Un trabajo realizado por el Instituto Oceanográfico Scripps, de EEUU, sugiere que podría haber un millón de veces más piezas de plástico en el océano de lo estimado previamente Link para artigo completo!

Leading companies operating across the polyester packaging value chain have formed a new consortium to help address the issue of plastic waste by accelerating the commercialisation of BP Infinia enhanced recycling technology Link to full article

From the kitchen table to the editorial pages, people have been debating the merits of recycling for decades. Does it really save energy and money? Can I recycle that yogurt cupjuice box? At the same time, recycling technology and global markets have evolved quickly, leaving some consumers confusedstuck in old, …

Várias entidades ibéricas estão a desenvolver no sul de Portugal e de Espanha uma tecnologia para caracterizar os tipos e a qualidade da biomassa de forma rápida e barata, para incentivar o seu uso como energia por empresas. Link:

‘Vivemos na era do plástico e não podemos evitar esse material. Mas nosso mundo não avançou na inovação da reciclagem‘, diz a fundadora Miranda Wang Link:

The initiative, founded by husband-and-wife restaurateurs Massimo Bottura and Lara Gilmore in 2016, sources surplus food from local restaurants, supermarkets, farmers, and suppliers to prepare meals for the homeless and hungry. Link:

Incinerator is part of larger plan aiming to have a quarter of the country‘s waste to be used for generating energy by 2030 Link:

New technologies and economic structures led to increases in Turkey’s recycling rate but 500.000 wastepickers are excluded from commercial gains in the recycling and waste collection sector. Link:

NORTH OF THE THAMES, between Barking and Dagenham, a new town the size of Windsor is springing into life. When Barking Riverside is complete, it will bring a new river walkway, a linear park, shops, offices, schools, an over­ground railway station and more than 10,000 new homes to the east …

The Alliance to End Plastic Waste, a group of more than 40 companies along the supply chain, was formed in an attempt to help eradicate plastic waste in the environment. Link: