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Study pinpoints pathways to boost plastic waste recycling globally

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A new study highlights potential pathways to significantly increase waste collection and plastic recycling rates globally. Category 2 – Incipient Systems includes countries with basic waste regulations but limited collection and end-of-life treatment infrastructure. Examples of countries include Kenya, Iraq and Congo.

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Scotland’s recycling rate hits all-time high

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Scots are recycling more than ever before as the nation’s recycling rate hits an all-time high in data released by Scotland’s environment watchdog, SEPA. million tonnes of waste, with 62.3% recycled – the highest recycling rate recorded since the start of the current series in 2011. Scotland generated 10.16

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Busting waste and recycling myths

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Whether you’re a happy-go-lucky ‘wish-cycler’ – tossing waste in the hope it can be recycled – or one who routinely agonizes over different diameters of plastic wrapping, there’s no harm in picking up a clearer understanding of the whole process. If it’s going to be sorted anyway, it doesn’t hurt.

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An offer of ‘kelp’: Recycling marine waste from inactive oil platforms

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Environmentally responsible decommissioning company, CessCon Decom, has teamed up with researchers at Abertay University to explore how marine growth – a waste by-product of the decommissioning process – can be recycled and reused. At the end of a platform’s lifecycle, various types of marine species are found on the underwater jacket.

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A new ‘supercritical water’ approach to recycling plastic packaging waste

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Its gas-like penetration power makes it a superior medium to decompose mixtures of complex waste plastics into value-added materials, which are feedstock for manufacturing new plastics. The technology will provide a sustainable alternative to fossil oil derived feedstocks with no CO2, emissions in the production or disposal phases.

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Fridge recycling plant opens in Walsall

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Sustainable materials expert EMR has opened a fridge recycling plant at EMR Darlaston, Walsall. The firm – “the UK’s largest fridge recycler” – says it has built the facility using the latest technology and innovative processes, including robotic separation systems.

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Mack LR Electric refuse vehicle delivered to Coastal Waste & Recycling

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US truck maker Mack Trucks , a subsidiary of Volvo , has delivered a Mack LR Electric refuse vehicle to Florida-based Coastal Waste & Recycling. Coastal Waste & Recycling is also piloting Volvo Construction Equipment’s CE EC230 Electric 23-ton excavator. Nextran Truck Centers will provide service and support.

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