The Hong Kong government has said it will speed up food waste recycling and set up hundreds more smart bins to collect food waste before August, when the city officially rolls out its delayed waste charging scheme. The Environmental Protection Department said on Tuesday that 700 smart bins for food waste collection would be installed […]
Data from 14,000 beach cleanups shows tiny pieces of plastic are most common type of trash.
Critics are calling out the longstanding narrative promoted by the sector that plastic is predominantly recyclable.
MEDFORD, Ore. – An existing medical waste recycling programs is making its way to a Medford hospital. According to Providence, the program has recycled thousands of tons of medical waste over the past 20 years. The program is made possible by a partnership between Providence and one of its medical supply companies. Upon delivery of […]
A natural healing concert featuring musical instruments made of recycled
Eve O. Schaub is the author of “Year of No Garbage: Recycling Lies, Plastic
Ireland’s poor recycling habits are revealed in a survey that shows only half of people are doing it right.
This initiative not only promotes recycling but also integrates the use of renewable energy sources in its production processes.
Apple's recycling program has come under fire, with employee theft and the destruction of working iPhones named as big problems in an examination of the environmental effort. Daisy, Apple's iPhone recycling robot Apple has repeatedly promoted its green credentials when it comes to recycling old iPhones and other products handed over by customers via its trade-in program. By taking older customer devices off them, Apple is able to disassemble the hardware and potentially reuse some...
For decades, curbside recycling has been a fixture in U.S. neighborhoods as a way to empower ordinary citizens to protect their environment and reduce waste. It's a system, though, that relies on consumers to know what items are recyclable—and which ones can contaminate a delicate ecosystem.
In the bustling streets of Delhi, an innovative initiative is turning heads and making waves in the fight against plastic pollution.
Booming sales of cold drinks at Starbucks have created a problem: growing amounts of plastic waste from the single-use cups that Frappuccinos, Refreshers, cold brews and other iced drinks are served in. The coffee giant said Thursday it plans to alleviate some of that waste with new disposable cups that contain up to 20% less []