological study to determine its suitability as an interim storage site for spent nuclear fuel

The Independent UK

Putting plastic waste to good use

A team from TKM College of Engineering has obtained patent for Plastile, a three-layered plastic tile with porous metal oxide core that can reduce thermal load on concrete roofs

The Hindu

‘We turn waste into something golden’: the creatives transforming rags to riches

Rich nations’ unwanted clothes often end up in landfills, polluting the global south. But entrepreneurs in Ghana, Pakistan and Chile are turning rubbish into rugs, shoes and toys

The Guardian - UK

Kerala Solid Waste Management Project set to get off the ground next week

Kerala to shift from decentralised to hybrid waste mgmt approach, ₹2400 cr KSWMP to start next week. Project to cover 6 Corp & 87 muni, ₹800 cr for regional facilities, dust bins to return, modern waste collection vehicles, 70% funds from WB & AIIB, 30% from State.

The Hindu

Shell urged not to demolish modernist HQ over carbon emissions fears

Architects, academics and climate activists launch campaign against plan to knock down five-storey building in Aberdeen

The Guardian - UK

Elf bar: Campaigners criticise London bus ads for ‘greenwashing’ disposable vapes

Greenpeace accuses disposable vape company of ‘blatant greenwashing’ over TfL ads

Evening Standard

Scientists Find Way To Turn Plastic Waste Into Soap

Researchers have created a revolutionary process for converting plastic waste into surfactants used to make soap and detergents.

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New recycling method to market 'junk' plastic waste

According to researchers' estimates, the conventional production of these industrial chemicals would result in a 60 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Hindu

In Visakhapatnam, GVMC’s theme-based RRR centres highlight a new code of pro-planet behaviour

GVMC’s theme-based RRR centres in Visakhapatnam aim to instil the habits of source segregation, waste-to-resource conversion

RideApart

New Federal Incentives Encourage EV Battery Recycling In US

In a bid to boost the economy and reduce reliance on China, new federal incentives encourage EV battery recycling in the US.

Salon

Do you have "recycling bias?"

Decades of messaging urging us to recycle crowded out other options — like consuming less in the first place

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Gogoro and Muji Team Up On Smart Scooters With Recycled Plastic Panels

Gogoro and Muji have teamed up on two new special edition scooters featuring recycled plastic panels as part of the “Recycling for Good” sustainability initiative.

The Conversation

A carbon tax can have economic, not just environmental benefits for Australia

A new study has found that a carbon tax, accompanied by “revenue recycling”, can produce both environmental and economic benefits for Australia.

The Independent UK

The first generation of solar panels will wear out. A recycling industry is taking shape

The largest solar panel recycling plant in North America has opened in Yuma, Arizona, just as the flow of used and spent solar panels sharply ramps up

The Conversation

Here's how wastewater facilities could tackle food waste, generate energy and slash emissions

Most Australian food waste ends up in landfill. Rotting in the absence of oxygen produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas. While some facilities capture this “landfill gas” to produce energy, or burn it off to release carbon dioxide instead, it’s a major contributor to climate change. Valuable resources such as…

Inverse

Why We Get Recycling So Wrong

If only recycling was simple. But some products should really go in the trash — never purchased in the first place. Here's what we get so wrong about the practice.

The National (Scotland)

Scots universities have highest carbon footprint per student in the UK

SCOTTISH universities have the highest carbon footprint per student in the UK with Edinburgh topping the table for the amount of waste and carbon it…

Tom’s Hardware

Water-Soluble PCBs Are Major Step Towards Recyclable Electronics

Infineon is exploring Jiva Materials' biodegradable PCBs as a means to reduce the amount of electronics waste created with every generation of superseded products.

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