Latest Recycling technology product news
Every year, the average UK household disposes of more than 21 batteries as part of their general waste. This translates to over 22 tonnes of waste batteries sent to landfill annually. With experts predicting that the UK will run out of landfill space in the next few years, increasing battery recycling rates is a crucial way of trying to reverse this trend.
The Mall Luton is to trial an end-of-life battery recycling scheme for shoppers. Teaming up with battery manufacturer Varta and recycling ... [more]
A huge on-site composter, installed in 2005, now converts around 90 per cent of the food waste created at the Eden Project, the Cornish visitor attraction, into a nitrogen-rich soil enhancement that Eden gardeners use to feed their impressive collection of plants. The Eden Project has diverted a massive 100 tonnes of food waste from landfill since it started turning kitchen scraps and leftovers from its cafés into compost for the world-famous gardens.
During the 80-day composting process the ... [more]
It is estimated that normal plastic bags take up to a thousand years to biodegrade, if they ever fully biodegrade at all. This fact has gotten the attention of the public, and driven many municipalities around the world to outlaw plastic bags.
“You want some plastic to last forever. The PVC pipes in your house, for example - you don’t want those to biodegrade,” said Sam Paul, CEO of Green Genius. “But you don’t want a plastic bag to last forever. We make a bag that is just as strong as regula... [more]
The Timberland Company is launching their latest innovation in green product design in stores and online: Earthkeepers 2.0, an 80% recyclable men’s boot.
Product facts:
· The Earthkeepers 2.0 design-for-disassembly platform includes an outsole that is easily removed from the upper through a feedbag stitch and removable hardware for re-use
· After usage consumers can simply return the Earthkeeper 2.0 to a Timberland store where the components will be disassembled and se... [more]
More than 2.5 billion electronic devices - including laptops, printers, speakers, routers, modems, cell phones, entertainment devices, power tools, cameras and other portable electronic gear - require a power source that converts 65V - 240V wall power to device-specific DC power. Manufacturing separate interfaces is both costly and inconvenient to the consumer, and is a significant source of solid waste. Every year, in the U.S. alone, hundreds of millions of discarded, incompatible power suppl... [more]
Currently around 80% of the 600,000 coffins used every year in the UK are made from chipboard, a cheap material manufactured using synthetic resins and formaldehyde. Many of us live by our green values, so why should it be any different when our final farewell comes. The decisions we make in life can be respected in death with an Eco Coffin. Eco Coffins Ltd uses a cardboard derivative material called NatureBoard™ which is constructed from robust recycled cardboard that can be either cremated or ... [more]
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