by stefanie | Oct 7, 2022 | World Focus
The Balearic Islands economy is based on tourism and with an increasing demand on resources as more people move to the islands, the Balearic Government looked ot reduce waste, rather than increase waste processing or allocate more space for landfill. The Balearic...
by stefanie | Sep 12, 2022 | World Focus
The Balearic Government is proposing a €50,000 financial sanction against HP for selling single use cartridges in the Balearic Islands, contrary to regional legislation in this area requires that they be rechargeable and reusable. The Balearic Government is proposing...
by stefanie | May 25, 2021 | World Focus
Following a hard-hitting Greenpeace report that accused the United Kingdom government of not doing enough to tackle plastics recycling, Turkey bans future imports of the plastic waste. Turkey’s Trade Ministry published a notice (www.resmigazete.gov.tr) on 18 May...
by stefanie | Mar 29, 2019 | Around the Industry
According to a Greenpeace forecast, the value of recyclable metals derived from China’s e-waste will double its value to approximately $24 billion (€21.3 billion) by 2030. As revealed by Firstpost, China has been striving to “promote recycling of electronic waste” as...
by stefanie | Jan 2, 2018 | Around the Industry
As a result of China’s recent well-documented ban on certain imports, Britain now faces the task of disposing of thousands of tonnes of plastic waste. As The Telegraph reports, the UK, which “currently ships around two thirds” of its used plastics to China – an...
