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eBay UK Ditches Fees for Second-Hand Clothing Sales to Promote Sustainability
2024-04-10 13:53:59| Waste Age
eBay UK has made a change to its sales of secondhand clothing that is a significant step for the company and its commitment to sustainability.
Category: Energy and Environment
Business Owner Looking to Set Up 100M Smartphone Recycling Center in Egypt
2024-04-10 13:53:27| Waste Age
An engineer and business owner is looking to get a smartphone refurbishment and recycling center in Egypt in the Suez Canal Economic Zone.
Category: Energy and Environment
Malaysians Collected, Composted Food Scraps Throughout Ramadan
2024-04-10 13:53:02| Waste Age
Throughout Ramadan, Malaysians gathered in Kuantan with food scraps to convert the waste into organic fertilizer for crops.
Category: Energy and Environment
Why a Reuse-Focused Strategy is Important to IT Sustainability
2024-04-10 13:51:59| Waste Age
Several factors are driving the e-waste problem within the IT sector including innovation which is rendering older technology useless, as well as outdated policies and mindsets around data security, making data hoarding prevalent and preventing more devices from entering the circular economy. In this article, I will explore these factors and explain why reuse should be the focus of IT sustainability strategies.
Category: Energy and Environment
Waste-to-Energy Facilities Decline Due to Regulation and Access to Renewable Energy Credits
2024-04-10 13:34:38| Waste Age
Mass burn, or waste-to-energy facilities are on the decline in the U.S., and their troubles are largely about money and regulations. Shrinking access to renewable energy credits (RECs) and strengthening air quality standards that force expensive upgrades are testing operators working to stay in business. Between 2000 and April 2024, 51 trash incinerators in the U.S. closed permanently, leaving only 65 in operation as of April 2024, according to environmental advocacy group Energy Justice.
Category: Energy and Environment
Strategic Biofuels Announces Strategic Investment from Magnolia Sustainable Energy Partners
2024-04-10 13:14:01| Waste Age
Category: Energy and Environment
Kroger Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation Sponsors National STEM Festival
2024-04-10 13:00:00| Waste Age
Category: Energy and Environment
April 2024 Fire Report: We Cannot Be Complacent
2024-04-09 15:54:31| Waste Age
We had 71 fires, of which 35 occurred in waste, paper and plastic operations, 25 occurred in scrap operations, four occurred at organics operations, three occurred in e-scrap operations, two occurred at construction and demolition operations and one occurred at a rubber recycling facility. Four of these events were confirmed as catastrophic, but that number is highly conservative based on the public reporting without long-term visibility of the actual damage stemming from these incidents.
Category: Energy and Environment
A Glimpse at Tire EPR in North America
2024-04-09 15:15:04| Waste Age
About 280 million tires are discarded in the U.S. each year and a good share of them are illegally dumped, posing risk for soil contamination, fires and mosquito-borne illness, and strapping governments with enormous clean up expenses. In response, a few U.S. states and several Canadian provinces have followed Europes lead by enacting or introducing Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws holding tire producers responsible for the cost and management of end-of-life tires (EOL).
Category: Energy and Environment
Jacobs to Design Miami-Dade Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion and Upgrades
2024-04-09 13:00:00| Waste Age
Category: Energy and Environment