The European Union is facing a growing waste problem and is at risk of missing its plastic recycling targets for 2025 and 2030 as more stringent export rules will be implemented next year, the bloc’s independent auditor warned Tuesday.
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In the town of Brignoles in southeast France, 40 tons of human hair are stacked in a warehouse — discarded locks sent in from salons far and wide under an innovative recycling scheme.
Read moreA federal judge has certified the class in a lawsuit over Keurig’s single-serve coffee pods, some of which are marketed as “recyclable” though the plaintiffs claim it’s nearly impossible to do so.
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Lego said Tuesday that it will stop using plastic bags inside its boxed sets and replace them with paper ones.
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Ikea will open its first second-hand store selling refurbished furniture in Sweden later this year, the company said Friday, part of its effort to become a fully circular business by 2030.
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Just weeks ago, cities and even some states across the United States were banning straws, limiting takeout containers and mandating that shoppers bring reusable bags or pay a small fee as the movement to eliminate single-use plastics took hold in environmentally conscious America.
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Polyurethanes are ubiquitous, composing the material used in many products from microcellular seals to skateboard wheels. One of the reasons the plastic is so popular with material scientists is that it is so durable.
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Malaysia has sent back 150 containers of plastic waste to 13 mainly rich countries since the third quarter last year, with the environment minster warning on Monday that those who want to make the country a rubbish bin of the world can “dream on.”
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A new café culture is brewing in the San Francisco area, where a growing number of coffeehouses are banishing paper to-go cups and replacing them with everything from glass jars to rental mugs and BYO cup policies.
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Scientists said Wednesday they have come up with an environmentally friendly method that uses artificial sunlight to transform plastic into power-generating chemicals, as countries worldwide battle to reduce waste.
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EU countries need to adopt policies to boost recycling, to help tackle growing waste, particularly from plastic and electronics, according to two reports by the European Environment Agency published Monday.
Read moreGovernments around the world are grappling with how to tackle the scourge of single-use plastic, but for the people of Bangun trash equals cash.
Read moreThe United States owes $112 million to Georgia Power Co., plus $31.2 million to Alabama Power Co., for failing to accept and dispose of their spent nuclear fuel, the Court of Federal Claims in a ruling of partial summary judgment.
Read moreKeurig Coffee cannot dismiss a class action accusing it of mislabeling its Keurig Green Mountain single-serve coffee pods as recyclable, a federal judge ruled.
Read moreMalaysia will send back some 3,300 tons of non-recyclable plastic waste to countries such as the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia in a move to avoid becoming a dumping ground for rich nations, Environment Minister Yeo Bee Yin said Tuesday.
Read moreSince 2008, hazardous materials that can be recycled have been excluded from federal waste-disposal rules. An Earthjustice attorney fought Tuesday to vacate this exemption.
Read moreNew Yorkers will soon see some big changes after the state Senate signed off this weekend on a ban on plastic shopping bags as well as congestion pricing when they passed the state’s 2020 budget.
Read moreScientists and researchers around the world strive to rid Earth’s oceans of the plague of plastic, with the latest effort from a team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory who found a process called ‘upcycling’ could help alleviate the problem.
Read moreBerlin’s unwanted Christmas trees have ended their days as a festive snack for zoo elephants and stocking fillers for some of their fellow residents.
Read moreThe European Parliament on Thursday voted to ban many single-use plastic items, targeting what the administrative arm of the EU says are the 10 products most likely to end up as litter in oceans.
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