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Granby Workshop unveils ceramic dinnerware collection made from 100% waste

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Lighting product design for a circular economy: workshops in April and May

Envirotec Magazine

Recycling expert Recolight’s first training workshop focusing on lighting product design for a circular economy ran in London during April. The one-day, in-person workshops seemingly do just that. The workshop includes hands-on case studies of products designed to circular economy principles. training-workshops/.

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Start-up spotlight: Recycling waste plastic into bricks

Envirotec Magazine

A Dorset start-up says it is turning plastic waste into building materials, and looking to empower communities in developing countries to do the same. This would also recycle around 800,000 tonnes of plastic otherwise headed for the ocean, or around 1% of global ocean plastic leakage. The challenge of funding an idea.

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Urgent need to increase awareness of e-waste amongst young people, says new report

Envirotec Magazine

A new campaign calls for multi-sector collaboration to tackle the e-waste crisis and drive behaviour change amongst young people. Despite a growing e-waste crisis, 45% of young people have never recycled a phone. Furthermore, 38% of young people have disposed of their phone in general waste.

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Closing the loop for plastics in electronics: New report

Envirotec Magazine

A new report – “Improving the loops of plastics in electronics” – shares the conclusions from a recent workshop on Waste of Electrical and Electronic equipment (WEEE) plastics, organized by BSEF, the International Bromine Council, during the International Electronics recycling conference (IERC 2022).

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Greater Manchester calls for a repair revolution

Envirotec Magazine

Research commissioned by Recycle for Greater Manchester (R4GM) found that last year Greater Manchester residents threw away an estimated £417 million* worth of items that could have been repaired instead. A further £809 million* was then spent on replacing the damaged or broken items.

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North London Waste Authority launches online clothes swaps to divert unwanted textiles from disposal

Envirotec Magazine

North London Waste Authority (NLWA) has partnered with London Waste and Recycling Board’s (LWARB’s) eco-fashion campaign Love Not Landfill to launch Stop & Swap, described as “a unique series of online clothes swap events and Instagram Live talks designed to divert unwanted textiles from disposal.” How it works.

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