Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 20, 2023

Researchers have demonstrated a novel system for transforming captured carbon and plastic waste into sustainable fuels and other valuable chemicals using solar energy. On the other plastics are converted into useful chemicals using only sunlight. The various components of the system (image credit: Ariffin Mohamad Annuar).

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GreenBiz

JUNE 30, 2023

Proponents of pyrolysis — including oil and gas companies — contend it will reduce plastic pollution. But critics say it will only perpetuate a dependence on fossil fuels.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 1, 2022

Waste into materials not just once but continuously: It’s the brass ring of the circular economy. Can it work?

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GreenBiz

MARCH 10, 2022

Plastic, while bad for the environment, is an important tool in the fight against food waste. How do we balance those pros and cons?

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GreenBiz

MAY 26, 2022

By now, we all know the scale of the problem: Up to 13 million tons of plastic leaks into the ocean every year; this is equivalent to dumping one garbage truck full of plastic waste into the ocean every minute; without intervention, we’ll have more plastic than fish in the ocean by 2050.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 2, 2021

Collecting waste in Lubango, Angola (image credit: Carsten ten Brink , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 In a study published in the Journal of World Systems Research , Yikang Bai of Washington State University and Jennifer Givens of Utah State University analyzed 11 years of data on the global plastics trade against economic measures for 85 countries.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The Recycling Association has warned that waste crime will continue to happen, even if exports of plastics for recycling are banned. MPs on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee have called for the Government to ban exports of recyclable plastics by 2027 and introduce measures to reduce them before then.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Propylene or polyethene pellets in a waste plastic recycling machine. Non-household end-use plastic waste is generated by ‘end-users’ from commercial activities (e.g., It showcases the potential for substantial cost savings and environmental benefits in handling this often-neglected waste stream.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Supercritical water can be a solvent for all organic materials including plastics. 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. Above the critical point of 374.5

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GreenBiz

MAY 22, 2023

Can plastics achieve par with climate and biodiversity as critical issues worthy of a global treaty? We’re about to find out.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Why Plastic Waste is a C Suite Issue. Why is plastic waste a c-suite issue, and how can corporate leaders have a positive impact on plastic waste reduction, while potentially benefiting their businesses? Plastic waste reduction is not only an environmental issue. It is an economic one.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 31, 2023

Polyethylene pipes A new total waste management partnership brings together plastic pipeline solutions manufacturer Radius Systems and waste management expert Axil Integrated Services (Axil). As part of this project, Axil is implementing its HazPod solution which the firm claims limits repacking of hazardous waste.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

MAY 19, 2021

Approximately 50% of all single-use plastic waste originates from just 20 companies, according to a recent study. The study also took a holistic look at the plastics industry supply chain, including those that make polymers and other building blocks for plastic production.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Morgan Stanley’s role in addressing the plastic waste problem. When Morgan Stanley decided to launch its Plastic Waste Resolution in April 2019, it had realized that plastic waste was a business issue.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Recycling efforts by north London’s two million residents will not be significantly boosted by the new Simpler Recycling proposals, the North London Waste Authority (NLWA) has warned. This includes taking into account local circumstances in relation to the frequency of residual waste collections.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 12, 2024

The Alliance to End Plastic Waste has published the first two in a series of ‘Solution Model’ playbooks, to improve the understanding of the many stakeholders across the plastic value chain about what is possible and what else is needed to drive systems change to end plastic waste in the environment and develop a circular economy for plastics.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The Wild West of plastic credits and offsets. There’s a new kid on the block of sustainability claims being made by businesses: "plastic neutrality." Thanks to the rise in plastics pledges, an emerging and undefined market for plastic offsets is just beginning to take shape. Lauren Phipps. Mon, 02/08/2021 - 01:30.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2020

A firm developing hydrogen production from waste plastic has been offered a conditional £1.25m grant for a planned plastics-to-hydrogen facility at Protos, near Ellesmere Port. Peel has a strategy to develop “Plastic Parks” where waste plastics are recycled and regenerated.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 17, 2020

Dow’s Jim Fitterling on tackling plastic waste and the company’s sustainability goals. Its other commitments are related to protecting the climate, stopping waste and closing the loop. That includes looking at Scope 1 through 3 emissions. taylor flores.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Plastic packaging use and plastic packaging collection quantities have dropped for the first time in RECOUP’s annual UK Household Plastic Packaging Collection Survey. The UK’s overall recycling rate for plastic packaging from household and commercial sources is 52%.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2022

This panel will highlight the challenges and opportunities for the GreenBiz community to engage in the fight against plastic pollution and further the circular economy. What does it take to build global projects through partnerships with investors, businesses and nonprofits?

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Business Green

APRIL 10, 2024

Global average plastic waste per person to hit 28kg this year, as total level of waste set to rise more than seven per cent since 2021

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 16, 2023

Plastics resource efficiency and recycling charity, RECOUP, has released its 2023 Plastics Management and Recycling at Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) in the UK report, finding a significant quantity of plastics going unrecycled.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

APRIL 16, 2020

Get an inside look at Gomi’s new portable charger made from non-recyclable plastic waste and powered by repurposed batteries. Gomi works directly with food wholesalers, businesses and individuals around the Brighton area "intercepting" unrecyclable plastic waste before it’s sent to landfills.

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NRDC onEarth

APRIL 20, 2023

Last year, California made large strides towards addressing the pressing problem of proliferating plastic waste. But the Ohio train derailment shows why we also need action on toxics in plastics.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Bertie Stephens, group CEO of Clean Planet Energy , said: “Clean Planet Energy’s mission is to remove over one million tonnes of non-recyclable plastic waste from our environment, every year. Each facility is designed to accept 20,000 tonnes of plastics each year.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The UK Plastic Packaging tax places a £200 per tonne levy on plastic packaging with less than 30% recycled content. The UK Plastic Packaging tax places a £200 per tonne levy on plastic packaging with less than 30% recycled content. million tonnes of plastic packaging waste.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

MAY 18, 2021

s plastic waste was sent to Turkey last year, according to a Greenpeace U.K. Approximately 40% of the U.K.'s

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 24, 2022

Powerhouse Energy Group PLC (PHE), a firm commercialising syngas and hydrogen production from non-recyclable waste plastic, has unveiled (on 24 May) plans to create a UK based, Global Technology and Innovation Centre (GTIC), which it aims to open in early 2023.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 12, 2023

Innovative waste processing technology Juno began processing waste from a municipality in Seattle in February, part of a 12-week mixed waste processing pilot project. During the pilot, Juno® will process municipal solid waste from King County.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Now, designer Cesar Pieri and Furf Design Studio have come up with a new way to combat plastic waste.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2023

A new computational system uses satellite data to identify sites on land where people dispose of waste, providing a new tool to monitor waste and revealing sites that may leak plastic into waterways. The Global Plastic Watch tool was presented in the open-access journal PLOS ONE on 18 January 2022.

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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

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The Simpler Recycling initiative brings clarity on what kinds of waste will be collected and how often (image credit: Peter_Fleming / Shutterstock.com). The Simpler Recycling initiative – previously known as Consistent Collection – was generally welcomed by waste and environmental observers.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Climate action NGO WRAP published annual updates of its voluntary agreements for the food, plastics and textiles sectors on 1 December. WRAP launched its first voluntary agreement in 2005 and has since expanded its programme to address food and drink, plastic pollution, and fashion and textiles.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Emissions from facilities like waste incineration will be subject to a CO2 tax of €40/t in the coming year (image credit: aeshnaton , CC BY-NC 2.0 Emissions from waste incineration will thus be subject to a CO2 tax of €40/t in the coming year, rising to €50/t in 2025. As an example, commercial waste has a fixed biogenic content of 48.9

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2021

Greenback Recycling Technologies , a company striving to develop circular solutions for packaging waste, has closed an approximately £8m series A financing round. The firm says it is building a globally distributed, decentralised network of advanced recycling plants near the sources of plastic waste.

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