Basel Amendments Create Uncertainty In Global Plastics And E-Waste Markets
Written by Jonathan Cocker, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP After what seemed like a distant obligation...
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German Researchers Discover Plastic-Eating Bacteria
Researchers in Germany recently published a research paper in Frontiers in Microbiology in which they describe the isolating a strain of bacteria that can degrade plastic. The specific bacteria Pseudomonas sp. were able to...
Read MoreJet fuel production from waste plastics
Researchers from Washington State University (WSU) recently published a paper in the Journal Advanced Energy in which they describe a research study they conducted turning waste plastics to jet fuel through catalytic pyrolysis...
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Separating fact from fiction – are we really only recycling 9% of plastics?
Written by Calvin Lakhan, Ph.D, Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University It seems like...
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New global rules curb unrestricted plastic waste exports
Governments at the 14th Conference of the Parties (COP14) of the Basel Convention...
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Developing Recycling Solutions for Fiberglass
KWI Polymers, headquartered in Boisbriand, Quebec, recently received $150,000 in funding...
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Pressure Mounts on Canada to sign global ban on shipping recyclables
Canada has not signed the amendment because the government believes that there are positive consequences to environmentally sound recycling and recovery operations
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