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E-waste including unused mobile phones pose threat to environment in Malaysia
| There are millions of unused and obsolete handphones with Malaysians that are posing a real threat to the environment. Several Malaysians just throw e-waste such as mobile phones and discarded tablets into the dustbins, and they end up in landfills where the minerals and materials inside can leak out.
War of words over illegal dump sites in Hong Kong
| A war of words has broken out between the Hong Kong government and U.S.-based Basel Action Network over claims by the government that the watchdog had failed to alert the environmental protection department of a number of toxic e-waste sites in the New Territories.
Zero-waste markets coming to US
| This trend in grocery shopping, which is very popular in Europe, is not as well known in North America.
Reward schemes could help increase waste recycling rates in UK
| UK's recycling reward scheme Greenredeem has found that encouraging rewards-based behaviour change schemes is the only way to increase recycling rates in the country following Brexit.
Aqua Metals reinvents lead recycling with new AquaRefining technology
| US-based Aqua Metals Inc. is reinventing lead recycling with its new AquaRefining technology.
Falling prices for scrap materials prompt closure of recycling centers in California
| Mike Oldfield, an official at California's Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), said that over 300 of the 2,100 recycling centers in the state have been closed in the last year and a half owing to falling prices for scrap materials. rePLanet, the state's biggest private operator, closed 191 centers in past January alone.
IBM Research scientists find new way to recycle polycarbonates into BPA-free plastics
| IBM Research scientists have discovered a new way to recycle polycarbonates into a stronger type of plastic that does not leach BPA chemical. Polycarbonates are hard plastics that decompose and leach toxic chemicals like BPA into the environment.
All-time high for steel packaging recycling in Europe
| Recycling of steel packaging in Europe has reached a new all-time high of 76%, announces APEAL, the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging.
Converting marble waste into high-quality paper
| Taiwan Lung Meng Technology Company Ltd. has developed a process to convert marble waste into high-quality paper. The resultant stone paper is recyclable. Its manufacturing process is also eco-friendly as the paper does not come from the trees.
High speed aerobic waste processing machine installed in India’s Bengaluru
| JERS Environment Technologies Pvt. Ltd. has installed a high speed aerobic waste processing machine that can process wet municipal waste in about two to four hours in India's Bengaluru city. JERS has installed the machine in cooperation with the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike.
Higher recycling rates can be achieved with quality sorting
| Plastics Recyclers Europe was celebrating its 20th birthday during the Annual Meeting which took place on 16 and 17 June in Cascais, Portugal. The event gathered over 150 participants from all over Europe who were debating on improving plastic waste sorting.
Researchers discover new way to recycle plastic waste into liquid fuel
| Researchers from China's Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry and the University of California, Irvine have devised a new way of recycling millions of tons of plastic garbage into liquid fuel.
65% of plastics recycling professionals vote to remain in the EU
| Recoup, the plastics recycling member based organisation, asked visitors and exhibitors and Plastics Recycling Expo (held last week in Telford), whether the UK should remain or brexit from the EU by recycling their empty plastic drink bottles through the voting bins.
Research: Majority of US e-waste ends up in Hong Kong
| A research by US-based environmental group Basel Action Network found that Hong Kong has become a dumping ground for US electronic waste. Hong Kong has replaced China to become ground zero for toxic electronic materials.
