June 2021

UK waste management company Biffa is expanding its plastic recycling capacity in Scotland by acquiring a post-consumer plastic recycling facility from Green Circle Polymers (GCP). Located in Grangemouth,…

Efforts to end plastic pollution through recycling could leave people and the environment laden with toxic chemicals, a new study finds. the report, which has not been peer reviewed, evaluated four plastic recycling and waste management…

Waste management company Biffa has announced a deal to acquire Scotland's only post-consumer plastics (PRF) recycling facility from Green Circle Polymers Ltd (GCP) for £10 million. Located in Grangemouth, the acquisition of the facility…

Sainsbury's has rolled out its recycling system to a total of 520 supermarkets. Credit: Sainsbury's. UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's has…

Rebecca Pow revealed Defra may introduce export ban And, the minister added that the government will seek to push forward the planned ban on plastic exports to non-OECD countries, although it was not specified when…

The Otter Tail County Solid Waste Department is expanding the plastic film recycling program to Wadena County this week thanks to a grant from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency earlier this year. Collection in Todd County will…

Rebecca Pow revealed Defra could introduce export ban And, the minister added that the government will seek to push forward the planned ban on plastic exports to non-OECD countries, although it was not specified…

CLERMONT-FERRAND, FRANCE - A consortium of consumer packaged goods companies has unveiled what they call the “first food-grade PET plastic bottles produced entirely from enzymatically recycled plastic”. The consortium consists of Nestlé…

Recycling in the United States of plastic bottles, non-rigid bottle products and film fell by 27 million pounds in 2019, or 0.5%, according to a new report released today by the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR), Washington.…

Sculpture is a fascinating art form that allows artists to express darkness in a physical medium. Sculptors are not bound by the reality of their subjects, even if their work is more tangible than that of painters, for…

Located on the side of a motorway that connects the cities of Liverpool and Hull in England, is a giant pile of dark old rags, socks and other rotting fabric. To some, the 20-foot-high pile looks like a geological formation. For Hanna…

The ocean plastic pollution crisis and the limits of plastic recycling have reached a new level in recent days, when a huge cargo ship burned down and sank off the coast of Sri Lanka. He spilled tons of plastic pellets (As shown above) and…

The export of recovered paper grades, collection programs and freight-related issues were the main concerns discussed at the meeting of the Paper Division of the Brussels-based Bureau of International Recycling (BIR), which was…

The £20million facility will take non-recyclable plastics, destined for landfill, incineration or overseas export, and use them to create sustainable hydrogen. This will then be used as clean fuel for buses, cars and heavy goods…