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The European Commission has launched an alliance of industry stakeholder as to reduce plastics littering, increase the share of recycled plastics and stimulate market innovation. Link: https://waste-management-world.com/a/eu-commision-circular-plastics-alliance-to-create-market-for-recycled-materials

Marquette County Solid Waste Management Authority, a landfill and recycling center that serves residents in rural Michigan, is looking to change the county’s dual-stream recycling program to a single-stream system. Link: https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/marquette-landfill-explores-single-stream-recycling/

As the UK’s troubled exit from the European Union looms ever closer on the horizon, the RDF Industry Group has called on both the UK Government and the EU to take action to enable RDF exports to Europe to ‘continue unhindered. Link: https://waste-management-world.com/epaper/36?format=pdf

NLWA will continue working with LondonEnergy Ltd towards a contract to manage the waste collected by the seven north London Boroughs and to operate the replacement Energy Recovery Facility at Edmonton EcoPark. Link: https://waste-management-world.com/a/londonenergy-ltd-to-operate-nlwas-new-700-000-tpa-waste-to-energy-plant

Faced with images of turtles smothered by plastic bags, beaches carpeted with garbage and islands of trash floating in the oceans, environmentalists say the world is waking up to the need to tackle plastic pollution at the source. Link: https://m.news24.com/Green/News/oceans-of-garbage-prompt-war-on-plastics-20181215

Wind sifter technology is the answer for composters required to meet new regulations for purity Link: https://www.recyclingproductnews.com/article/29701/doppstadts-airflex-1500-wind-sifter-allows-for-plastic-free-composting-cuts-volume-losses

Pay-as-you-throw, city-wide composting could be coming to Saskatoon in 2020 Link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/saskatoon-composting-pay-as-you-throw-1.4941064

Globally, WEEE is a rapidly growing problem. The adage that there is ‘more gold in a tonne of e-waste than a tonne of ore’ is an old one, but holds true. However, a host of other rare, valuable and/or toxic materials are also contained. Safely recovering them is not cheap. …

COULD a Haverfordwest artist who recycles rubbish from beaches for his work be Wales’ only pop artist? Link: https://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/17290057.wales-only-pop-artist-meet-the-artist-using-plastic-waste-from-beaches-for-his-collages/

A lack of infrastructure, mixed with consumer confusion, means a lot of packaging isn’t recycled in practice. But just where do the issues lie, and how can brands make smarter material choices to ensure their packaging is recycled? Link: https://packagingeurope.com/recyclable-doesnt-always-mean-recycled-why-material-choice-is-key/