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Growth in UK plastic packaging recycling being shipped abroad, including to non-OECD countries

Envirotec Magazine

By Tom McBeth, Policy & Infrastructure Manager with plastics resource efficiency group RECOUP New data reveals an increase in the amount of plastic exported for recycling in 2023, and significant quantities are now going to developing, non-OECD* countries. Of this, more than 25% was sent to Turkey, 25,000 tonnes more than in 2022.

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Commercial-scale facility will recycle all forms of plastic waste

Envirotec Magazine

Mura Technology, a UK-based technology firm, has announced that construction has started on the world’s first commercial-scale plant to use its ground-breaking “hydrothermal” process, which is said to be able to recycle all forms of plastic waste and could provide the raw ingredients for a sustainable circular plastic economy.

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Citizen scientists reveal how the common wasp spreads across UK

Envirotec Magazine

The researchers say this demonstrates that the wasp is effective at dispersing itself widely, which may be one reason for its success in human-modified environments, both in its native range in Europe and as an invasive species in Asia and elsewhere.

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Why Does the USA Stuck at Recycling

The Environmental Blog

Paper and plastics were shipped off to foreign countries, primarily China, to be recycled back into useable consumer goods. In 2017, though, China stopped accepting many types of recyclable waste. That’s a lot of paper and plastic that suddenly lacked a proper home. The Recycling Industry Is Dead. Forget Recycling!

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World's electronic waste to grow by 33% in 2017

Green Tech Challenge

Secondly, the company has started fostering wireless connectivity with the introduction of their new EarPods on the iPhone 7, which uses less plastic so it can be recycled easier. In a study conducted by India, China and the UK, it was revealed that 80% of e-Waste from developed nations is shipped to Asia.

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Costly, complex and far from comfortable: London conference looks at electronics industry’s role in tackling WEEE

Envirotec Magazine

With more than 300 different types of plastic used in the manufacturing of electrical and electronic equipment, the situation is complex, costly and far from comfortable. In terms of recyclers, there isn’t a single company that processes plastic waste – especially that containing brominated fire retardants (BFRs) – from start to finish.

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How to Handle the Waste We Produce

Unsustainable

According to Chapter 15 of the in 2017 published book Sustainable Asia , Sustainable Societies and Municipal Solid Waste in Southeast Asia by C. pounds/day of municipal waste were generated per capita in the US in 2017, which converts to 747 kg based on the whole year. The study focuses on the different mercury (i.e.

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