LA CADENA DE VALOR DEL PLÁSTICO PIDE UNAS NORMAS ARMONIZADAS DE CÁLCULO DE CONTENIDO RECICLADO
Varias organizaciones piden a la Comisión Europea que adopte un sistema armonizado mediante balance de masas para calcular el contenido reciclado.Más de 30 asociaciones de la cadena de valor de los ...
TUNISIA: In Belli, 9.000 tons of plastic packaging will be recycled by 2026
The Swedish-Swiss company Tetra Pak specializing in food packaging will collaborate with the Tunisian company Soti Papier for the recycling of 9,000 tons of plastic waste by 2026. The initiative will ...
Companies must back up their green claims, says EU
The new Green Claims Directive proposed by the European Commission aims to put an end to misleading and unreliable green marketing throughout the EU.
When making a purchasing decision, for many ...
WM and Republic move forward on major plastic plans
Seeing big business opportunities, the two largest garbage and recycling companies in North America will put tens of millions of dollars into expanding their downstream plastics processing ...
oday’s farmers shoulder the responsibility of feeding 8 billion people. Faced with demanding environmental safeguards, particularly in Europe, the agricultural world must find green solutions for its ...
AFRICA: Afri-Plastics awards Toto Safi from Kigali and seven other green start-ups
Founded in 2016, Green Industry Plast (GIP) Togo wins first prize in the Afri-Plastics competition on sustainable plastic waste management organized by the British foundation Nesta Challenges and ...
Kunststoff verarbeitende Industrie besorgt über Ertragslage und hohe Energiekosten
Der Gesamtverband Kunststoffverarbeitende Industrie (GKV) zeigt sich besorgt über die Ertragslage und die hohen Energiekosten.Anlässlich seiner Jahrespressekonferenz in Frankfurt am Main zog der GKV ...
Newly Published Marine Plastic Pollution and Extended Producer Responsibility Policy Studies Aid Decision Makers
IUCN MARPLASTICCs project Provides Institutional Frameworks Governing Marine Plastic Pollution to understand marine plastic pollution and Extended Producer Responsibility in Asia and Africa.This ...
The Current State of Plastic Waste Legislation in the U.S.
Three hundred million tons of plastics are produced each year worldwide. Less than 10% of plastic waste in the United States is recycled each year. With projections showing that plastics production ...
Beyond Recycling: Reckoning with Plastics in a Circular Economy
As the world considers how to address the growing impacts of the triple planetary crises of pollution, climate change, and biodiversity loss, many discussions point toward a circular economy approach ...
Trotz fortschreitender technischer Entwicklung ist es bis heute nicht gelungen, Kunststoffabfälle umfassend zu recyceln. Vor allem bei Mischkunststoffen stößt das mechanische Recycling nach wie vor ...
Plastics Dialogue participants brainstorm on MC13 outcomes, welcome US co-sponsorship
Next year’s 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) presents an opportunity for the WTO to deliver concrete, pragmatic, and effective outcomes to reduce plastics pollution and address environmental ...
Diez millones de toneladas anuales de residuos generan ya un negocio 2.500 millones en Andalucía
Hay quien sólo ve montañas de basura. Nada menos que 10 millones de toneladas de residuos que se generan en Andalucía cada año. Y hay quien ve en esos 10 millones de toneladas una oportunidad de ...
What happened to The Ocean Cleanup — the system that would rid the oceans of plastic?
Remember The Ocean Cleanup? It was the ambitious plan hatched by a young Dutch entrepreneur to "rid the world's oceans of plastic".
If not, here's a quick refresher:
In 2013, 18-year-old Boyan Slat ...
ESWET PRESENTA SU VISIÓN DE FUTURO DE LA GESTIÓN DE RESIDUOS: PLANTAS INTEGRADAS DE RECUPERACIÓN DE RECURSOS
Además de calor y electricidad, las denominadas plantas IRF producirán también hidrógeno y combustibles sintéticos y recuperarán nuevas materias primas secundarias.La organización europea de ...
FOOTPLASTIC, la iniciativa que revolucionará el reciclaje plástico en Euskadi
Este proyecto impulsado por ocho entidades vascas se erige como una solución integral para la revalorización de residuos plásticos pre y post industriales y la fabricación de nuevos productos ...
The fund, managed by Closed Loop Partners, has increased to $45 million with investments from CPChem and CNG.Closed Loop Partners’ Circular Plastics Fund has added Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem) ...
Rich countries export twice as much plastic waste to the developing world as previously thought
Current estimates only cover “the tip of the plastic waste iceberg.”High-income countries have long sent their waste abroad to be thrown away or recycled — and an independent team of experts says ...
SOUTH AFRICA: New standard launched to improve plastic management
South Africa has taken new measures to reduce plastic pollution. These are contained in the "SANS 1728" standard published by the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS). Among these measures is the ...
Plasticosis: una nueva enfermedad causada por el plástico que está afectando a las aves marinas
Las micropartículas contaminantes llegan al estómago provocando inflamación y daños permanentes.La contaminación por plásticos se extiende por todo el planeta y sus efectos alcanzan a múltiples ...