India to Learn from Japan and Singapore to Manage Plastic Waste

According to a report by the World Bank, the world produced 1.3 billion Tonnes of waste per year in 2012 and this number was expected to spike up to 3.4 billion Tonnes per year by 2050. The waste management market of the world was estimated to be at 400 to 1,600 billion dollars in 2020-2021 and i...

UNITED KINGDOM’S PLASTIC INDUSTRY LAUNCHES NEW PLASTIC WASTE RECYCLING STRATEGY

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• The British Plastics federation or BPF has launched a new strategy for minimising the export of the plastic waste from the United Kingdom
• The BPF believes that, the United Kingdom can achieve the rates of recycling by the year 2030
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EUROPEAN UNION BANS PLASTIC WASTE FOR BEING SHIPPED TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FROM 1ST JANUARY 2021

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• The European Union has banned the plastic waste for being shipped to the developing countries
• The large quantity of the plastic waste, which has been sent to the southern region of the Globe is not being treated properly

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EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND COMPANIES PLEDGED TO RECYCLE PLASTIC WASTES

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• The multiple companies and the European nations have made a commitment to reduce the plastic waste
• This is an initiative taken, which has been aiming for creating a cross-border circular economy for the material in the next five years
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ECA SAID, EUROPEAN UNION AT RISK FOR MISSING ITS PLASTIC RECYCLING TARGETS

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• The European Union is facing the risk of falling down on the recycling targets of plastic
• The European Court of Auditors or ECA have given the warning on the incoming ban on the exports of plastic waste, which will be increasing the risk o...

DEMETO project tested a new technology to provide solution to plastic waste treatment

Despite ongoing efforts to reduce plastic waste, reuse is only a portion of it. Less than 30% of plastic waste, for instance, is reused in the EU. Some of it is being shipped for distribution to non-EU countries. The rest goes to waste or is incinerated in wetlands, lakes and oceans, or winds up ...

Plastic generation in UAE

They reveal how pollutants from plastic waste have compromised animal habitats and brought about the lack of lives. Yet, placing a complete forestall to its use stays a mission for lots as we've grown deeply depending on its convenience. However, we all realize that disposing them has continu...

Simple effective solutions to some of the biggest challenges

EXPO 2020 selects Dubai's global best practices program. DUBAI A Norwegian program to swap plastic waste for monetary reward.

A total of one, 175 sentries were received from 141 countries. DUBAI A Norwegian program to swap plastic waste for monetary reward, a web software system fro...

Poland Spring to utilize 100 percent recycled plastic for its packaging bottles

An announcement was made on Monday by the Poland Spring regarding a plan where it will be utilizing 100 percent recycled plastic for all of its non-carbonated water containers, a step which came amidst the increasing concern about the plastic pollution. The Maine-based company told that the effor...