The Latest Breaking News on Recycling

Making fuels from plastics in Newaygo, Michigan, would be controversial – here’s why

Humans generate a lot of plastic waste – more than 400 million metric tons a year.

The Conversation · Sep 11, 2024

3 Environmental Services Stocks Cleaning Up the Planet

The environmental services industry is transforming continuously to create and discover solutions for effective waste disposal and management and is poised to proliferate. Amid this backdrop, quality stocks Ecolab (ECL), Republic Services (RSG), and Waste Management (WM) could be ideal portfolio additions. Continue reading.

StockNews.com · Sep 10, 2024

South-west London schools and nurseries shut as recycling plant fire burns on

Thousands of people have been told to keep windows closed since the fire broke out in Wimbledon on Saturday

Evening Standard · Sep 10, 2024

Reusable cups and balloon rules floated to bin plastics

The NSW government is seeking feedback on a plastics crackdown that would force some businesses to use less-polluting alternatives.

AAP · Sep 9, 2024

Environment solution: New metals refinery for nickel and cobalt opens in Ohio

Mining raw materials, like nickel, for batteries harms the environment, and new mines are very difficult to get approved, so the search is on to recycle metals that have already come out of the earth

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2024

Soft plastics are a scourge of the Earth, but there are ways to break our toxic addiction

Plastic recycling is failing to scale anywhere near fast enough and remains a marginal activity in the sector

The Guardian - AU · Sep 6, 2024

Innovative Process ‘Vaporizes’ Plastic Waste Into Building Blocks For New Plastics‌ ‌

The new technology makes circular economy more feasible. ‌

Zenger · Sep 4, 2024

What a waste: Illegal dump site costs Hunter builder millions in fines, clean-up costs

Waste piles were found at a property at Sandy Hollow.

Newcastle Herald · Sep 3, 2024

‘Queen of trash’ among 11 on trial in Sweden’s largest environmental crime case

Bella Nilsson’s company Think Pink accused of dumping at least 200,000 tonnes of waste

The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2024

'Queen Of Trash' In Dock In Sweden's Biggest Toxic Waste Scandal

Eleven people go on trial in Sweden on Tuesday accused of illegally dumping toxic waste in the country's biggest-ever environmental crime case.

International Business Times · Sep 3, 2024