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Ban on single-use vapes in UK may ‘flood market with illegal products’

Ministers said to be planning to legislate against the devices because of concerns about children’s health

The Guardian - UK

Five million single-use vapes discarded each week, research finds

The study also showed that just 17 per cent of vapers dispose of their vapes in the correct way

Evening Standard

Five million disposable vapes thrown away every week, campaign group says

The number of disposable vapes thrown away has quadrupled to five million per week over the past year, according to research from a recycling…

The National (Scotland)

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Dewsbury in Yorkshire recognised as ‘greenest town’ of the 1800s

Historic England lists 12 buildings in recognition of town’s role in recycling yarn from all over world

The Guardian - UK

Number of vapes thrown away every week soars to five million as habit fuels alarming rise in waste

This is a fourfold surge compared to 2022

The Independent UK

What is Raac and what buildings has it been used in besides schools?

Experts warn that offices, court houses, hospitals, and factories containing Raac could be at risk of collapse.

The Independent UK

Alappuzha school looks beyond textbooks to teach waste management

The Hindu

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Warning 'fire will burn for days' amid major response to Scottish landfill blaze

PEOPLE living close to a Scottish landfill have been warned to keep their windows closed as emergency services say a fire on the site will burn for…

The National (Scotland)

Notting Hill Carnival: 300 tonnes of rubbish and skip full of gas cannisters cleaned up

Kensington & Chelsea council said its army of cleaners and 30 refuse trucks worked through the night

Evening Standard

Waste not — the miraculous 2nd (and 3rd) lives of unwanted objects

Rescuing materials from an ignominious end in a landfill is part of the transformative mission of Chicago’s reuse facilities and many of its artists.

Chicago Sun-Times

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

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

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The Guardian - AU

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 Hindu

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…

InsideEVs

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.

The Independent UK

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

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The Hindu

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 Guardian - UK

‘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 Hindu

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 Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

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

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

Zenger

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.

Dynamite News

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:

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