Page 2 - Recycling

Coca-Cola US moves to recycled bottles, aims to shed plastic polluter image

The company responsible for more plastic pollution than any other, according to the Break Free From Plastic Campaign,

RBI tweaks FEMA regulations, gives wings to recycling of aircraft

Till now, export of planes in knocked-down condition was not allowed

Nestle to recycle 100% packaging by 2025 to reduce carbon footprint

Globally, firm aims to become net zero by 2050 via reduced use of water at farms, sustainable packaging and use of green energy at all its 800 plants and warehouses

Covid impact: With airline fleets grounded, recyclers bet on parts boom

Canada's Aerocycle is bidding to buy grounded planes for the first time to dismantle and resell for parts, instead of just recycling aircraft

World Nature Conservation Day 2020: Here's how you can make a difference

Some simple habits to implement in your daily life to make a huge difference in conserving the environment

Politics of recycling plastic

It is reported that prior to the 2018 ban, 95 per cent of the European Union's and 70 per cent of the US's plastic waste collected for recycling was sold and shipped to China

NITI Aayog pushes mandatory use of 25% recycled material in infra projects

Says this will reduce cost without compromising on project quality. It will also establish the tenable use of these materials, in line with global move to promote use of secondary products

Recycling units to lose Rs 22,000 cr as demurrage and detention costs soar

Shipping lines and container freight stations ignore official directives calling for a waiver on these charges

Global resource consumption at 100 bn tonnes for 1st time, recycling falls

Global use of materials is projected to balloon to 170-184 billion tonnes by mid-century, the report said.

After nod to Recycling of Ships Bill, India eyeing 60% global share: Govt

Terming the passing of the Bill as a giant step and a historical moment in the Indian maritime arena, Mandaviya said it will have far reaching effects on the ship recycling industry.

LS passes Recycling of Ships Bill, govt asserts law will help create jobs

The Recycling of Ships Bill, 2019 was passed by voice vote with Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya asserting that the proposed law will help the ship recycling industry

How scrap recycling has opened a door for steel makers to meet high demand

Tata Steel is making an entry into scrap recycling business to give a push to formalising the steel scrap generation industry for the benefit of secondary sector

How 3 Gujaratis have come together to attempt to spin gold out of garbage

NEPRA collect waste from registered rag pickers, input their items in the app and pay them a fair price. The entire process is monitored, live tracked and controlled from the company's support office

From Dabur India to Flipkart, companies try to wean off plastics

Dabur is working with nearly 5,000 ragpickers to collect plastic waste, besides recycling PET waste to make T-shirts and other products that can used in internal events

Mangaluru: Discarded bottles turn canvas for artist

In a bid to spread the message of cleanliness as well as encourage creativity, artist Megha Mendon organised a five-day art camp for students on discarded bottles, after which an exhibition was put up here on Monday.Over 200 recrafted bottles were displayed at the exhibition and as many as 28 students and housewives participated in the camp.Mendon, an architecture student said: "We went to Tannirbhavi Beach to collect discarded bottles after which we cleaned them. We later painted the bottles and put LED lights in it. As many as 28 students and housewives participated in the camp."The artist says in her efforts to keep the beaches clean, she collected bottles lying on the seaside and used these discarded bottles to create art out of them. She later taught several students her art."I used to see thrashed bottles littered by the beach when I used to go out with my friends. I used to collect them and wanted to use them as a canvass to draw. Back then I did not know what kind of paints I

You can buy Apple, Microsoft or a football club by just recycling plastic

If someone could collect and recycle all the unrecycled plastic on earth, this person would be richer than any individual on the planet

Recycling can be confusing, but it's getting simpler

The recycling rate increased from 45% in 2007 to 51% in 2011