MARQUETTE — Goodwill Industries is partnering with Comprenew, a Grand Rapids-based electronic recycling organization, to host an electronic …
News round-up June 2018
More recycling for Paddington; European affilication for Viridor; Partnership boosts north WEEE collection; Asbestos deal for Renewi …
South African precious metals recycling innovation reaches Africa Prize finals
An innovation that uses a cheap and sustainable recycling method to recover precious metals has made it into the finals of the 2018 Africa Prize for …
Recycling numbers on the rise
Citing an increase in residential recycling, the county planning department reported recently that 21 percent of waste was diverted last year, up 13 …
Better recycling of electrical and electronic waste
“The aim of the CloseWEEE project is to develop new solutions for processing and recycling e-waste,” Matthias explained. “This is crucial because, …
Recycling DANGER: Black plastics may be TOXIC – How YOUR cutlery could contain chemicals
He claims the technical limitations of plastic sorting machines at recycling centres could be allowing these chemicals to seep into the system.
Who Killed Recycling?
Recycling is in the dumps. The Chinese government’s decision to ban mixed plastic and mixed paper recyclables imports sent recycling markets into a …
Electronic recycling grows with surge in e-waste
“Recently, electronics recycling has changed drastically and will have to continue to evolve, because technology will not slow down,” said Jarrett …
Metal recycling merger likely to reduce competition
The investigation provisionally found that, while there are local competitors for buying and recycling metals in the South East and London, and for …
Khan seeks zero waste London
London waste authorities will be set minimum recycling standards to meet by 2020 – including a requirement for separate food waste collections …