Smart recycling containers that reward people for proper use could help drive up the rate of plastic recycling, reducing the amount of plastic that goes …
No straw‚ now what? Recycling plastic in SA on World Environment Day
Are you separating your plastic and making sure it gets into a recycling stream‚ and do you boycott products packaged in plastic which can’t be …
Four major electronic retailers provide in-store e-waste recycling bins
SINGAPORE – Shoppers will soon be able to dispose of their old mobile phones, dead batteries and other e-waste in recycling bins at electronic stores …
Five things you shouldn’t be recycling
One of their past studies found that while 90 per cent of Australians believed recycling was the right thing to do, misconceptions still existed about …
Man’s death is 2nd in past two years at recycling plant
The recycling plant where a 31-year-old man was killed over the weekend has a history of workplace safety violations, including an incident which …
Recycling plastic – Japan style
[TOKYO] At a recycling plant outside Tokyo, workers in face masks pick through an unending torrent of plastic rubbish, fuelled by a national obsession …
Akron considers hiking trash collection fees but keeping recycling rebate
Starting in August, Akron rates for residents who have combined curbside collection and disposal will increase $1. That means those who recycle will …
Recycling plastic in packaging obsessed Japan
TOKYO (AFP) – At a recycling plant outside Tokyo, workers in face masks pick through an unending torrent of plastic rubbish, fuelled by a national …
Ban plastic bags? UN seeks to cut pollution as recycling falls short
OSLO (Reuters) – Less than a 10th of all the plastic ever made has been recycled, and governments should consider banning or taxing single-use …
Hendersonville’s new recycling program may not survive
Sometimes companies are collecting recyclables, then dumping them in the landfill anyway, and Clary said they can’t guarantee that’s not happening …