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Bali plastic recycling scheme swamped with garbage

Scheme has collected a fraction of the waste it set out to handle and is struggling with broken machinery and poor finances

The Guardian - UK

These countries produce the most plastic pollution in our oceans – and they’re not the ones you might have guessed

Trillions of pieces of plastic are estimated to float in oceans around the world

The Independent UK

How winter makes recycling harder with 40% jump in contamination

New data reveals an extra 5,000 tonnes of waste is sent to landfill or incineration from November to March

The Guardian - UK

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Clean energy could create millions of tons of waste in India. Some are working to avoid that

As clean energy infrastructure like solar panels and electric car batteries becomes more common in India, some small businesses are working to recycle them when they reach the end of their lifespan, dismantling panels to sell individual components and using old EV batteries’ remaining power to provide electricity to remote,…

The Independent UK

EarthKind Feather & Down Support Pillow review: an ethical spin on a traditional pillow type

This felt like sleeping on the traditional pillows of my childhood – but the feather and down in this pillow are all recycled.

Woman & Home

Tide’s out, dinner’s up: why Wales is at the forefront of a seaweed revolution

Food, fertiliser, fuel … seaweed has been a life force for centuries. On a coastal foraging trip in Pembrokeshire, we discover it’s now behind a new green initiative, too

The Guardian - UK

Beautiful, eco-friendly and fire resistant: why architects are choosing walls made of hemp

Sumptuously textured, carbon negative and just a bit more expensive, hempcrete is being increasingly used in eco-friendly building

The Guardian - AU

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Deposit return scheme ‘misrepresented’ by ministers, Biffa claims

MINISTERS “negligently misrepresented” a now collapsed drinks container return scheme to a waste management company to persuade it to sign up, a…

The National (Scotland)

Deposit return scheme ‘misrepresented’ to waste firm by ministers, court told

Biffa is suing the Scottish Government for a sum in the region of £160 million after the scheme collapsed.

Evening Standard

How Newcastle stacks up: benchmark report to compare councils

'It is very much a feather in our cap to be asked.'

Newcastle Herald

Electric prime movers finally rolling into Australia

More companies are swapping heavy-duty diesel trucks for electric prime movers, but industry experts say regulations still need to change to get more on roads.

AAP

Can I fix it? Yes you can! Don’t throw away these household items before trying to repair them

From household electrical appliances to timber furniture and a family fairy floss machine – so much can be saved from landfill

The Guardian - AU

The Life Cycle Of An EV Battery: From Manufacturing To Recycling

As EVs continue to reshape the transportation industry, understanding the journey of an EV battery—from its creation to its eventual recycling—has never been more important.    The life cycle of these batteries is a complex, multi-stage process, and every phase holds opportunities to reduce environmental impact, maximize efficiency, and extend the value…

InsideEVs

Wasting away: dump crisis needs 'landfill transition'

The Harbour City is not alone in facing a landfill problem but a recycling advocate warns governments are getting overly excited about burning junk.

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'New Wave' As Start-up Sweeps Up Thai Ocean Plastic

As a long-tail boat arrives at a fishing village on the southern Thai island of Koh Chang, residents gather to sell their wares -- not seafood, but plastic.

The Guardian - AU

Don’t throw it out! Five hard-to-recycle items that you can actually recycle

Whether it’s pens, coffee pods or blister packs, recycling solutions do exist – they’re just not in your kerbside bin

Salon

Plastics industry’s desires for Trump

Tucked into a federal recycling bill is what critics call the plastics industry’s Project 2025

This battery recycling masterplan could make EVs live forever

The automaker hopes to recycle up to 96% of the raw materials contained inside a typical EV battery pack

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The Independent UK

Households in England dumped 5.6m tonnes of packaging waste last year – councils

Councils are calling on ministers to ensure upcoming reforms focus on reducing unnecessary waste and making recycling easier.

The Guardian - AU

Through the roof: how a Brisbane shed is turning old solar panels into silver and copper

Australia’s solar waste problem – identified as a priority by the federal government in 2016 – is becoming larger and more urgent

The Guardian - UK

Consumers embrace Ireland’s first bottle deposit return scheme

Since February, 630m empty cans and plastic bottles have been deposited at reverse vending machines

InsideEVs

Mercedes-Benz Is Getting Into EV Battery Recycling

The automaker opened a battery recycling facility that it says will process enough materials for 50,000 battery modules each year.

The Guardian - UK

Food waste and the horror of discarded pumpkins

Letters: Patrick Cosgrove says much can be composted at household level, Joy Webb fears for hedgehogs, while Bill Linton says climate news should make the front page

AAP

Car battery 'passports' could help manage growing waste

Australia should adopt a tracking scheme and battery passports like Europe to deal with the growing pile of electric car waste, an inquiry has heard.

The Independent UK

Scam warning over little-known phone number rule

There are reports of people being bombarded with calls from debt collectors or people contacting them to buy drugs

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