OM Team Leader Theo picks up litter during a Transform outreach and thinks about how God deals with the sinful rubbish in our lives.

One of America's biggest exports to china is its recycling. But in recent months, China has been refusing shipments because so much US recycling is contaminated with food and other waste. That's forcing communities across the US to clean up their acts.

Also: Burberry sends its unsold fashion up in smoke; H&M attempts to market itself as a greener company; a climate scientist in California changes his lifestyle to reduce his carbon footprint; a travel writer grapples with the ethics of visiting Antarctica; plus music from the Small Island, Big Song project. (Image: Cody Marshall, with The Recycling Partnership, looks through a recycling bin in Lynn, Massachusetts. His organization is working with cities across the US, helping them educate residents on how to recycle better. Credit: Jason Margolis/PRI’s The World)

An important part of responsible power tool ownership is to appropriately dispose of rechargeable batteries at the end of their service life. Yes, lithium-ion batteries have revolutionized power tools and other devices by providing long-lasting, reliable power. However, no battery lasts forever.

Sustainable Insulation is proven fiber glass technology that is economical, easy to install and offers comfort and excellent thermal, acoustical and indoor air quality properties.

In the past, being environmentally responsible could mean spending more money, but with a unique program from American Communications, Irving, Texas, that is not the case.

Regupol, a manufacturer of recycled rubber surfaces for sports and fitness and acoustic insulation, introduced Regupol Upscale. It is a collection of recycled rubber tiles and planks for commercial installations.

The joint efforts aim to reduce waste, increase recycling of organics, reduce climate pollution, save families and businesses money, and support a circular economy.

Researchers produced pulp from recycled food and beverage cartons, which it then transformed into moulded products using two commonly used techniques.

SolidTech R is engineered with a unique stone recycled core, replacing all PVC with 100% recycled single-use plastic. Each square foot of SolidTech R contains the equivalent of 20 recycled water bottles. Additionally, every purchase of SolidTech R goes toward stopping ocean plastic in collaboration with Plastic Bank.

Many Catawba County residents will be able to recycle more items beginning November 4.

Whereas requests for the designation are typically submitted by brand owners, Metsä Board is one of the few material suppliers to get their paperboard grades proactively pre-qualified.

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OTOFLY today announced that passed the GRS certification toda. This certification is a major step in OTOFLY's drive for innovation to address quality issues in the use of recycled silicone materials.

Unistar Technologies recycles over 150,000 pounds of electronic scrap through R2V3 partners

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ALFRED PETS, INC, a company that envisions harmony between pets and the environment, is launching its eco-friendly cat litter ETICAT+, made from recycled coffee grounds, through the global crowdfunding platform Kickstarter.

Here are a few ideas that contractor can use to prime the marketing pump for this holiday.

ecoCombo™ compliments Rohrer’s ezCombo™ program and offers a new way for retail brands to make sustainable packaging choices in their blister packaging.

The new PCR PP behaves identically to virgin material, so there's no need for manufacturers to adjust tooling or processing equipment.

Bubble cushioning, inflatable air pillows and bubble mailers supplied by Sealed Air all include recycled content.

Nestlé Waters North America has signed an agreement with recycled PET plastic (rPET) supplier CarbonLITE, which will expand its U.S. operations by building a third facility in Pennsylvania.

Graduates of the 2020 high school class in Atlanta, Georgia, are going to be wearing their graduation garb made of recycled plastic bottles. Coca-Cola began collecting plastic bottles at its headquarters as part of Earth Day activities. The goal is to gather 7,000 bottles, enough to make graduation outfits for 200 graduates. 

California passes first-in-the-nation law requiring plastic beverage containers to contain an increasing amount of recycled material — 15% by 2022.

Winpak will utilize NOVA’s recycled polyethylene (rPE) to manufacture and distribute high-quality packaging materials for the protection of perishable foods, beverages, and personal care products.

This material has been certified by ISCC PLUS as originating from the recycling process of used beverage cartons in Spain and is allocated to the package based on a mass balance attribution method.

Sold in the UK and Ireland, the Cadbury core sharing bars will be wrapped in 80% certified recycled plastic packaging, which can be attributed to plastic sourced from advanced recycling technology.

ProAmpac's patent-pending innovation, ProActive Recycle Ready Retort RT-3000, is suited for pet and human food. RT-3000 pouches are available in stand-up and three-side seal configurations and are EU and FDA compliant for food contact in retort applications.

The strategic move away from primary content and toward recycled tin helps Amcor Capsules deliver its vision for a more responsible wine and spirits packaging industry.

Made with 90% post-consumer recycled PET film, the new tapes offer a way to dramatically reduce the use of virgin plastics in case sealing operations.

The coating is applied directly inline, eliminating the need for a separate offline coating process.

By offering consumers the option to reuse the packaging, the company addresses the urgent issue of plastic pollution in the United States while providing convenient storage solutions.

Soft-fruit containers made with MONOAIR™ cushion technology now include square, large rectangular and standard versions.

Guidelines and certification schemes for e-waste recyclers

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The Delaware Division of the Arts’ Mezzanine Gallery presents artist Colleen Zufelt’s exhibition, Recycle, Repurpose…RE-IMAGINE, showing March 4 through 25, 2022. Her exhibit will also be part of Art Loop Wilmington — the monthly self-guided tour of art in and around the city.

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Villages in Andhra Pradesh are putting discarded tyres and PVC pipes to good use... and the kids are loving it

The new Pavilion is powered by 11th Gen Intel Core processors with Intel Iris Xe graphics

Start-ups link with plastic makers on new recycling techniques

Dynamic boron-oxygen networks are key to the new material’s unusual properties

Nupur Recyclers is currently focused on non-ferrous metal scrap processing. It will establish a state-of-the-art plant dedicated to handling both metal scraps and lithium-ion battery recycling

OM Team Leader Theo picks up litter during a Transform outreach and thinks about how God deals with the sinful rubbish in our lives.

A 2018 exhibit at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum at Ohio State University celebrated the artistic legacy of MAD magazine.; Credit: Andrew Welsh-Huggins/AP

The funny, freckled face of Alfred E. Neuman is more or less retiring.

One of the last widely circulated print satirical magazines in America will leave newsstands after this year, according to sources at DC Comics, which publishes MAD magazine.

While the Harvard Lampoon remains in business, The Onion hasn't been in print since 2013. The once-influential Spy was a casualty of the 1990s.

At MAD's peak in the early 1970s, more than 2 million people subscribed to it, both for its pungent political humor and deeply adolescent jokes.

In 2017, that number had reportedly dropped to 140,000.

MAD isn't completely shutting down, but it will be radically downsized and changed.

Readers will only be able to find the 67-year-old humor magazine at comic book stores and through subscriptions.

After issue No. 10 this fall, there will no longer be new content, except for end-of-year specials which will be all new. Starting with issue No. 11, the magazine will feature classic, best-of and nostalgic content, repackaged with new covers.

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Increasing the use of recycled materials could substantially reduce the carbon footprint of plastic packaging, research suggests. A new study of the life-cycle of plastic trays has shown that increasing the proportion of recycled material could lead to a significant reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

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