Recycling News

• Tetra Pak Recycling: The Complicated Economics Of Drink Containers
  
  Tetra Pak has devised a new package aimed at eliminating plastic straw use. But recycling Tetra Pak cartons themselves pose many of the same challenges as recycling plastic.
  Forbes.  Monday, 10 May 2021.
• Mattel launches recycling program to give old toys new life
  
  Barbie and Matchbox are going green.
  CBS News.  Monday, 10 May 2021.
• Japanese waste disposal company transitions into recycling and restoration
  
  The Ishizaka factory in Japan receives debris from construction sites and restores them to a carefully nurtured landscape through recycling. Lucy Craft reports.
  CBS News.  Monday, 3 May 2021.
• Carmarthenshire: Fire crews tackle blaze at recycling centre site
  
  Eight appliances are currently at the fire, with smoke visible from miles away.
  BBC News.  Saturday, 24 Apr 2021.
• RECYCLING & REDUCING RECIDIVISM: San Francisco furniture company believes in second chances
  
  San Francisco furniture company, Formr, reduces landfill waste and recidivism.
  ABC News.  Friday, 23 Apr 2021.
• Offshore wind firm to work with researchers on recycling glass fibers to tackle blade waste
  
  The aim is to scale-up and commercialize a process developed by team at the University of Strathclyde, in Scotland.
  CNBC.  Friday, 23 Apr 2021.
• What You Should Know About Recycling Empty Pizza Boxes
  
  Corrugated cardboard pizza boxes are made from recyclable material ... but that doesn't mean they can always be recycled. In other words: It's complicated.
  Mental Floss.  Thursday, 22 Apr 2021.
• Bomb disposal unit destroys item found at Seafield recycling centre
  
  Police said the item was found to pose "no risk" to the public, but had been destroyed.
  BBC News.  Thursday, 22 Apr 2021.
• How Do You Recycle in California? Here Are Tips for Reducing Waste
  
  Thursday: Reducing and recycling can still go a long way. Plus, a surprising pandemic shortage.
  New York Times.  Thursday, 22 Apr 2021.
• Meet Water Advocate and Hero Shreya Ramachandran
  
  The Grey Water Project educates and provides resources to diverse audiences on water recycling at home and in the workplace
  Smithsonian.  Monday, 19 Apr 2021.
• Smart Policy And Innovative Technologies, Like Advanced Recycling, Will Deliver On Climate And Sustainability Goals
  
  Advanced recycling of plastics can help the U.S. achieve sustainability goals and a climate-neutral, circular economy. Policies that consider systems-level impacts can ensure plastics stay in our economy and out of the environment.
  Forbes.  Monday, 19 Apr 2021.
• 'Game-changing' PPE recycling turns masks and gowns into school chairs
  
  Specialist thermal heating machines which convert used PPE into reusable plastic blocks within one hour have been installed inside five NHS hospitals.
  Sky News.  Monday, 12 Apr 2021.
• Inside Redwood Materials, former Tesla CTO's effort to recycle batteries for rare components
  
  CNBC got an inside look at former Tesla CTO JB Straubel's lithium-ion battery recycling start-up.
  CNBC.  Saturday, 10 Apr 2021.
• Large fire at Brighton Park paper recycling plant contained
  
  The wind-blown fire started in a prairie after 4 p.m. Tuesday and "spread really fast" to the yard of the paper plant, Chicago fire officials said.
  ABC News.  Tuesday, 30 Mar 2021.
• MR MONEY MAKER: Investors can clean up with Biffa
  
  Biffa's operations cover the entire breadth of the waste management process including collection, reuse, recycling, treatment, disposal and energy generation.
  Daily Mail.  Saturday, 27 Mar 2021.

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