recycling
Pagina verde. Total Waste Recycling, o companie care reciclează echipamente electrice şi electronice, voia să facă o a treia fabrică în România cu ajutor de stat, dar a fost respinsă. „Probabil vom mai încerca prin PNRR“
3 May 2023
Total Waste Recycling, o companie cu activitate în domeniul reciclării, care a fost respinsă din rândul dosarelor acceptate pentru ajutor de stat, avea în plan să facă o fabrică de reciclare în Călăraşi dacă ar fi primit contribuţia financiară din partea statului. „Doream să realizăm o investiţie de peste 10 milioane de euro într-o ... Mai mult
Washington’s WRAP Act, including EPR and bottle bill plans, won’t move forward this year
10 March 2023
Washington state’s WRAP Act, which included major EPR for packaging and bottle bill provisions, will not move forward this year after failing to make it out of committee before a key deadline. The legislation gained attention as a significant overhaul to Washington’s recycling system, but waste industry opposition contributed to it dying in committee before a ... Mai mult
G-7 eyes joint effort to turn e-waste into rare earths, other metals
8 March 2023
During a trip to Washington in January, Yasutoshi Nishimura, Japan’s minister for economy, trade and industry, called for a new “network” for recycling rare metals with U.S. and Europe. Japan aims to set up a working group to promote cooperation on extracting the materials when it hosts the G-7 summit in May. ... Mai mult
Recycling, downcycling and the need for a circular economy
2 March 2023
Photo source: Metabolic.nl What happens to the plastic and paper that you’ve carefully sorted into separate bins? We like to believe those old items are remade into new items and get cycled over and over again. In reality, most recycling is really ‘downcycling’. And while recycling, downcycling, and upcycling all help to preserve the life ... Mai mult
Dow said it was recycling our shoes. We found them at an Indonesian flea market
25 February 2023
At a rundown market on the Indonesian island of Batam, a small location tracker was beeping from the back of a crumbling second-hand shoe store. A Reuters reporter followed the high-pitched ping to a mound of old sneakers and began digging through the pile. There they were: a pair of blue Nike running shoes with ... Mai mult
Study shows EPR laws could increase US recycling rates
23 February 2023
A recent study conducted by The Recycling Partnership, Washington, claims states can expect significant increases in recycling rates for packaging—including plastic, glass, aluminum and steel—and printed paper with the adoption of extended producer responsibility (EPR) programs. The study, “Increasing Recycling Rates with EPR Policy,” explores the impact of EPR programs in seven jurisdictions worldwide and in ... Mai mult
Analiză. Sistemul Garanţie-Returnare, revoluţia din magazine: Cum arată azi proiectul care va schimba modul în care vom cumpăra apă şi băuturi răcoritoare?
16 January 2023Anul 2022 a adus noi progrese în procesul de implementare a Sistemului Garanţie-Returnare (SGR), conceptul care va schimba modul în care românii vor face cumpărături. A fost creată compania care va administra sistemul, a fost stabilită structura acţionariatului acesteia, din care statul deţine 20%, a fost ales un CEO responsabil şi, cel mai important, a ... Mai mult
Global Plastics Treaty: Waste Pickers Ready to Talk
14 January 2023
“We are the face of recycling in the world, we are the hands that clean the world, we are the real heroes of the planet and nothing you try to do without recyclers is going to work.” This was the message from waste pickers globally that Soledad Mella, representative of the Global Alliance of Waste ... Mai mult
Japanese researchers succeed in extracting rare metal from lithium-ion batteries
13 January 2023
The current lithium-ion battery recycling system includes the usage of toxic inorganic acids such as sulfuric acid or strong organic solvent which are very harmful to the environment. In addition, some chemical process includes high-temperature condition and emit toxic corrosive vapors which is very dangerous to factory operators. Researchers all over the world work ... Mai mult
