The cost to producers for implementing EPR for packaging fell by £1 billion due to the exclusion of business waste.The Recycling Association has cautioned that proposals for business waste collection areas in the Scottish Government's circular economy bill could be "damaging" to the recycling industry.Within the consultation, the Scottish Government states it intends to...
Scientists who discovered the biocement. Credit: bioplasticsnews.Creating renewable biocement entirely out of waste materialCement is a binder, a substance utilized while building that hardens, sets, and sticks to other materials to bind them together. When sand and gravel are blended with cement, concrete is made.Cement is classified as non-hydraulic or hydraulic. Hydraulic cement needs...
The RecyClass recycled content certification covers all Berry’s clear, coloured and black refuse sacks. Credit: Packaging News.Berry Global claims its refuse sacks firm in Heanor, Derbyshire, has turned into the "first plastic packaging maker in the UK" to get RecyClass recycled material certification.Moreover, the packaging fabricator has also declared that its variety of Berry...
A mixture of old and new processes are set to help recover recyclable material and stop it from going into landfill in Australia.(ABC News: Simon Goodes)Australia's reusing field is in the center of an overhaul, stimulated by a significant policy change by China, complied with by a policy change by the federal government, and the...
