Some plastics are destined for the recycling bin while others should be tossed into the trash. Link to full article
Mais »DR Congo woman creates jobs recycling plastics
In Goma, a town in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a woman-led recycling company is tackling plastic pollution, and creating jobs for some of the country’s millions of internally displaced people. Zanem Nety Zaidi takes us inside this entrepreneur’s business. Link to full article
Mais »Try our quiz: Plastic waste by the numbers
Plastic is everywhere. How much do you know about it? Try our six question quiz to see how close you can get to the actual numbers about the state of the plastic waste crisis. Link to full article
Mais »Compostable Coffee Pod Improves Sustainability and Flavor
New England Coffee’s new capsule made from three biopolymers bypasses landfill and acts as a drip-like filter to enhance the brew’s flavor. Link to full article
Mais »Fashion for Good and Textile Exchange join forces to track textile waste
Fashion for Good and Textile Exchange launched the Tracing Textile Waste Project, a two-year multi-stakeholder initiative to harmonise data and systems capabilities in the reverse supply chain. Link to full article
Mais »A local-to-global emissions inventory of macroplastic pollution
Negotiations for a global treaty on plastic pollution1 will shape future policies on plastics production, use and waste management. Its parties will benefit from a high-resolution baseline of waste flows and plastic emission sources to enable identification of pollution hotspots and their causes2. Link to full article
Mais »Do lixo ao luxo: como empresas ajudam o meio ambiente e lucram com materiais descartados?
Iniciativas que revolucionam gestão de resíduos sólidos estão chegando nas prestadoras de serviço com auxílio técnico e financeiro do BRDE Clique para ler a notícia na fonte original!
Mais »Plano Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos: 170 cidades goianas não se adequaram sobre tratamento do lixo
Dos 246 municípios de Goiás, cerca de 170 ainda utilizam lixões ou aterros controlados como destino dos resíduos sólidos coletados nas cidades, contrariando o Plano Nacional dos Resíduos Sólidos (PNRS). Clique para ler a notícia na fonte original!
Mais »Shell admite frustração com reciclagem química
Retratação aflora após 5 anos de investimento em pirólise Clique para ler a notícia na fonte original!
Mais »Buscando o IPI menor, montadoras estudam reciclagem de veículos usados
Proposta que está sendo avaliada junto com o governo proporcionaria redução do imposto em unidades novas produzidas Clique para ler a notícia na fonte original!
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