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Best plastic storage boxes 2022: Foldable and stackable containers

Home organisation is easy when you’ve got the right storage

Evening Standard

Nigeria artist transforms oil kegs into faces to reduce waste

Growing up, Nigerian artist Oluwajuwonlo Adeyemi saw her mother discard large plastic kegs of cooking oil she used for her catering business in Lagos.

Reuters

Western cities agree to remove decorative grass amid drought

Thirty water agencies that supply cities across the western United States are pledging to rip up lots of decorative grass to conserve water in the over-tapped Colorado River

The Independent UK

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Edinburgh net-zero target 'extremely challenging' as city burns through carbon budget

The council used up more than two-thirds of its three-year carbon budget in two years.

Edinburgh Live

Christmas bin collection dates for Ilkeston, Long Eaton, Sandiacre and other places in Erewash

Erewash residents can expect some changes to their waste and recycling collection

Nottingham Post

Facing Colorado River shortage, 30 urban suppliers pledge to target decorative grass

With the federal government calling for major cuts in water use to address the historic shortage on the Colorado River, the leaders of 30 agencies that supply cities from the Rocky Mountains to Southern California have signed an agreement committing to boost conservation, in part by pledging to target the…

Los Angeles Times

Half A Billion Dollars To Be Invested In Advanced Plastic Recycling Facilities In UK

New partnership funds flagship plant under construction

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Teenager dies after climbing into a giant bin and being compressed by recycling truck

Talented drummer Kellen Bischoff, 19, was coming back from a night out on Saturday when he was found dead at around 8.45am at the Total Recycling Facility in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania

Daily Mirror

REDcycle's collapse is more proof that plastic recycling is a broken system

This week the federal government joined an international agreement to recycle or reuse 100% of plastic waste by 2040, putting an end to plastic pollution. But major obstacles stand in the way.

The Conversation

Glasgow rubbish 'public health emergency' warning as city 'drowning in waste'

The local councillor in First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's constituency has raised concerns about piles of rubbish in the streets, while the council has warned local businesses to clean up their mess or face enforcement action.

Glasgow Live

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The Independent UK

Man dies after climbing into dumpster that was emptied into recycling truck

Kellen Bischoff had been at off-campus party at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania before accident

The Independent UK

Co-op announces big changes to milk after successful trial in 400 stores

While shoppers are used to seeing blue, green and red caps on whole, semi-skimmed and skimmed milk cartons, Co-op is planning to get rid of them all

Wales Online

Australian government pledges to recycle all plastics by 2040

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek says despite the collapse of a major soft plastics recycling scheme, the federal government has set a target to recycle or reuse 100 per cent of plastic waste by 2040.

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Hospital overhaul dominates Vic campaign

The Victorian Coalition has promised a $2.4 billion upgrade to the state's biggest trauma hospital while Labor pledged free sanitary products in public places.

Daily Mirror

Nearly half of Brits shopping more sustainably amid rising cost of living, study finds

Shoppers are now increasing looking to recycle, reuse, or resell items - with 85% of having rented clothes or jewellery at least once in the last 12 months

ABC News

Plastic recycler urges government to help fill gap left by REDcycle's soft plastics recycling scheme

Narelle Kuppers makes surfboard fins from plastic lids in Western Australia. She says ambitious goals for recycling are being hampered, by a lack of leadership from the federal government.

ABC News

Lockyer Valley Regional Council tackling dumped mattresses through recycling trial

A south-east Queensland council is the latest to join an ambitious mattress recycling trial aimed at recovering precious landfill space.

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Bangkok Post

Suntech to utilise scrap cars from Korea

Suntech Recycle & Decarbon Co, a subsidiary of Millcon Steel Plc, has partnered with an auto dismantling firm in South Korea to acquire more unwanted cars for recycling, part of efforts to reach its ambitious goal next year.

ABC News

While Australians are keen to recycle their plastic, figures show the current system is not working

Australians overwhelmingly want to recycle their waste, but a fragile recycling system means it's almost impossible to process the vast amounts of rubbish we generate.

The Guardian - AU

Supermarkets are pausing soft plastic recycling. What should I do with my plastic bags now?

Peak industry bodies say the halt has exposed deeper problems within the packaging industry

The Guardian - AU

Tanya Plibersek says Coles and Woolworths must ‘step up’ to fix plastic recycling crisis

REDcycle collections stopping from Wednesday with factory fire and ‘downturns in market demand’ blamed

AAP

Plastic bag recycling program collapses

Hundreds of millions of plastic bags dropped off by customers at major supermarkets are being stockpiled in warehouses instead of being recycled.

ABC News

Shoppers told to put plastic bags in the bin after suspension of REDcycle's soft plastics recycling scheme

The company collecting used soft plastics at Coles and Woolworths says its recycling partners can no longer take the material and it has been forced to put it into storage.

Pedestrian.tv

Um, All The Soft Plastics You Hoard Lug To The Supermarket Aren’t Actually Getting Recycled

Sorry everyone, they're actually getting chucked in a warehouse!

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