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Until about a year ago, few people had reason to wonder where the plastic they tossed into the recycling bin ended up. It was being made into new bottles, bags, straws and beach balls, right? Wrong: Almost half of it was shipped to China. Then, China announced last year that it didn’t want to buy […]
A simple and very effective way to clean up plastic-clogged waterways–and boost public transit ridership in the process. When a river in Bandung, Indonesia, was so choked with plastic trash earlier this year that the water was essentially invisible, the government called in the army to clean it out. It was a temporary fix: Indonesia […]
The plastics recycling industry faces an investigation amid reports firms are illegally profiting from the market and in some cases polluting rivers. The Environment Agency, the regulator, confirmed it had set up an investigative team and was pursuing “several lines of enquiry”. It comes as councils cut back their plastics recycling services amid a fall […]
Despite Gujarat High Court’s nudge to ‘re-consider’ the case, the Centre says environment can’t be ignored NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 25 Taking a firm stand on phasing out of all plastic waste and scrap recycling units operating in the special economic zones (SEZs) on environmental grounds, the Centre has decided to stay put on its decision […]
Consumer goods giant Unilever has today announced a new partnership with waste and recycling firm Veolia to drive progress on global plastic recycling rates, starting with action in India and Indonesia. Just 14 per cent of plastic packaging used globally is collected for recycling, according to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, while 40 per cent ends […]
China’s policy to ban imports of postconsumer scrap plastics has upended markets for some of this material—namely film and mixed plastics—in the United States. Two recyclers shared why they have invested in technology to recover and recycle these materials during the session Investments in Domestic Plastic Processing at the 2018 Paper & Plastics Recycling Conference in Chicago […]
PepsiCo is working on Performance with Purpose 2025 goal to design recoverable or recyclable packaging, and support increased recycling of plastic waste. PepsiCo India on Saturday said it plans to establish a facility in Delhi to recycle used PET plastic bottles to reduce its impact on environment. “The company has partnered with Gem Enviro Management […]
Incentives to collect marine litter at sea, new EU-wide standards and definitions for biodegradability and compostability, and a complete EU ban on oxo-degradable plastic by 2020 are among the proposals set out in the non-binding draft resolution, adopted on Thursday with 597 votes to 15 and 25 abstentions. Oxo-degradable plastic does not properly biodegrade, is […]