by stefanie | Mar 21, 2018 | Around the Industry
Recycling Technologies, a company specialising in the chemical recycling of mixed plastic waste, has announced it closed its fund raising on Crowdcube on 7 March 2018. It was oversubscribed by more than 300 percent, reaching its cap of £3.7m ($5.2m/€4.2m)...
by Owen Collins | Mar 20, 2018 | Around the Industry
A British company is using plastic waste to resurface the country’s roads, and it is speculated it could provide the answer to the United Kingdom’s ‘pothole crisis.’ MacRebur, of Carlisle, in the North of England, have developed a bitumen substitute called MR6, which...
by Owen Collins | Mar 15, 2018 | Around the Industry
A recent development may help solve the recycling industry’s problem with mixed polymer blend plastics. A new study led by scientists at the Illinois Sustainability Technology Centre has suggested that mixed-plastic e-waste could prove a valuable source of reusable...
by Owen Collins | Mar 14, 2018 | Around the Industry
The island nation has played host to a new concept, which uses solar power and plastic waste to bring disaster relief. A doctor from Yorkshire has begun a project aimed at helping disaster recovery teams in the Solomon Islands, through the use of 3D ‘ecoprinters’ and...
by stefanie | Feb 5, 2018 | Around the Industry
A new report on plastic waste published by the EU Plastics Strategy Commission reveals the need for “more complete and timely data”. As The Parliament Magazine reveals, the Commission has published a new detailed report on plastic waste. In this report, the Commission...
