DeSmogBlog
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
An explosive new report finds that the plastics industry has misled the public for decades about the viability of recycling plastic, promoting reuse despite the fact that mechanical recycling was not feasible – perpetuating the plastic waste crisis the world faces today. But let’s recycle it into energy” by incinerating it.
The Environmental Blog
MARCH 12, 2021
“Businesses have a big impact on how well recycling in the UK is shown so it is important for them to set the trend and reduce and improve their waste and recycling in the most efficient and eco-friendly way possible,” says recycling experts QCR Recycling Equipment. Optimise your recycling habits.
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Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
The problem with voluntary commitments and group initiatives is also a lack of ambition and a focus on end-of-pipe solutions, such as clean-ups, products’ recyclability or biodegradability. In 1990, for example, the company committed to having 25% recycled content in their bottles, but 30 years later they are only at 10%.
Business Green
AUGUST 24, 2020
However, a number of environmental groups have taken an opposing line, warning the government against introducing exemptions to the plastic packaging tax, which they warn would incentivise the wider adoption of biodegradable and compostable plastics that could inadvertently lead to higher levels of plastic waste.
Green Business Bureau
JULY 28, 2022
Can you find ways to recycle or upcycle waste materials? Where do you install recycling bins and for what materials and waste? In other words, how can the use of everyday materials in the office be substituted with more sustainable, recycled, and reused materials? You need to identify instances where this is happening.
Green Business Bureau
OCTOBER 5, 2021
Implement a Comprehensive Recycling Program . While your office is likely recycling its paper and plastics, you can take recycling to the next level by expanding your program to include glass and metals. If your local municipality doesn’t have recycling streams for glass and metals, reach out to waste management companies.
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 24, 2021
A new series of reports document findings from the ‘Final 25%’ project from Oxford’s Smith School of Enterprise. The report explains research into sustainable feedstock alternatives needs to be accelerated, along with considering what will happen to the product at the end of its life: will it be recycled, biodegrade, or be buried?
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