Halloween is all about dressing up, having fun and candy – lots of candy. But Halloween presents a scary reality for recycling facilities because of the huge amount of waste that’s produced and often wrongly placed in recycling bins. About…
Some interesting and unexpected facts. While scientists around the world are confined to their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, Earth observing satellites continue to orbit and send back images that reveal connections between the pandemic and the environment. “Satellites collect…
A MUM who put her recycling out in the wrong colour bags was arrested by police, a court heard. Lyndsey Webb, 34, was ordered to pay £50 after falling foul of changes to the bin collection system in her area…
Roundtable “Circular Economy – implementation in the recycling sector” brought together companies from the industry, experts and representatives of the EC, EP, NA and MOEW. Crimes related to ferrous and non-ferrous metals have fallen as much as 5 times in…
On 14 June 2018. In the Official Journal of the European Union was published legislative package for the waste of the EU; it was officially approved on 18 April by the European Parliament. This reviews the Framework Directive on Waste,…
A new research of the Plastics Recyclers Europe indicates that the 65% target for the recycling of plastic packagings until 2025, is achievable. The study determines a set of measures and necessary instruments that will lead to the achievement of…
In a statement published in the Korean version of the company’s site, Samsung Electronics announced that it will recycle part of the items, withdrawn from the market, of the unsuccessful phablet Galaxy Note 7. The manufacturer asserts that they will…
The new requirements for the best available techniques for large combustion plants, adopted in April, impose the power plants on coal which are among the biggest contaminants in Bulgaria and Europe, to invest in techniques for ‘greening’ of their production…
China has notified the World Trade Organization for its intention to restrict the import of hazardous waste – a measure which is in accordance with the principles of the WTO, as well as with the principles of the Basel Convention.…
Conversation with Alexander Yavriyski – Executive Director of one of the organizations for recycling of unusable batteries and accumulators Mr Yavriyski, why should we pass the batteries for recycling? Batteries, though small in size, after their have gone out of…