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PX Group has been awarded a 10-year Operations & Maintenance contract by Renew ELP at the world’s first commercial scale plastic recycling plant. It is based at the Wilton International site, in Teesside, North East England.
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A new report conducted by Barratt Homes reveals almost three-quarters of Brits admit to knowingly disposing of recyclable items into general waste rather than recycling them. 76% also admit they put items in the recycling bin without checking if it can be recycled.
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Dhaka-based food manufacturer Akij Food and Beverage (AFBL), a member of Akij Venture Group, is producing its own rPET for the company’s brand beverage bottles on a bottle-to-bottle recycling line from Starlinger.
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BIR has published latest statistics on recovered paper. A new report by the Bureau of International Recycling corroborates the fundamental importance of recovered fiber and free trade.
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Recoup have called on packaging designers and specifiers not to forget the basics when it comes to plastic packaging recyclability. Although current trends may seek to explore new innovations in packaging, often the fundamentals for designing for recyclability are forgotten.
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Today the Governments of Rwanda and Norway launch The High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution together with Canada, Peru, Germany, Senegal, Georgia, Republic of Korea, UK, Switzerland, Portugal, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Costa Rica, Iceland, Ecuador, France and the Dominican Republic.
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The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) has released a report on an alarming trend: the proliferation of legislation in U.S. state legislatures promoting so-called “advanced recycling”.
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The European market for recovered paper (RCP) is facing a rough ride in the months to come.
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Recoup has been at the forefront of the debate regarding the trend for material switching under the guise of plastics reduction strategies.
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Cronimet Holding GmbH has published its first group-wide sustainability report.
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Colm Markey, Irish Member of the European Parliament (MEP) visited KMK Metals Recycling Ltd, the metals and WEEE recycling business owned by President of EERA, Kurt Kyck, on Thursday, August 4thfor a tour of the company’s headquarters in Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland.
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We may not like to think about recycling our waste beyond putting our dustbins out for collection, but it doesn’t take much to focus our minds.
