PET Pirates’ remove seven tonnes of rubbish from Hungarian lake

2 July 2024

    A decades-old clean-up competition has left Hungary’s largest artificial lake nearly rubbish-free. More than seven tonnes of plastic waste was collected from Hungary’s Lake Tisza as part of a historic clean-up competition called the PET Cup. The teams, referred to as PET Pirates, sailed on the artificial lake’s high seas in the country’s ... Mai mult

Dow advances its mechanical recycling offering by agreeing to acquire Circulus, a North American polyethylene recycler

24 June 2024

MIDLAND, Mich., June 20, 2024 — Today, Dow (NYSE: DOW) announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Circulus, a leading recycler of plastic waste into post-consumer resin (PCR). This transaction includes two facilities, one in Ardmore, Oklahoma, and another in Arab, Alabama, with a total capacity of 50,000 metric tons per year. Dow expects the transaction to close in the ... Mai mult

ROMANIA RECORDS A NEW DECLINE IN PACKAGING WASTE RECYCLING

19 June 2024

The most significant drops are seen in the recyling of glass and metal Romania has recycled only 38.31% of packaging waste, marking a decline of 1.56 percentage points, according to the latest National Institute of Statistics (INS) data. By category, the most significant decreases were observed in the recycling of glass, which dropped from 42.6% ... Mai mult

În domeniul gestionării deșeurilor stăm din ce în ce mai prost

15 May 2024

EUROSTAT, organismul de statistică al Comisiei Europene, a publicat recent un amplu raport al rezultatelor pe care le-au înregistrat în gestionarea deșeurilor țările Uniunii Europene în perioada 2012 – 2022. Pentru România datele, mai mult decât îngrijorătoare, relevă faptul că în ultimii ani autoritățile centrale și cele locale nu au făcut absolut nimic pentru a ... Mai mult

A fost inventat plasticul viu, care se autodistruge după cinci luni. Cum e posibil

5 May 2024

  O echipă de cercetători de la Universitatea din California a inventat un plastic care se autodistruge după cinci luni. Materialul obținut de oamenii de știință, denumit ”Plasticul viu”, este de consistență moale, constând în poliuretan termoplastic, care conține spori bacterieni ai unei tulpini de Bacillus subtilis. Bacteria, care trăiește în mod normal în sol, ... Mai mult

KENYA: organic waste will soon be collected using biodegradable bags

26 April 2024

From 8 July 2024, organic waste, including food scraps, will have to be collected using 100% biodegradable bin bags in Kenya, rather than plastic bags. This is a directive issued on 8 April 2024 by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) to reduce plastic pollution in the East African country. Are we moving towards the ... Mai mult

ECOTIC: LEADER IN ELECTRICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT

22 April 2024

    ECOTIC is the first organization for the transfer of responsibility in the management of waste electrical and electronic equipment of manufacturers who put electrical equipment on the market. ECOTIC’s activity includes: the collection and recycling of electrical and electronic equipment waste in order to reach the collection targets according to the law, the ... Mai mult