EPA Carve-Out for Recycling Called Out as Hazardous
Since 2008, hazardous materials that can be recycled have been excluded from federal waste-disposal rules. An Earthjustice attorney fought Tuesday to vacate this exemption.
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NY Bans Plastic Bags, Adopts Congestion Pricing in 2020 Budget Vote
New 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 more‘Upcyling’ Plastic Bottles Could Alleviate Global Trash Troubles
Scientists 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 moreZoo Elephants Eat Berlin’s Leftover Christmas Trees
Berlin’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 moreEU Moves Step Closer to Ban on Many Single-Use Plastics
The 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.
Read moreStarbucks, Citing Ocean Threat, Is Ditching Plastic Straws
Starbucks will eliminate plastic straws from all of its locations within two years, citing the environmental threat to oceans.
Read moreSeattle Bans Plastic Straws, Utensils at Restaurants, Bars
Looking for a plastic straw to sip your soda? It’s no longer allowed in Seattle bars and restaurants.
Read morePaper Bag Fee
The Colorado Supreme Court upheld Aspen’s 20-cent charge on paper bags Monday, finding it a fee, not a tax, with “a reasonable relationship to Aspen’s cost” of waste management.
Read moreVineyard Waste Being Upcycled as Antioxidant-Rich Additive
The tale of wine spills across pages covering thousands of years in the story of humanity. Food science researchers are writing a new chapter, transforming the “waste” from humanity’s noble rot into natural antioxidants used in consumer goods.
Read moreDC Circuit Strikes Part of EPA Recycling Rule
A divided D.C. Circuit rejected challenges Friday to a 2015 rule governing the recycling and collection of solid hazardous waste, restoring a prior rule that gives businesses more discretion to decide who will cart off and recycle their waste.
Read moreRecycling Cartel
The European Commission said Wednesday it had fined three battery recycling companies $73 million for participating in a scheme to keep the prices they paid for scrap car batteries low.
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