In efforts to recognize the need for improved recycling and waste management capacity within the EU, the European Parliament recently adopted a negotiating position with EU member states to make revisions to the EU’s Waste Shipment Regulation (WSR). If passed, the revisions would phase out plastic waste exports to industrialized, Organization for Economic Co-operation and…
Summer is officially over, which means kids all over the world are returning to school and parents are on the hunt for school supplies. Families with children in elementary through high school spend an average of $864 on school supplies, and that cost has risen $168 since 2019. On top of typical school supplies, some…
Legislation in New Jersey mandating recycled plastic be used in rigid containers, carry out bags, and trash bags received final votes in both state Assembly (48-26) and Senate (22-15) on Jan. 10, and will be sent to governor Phil Murphy. Originally passed in June 2021 by the Senate, S 2515 was amended by the Assembly…
For decades, recycling has been an almost reflexive effort by American households and businesses to reduce waste and help the environment, but now it is on the verge of collapsing in many parts of the country. Due to rising operation costs and little payoff, hundreds of towns and cities across the country have either put…
Every time you throw waste into a designated bin, that waste eventually ends up somewhere and has to be treated in some way in order to not be hazardous to the environment. Over the years, technology has helped cities transform the process into a highly smart operation management activity. An IoT, ML-enabled platform for waste…
July 11, the Chinese government released a proposal to completely ban imports of recovered fiber and every other form of solid waste. This proposal is in addition to the previous July 2017 filing, where China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection announced that they would no longer be accepting imports of mixed paper, post-consumer plastic (including difficult-to-recycle…