US sees robust sales but lower recycling rate for PET containers
United States – The US recycling rate for polyethylene containers dropped to 28.4% in 2016 from 30.1% in 2015, reckons...
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Axion: Marker technology ‘not the answer’ to increasing recycling rates
United Kingdom – Methods to detect different polymer types – such as use of fluorescent pigments and digital watermarks –...
New secretary urged to tackle England’s recycling rate drop
United Kingdom – The UK’s newly-appointed environment secretary Michael Gove has been urged to take ‘urgent action’ to reverse the...
EuRIC affirms position on measuring recycling rates
Europe – There is ‘substantial room for improvement in the method chosen by the European Parliament to measure recycling rates’,...
APEAL: steel ‘ideally positioned’ to reach ambitious recycling rates
Europe – ‘With 76% recycled in Europe in 2014, steel is ideally positioned to reach ambitious but achievable recycling rates...
Deposits boost Germany’s PET bottle recycling rate
Germany – Germany recycled 93.5% of its PET bottles in 2015, concludes a new study by Forum PET. The research...
MSW recycling rate shows minimal growth in USA
United States – The overall recycling rate for municipal solid waste in the USA increased to 34.6% in 2014, up...
Halloween is Hell for recycling rates
United Kingdom – Halloween is the season of nasty surprises, and there’s none bigger than the thousands of tonnes of...
Scotland’s recycling rate extends beyond 44%
Scotland – Local authorities in Scotland recycled 44.3% of the household waste they collected in 2015 – an increase of...
EC recycling rate calculation methods ‘not suitable’
Europe – Europe’s electronics manufacturing and recycling industries have called for consistency in the calculation of recycling rates. According to...
UK’s aluminium foil recycling rate more than doubled
United Kingdom – The number of local authorities collecting empty aerosol containers for recycling has increased from 87 to 96%...
