elo 30, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
The European Commission’s proposed mandatory target to incorporate at least 25% of recycled plastics into new cars was met with praise from recyclers and scepticism from carmakers and the plastics industry. By volume, 50% of today’s cars are made of plastic, according...
touko 11, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
Li-Cycle, the leading lithium-ion battery recycler in North America, and Glencore International AG, a leading producer and recycler of critical minerals for the production of lithium-ion batteries, have signed a Letter of Intent to develop a battery recycling plant in...
touko 9, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
A team of environmental engineers at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland and Dalhousie University Halifax in Canada has found that techniques for recycling plastics may inadvertently lead to increased environmental microplastics. In their study, reported in the...
maalis 15, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
The investment, made by British waste management company Biffa, is set to develop the infrastructure needed to for plastic, glass, and aluminium drinks packaging to ultimately be recycled back into new bottles and cans to use again. The Deposit Return Scheme (DRS),...
maalis 10, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
Consumers have already learned to sort plastic packaging into recycling bins, but plastic from construction and demolition activities and agriculture still mainly goes to incineration for energy production. LUT University is investigating possibilities for their...