The proposed statewide ban on single-use plastic bags will be included in the state budget, announced Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Further, he declared that the Bottle Bill will be expanded to make most of the non-alcoholic beverage containers eligib...

Nowadays, many medicine boards that have been used in medicine are found around our lives and at home. So how are they generally treated? Most of the traditional treatment methods are directly buried in the soil or even burned in the open a...

The Malaysian Environment Ministry announced that nearly 100 illegal plastic waste recycling facilities in the country will be shut down during the first quarter of 2019. While participating in an enforcement drive against illegal plastic r...

The recent research study conducted by McKinsey Company in collaboration with Innovation Fund Denmark notes that the countrys economy is likely to benefit by approximately $152 million per annum, if the plastic waste ending up in incinerato...

The recent relocation of its Dubai operations to a much larger site has enhanced the service portfolio of Sims Recycling Solutions (SRS) - the electronics recycling arm of the global scrap metals company Sims Metal Management. The company h...

Barbados has become the latest Caribbean country to announce ban on single-use plastic products. The announcement to this effect was made during a joint press conference by Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey, a...

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) welcomed the new leadership that has taken over the Congressional Steel Caucus. In a statement issued by the steel industry group, its president and CEO Thomas J. Gibson extended warm welcome to...

The output of Medical Waste in China is rising steadily. Recently, Hu Hualong, the deputy director of the solid waste and chemicals management technology center of the Ministry of ecology and environment, said in China's Forum on urban and...

The Recycling Association has voiced protests against the action by MPs in Parliament, calling for complete ban on exports of plastics for recycling into developing countries. A group of MPs across party lines had signed an Early Day Motion...