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Women should consider careers in recycling, says plastics expert

Envirotec Magazine

Women are involved in every level of the materials recycling industry and this certainly seems to be confirmed by Axion Polymers, where they hold key roles in areas including management, finance, process engineering and laboratory research. It is a high-tech, modern industry that offers so much opportunity,” continues Caroline.

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SEPA household waste statistics 2019 highlight positive trends on recycling, carbon emissions and reduced landfill use

Envirotec Magazine

million tonnes of CO2 equivalent from 2011. Plastic and glass recycling increase, paper and cardboard continues downward trend. Total household recycling rate 44.9%. tonnes recycled, 0.14 The 2019 metric shows a continued downward trajectory since 2011 in Scotland’s household waste carbon impact.

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Toy firm Mattel aims to construct a sustainable future with new bio-plastics building sets

Business Green

The new products build on the firm's recently announced commitment to make 100 per cent of its toys recycled and recyclable by 2030. Toy manufacturing giant Mattel is launching a series of bio-based plastic products for its pre-school construction brand Mega Bloks, the brand behind Barbie and Hot Wheels announced yesterday.

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A Novel Solution To Plastic Pollution

R-Squared Energy

In the previous article , I outlined the growing global problem of plastic pollution. Global treaties and new technologies that address the manufacture, use, and reuse of plastics are needed to tackle this problem. Researchers have tried several different reuse approaches for addressing the growing global plastic waste stream.

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How Perdue, Smithfield and Silver Fern Farms are reducing packaging waste

GreenBiz

More precautions have meant more PPE, which usually has come in contact with biological matter that causes management challenges for recycling facilities. Another vivid example: plastic that has been used to wrap meat, which cannot be sent to traditional facilities without first being decontaminated. In the U.S., It has 35 of them.) .

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Bio-recycling gets fashionable with enzymes that will eat your shoes

Business Green

French biotech start-up Carbios is making rapid progress working with some of the world's biggest fashion brands to deliver a new approach to polyester recycling. The consortium aims to develop the industry's first large-scale fiber-to-fiber polyester recycling system, a process that could play a meaningful role in circularity in fashion.

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Report details progress with four trailblazing circularity projects, one year on

Envirotec Magazine

The £1 million fund was made possible by the sales of 10p plastic bags through the John Lewis Partnership. The project has provided in-depth knowledge about the environmental impacts of footwear manufacturing methods and material innovations, plus how to design for better end of life recycling.

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