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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has confirmed the Deposit Return Scheme will be introduced ...

Biffa has revealed it has recycled 10 billion plastic HDPE milk bottles since becoming the first company in the UK to process ...

Right now, Miami-Dade County generates 5 million tons of trash each year and only 37 percent of that is ever recycled. And ...

As sustainability climbs higher on consumers’ priority lists, food and beverage brands face growing pressure to design ...

By Prof. Edward Kosior and Paul Marshall, Nextek & NEXTLOOPP Polyolefins (HDPE and PP) make up the majority of the world’s household plastic packaging. Yet, unlike PET, these materials have been ...

Biffa has revealed it has recycled 10 billion HDPE milk bottles through a closed-loop solution. Managing director of Biffa Polymers, James McLeary, believes this needs to become the norm, and issues ...

South Africa lags far behind the world’s leading recycling nations, with plastic littering our rivers and oceans. In the heart of the Western Cape Winelands, however, Lizl Naudé is quietly changing ...

Biffa has called for a ban on the export of unprocessed plastic waste and highlighted a near-£900m a year opportunity if it was recycled in the UK instead. The waste management giant recently ...

A new analysis reported by The Guardian argues the UK could stop exporting plastic waste by 2030, build domestic recycling plants and unlock billions in economic value. Industry leaders say the shift ...

Professor Kotohiro Nomura's research group at Tokyo Metropolitan University has developed an efficient method for the exclusive depolymerization of PET (polyethylene terephthalate), PET bottles and ...