Microplastics: 77% more found in River Thames during lockdown may be due to discarded face masks and PPE – research shows

Discarded face coverings and other personal protective equipment (PPE) are likely to be the cause of a rise in microplastics entering the environment

The circular economy of a pizza box

Recycled pizza boxes are an important slice of the Canadian paper packaging industry’s circular economy

The drive for greater plastics circularity

Brand owners and packaging converters in the plastics industry are facing major bottlenecks in recycled content availability. To overcome this challenge and meet ambitious recycling targets, recyclers and material recovery facilities (MRFs) are using advanced technologies to produce feedstock for high-grade applications, expanding their business opportunities.

Food for thought – preventing food waste

About one-third of the food Americans buy is wasted, hurting the climate and consumers’ wallets

Technology developments pushing chemical recycling

In this article, IDTechEx explores the early-stage technologies for chemical recycling and assesses the players and likely commercial impact

Aluminum sorting in the UK

Alutrade is achieving 99% pure aluminum for use in secondary aluminum production

From organic waste to green energy – how Davidson Environmental makes it happen

Davidson Environmental and its fleet of trucks collects organic waste across Southern Ontario, sorts it, and converts it into green energy

Cleaning up after the floods

At the beginning of July 2021, Western Europe suffered a catastrophe due to severe flooding and rising water levels in several river basins

Bordertown’s bioenergy breakthrough

In a world first, an Australian Limestone Coast food manufacturer will convert oat husks into electricity, enabling it to offset almost all its monthly energy costs

This company is tackling Kuwait’s ‘tire graveyard’ problem by tire recycling

More than 42 million old vehicle tires dumped in Kuwait's sands have started to be recycled