Rules for UK waste tyres tightened after millions sent to furnaces in India Waste tyres exported from the UK to India for recycling were found to be going to unregulated dumps or makeshift furnaces. The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2025
Is Julian Brown Missing or Hiding? Inventor Missing After Plastoline Fame Sparks Threats Julian Brown, 21, vanished after 9 July 2025 post alleging threats over Plastoline. His mother says he's safe, but fears of foul play persist. International Business Times UK · Jul 29, 2025
Chinese scientists tout infinitely recyclable 3D printer resin — can be broken down at the molecular level using a thermally reversible photo-click reaction A team of scientists from Zhejiang University has developed 3D printer resin that can be easily recycled over and over again. Tom’s Hardware · Jul 28, 2025
Councils to get £1.1bn for recycling from packaging fees charged to firms The extended producer responsibility (EPR) scheme requires businesses to pay towards the costs of recycling packaging they use. The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2025
Chappell Roan's Fashion Stunt Was A Fit Made Out Of ... Seaweed? Another viral moment. Cinemablend · Jul 22, 2025
LA fires charred homes into piles of metal and concrete. By recycling them, they're given new life After the Palisades and Eaton fires scorched entire neighborhoods, the Army Corps of Engineers set up operations to recycle concrete and metal from mostly fire-damaged homes The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2025
Young, educated and knee deep in rubbish: the recyclers cleaning up in Cairo’s Garbage City Piles of waste line the streets of Manshiyet Nasr, turning it into a no-go zone for many. But a new generation see themselves as agents of change in the fight against plastic pollution The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2025
M&S introduces invisible UV tags to collect recycling data The supermarket is the first to roll out the packaging tags on shop shelves. The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2025
Kentucky residents are being driven from their homes after gnats swarm town: ‘You can’t even stay in the house’ A gnat infestation in Kentucky is disrupting daily life, with residents blaming Logan Aluminum's storage of sticky recycled bales at a nearby facility. The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2025
Why USA Rare Earth (USAR) Stock Is Skyrocketing Today Shares of USA Rare Earth Inc (NASDAQ:USAR) are climbing sharply Tuesday afternoon, riding a wave of positive sentiment sweeping through the domestic critical minerals sector for the session. Benzinga · Jul 15, 2025
America's only rare earth producer gets a boost from Apple and Pentagon agreements MP Materials, the operator of the only rare earths mine in the United States, has signed a $500 million deal with Apple The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2025
Rare Earth Royalty: Meet The Power Players Shaping The Industry The rare earth sector is in the spotlight and driven by the global race for critical minerals essential to clean energy, defense and high-tech industries. Here's a guide to five standout stocks shaping the future of rare earth materials: Benzinga · Jul 15, 2025
Coach Parent Tapestry Ups Investment In Recycled Leather Pioneer Gen Phoenix Tapestry, Inc. (NYSE:TPR) shares were largely unchanged during early Tuesday trading, following an announcement that underscores the company’s ongoing sustainability efforts. Benzinga · Jul 15, 2025
Waste company fined £400,000 after London council employee crushed in horror accident Paul McDaid, an Enfield Council employee, was working at the London Energy Ltd transfer station in Edmonton when the incident happened Evening Standard · Jul 7, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2025 Businesses and charities call for UK to scrap VAT on refurbished electronics Exclusive: Letter to government says lower prices for repaired goods would cut waste, create jobs and help households save money
InsideEVs · Jun 29, 2025 100,000 EVs Will Retire This Year. What Will Happen To Their Batteries? The second-life EV battery market is on the cusp of explosive growth thanks to companies such as Redwood Materials.
Tom’s Hardware · Jun 28, 2025 Safer, faster, and cheaper way to extract gold at 99% purity from electronic waste detailed — new method for recovering gold from PCBs uses a sanitizing reagent and a novel polymer A Flinders University research team has developed a new way of recovering gold from ore and e-waste that's safer and more cost-efficient.
Benzinga · Jun 27, 2025 Investors Seek Gold Alternative - Platinum Hits $1,400 As Supply Deficit Deepens Platinum prices have surged to their highest levels since 2014, driven by tightening supply, speculative investor flows, and a wave of buyers turning to the metal as a cheaper alternative to gold.
Tom’s Hardware · Jun 27, 2025 2,000-GPU data center launches powered exclusively by reusable batteries — 12-megawatt storage system built on hundreds of repurposed EV batteries Redwood Materials repurposed old EV batteries as power storage for a 2,000-GPU data center running solely off renewable energy.
Newslaundry · Jun 27, 2025 Violation of guidelines? Here’s what’s wrong with Hitachi’s ‘recycling’ of e-waste Air conditioner manufacturer Johnson Controls-Hitachi, now owned by the Bosch group in India, has allowed bids from recyclers far below the government-mandated floor price for e-waste, copies of internal records seen by Newslaundry show.
Tom’s Guide · Jun 27, 2025 Experts are saying to use bubble wrap in your yard this summer — here's how Can you resist? Gardeners are being urged not to pop bubblewrap and use it in their yards instead.
AAP · Jun 26, 2025 Emission targets on track but nature in 'deep trouble' NSW is making great strides expanding renewable energy but more needs to be done to address waste management, biodiversity loss and climate change.
The Independent UK · Jun 24, 2025 Colombian waste pickers inundate iconic Bogota square with plastic bottles to protest falling wages Dozens of Colombian waste pickers have inundated one of Bogota’s most iconic squares with about 15 tons of recyclable goods
The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2025 ‘It’s cheap but it’s not disposable’: why fast tech is a growing waste problem Low-cost and quickly discarded products are playing a key role in world’s fastest-growing waste problem – electronics
The Guardian - AU · Jun 19, 2025 Trump’s two-week window for Iran attack, Olympics ditch diversity, the five ways we’ve changed The US president continues to bat off questions about his intentions in Iran; survey reveals five key trends in the way Australians live