Recycling is a process using materials into new products to prevent waste of potentially useful materials, reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, reduce energy usage, reduce air pollution and water pollution by reducing the need for "conventional" waste disposal, and lower greenhouse gas emissions as compared to plastic production. Recycling is a key component of modern waste reduction and is the third component of the "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" waste hierarchy.
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TerraCycle CEO Tom Szaky on why 'caring' about recycling isn't enough
One of TNW 2020's speakers, TerraCycle CEO Tom Szaky, explains how sentiment about recycling is high, but actual recycling ...
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Microbes are cleaning up all your e-waste — here’s how
If you were to stack up all the electronic waste produced annually around the world it would weigh as much as all the commercial ...
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Coronavirus face masks could create an environmental disaster that will last generations
Face coverings are now a legal requirement in many public spaces around the world. But even before they became compulsory, ...
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Plastics could help build a sustainable future — yes, you read that right
The disposal of plastics is a global problem. They are nearly indestructible in natural conditions but are discarded worldwide ...
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This is what plastic pollution may look like in 2040
During a visit to a bookstore a few weeks ago, we couldn’t help but stare at a display unit featuring no fewer than ten ...
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Uber scraps thousands of Jump ebikes, because recycling them is ‘too complicated’
In an ironic twist, Uber is sending thousands of Jump hire bikes straight to the dump because it says it's too complicated ...
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Chemical recycling could be the solution to plastic pollution
The world is drowning in plastic. About 60% of the more than 8,700 million metric tonnes of plastic ever made is no longer ...
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Scientists are working on new ways to recycle chemicals from electronic waste
Our connected consumer society generates a lot of electronic waste, around 50 million tonnes per year worldwide. It is even ...
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Yes, electric cars will create a waste problem — but only if we do nothing about it
EVs do present a new waste management challenge, but it's only a problem if we — us humans — choose to do nothing about ...
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Sonos abandons 'Recycle Mode' on old speakers after much backlash
Back in October, Sonos introduced a new ‘trade up‘ program that offers existing Sonos users a 30 percent discount to ...
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Meet the top 9 European startups working towards a greener future
When it comes to climate change, 2019 was a disappointing year, to say the least; visible signs of global warming came in ...
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Scientists invent a faster and cheaper way to repurpose EV batteries
Warwick University used Nissan Leaf batteries to discover new ways to tackle the issue of electric vehicle battery waste. ...
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Researchers want to build a space station to recycle junk in Earth’s orbit
There are about 22,000 large objects orbiting the Earth, including working and broken satellites and bits of old rocket from ...
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How supermarkets can reduce packaging to save the planet from drowning in garbage
It was inspiring to read about the launch of Waitrose’s trial in Oxford offering consumers a range of products free of ...
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We can't recycle black plastic, but now we can use its carbon for renewable energy
The big problem with plastics is that though they last for a very long time, most are thrown away after only one use. Since ...
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How to save the planet? Milkmen had the answer all along
Laure Cucuron, Managing Director of specialist recycling firm TerraCycle, took to one of the coziest stages on the first ...
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Study: Biodegradable bags aren’t as biodegradable as you first thought
The idea of a “biodegradable” plastic suggests a material that would degrade to little or nothing over a period of time, ...
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5 clever startups that are making money recycling waste
These amazing startups found innovative, long-term solutions to manage the world’s waste — and you can now support them ...
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Recycling the world’s plastic garbage could buy you the NFL, Apple and Microsoft
This year, I served on the judging panel for The Royal Statistical Society’s International Statistic of the Year. On ...
