Recycling News

• Recycling worker wins unfair dismissal case after being sacked for failing a drugs test
  
  A recycling worker sacked for failing a drugs test has won an unfair dismissal case after a judge accepted he was taking cannabis for his bad back.
  Daily Mail.  Friday, 22 Jan 2021.
• Cargo delivery by polymers
  
  Degradable, bio-based polymers offer options for chemical recycling, and they can be a tool to store and release useful molecules. Scientists have developed a class of sugar-based polymers that are degradable through acid hydrolysis. ...
  Science Daily.  Friday, 22 Jan 2021.
• How cells 'eat' their own fluid components
  
  Autophagy is a fundamental cellular process by which cells capture and degrade their own dysfunctional or superfluous components for degradation and recycling. ...
  Science Daily.  Thursday, 21 Jan 2021.
• Refuse worker in his 50s dies from Covid after bin lorry crews and recycling centre staff complained
  
  The unnamed long-serving employee, in his late 50s, worked at the North Forr centre in Crieff, Perthshire.
  Daily Mail.  Wednesday, 20 Jan 2021.
• Covid-19 Plastic Waste: U.K. Hospitals Are Recycling Disposable PPE
  
  The Covid-19 pandemic has created a mountain of plastic waste, as healthcare workers don new personal protective equipment every day in the fight against the disease.
  Forbes.  Monday, 18 Jan 2021.
• KBR Collaborates With Mura Technology for Plastic Recycling
  
  KBR Teams Up with Mura Technology to offer Cat-HTR technology in order to recycle advanced plastics.
  Zacks.  Friday, 15 Jan 2021.
• 7 new tech products every agent should know about
  
  Held virtually, the 2021 Consumer Electronics Show revealed the latest in home and business technology, including a home recycling solution, wearable joysticks for hands-free control and even a "smart tub" from Kohler.
  Inman.  Thursday, 14 Jan 2021.
• China Quits Recycling U.S. Trash As Sustainable Start-Up Makes Strides
  
  A Virginia based company making to-go boxes is one example of how U.S. made recycling solutions don't need China to take our junk.
  Forbes.  Sunday, 10 Jan 2021.
• How to Keep Your Pandemic Habits
  
  Starting a new habit is hard. To make it easier, try recycling an old one instead, building on lessons you learned from pandemic living.
  New York Times.  Sunday, 10 Jan 2021.
• Chicago Christmas tree recycling starts January 9 at 25 locations
  
  The city of Chicago is offering free Christmas tree recycling at 25 locations from Jan. 9 through Jan. 23, 2021.
  ABC News.  Friday, 8 Jan 2021.
• Gladstone (GOOD) Sells Flex Office Property in Texas for $8.6M
  
  Gladstone (GOOD) intends to use the proceeds from the recent sale of to invest in industrial assets and aid the company's capital-recycling efforts.
  Zacks.  Wednesday, 23 Dec 2020.
• Amazon, Panasonic, and recycling start-ups prepare for battery wave tsunami
  
  Amazon, Panasonic and recycling start-ups are preparing for a tsunami of demand for battery recycling as the electric car market grows.
  CNBC.  Monday, 14 Dec 2020.
• 'Real detective work': Painting worth £250k found in bin after owner lost it at German airport
  
  A painting worth more than €280k (£250k) which was accidentally left at a German airport has been reunited with its owner after being found at the bottom of a nearby recycling bin.
  Sky News.  Friday, 11 Dec 2020.
• Avonmouth explosion: Investigation after four killed in blast
  
  Three employees and a contractor were killed in the blast at a water recycling centre in Avonmouth.
  BBC News.  Friday, 4 Dec 2020.
• Birmingham wall collapse deaths: Recycling firms to be charged
  
  The announcement is made four years after five African men died at a scrap yard in Birmingham.
  BBC News.  Tuesday, 1 Dec 2020.

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