The Waste Biz: Consumers Need Help Recycling Plastic
Tom Szaky of Terracycle thinks we can better inform consumers about recycling plastic, Donna Fenn discusses world upcycling domination, and more…
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The Waste Biz: Time To Shake Up The Recycling Business?
Waste Management’s CEO wants to shake up the recycling business to make it more profitable, rocket reuse, and food waste to liquid fertilizer.
The Waste Biz: Using An Anaerobic Digester To Turn Brewery Waste Into Energy
Pure Energy Group’s anaerobic digester installation at Devi’s Canyon Brewery brings biogas production from brewing waste into an urban setting.
The Waste Biz: E-Waste Recycling Poised For Growth
The replacement rate of consumer electronics, as well as environmental & health concerns, are driving growth in the e-waste recycling sector.
India Uses Plastic Waste In New Road Construction
Indian roads will have some plastic waste in them, as the country’s Supreme Court has ordered such recycling of this waste stream.
Industrial Waste: A Tool For Capturing Carbon?
A new paper argues that industrial waste from steel and aluminum production and coal burning could be used to sequester atmospheric carbon.
The Repurpose Project: Community-Based Waste Reclamation And Reuse [Video]
Gainesville, Florida’s The Repurpose Project takes materials that other thrift stores won’t in order to keep them out of landfills.
Who’s Responsible For Reducing Food Waste? The United States Government Wants To Rescue More Food From The Trash
Like the United Nations, the United States’ EPA and Department of Agriculture has put forth a plan for reducing food waste by 50% by the year 2030.
Waste From Sugar Beet Processing Perfect For Strengthening Materials? [Video]
Scottish firm CelluComp has discovered that sugar beet waste can be transformed into a material additive that adds strength and durability.
Allowing Waste Pickers Access To A Competitive Recycling Market [Video]
Waste pickers collect recycable trash to feed themselves. Plastics for Change has developed a mobile technology giving them access to pricing information.
Organic Waste Diversion: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
If a landfill operator has invested in a landfill gas operation, that might be the most economically feasible place to send organic waste.
Recycle Shoes Into Fuel? New Plant Shreds Shoe Waste For Burning
Building materials giant Holcim will recycle shoes and manufacturing waste into fuel for its cement plant based in Vietnam.
New EU Project Explores Deriving Graphene From Food Waste
EU project PlasCarb in exploring the possibility of deriving graphene and hydrogen from food waste using anaerobic digestion and a microwave plasma process.