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Massachusetts’ organic waste ban is good for business, state finds
16 July 2025Dive Brief: Massachusetts’ rule requiring many commercial generators of organic waste to divert the material from disposal has boosted organics recycling in the state, a survey of 30 companies commissioned by the Department of Environmental Protection found. Total revenue increased for collection and hauling business, processors and food rescue organizations between 2015 and 2024. Rescue ... Mai mult
Cheshire East’s primary school composting competition helps students rethink food waste
16 July 2025Cheshire East Council has announced the winners of its fun primary school composting competition, ‘Small hands, big impact.’ This competition invited schools to learn about composting and recycle their food and garden waste. Earlier this spring, primary schools across the borough were encouraged to join the competition. Each school got a free compost bin to ... Mai mult
Bipartisan Cryptocurrency Legislation Will Fuel Further Environmental Destruction, Environmental Advocates Say
16 July 2025Legislation currently making its way through Congress that proponents say will place much-needed guardrails on cryptocurrency will only exacerbate the industry’s insatiable energy demands and climate pollution, environmentalists say. Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives declared this week to be “Crypto Week,” during which they hope to pass several bills related to cryptocurrency. ... Mai mult
Innovative company develops groundbreaking solution to major problem with fashion industry: ‘Technologies have evolved’
16 July 2025Aside from thrifting clothes, recycling fashion waste is one of the most impactful ways to tackle the mounting piles of discarded clothing and textiles that the fast fashion industry creates each year. Brightfiber Textiles, an Amsterdam-based circular textile recycling company, has assembled a multi-step clothes recycling process, The Seattle Times reported. It uses multiple machines ... Mai mult
SUA va beneficia de o descoperire care transformă deșeurile din plastic în hidrogen
16 July 2025O soluție pentru problema globală a deșeurilor de plastic Zilnic, lumea generează sute de milioane de tone de plastic, mare parte dintre acestea ajungând în gropile de gunoi sau în oceane, punând în pericol ecosisteme întregi. Mi-am amintit de vizita într-un centru de reciclare local, unde munți de sticle PET așteptau să fie procesate. Tehnologia ... Mai mult
Țara europeană care a reușit reducerea cu 80% a utilizării pungilor de plastic
16 July 2025Obiectivele – o reducere de 70–80 % a pungilor de plastic de unică folosință și de 35 % a pungilor reutilizabile până la sfârșitul anului 2025 – nu doar au fost atinse, ci chiar depășite în primul an de la implementarea acordurilor. Utilizarea pungilor de plastic de unică folosință a scăzut cu 88 % în 2024 față de ... Mai mult
Sumitomo Electric Receives Third Consecutive Order for Long-Duration Redox Flow Batteries in Kashiwazaki —Accelerating the City’s Decarbonization Initiative—
15 July 2025Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (hereinafter, “Sumitomo Electric”) has received an order for its redox flow batteries (hereinafter, “RF batteries”) from Kashiwazaki IR Energy Co., Ltd.*1 (hereinafter, “Kashiwazaki IR Energy”), as part of the city’s ongoing initiative to promote and utilize renewable energy. Construction officially began on July 10 following a Shinto-style groundbreaking ceremony held to pray ... Mai mult
Sistemele DRS şi efectele lor asupra reducerii fenomenului de littering
15 July 2025Reloop, una dintre cele mai importante ONG-uri mondiale de mediu, a publicat recent o analiză a efectelor pozitive pe care le are implementarea sistemelor de tip depozit asupra fenomenului de littering (deşeuri aruncate în natură) în mai multe ţări din lume. Gunoiul stradal este unul dintre cele mai vizibile și persistente simptome ale societăţii noastre, ... Mai mult
Which states are best, and worst, at tackling plastic pollution
15 July 2025California received the highest score and Mississippi the worst in a new nationwide ranking of state laws designed to reduce plastic pollution. All 50 states still need to do much more to combat the country’s staggering plastic pollution problem, according to the report released Tuesday by Ocean Conservancy, a U.S.-based advocacy group. 10 steps you ... Mai mult
