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The Latest Breaking News on Recycling

Packaging tax will raise price of many everyday items, say UK firms

Cost of soft drinks, beer and kettles likely to increase as a result of scheme that shifts recycling fees to manufacturers

The Guardian - UK

Europe Is In EV Freakout Mode

Today on Critical Materials: Europe enters freakout mode over ICE ban, Italy fears it's "self-destructive," and BMW and Redwood team up to recycle batteries

InsideEVs

Researchers Discover New Battery Recycling Method, Could Change the Game

A research team from Rice University has discovered an efficient and cost-effective way of extracting raw materials from depleted EV batteries.

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UK public is becoming more ‘carbon capable’ – here’s what that means

As climate change intensifies, rising public awareness and incremental behavioural changes will hopefully evolve into transformative action. We investigate how lifestyles and systems of governance need to change to bring about a sustainable, low-carbon future in the UK.

The Conversation

Frayed cables and yellow pillows: how to fix, reuse or ditch 12 confusing kinds of household clutter

Different parts of Australia have different laws on recycling but there are also services to fix many common objects

The Guardian - AU

Making fuels from plastics in Newaygo, Michigan, would be controversial – here’s why

Humans generate a lot of plastic waste – more than 400 million metric tons a year.

The Conversation

3 Environmental Services Stocks Cleaning Up the Planet

The environmental services industry is transforming continuously to create and discover solutions for effective waste disposal and management and is poised to proliferate. Amid this backdrop, quality stocks Ecolab (ECL), Republic Services (RSG), and Waste Management (WM) could be ideal portfolio additions. Continue reading.

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South-west London schools and nurseries shut as recycling plant fire burns on

Thousands of people have been told to keep windows closed since the fire broke out in Wimbledon on Saturday

Evening Standard

'To My Ships' is a new personal care brand with a clean conscience

We interview founder Daniel Bense and designers Formafantasma to hear how the brand came to life

Wallpaper

Slow mining could be a solution to overconsumption in an increasingly fast-paced world

A “fast” approach to business — characterized by overconsumption across supply chains — has become almost ubiqutous in recent years.

The Conversation

Texas proposes first new rules for oilfield waste in 40 years

While environmentalists say the new rules don’t do enough to protect groundwater, oil and gas operators are contesting stricter requirements for waste pits near wells.

The Texas Tribune

Most US voters say plastics industry should be held responsible for recycling claims – report

Even a majority of Republicans support efforts to hold manufacturers accountable for allegedly deceptive claims

The Guardian - US

Reusable cups and balloon rules floated to bin plastics

The NSW government is seeking feedback on a plastics crackdown that would force some businesses to use less-polluting alternatives.

AAP

Environment solution: New metals refinery for nickel and cobalt opens in Ohio

Mining raw materials, like nickel, for batteries harms the environment, and new mines are very difficult to get approved, so the search is on to recycle metals that have already come out of the earth

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - AU

Soft plastics are a scourge of the Earth, but there are ways to break our toxic addiction

Plastic recycling is failing to scale anywhere near fast enough and remains a marginal activity in the sector

Zenger

Innovative Process ‘Vaporizes’ Plastic Waste Into Building Blocks For New Plastics‌ ‌

The new technology makes circular economy more feasible. ‌

Newcastle Herald

What a waste: Illegal dump site costs Hunter builder millions in fines, clean-up costs

Waste piles were found at a property at Sandy Hollow.

The Guardian - UK

‘Queen of trash’ among 11 on trial in Sweden’s largest environmental crime case

Bella Nilsson’s company Think Pink accused of dumping at least 200,000 tonnes of waste

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International Business Times

'Queen Of Trash' In Dock In Sweden's Biggest Toxic Waste Scandal

Eleven people go on trial in Sweden on Tuesday accused of illegally dumping toxic waste in the country's biggest-ever environmental crime case.

Tom’s Hardware

Texas resident used Apple AirTags to discover plastics taken to Houston recycling centers aren't being recycled

A Houston resident discovered that their recyclable trash isn't being processed when the AirTags they used to track the recyclables show them sitting in a private open-air lot.

Salon

EPA rejects plastics industry’s math

The plastics industry uses a controversial accounting method to inflate the recycled content it advertises

Wallpaper

Behind the scenes: how the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Torches, Rings, and Agitos came to life

ArcelorMittal’s three-part video series offers a first look behind the scenes of how the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic creative vision was ignited

Cycling Weekly

Hunt debuts recyclable carbon technology in high end gravel wheelsets

British wheel brand Hunt lays the foundations for a move toward recyclable wheelsets

The Guardian - UK

Lego plans to make half the plastic in bricks from renewable materials by 2026

Toymaker hopes to bring down oil-based plastic it uses by paying up to 70% more for certified renewable resin to encourage production

Evening Standard

Six tonnes of laughing gas canisters collected during Notting Hill Carnival clean up

Around 6,000 canisters were left on the streets of west London after Notting Hill Carnival - half what was found in 2023

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