Researchers propose a novel approach to lessen garment discards.

On Wednesday, the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technique announced the development of the world's first technology to recycle textile waste by turning unwanted fiber into useable materials. To separate recyclable components from textile waste, a team of scientists lead by KRICT senior...

In Singapore, beer made using recycled toilet water is well-liked

The idea of using drinking water made from sewage has gained support over the past ten years, and NEWBrew beer does just that.

"NEWBrew" isn't your typical beer. Recycled sewage is used to create the new Singapore blonde ale.

The alcoholic beverage is the result ...

According to a recent report published by Absolute Markets Insights, titled, “Recycled Plastics Market by Type, Technique, End User and Region

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) to Hold Largest Market Share in 2020

According to Absolute Markets Insights report, Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) accounted for the higher market share in 2020 and is projected to maintain its dominance over the forecast period (2021-...

Lotte Chemical commits 49 billion for tackling environmental issues

Highlights
•    Lotte Chemicals to commit $41.7 million for tackling environmental and social issues
•    Funds will be used to secure technologies for plastic recycling, hydrogen production etc.

The Financial Supervisory Service sai...

KBR gains contract in Central Europe for recycling of plastic wastes

Highlights

• KBR gains contracts in Central Europe for recycling of plastic wastes
• KBR uses Hydro-PRT technology for recycling

KBR has been awarded with a feasibility contract for recycling projects in Central Europe. This contract has...

COCA-COLA TO SELL SODAS IN COMPLETELY RECYCLED PLASTIC IN THE US

Highlights

• Beverage company Coca-Cola will soon start to sell sodas in completely recycled plastic in the United States for the first time

• Coca-Cola said the initial items will be launched this month in several states like Florida and California, for items like C...

JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO STEP UP WITH R&D TO RECYCLE CARBON DIOXIDE

Highlights –

• Japan and the United States of America to step up with R&D to recycle carbon dioxide.
• Both the countries have agreed to cooperate to find the technology for the same.
• The countries wish to turn CO2 into fuel and chemi...

HAPAG-LLOYD ENDS SCRAP SERVICE TO CHINA

Highlights:

• Hapag-Llyod, the shipping company has to stop taking recycled material loads to China.
• The shipping company has informed its customers that it will no longer accept solid waste cargo into China.
• This move came after the new law ...

WE CAN MAKE CARBON DIOXIDE A RAW MATERIAL SAYS MUKESH AMBANI

Highlights

• Along with Mukesh Ambani, the FII Investment Institute Conference was attended by Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman al-Saud, Minister of Energy, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Patrick Pauyanne, chief executive officer (CEO) of Total

• Mukesh Ambani said this is t...

DYPER DELIVERY SERVICE COMPANY RECYCLES USED NAPPIES

HIGHLIGHTS

• Diapers are manufactured with viscose fibers from responsibly sourced bamboo that subscribers can self-compost at commercial services.
• Subscribers get ReDyper hazmat shipping boxes and labels than are sent to TerraCycle, which later on send...

GDT HAVE AMBITIOUS PLANS FOR FUTURE

Highlights:

• Green Distillation Technologies (GDT), plans to sell its recycling solutions around the globe.
• It has signed a deal with the US to set its first plant.
• Globally a total of 1.5 billion end-on-life tyres are produced in a year.

Shell generates chemical products from plastic waste

Today Shell announced that it has successfully used a liquid feedstock made from plastic waste to make high-end chemicals. The process, known as pyrolysis, is deemed a development for hard-to-recycle plastics and is supporting Shell's goal to use one million tons of plastic waste per year by ...

Expo 2020 to deliver eco-boost with nearly a hundred and fifty tonnes of daily waste recycled

A mammoth clean-up operation is being planned to clear nearly two hundred tonnes of trash that may be drop daily by countless accumulation guests. 

The garbage is collected at a brand-new 5000 area unit central waste facility at the website, operated by UAE waste management firm Du...

Unavoidable technological advances in plastics usage

The alarm bells are ringing louder and louder for plastics recyclers. The sound is of worrying economic developments and wider uncertainties warned BIR Plastics Committee Chairman Henk Alssema of Netherlands-based Vita Plastics in his introductory remarks to the body’s latest meeting in Bud...

A university in the UAE to scale back, utilize and recycle plastic

The University has launched an associate degree initiative not solely to cut back, however, to recycle 100% of PET Plastics. Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Middlesex University city is the initial University within the UAE to be a part of a property system for utilization 'waste' back to ev...

E-Waste Recycling increasing

Whether it’s a fax machine, a TV, or a blender, getting a new appliance or piece of technology always feels so exciting. But now, the digital camera that once brought you so much joy just sits quietly in a desk drawer, overshadowed by your iPhone's camera lens; a broken toaster oven is ...

Swedish Recycling Mill creates a high-tech way to recycle old clothes

Thanks to a Swedish recycling mill, old clothes can be reprocessed via a new method. About 80 billion items of clothing are produced globally every year and it requires about 20,000 litres of water to make 1kg of cotton. These number are allegedly enough to make only one T-shirt and a pair of jea...

With an increase in the investments, the plastic recyclers have seen an annual revenue of RM20 billion

Plastic recyclers anticipate that their commitments should the economy to increment to somewhere in the range of RM15bil and RM20bil every year if there is greater interest in innovation, framework and redesigned limit. The Malaysian Plastics Manufacturers Association (MPMA) and Malaysian Plastic...

Coles shows the finest and worst recycling neighborhoods in Australia

For the first time, Coles has disclosed the best and worst neighborhoods in Australia with soft plastics recycling at its local shops frequently. Overall, clients have recycled 905 tons of soft plastic, or 226 million bits, from Coles latest Sustainability report, a 32% increase in the last fiscal ...

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...