2022

13 Dec 2022

EPA find 8000 tonnes of soft plastics in warehouses

The Victorian EPA has discovered about 8,000 tonnes of soft plastics in warehouses across Melbourne as part of the suspended REDcycle program. An information gathering notice issued by EPA to the ...

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13 Dec 2022

McKinsey report suggests plastic application shifts

Consultancy says retailers and brand owners can help safeguard the environment with reuse and material substitution.Global consultancy McKinsey & Co., in a new 132-page report, has identified and ...

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12 Dec 2022

UK:750,000t household plastic packaging goes uncaptured

Plastic resource efficiency and recycling charity, RECOUP estimates that a staggering 750,000 tonnes of post-consumer plastic packaging is not currently collected for recycling, in its new UK ...

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09 Dec 2022

Why The Plastics Circular Economy Is The Next Greenfield For Climate Investors

The conclusion from COP27 is inescapable: it is “all hands-on deck” to fight climate change. Despite our best efforts, the United Nations says we are still careening towards disaster. The financial ...

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09 Dec 2022

Largest commingled MRF in North America adds robots

Sims Municipal Recycling installed four EverestLabs robots in its New York City MRF and plans to add up to four more in 2023, bringing the facility into the AI age. JD Ambati, founder and CEO of ...

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08 Dec 2022

UGANDA: Coca-Cola partners with DHL to recycle plastic waste in Kampala.

Multinational logistics company DHL is partnering with Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) in Uganda to manage plastic waste in a sustainable way. The initiative, which is part of their eco-friendly ...

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08 Dec 2022

MAROCCO: With €5.9 m from the EBRD, Plastikpack will recycle plastic waste

Moroccan plastic packaging manufacturer Plastikpack Maroc will obtain financing for the construction of a plant to recycle polypropylene into pallets and crates. It is 65 million Moroccan dirhams ...

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07 Dec 2022

Treasury delays announcement of 2024/25 landfill tax rates

The waste management sector and local authorities will have to wait longer for details of the landfill tax rates from April 2024 after the Treasury opted not to publish the rates alongside its ...

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06 Dec 2022

ArcelorMittal honored for use of pyrolytic oil at Quebec plant

The company plans to reduce heavy fuel oil use at the Port-Cartier plant by 23 percent annually.ArcelorMittal Mining Canada G.P. has won an EnviroLys Award in the ICI+ Green Project category for ...

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06 Dec 2022

ESTADO Y RETOS DE LA FISCALIDAD LOCAL DE LOS RESIDUOS

Las obligaciones previstas en la Ley 7/2022 sobre tasas de residuos y demás figuras cobratorias supondrán un reto a corto plazo para la gran mayoría de las entidades locales.Las entidades locales ...

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