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Covanta Holding Corporation has commenced construction of its first Total Ash Processing System in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania, adjacent to its existing metals processing facility.

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Today in the US, over 60 billion pounds of vegetable scraps go to the landfill. Currently, 5 is made into compost. This means 95 is creating methane gas as it breaks down in the landfill.

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http://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/manateeco/2019/01/16/compost-happens-dont-over-think-it/

However, reduction targets missing and collection targets delayed, campaigners warn

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https://zerowasteeurope.eu/2018/12/eu-agrees-unprecedented-cuts-to-single-use-plastics/?mc_cid=e13be69937&mc_eid=04e6bfdc31

A year ago, China upended the market for plastics, paper and other recycled products by curtailing purchases of a lot of discarded American material. Prices dropped and recyclers looked for new buyers. Some consumers got the message that they shouldn‘t bother to keep recycling paper, plastics, aluminum, glass and other materials.

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https://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/consumers/2019/01/18/waste-management-republic-services-see-big-drop-recycling-revenue-china/2580528002/

A new report from the Innovationsfonden public fund and consultants McKinsey presented at UN City yesterday reveals that there are substantial dividends to be had from a more systematic recycling of plastic.

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http://cphpost.dk/news/theres-a-lot-of-money-to-be-made-from-better-plastic-recycling.html

Wrapped, sealed, boxed, cling-filmed and vacuum packed. We have become used to consumables being packaged in every way imaginable.

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https://theconversation.com/recycling-is-not-enough-zero-packaging-stores-show-we-can-kick-our-plastic-addiction-106357https://theconversation.com/recycling-is-not-enough-zero-packaging-stores-show-we-can-kick-our-plastic-addiction-106357

The Jammu and Kashmir state is having Plastic Management Rules but it took the Government full three years to think about the implementing part of those Rules and now sanction has been accorded to constitution of a State Level Advisory Committee.

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http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/plastic-waste-management-rules/

Lots of benefits: Worms not only munch through a lot of your food waste, but will also produce fertiliser that your plants will love.

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https://www.theislanderonline.com.au/story/5827992/worms-help-reduce-waste/?cs=24

U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said on Thursday that the United States is launching a battery recycling research and development (R&D) center, aiming to reduce its reliance on foreign supply of critical minerals such as cobalt and lithium.

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https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/US-Launches-Battery-Recycling-RD-Center-To-Boost-Energy-Security.html

A chemical recycling technology which uses microwaves to accelerate the depolymerisation of waste PET material has secured the 2018 Innovation Radar Prize.

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https://waste-management-world.com/a/video-gr3ns-microwave-assisted-chemical-pet-recycling-secures-innovation-award