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In 2012, Chicago’s Railroad Retirement Board found new life for 3,200 pounds of electronics through reuse and recycling; the effort lifted waste diversion nearly 10%The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board successfully recycled over 3,200 pounds of electronic waste. This achievement was driven by federal prog...- In 2021, RMIT tested shredded face masks with recycled concrete for road bases; 1 kilometer could use 3 million masks and divert 93 tonnes from landfillEngineers from Australia have introduced an innovative strategy for converting used face masks into construction materials for roads. This ...
- The US needs more aluminium and it needs it nowThe United States urgently requires more aluminium for its defense sector. Domestic production faces significant challenges and long lead t...
- Why is scrapping ships in Bangladesh so deadly?Ship scrapping in Bangladesh is labor-intensive and hazardous work for thousands. International safety rules exist, but weak enforcement ca...
- Diageo India unit tells court rum ban lacked due process: ReportUnited Spirits challenges a government ban on its popular rum in Maharashtra. The company argues the prohibition order was issued without f...
- In 1970, US dumped 2 million tires into the ocean; a plan to save marine life turned into one of the biggest environmental blundersIn 1972, more than 2 million old tires were dumped into the Atlantic Ocean off Florida. The goal was simple. Create an artificial reef and ...
- The most extraordinary rock on Earth isn't gold or diamond, but the metal is small enough to hold in your hand. Powerful enough to power a cityA plain-looking lithium rock is now more valuable to the modern economy than its appearance suggests. Hidden inside are critical minerals t...
- New EPA guidance says spending items greater than USD 50,000 must get approval from DOGEThe Environmental Protection Agency now requires approval from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) for spending over USD...
- 'Back to plastic': Trump signs order for plastic straws as he declares paper ones 'don't work'President Trump has signed an executive order to ban the use of paper straws by federal agencies, reversing a Biden administration policy a...
- Donald Trump promises to roll back paper straws mandate, calls them 'ridiculous'US President Donald Trump said he is ending the "ridiculous” push for paper straws “which don't work" and moving back to plastic. During th...
- India will soon have solar power waste to fill 720 Olympic-size swimming pools. It has to urgently find solutions.The country is betting big on solar energy — and rightfully so. But it is not giving equal importance on managing or recycling the waste th...
- Apple is not passing on costs of climate goals to consumers: VP Lisa JacksonApple, with a roughly $2.8 trillion market capitalization, which makes it the world's most valuable publicly traded company, wants to show ...
- Apple is not passing on costs of climate goals to consumers, exec says"We don't factor in a premium to take care of the work that we're doing," Apple Vice President Lisa Jackson said in an interview with Reute...
- Communities can't recycle or trash disposable e-cigarettes. So what happens to them?Communities in the US are grappling with the safe disposal of millions of disposable e-cigarettes, which are considered hazardous waste. Fo...
- Are we wasting time by not thinking about solar waste?According to a report, India can generate a cumulative of PV waste as high as 34,600 metric tonnes by the end of 2030. This figure will inc...
- How companies are gearing up for less plastic in their bizParle Agro, maker of soft drink Frooti, said it will spend over Rs 50 crore in the next three years to implement an end-to-end PET plastic ...
- Maharashtra: Milk pouch buyback not feasible, say suppliersAmul, the largest dairy in the country, said the state government insistence on buyback was an impractical idea.
- Wealth from wasteWastepickers from 40 countries (including two from India) converged for a conference in Bogota, Colombia a while ago.
- No recycled polythene from May 1In a significant ruling, the Orissa high court imposed a blanket ban on manufacture, import, storage and use of recycled polythene in the s...
- Bengal bans plastic carry bags below 40 micronsConcerned over rampant use of plastic carry bags which adds to the environmental pollution, the West Bengal Government today announced a ba...
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