by stefanie | Jan 21, 2020 | Around the Industry
HP Inc. in Indonesia announced its partnership with Project STOP, an initiative that creates circular waste management systems to reduce ocean plastic pollution. As a technical partner, HP will bolster Project STOP’s ability to create a circular waste management...
by stefanie | Mar 6, 2019 | Around the Industry
Perth native Darren Lomman has found a way to transform plastic waste into 3D printer filament, thereby helping to prevent more ocean pollution. His campaign to recycle plastic waste has its roots in an advertisement he saw in December 2016, which contained the...
by Owen Collins | Dec 20, 2018 | Around the Industry
Proposed amendments to the Basel Convention, the international treaty governing waste shipments, could hit the export market for mixed plastic waste. The 1992 Convention was signed up to by 53 nations, including the United Kingdom, and binds them to various rules on...
by Owen Collins | Nov 9, 2018 | Around the Industry
The Collins Dictionary has named single-use as its Word of the Year for 2018. Defining the term as “adjective; made to be used only once”, the choice highlights the planet’s increasing awareness of the danger posed by plastic pollution, and its incremental efforts to...
by stefanie | Nov 7, 2018 | Around the Industry
The RECYCLEDCONTENT.EU coalition has announced the release of a signed joint statement calling for the European Council to support binding recycled content targets for beverage bottles. The coalition states that it is urging the Council to support the binding target...
