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Demo plant produces industrial sugars from mixed household waste fractions

Envirotec Magazine

A UK-based demonstration plant that generates industrial biotechnology sugars and other recycled material streams from the paper and card in mixed household waste has come online in May 2022. The products will be used in the production of several high-performance bio-based materials. Watch this space!”.

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Ensuring Safety And Sustainability: Effectively Handling Waste On A Job Site

The Environmental Blog

These industries generate a substantial amount of waste, much of which can end up in landfills. Not only does construction waste mean natural resources go without being used to their fullest potential, but, in some cases, they can introduce harmful substances into the earth and water. A great deal of job site waste can be recycled.

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State-of-the-art plant for post-consumer plastic waste sorting and advanced mechanical recycling opens in Germany

Envirotec Magazine

Having just launched the new Circular Economy Division, it is clear what a large role waste management and pivotal projects like this have on moving towards a sustainable future. We are proud to have initiated one of the most advanced mechanical recycling plants when it comes to post-consumer polymer waste. Polypropylene bales.

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Enzyme-based plastic recycling moves a step closer with new demo plant

Business Green

Consortium speeds towards full commercialisation of innovative recycling approach. Carbios has successfully launched a industrial demonstration plant for its enzyme-based plastic recycling technology, marking the culmination of a decade of research. The continuous cycle of recycling PET waste is one step closer to becoming a reality.".

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Tracking chemicals of concern in products: SCIP database ready for use

Envirotec Magazine

The aim is to make recycling of products safer and improve information about dangerous chemicals in products. The Waste Framework Directive requires companies to submit their data as of 5 January 2021. Consumers and waste operators can access and use the data from February 2021 onwards. You can access the SCIP database here.

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Google launches start-up accelerator for the circular economy

Business Green

Yesterday it announced a three-month circular economy accelerator program for Seed to Series A start-ups and NGOs that are using technology to solve circularity challenges - including reuse, refill, recycling, composting, fashion, food, safe and circular materials and the built environment - in the US and Asia Pacific region.

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Where are we with the safer nuclear option known as nuclear fusion?

Renewable Energy World

The storing and reprocessing are further complicated by the long half-life of the radioactive materials in the nuclear waste. Fusion reactors, unlike fission reactors, produce no high activity/long life radioactive waste. The biggest problem with nuclear fission is the storage of dangerous radioactive end products.

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