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Santander invests £1.3M in Plastecowood--a UK-based plastic wood producer--to increase recipient's annual output of Smartawood to 6,000 tonnes from 2,000 tonnes; Smartawood is made from recycled plastic packaging waste often rejected for contamination
Published: May 19, 2022 by Packaging News
Recycleye, FANUC to scale and deploy Recycleye Robotics, an AI-powered automated waste-picking system for meeting international standards for waste purity; many recycling facilities have not yet fully automated sorting due to high capital, retrofit costs
Published: April 29, 2022 by Recycleye
US, Canada, EU are illegally exporting contaminated, mixed plastic waste to developing nations, says non-profit group Basel Action Network; waste is sent to countries such as Vietnam, India, Philippines, which UN agreements are supposed to protect
Published: April 19, 2022 by Investigate West
Nanyang Technological University researchers develop pyrolysis system to turn plastic waste into hydrogen fuel, carbon nanotubes; method can convert difficult-to-recycle litter such as contaminated food packaging, styrofoam, plastic bags
Published: April 18, 2022 by Nanyang Technological University
The Recycling Partnership releases updated resource that provides step-by-step details to reduce contamination of recyclables; kit can be used by communities getting started with drop-off recycling or communities with established recycling
Published: March 09, 2022 by The Recycling Partnership

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