Food and beverage company Danone has agreed to change some of its marketing statements about plastic recycling and to support plastic waste reduction as part of two lawsuit settlements. What’s happening? Food Dive summarized the agreements, which stemmed from two lawsuits filed by the Earth Island Institute and its sponsored project, the Plastic Pollution Coalition….
Plastic takeout containers, snack wrappers, and food packaging are everywhere. And most of them end up in landfills or incinerators. But one Chinese company is proving that this trash doesn’t have to be the end of the story. As reported by 36Kr, Remo Environmental Protection, a recycling startup founded in 2015, just secured new backing…
More than 10 years ago, Dave Hakkens, a then-student at the Eindhoven Design Academy, released a free, replicable design for a plastic recycling machine, Euronews reported. This design was made publicly available, which three people then used to recreate the recycling machine that same year, paving the road for the Precious Plastic project. The Precious…
The UK Government is funnelling more than £1 billion into local recycling services, with the aim of improving critical infrastructure and collections. Circular Economy Minister Mary Creagh announced the plans on Saturday, stating that the reforms will fund improved local recycling collections and reduce costs for taxpayers. Under an outdated regime, the bill for disposing…
Green AI Technology, the first company in Hong Kong to develop an artificial intelligence-driven waste sorting system, will launch a smart collection bin early next year that could help boost recycling in the city. The Hong Kong Productivity Council-backed start-up said the smart bins would be initially targeted at owners and tenants of shopping centres,…