If you look closely, some recycling symbols will tell you to ‘rinse’. This is because plastic and cardboard covered with food not only contaminate everything else in your recycling bin ...

a recycling symbol on a plastic bag. Lindsey Nicholson / UCG / Universal Images Group via Getty Images; Joseph Winters / Grist To that end, several industry groups — including the World ...

ProPublica finds advanced recycling techniques are not matching mechanical recycling’s rate of converting discarded plastic ...

One major challenge for traditional recycling is that it requires careful sorting. That’s possible (if difficult) for some ...

But are you going about it the right way? When it comes to recycling plastics, there's more to the process than dumping out your water bottle and tossing it in the recycling bin. This story is ...

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First Battery established its recycling facility in Benoni, in the East Rand, in 2013, to minimise environmental pollution and waste, and conserve the quality of its lead supply for new batteries.

However, while these qualities make it highly useful and easy to recycle, they have also sparked debate due to recurring discussions about its degradation processes and environmental impact from ...

They look at long-term sourcing agreements and what might potentially be replaceable at a lower cost and now need to consider how waste management and plastics recycling will affect their operations.

However, recycling does come at a price. Read on to find out more about your options for fridge freezer recycling, including costs. In August 2023, we surveyed 6,954 fridge freezer owners to find out ...

Chemical companies, oil-and-gas incumbents and startups around the world are touting plans for new recycling facilities, promising to turn old bottles and bags into usable material. But ...

If you look closely, some recycling symbols will tell you to ‘rinse’. This is because plastic and cardboard covered with food not only contaminate everything else in your recycling bin, it can attract ...