Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2024

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. Indonesia took a further 3.4%, and Taiwan 2.5%.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 18, 2022

There are still major differences in the amount of waste generated across the world, and how it is disposed, a finding confirmed by a 2022 Global Waste Index compiled by waste management technology firm Sensoneo to mark Global Recycling Day (18 March). Illegal waste disposal is booming in Turkey.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2020

grant from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has been awarded to three firms for an ambitious chemical recycling project that aims to make hard-to-recycle plastic packaging recyclable.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 1, 2023

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. So, if in doubt, leave it out!

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2019

German industrial and consumer products manufacturer Henkel announced on 17 October that it has produced bottles using chemically recycled plastic for the first time, working in collaboration with packaging manufacturer Alpla. Thanks to chemical recycling, fossil resources can be replaced with recycled material made from plastic waste.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 27, 2022

Mixed waste feedstock. A three-year £10 million large-scale demonstrator project focused on the capture, recovery and recycling of plastic packaging currently lost to landfill and incineration is being led by resource recovery expert Fiberight. Flexible plastics waste sorted by the process.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 24, 2022

Hamburg-based start-up cirplus has entered into the UK market in a bid to digitalise the plastic and recycling industry. Coming into force on April 1st 2022, the tax increases costs for packaging companies who fail to use recycled materials by 20 to 40 percent. million tons of recycled plastics listed for sale.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

“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.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2021

With less than a year to go until the Plastic Packaging Tax is introduced in the UK, a study by Veolia appears to show that 83% of businesses asked were NOT aware of the tax. The Plastic Packaging Tax is Government policy aiming to directly increase plastic recycling in the UK and cut carbon emissions.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 8, 2021

PET plastic bottles collected at a recycling plant. Specialist PET (polyethylene terephthalate) recycler Enviroo has had its planning application approved for its first plastic recycling facility in the UK. The firm says the facility will be able to re-use 100% of the PET it takes in and help recycle some of the 4.9

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 30, 2021

One of the projects, AACEAM Ambiental, collects plastics from the Amazon rivers and other natural areas, and sorts and recycles it. Each of the 100 initiatives involved are providing important environmental waste recovery services and are displayed in this international showcase, aimed at connecting projects with funders.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2021

360 million metric tonnes of new plastic was produced in 2018. A group from the University of Pittsburgh explains, and offers a view on why the world must transform plastic use from linear to circular. In 1950, 2 million metric tonnes of new plastic was produced globally. Where did it all go?

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Carbon impact of waste down 1.1 Less than 1 million tonnes of household waste sent to landfill for the first time. Plastic and glass recycling increase, paper and cardboard continues downward trend. Total household recycling rate 44.9%. tonnes of waste per person in 2019. tonnes of waste per person in 2019.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE) will now run as a virtual event from 9 to 11 December 2020. The PRSE Virtual conference will examine the latest developments in plastics recycling and practical solutions for the circular and sustainable use of plastics, dealing with plastic waste and better design for recycling.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 24, 2021

Electrical systems developer Thales and resource recovery firm Veolia have joined forces to create what is seemingly the first eco-designed SIM card made from recycled plastic. The polymer plastic found in high concentrations in waste electrical and electronic equipment is processed at Veolia’s recycling plant in France.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 26, 2021

The recycled materials are being used initially on Super Duty F-250 trucks. The recycled materials are being used to manufacture injection-molded fuel-line clips installed first on Super Duty F-250 trucks. The post Ford and HP collaborate to turn 3d waste into automotive parts first appeared on Envirotec.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The reforms will ensure that from 31 March 2026, all English households will be able to recycle food, drink and other liquid cartons with confidence, mandating their collection alongside plastic and other dry-recyclable materials and bringing an end to the current fragmented system.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 28, 2023

February saw an apparent line in the sand emerging between European waste management regulation commentators over the merits of introducing mandatory mixed waste sorting (MWS) – prior to thermal treatment and landfill disposal – versus focusing on making improvements to source separation. MWS could save between 10.2

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Greenability Magazine

JULY 14, 2020

When you recycle disposable razors, blade cartridge units and razor plastic packaging, TerraCycle will help build a playground from recycled materials for a military medical center. Find additional items that can be recycled at TerraCycle. The challenge deadline is August 31.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

This is particularly pertinent for companies that use plastics or steel in their processes. The environmental impact of plastics is widely documented. For the plastics that do not end up recycled or as pollution, the incineration process also emits a lot of carbon. However, steel has a large carbon footprint of 1.82

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Carpet waste is a huge issue in UK, as an area the size of Birmingham is thrown away every year. Carpet Recycling UK, a trade association set up to encourage carpet recycling, oversees 73% of diverted carpet waste being sent to incineration at an approximate climate cost of £16.5 million a year to society.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 23, 2022

Winners of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2022 were announced on 23 June at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe in Amsterdam. The seven winners are: • Automotive, Electrical or Electronic Product: Sustainable modular headliner for vehicle interiors and downstream recycling solutions by Grupo Antolin.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 31, 2020

And, with Europe’s construction industry under increasing pressure to reduce its CO2 emissions and become more energy efficient, demand for aluminium from this sector is also likely to rise further still as it is such a lightweight, energy efficient and infinitely recyclable material. Making the most of the latest technology.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 25, 2024

billion tonnes of waste is dumped globally, with devastating effects on our air, oceans and soil. Governments are increasing pressure to reduce reliance on single-use materials and increase recycled content. In its first use case, by increasing picker performance, Sorted has improved residual waste recovery by over 50%.

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Greenability Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

Even in the bitter cold months of winter, you can start planting your spring garden outside using these ideas for homemade, mini greenhouses made from recycled containers. The process is inexpensive, uses recycled materials, requires no electricity, produces healthier plants and offers an outlet for gardeners to start planting in the winter.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 13, 2022

The Recycling Association’s chief executive Simon Ellin has warned that the people behind the Big Plastic Count (an event co-organised by Greenpeace) were “irresponsible” for recent comments saying plastic recycling doesn’t work and for sowing seeds of doubt in the public mind.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

According to the World Economic Forum , 53 million tonnes of electronic waste was discarded in 2019. The use of traditional materials for electronics is no longer viable due to their finite nature and the environmental damage caused by excessive e-waste. This number is set to increase by 38% in less than ten years.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2021

The National Hard Hat Recycling Scheme recently celebrated three years in operation. It was introduced in November 2017, with the intention of providing a user-friendly method for old hard hats to bypass traditional waste disposal routes, thereby ensuring end-of-life hats could go directly into reprocessing.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

WhiptecBio tree and hedge guards are made from recycled material and are said to be 100% sustainable, biodegradable and compostable. The majority are single-use and not always removed once the tree or hedge has established, leaving micro plastics in the ground and posing a risk to wildlife if ingested.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

This story was originally published by Undark Magazine and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. billion tons of plastic. Of the waste generated from that plastic, less than a tenth of that has been recycled, researchers estimate. It rains down, in tiny flecks, on cities and national parks.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 14, 2023

Entrants in the final furlong include an on-demand clothing manufacturing technology that eliminates 20 billion unsold garments each year, 100% compostable protective packaging that replaces single use plastic, and an Oxford University spin-out that changes the way valuable metallic resources are mined, refined, recycled, and processed.

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Green Market Oracle

JANUARY 30, 2020

Aditya Mukarji , is from New Delhi India, In March 2018 he began waging war on plastic straws. Within just five months, he had already helped replace more than 500,000 plastic straws at restaurants and hotels in New Delhi. She works with her sister to reduce plastic use on their home island. Madelaine Tew is from Teaneck, N.J.

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