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Danish Round-Up: New recycling system in Denmark – recycle more, burn less

People living in Denmark will soon be required to sort their waste into ten different types, according to the government. One of the biggest goals…

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Pandemic lays waste to Portugal’s recycling dreams

Portugal, which recycles around 28% of its urban refuse, below the European average of 46%, EU figures show, has long been a laggard. It had…

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Pandemic lays waste to Portugal’s recycling dreams

Portugal, which recycles around 28% of its urban refuse, below the European average of 46%, EU figures show, has long been a laggard. It had…

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Ineffective recycling compounds Indonesia’s marine waste problem

Indonesia has been in hot water over its contribution to marine waste since 2015, when a report by researcher Jenna Jambeck ranked Indonesia as the…

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Team develops new way to recycle nuclear waste

The new approach offers a way of separating out different components of nuclear waste. The one-step chemical reaction, which appears in the journal Industrial &…

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Study Reveals Single-Step Strategy For Recycling Used Nuclear Fuel

A typical nuclear reactor uses only a small fraction of its fuel rod to produce power before the energy-generating reaction naturally terminates. What is left…

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Coronavirus: Recycling targets ‘challenging’ during pandemic

Meeting recycling targets will be more challenging than ever during the coronavirus pandemic, a number of Welsh councils have said. There has been a huge…

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New recycling method could make polyurethane sustainable

Polyurethanes (PUs) are used in many products, such as mattresses, insulation, footwear and construction materials. Wear and replacement of these products generates lots of waste…

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Europe’s steel packaging recycling rate increases in 2018

Recycling of steel packaging hit a new all-time high of 82.5 percent in Europe in 2018, according to figures issued by APEAL, the Association of…

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Pompeii ruins show that the Romans invented recycling

They were expert engineers, way ahead of the curve on underfloor heating, aqueducts and the use of concrete as a building material. Now it turns…

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