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Granby Workshop unveils ceramic dinnerware collection made from 100% waste

Inhabitat - Innovation

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Pilot plant for recycling plastic lab waste is a UK first

Envirotec Magazine

A pilot plant on the University of Bath campus is said to be able to recycle up to 60% of plastic lab waste, to make back into new lab consumables. Currently, less than 1% of this waste is being recycled. Water usage is also minimised through recycling, further reducing the environmental impact.

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Lighting product design for a circular economy: workshops in April and May

Envirotec Magazine

Recycling expert Recolight’s first training workshop focusing on lighting product design for a circular economy ran in London during April. The one-day, in-person workshops seemingly do just that. The workshop includes hands-on case studies of products designed to circular economy principles. training-workshops/.

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5 sustainable packaging developments to watch in 2021

GreenBiz

That’s the year when many have pledged to become zero waste, or to use 100 percent reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging. But COVID-19 has thrown a wrench in those plans, with single-use packaging skyrocketing, low fossil fuel prices and disrupted recycling systems, already weakened by China’s 2018 plastics waste ban. .

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Bring your WEEE collection ideas…

Envirotec Magazine

Small Electricals Recycling banks were installed in seven locations across the Scottish Highlands in ILM Highland’s project (image credit: ILM Highland). We are excited to continue expanding our efforts and making electricals reuse and recycling easier for more people across the UK.” tonnes of waste electricals.

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Closing the loop for plastics in electronics: New report

Envirotec Magazine

A new report – “Improving the loops of plastics in electronics” – shares the conclusions from a recent workshop on Waste of Electrical and Electronic equipment (WEEE) plastics, organized by BSEF, the International Bromine Council, during the International Electronics recycling conference (IERC 2022).

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Start-up spotlight: Recycling waste plastic into bricks

Envirotec Magazine

A Dorset start-up says it is turning plastic waste into building materials, and looking to empower communities in developing countries to do the same. This would also recycle around 800,000 tonnes of plastic otherwise headed for the ocean, or around 1% of global ocean plastic leakage. The challenge of funding an idea.

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