26Sep

“Municipal recycling programs no longer accepting glass, plastics”

Since China’s import ban on certain recyclables, U.S. curbside programs are increasingly sending glass and plastics to the landfill.

25Sep

“Taiwan establishing PV module recycling business”

The Taiwanese government is promoting a system to recycle the growing volumes of decommissioned solar panels it anticipates after 2030.

25Sep

Adding biochar, such as crop waste and discarded paper, to farmland can enrich soil while offsetting agricultural greenhouse gas emissions.

25Sep

UK consumer concern over the environmental impact of plastics is coupled with mistrust of companies’/ policymakers’ ability to fix the issue.

24Sep

BMW has completed 18 months of testing that show its used EV batteries can deal with “demand response” requests from Pacific Gas & Electric.

24Sep

A Netherlands company is building a recycling plant to convert disposable diapers into plastic that can be made into consumer products.

24Sep

Population growth will drive worldwide waste generation from 2 billion to 3.4 billion metric tons in the next 30 years, the World Bank says.

21Sep

Veolia has opened the first European plant dedicated solely to recycling crystalline photovoltaic panels (video).

21Sep

A South African recycling company is building a plant scheduled to open in 2019 to process spent coffee grounds into biofuel.

21Sep

Local rules vary as to what is recyclable. A universal measure of sustainability is the percentage recycled content in the products you buy.