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The Latest Breaking News on Recycling

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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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.

ABC News

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.

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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

Daily Mirror

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.

ABC News

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.

Bangkok Post

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.

ABC News

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

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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!

Salon

Calif. wants proof plastic is recyclable

“Let’s see the evidence.”

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Birmingham Post

Battery recycling firm Altilium Metals charges ahead with plans for North East plant

Altilium Metals' plans could create hundreds of jobs, as well as a key component of new batteries

Pedestrian.tv

This Company Wants To Give You $$ For Recycling Old Containers, So Go Make Captain Planet Proud

It's National Recycling Week AKA the perfect time to instil some fun new habits that will not only help save the planet, but you’ll get to impress that hunk Captain Planet too.

The National (Scotland)

New island recycling scheme is 'key milestone' for Scotland

A NEW recycling initiative has been launched on Orkney in a “key milestone” ahead of Scotland's upcoming national deposit scheme.

Salon

Most of your plastics aren't recyclable

Not even water bottles and milk jugs meet standards for recyclability, a new report finds

Daily Record

Specsavers in Lanarkshire giving customers the chance to recycle glasses for free

The new initiative comes after the high-street opticians teamed up with recycling experts MYgroup to install recycling collection boxes at Specsavers stores.

Radio France Internationale

Greenpeace study shows plastic recycling is a 'failed concept'

Plastic recycling rates continue to decline, at the same time as production is increasing, according to a Greenpeace USA report released this week. The environmental watchdog blasts as "fiction" industry claims that we have created an efficient, circular economy.

Bangkok Post

Plastic recycling remains a myth, study finds

WASHINGTON: Plastic recycling rates are declining even as production shoots up, according to a Greenpeace USA report that blasts industry claims of creating an efficient, circular economy as "fiction."

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