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The university is diverting more of its trash from landfills to meet its ambitious sustainability goals
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Carbios produces its first PET bottles
The bottles are made with the company’s rPTA produced through its enzymatic recycling process.
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Black plastic recycling project wins £800k of government funding
A new collaborative project aimed at making black plastic easily recyclable has been awarded £800,000 by the government’s Innovate UK grant scheme.
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https://resource.co/article/black-plastic-recycling-project-wins-800k-government-funding-13107
Garden Compost
Acadiana its time for another edition of your lawn and garden. Weeds over here, weeds over there, weeds everywhere. I don‘t want weeds anywhere. Is that a good segway into mulch?
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https://www.klfy.com/lawn-and-garden/garden-compost/1817144252
Can‘t win fight against plastic waste without recycling
Recently on Capitol Hill, the plastics industry gathered congressional staff and reporters together to highlight a billion-dollar campaign designed to rid the ocean of plastic. At the event, Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) announced the reintroduction of legislation to achieve that same goal.
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Montreal‘s compost plant gets thumbs up from agglomeration council
The motion to build the St-Laurent facility passed through the agglomeration council without debate.
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Recycling systems need national rethink
Australia‘s recycling system needs a "complete transformation" if all packaging is to be recyclablereusable by 2025, a new study of the nation‘s waste reveals.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-6754425/Recycling-systems-need-national-rethink.html
Let’s keep composting local and small-scale
I have been composting for about 15 years in my garden. It started with four pallets lashed together and has grown. I turn out enough compost yearly to have not needed to purchase any for a number of years and I have given some to a few neighbours.
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https://www.nelsonstar.com/opinion/letter-lets-keep-composting-local-and-small-scale/
Refshauge: Composting is key for environment
The Spartanburg Area Conservancy (SPACE) protects and conserves land for Spartanburg area citizens, volunteer landowners and visitors by building strong relationships within the community through positive outreach.
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https://www.goupstate.com/opinion/20190224/refshauge-composting-is-key-for-environment
No backyard, no problem. You can still recycle your food waste
"I just can‘t bear the idea of throwing out perfectly good food scraps into the bin, into landfill, when we can use those," said Ms King, who lives in a small apartment block in Melbourne.
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