Recycling News
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5 ways Australian businesses can shrink their plastic footprintA waste calculator that counts single-use plastic reductions and a free tool to remove excess packaging are part of a guide to urge businesses to use less plastic. -
In Hong Kong, disposable fashion gets a recycled makeoverA new textile mill will use waste fabric as its raw material, in an effort to make the fashion industry more sustainable.
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Typhoon Mangkhut reveals biggest plastic polluters of Manila's arterial riverA waste survey has revealed the brands that are choking a Manila river with plastic packaging in the wake of a super typhoon. The audit has thrown up names seen in other waste surveys in the Philippines and around the world. -
Turning waste into bioplastics, Mexico strikes green goldThe race is on to find more environmentally friendly alternatives as plastic clutters up the world's oceans.
Recycling Opinion
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Why we're hunting for treasure—in old landfill sites– Each year more than 300 tonnes of processed gold are dumped in landfills. What if we could mine landfills for gold and other precious metals, ask researchers from Keele University. -
Three ways making a smartphone can harm the environment– Do you know what it takes to make the smartphone in your hand? -
How changing the world's food systems can help to protect the planet– This Earth Overshoot Day, it's time to start fixing the world's food systems. CGIAR's Elwyn Grainger-Jones introduces five strategies to do so.
Videos
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Can Singapore build more sustainable industries?– At this year's Eco Action Day Industry Roundtable 2018, participants discussed how to build more creative and resourceful industries and infrastructure for a more sustainable Singapore.
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Manchester United tackles the issue of plastic pollution with new jersey– To raise awareness about plastic pollution in oceans, popular football club Manchester United has announced new uniforms made from recycled ocean plastic.
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Sydney makes music from ocean plastic– An advertising agency has come up with an idea to give ocean plastic a second life while turning Sydney beach-clean ups into a party.
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Watch: How an Indian professor is turning plastic trash into highways– Plastic pollution is a huge problem all over of the world. Will India's plastic roads be a solution?
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