28Oct

What will we do with the turbine blades?

At up to 300 feet long, wind turbine blades are unwieldy to transport and chop up—and their composite materials can be difficult to recycle.

28Oct

“Circular solution reduces plastic waste in Australian wine industry”

An Australian vineyard drip tube recycling program has reclaimed 1500 km of tubing in 2019, yielding 110 tonnes of repurposeable resin.

28Oct

A single recycled item with food waste on or in it can contaminate an entire load, requiring it all to be landfilled, says @WasteManagement.

25Oct

Recycling batteries is integral to powering next-gen electric vehicles, says one winner of the 2019 @NobelPrize in Chemistry, Akira Yoshino.

25Oct

Waste wood recycler @TheBodensGroup is supplying feedstock for a new 22 MW UK gasification plant.

25Oct

U.S. consumers can now ship their used lego blocks to @LEGO_Group, who will clean, sort, and donate them to needy children.

24Oct

Each blade among the 1,000 wind turbine and motor housing units to be dumped in Casper, Wyoming’s landfill uses 30-45 cubic yards of space.

24Oct

@patagonia’s complete line of waterproof shells, 61 garments in all, now use 40-100% recycled materials on the face fabric.

24Oct

The typical American produces the following waste annually: wood—854 lbs; food—221 lbs.; boxes—188 lbs.; mail—23 lbs.; and tissue—22 lbs.

23Oct

Shoes, as one of the more durable items in the typical wardrobe, needn’t be thrown in the trash after their wearable days are over.