The medals awarded during next summers Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyoset to kick off July 24, 2020will be completely made from recycled materials. The process has been in the works since early 2017, when Japan announced it would coll...
Following months of uncertainty with regards to restrictions on fiber imports into the country, the Indonesian government announced two separate categories to evaluate contamination in imported loads. In accordance with the latest communica...
Indonesia returned seven shipping containers of illegally imported waste back to France and Hong Kong on July 29. This marks the most recent move by a Southeast Asian nation to send back trash misleadingly labeled as recycled materials. The...
The recycling and reuse of small electrical and electronic in the UK has been boosted by a 3.5m fund. The cash comes from producer compliance schemes that opt to pay a fee if they are short of their annual collection targets: since 2017 thi...
Citizens of Rome can now get a discount on public transport by recycling plastic bottles. Over 11 000 used bottles have been recycled in the last two weeks. People will receive a credit of five cents for each plastic bottle recycled, meanin...
The new 3.5 million Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) fund from producer compliance schemes aims to boost recycling and reuse of small electrical and electronic devices in the UK. The fund will allow households to dispose of...
The latest research report published by Transparency Market Research (TMR) forecasts significant CAGR growth to global e-scrap and printed circuit board (PCB) e-scrap market during the period from 2016 to 2026. As per report, the global e-s...
Dozens of people have been arrested by Chinese customs on suspicion of smuggling more than 110 000 tonnes of waste plastics and other materials. In all, 58 operators were detained during a concerted crackdown, according to the General Admin...
Italian firm Aquafil has partnered-up with couture designer Prada to prove recycled plastics and fashion go hand in hand. Pradas recycled plastic bags will be marketed under the name Re-Nylon. They are made from a material called ECONYL, so...
