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The Latest Breaking News on Recycling

US cities want to send plastic to Mexico

A new recycling plant in Mexicali raises legal and ethical concerns

Salon

Bum steer: Australia’s best and worst toilet papers assessed by Choice tests

Consumer group finds Australia’s best-performing bog rolls come at a high price – but the worst-ranked does too

The Guardian - AU

Lorna Slater must listen to supermarkets on flawed Scots deposit return scheme

With five of the biggest supermarkets telling the minister to think again, it's time for an intervention, writes Mail Opinion.

Daily Record

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Five supermarket giants urge Scottish Government to ditch drinks recycling scheme

Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and Waitrose have expressed their concern for the scheme.

Daily Record

Waste plants cause stink

Rather than protecting the environment and people from garbage pollution, the government plans to tackle overflowing waste by promoting small localised waste-to-energy projects.

Bangkok Post

Your “Recycled” Grocery Bag May Hide a Dirty Secret

Recent laws encourage recycling old plastic into new products. But verifying recycled content relies on tricky math.

Inverse

Ministers accused of 'fake' incinerators ban as a dozen new facilities to be built

Scottish Green circular economy minister Lorna Slater hailed move to outlaw the environmentally damaging waste-burning facilities last year.

Daily Record

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Recycling rubble can help rebuild Syria faster, scientists show

Tests show recycled concrete could safely be used in new buildings in war- and quake-stricken country

The Guardian - UK

Opening hours at West Lothian recycling centres slashed in half and booking system brought in

A booking system will also be set up for all vehicles attending sites

Daily Record

Government disposed of 3bn items of PPE bought in pandemic, data shows

Department of Health and Social Care in England has removed 269,500 pallets of PPE from its stock

The Guardian - UK

Perth and Kinross Council still has questions about the Deposit Return Scheme

A councillor has claimed that had PKC's 2016 offer to pilot the scheme been accepted, it would have been "workable" and "ready to go" by now

Daily Record

Perth and Kinross households set to be issued with another recycling bin

The new grey-lidded bins will be for metals, plastics and cartons with the blue-lidded bins for paper and cardboard

Daily Record

Merseyside borough set for major recycling shake-up

The new strategy aims to make recycling easier, according to the council

Liverpool Echo

How a Georgia plant is helping solve a huge EV supply chain kink

COVINGTON, Georgia — In a reused half-century-old factory about an hour east of Atlanta, a Massachusetts company is on the front lines of expanding the American electric vehicle supply chain. And it all starts with recycling.

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Manchester Evening News

Update in tragic case of man crushed by digger at work as inquest opened

John Graveson, 42, died after suffering ‘catastrophic injuries' at work

Belfast Live

Lisburn Castlereagh Council CEO faces criticism for bin consultation delay

"It is only right and proper that a consultation is started the sooner the better, I don't understand why a consultation would have to be after the election."

Edinburgh Live

West Lothian 'ban' on replacement windows in conservation areas set to end

Update on 1990s ban in conservation areas is pragmatic and practical and recognises improvements in material and design of windows since the earliest double glazing units

Edinburgh Live

West Lothian recycling centre opening hours being cut in half

Sites face a loss of almost half current hours and staff redeployment if all five sites are to stay operational. A new booking system will be brought to add savings

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Daily Record

English craft brewery labels beer 'not for sale in Scotland' amid deposit return scheme fears

Ely-based Three Blind Mice Brewery said its understanding is that a £350 fee is required to register each type of beer it produces under the DRS, something which dissuaded it from taking part.

AFP

Car battery recycling market gears up for future boom

Freiberg (Germany) (AFP) - Researcher Anna Vanderbruggen peers into a vat of dark bubbling liquid, the result of a process she has developed to recover graphite from old lithium-ion batteries.

Belfast Live

Belfast Council to direct £220,000 underspend to antisocial behaviour in parks

Council committee chooses parks over glass recycling for windfall

Birmingham Post

Carbon capture train to link Enfinium’s Ferrybridge waste facilities with Teesside

There are hopes that more carbon creating firms will benefit from the route

Daily Record

Bid to ban disposal vapes set to be backed by Falkirk Council

SNP councillor Iain Sinclair, the administration's climate change spokesperson, hopes that other parties will support his call for the Scottish Government to ban disposable vapes.

Wales Online

Litter pickers recover a staggering 2,217 large canisters of laughing gas from Cardiff streets and parks

A local clean-up group just posted a photo of its latest huge haul on Twitter

Daily Mirror

Full list of the 10 ways small businesses plan to go greener in 2023

One in five small businesses plan to make their green commitments and working towards a net-zero target a 'core business strategy' in the coming year

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