PA Environment Daily

MARCH 18, 2025

The Philadelphia Solar Energy Association reports Sycamore International , a successful local electronics recycling company, has expanded its operation into solar reuse and recycling. Sycamore will test solar material, and separate equipment that can be reused from that which needs to be recycled.

Recycling

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

For two years, we worked on SB 615 with Senator Ben Allen to require all EV batteries to be repurposed or recycled. We negotiated hard with auto makers, recyclers and others for the bill to include robust reporting requirements, producer responsibly and environmental protections. that need to be mined for new batteries.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 25, 2025

In recognition of drop-off hard-to-recycle collection events-- which collected nearly one-half million pounds of material in 2024-- Pennsylvania Resources Council has received the 2025 Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence. “At Last year PRC’s hard-to-recycle program served 6,000 households who attended events. WESA and 91.3

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center will host another in its Sustainable Materials Management webinar series December 17 on Glass For A Sustainable Future from 1:30 to 2:45 p.m. Visit the Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center website to learn more about commercial recycling and reuse opportunities.

Recycling

Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The afterparty Compost, reuse, recycle: Skip the trash! Consider composting organic waste, like pumpkins or left over party snacks, and recycling other materials. They’re not recyclable, so make sure they end up in the trash. Cloth napkins can bring a festive flair! Cleaning up the next day.

Ocean

Environmental News Bits

JULY 14, 2025

Sustainability assessment of home textiles made of recycled PET fibre using life cycle assessment and life cycle costing analyses. Hussain, M., & Malik, R. Science of The Total Environment, 982, 179652. link] Abstract Textile and plastic waste are major environmental challenges.

Recycling

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Among the most troubling sources of pollution in Sun Valley are aggregate facilities, such as large aggregate recyclers. While recycling is important for myriad reasons, this process generates enormous open-air stockpiles of crushed material and releases significant amounts of particulate matter pollution into the air.

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 28, 2024

On October 28, Department of Environmental Protection and its Office of Environmental Justice announced the agency will host a November 19 public meeting to answer questions from the public with concerns regarding the Blythe Recycling and Demolition Site (BRADS) in Blythe Township, Schuylkill County.

Recycling

Environmental News Bits

MAY 22, 2025

by Anastasia Vayona, Bournemouth University Have you ever thrown something in the recycling bin, hoping its recyclable? Maybe a toothpaste tube, bubble wrap or plastic toy labelled eco-friendly? This common practice, known as wishcycling, might seem harmless.

Recycling

Scientific American

JUNE 5, 2025

The velvet worm’s extraordinary goo could inspire recyclable bioplastics

Recycling

Environmental News Bits

JULY 25, 2025

Evaluating the recyclability of electronic car parts through disassemblability, thermodynamic and metallurgical analyses. Iglesias-Émbil, M., & Valero, A. Journal of Cleaner Production, 513, 145725.

Recycling

Enviromental Defense

JUNE 2, 2025

The rest of the sorted material is sold to recyclers who turn them back into packaging and other material. By contrast, blue box curbside recycling for non-alcoholic beverages collects and recycles less than half of those containers. The reusables get sent back to breweries where they are washed and refilled.

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

We’re asking local governments, individuals and organizations who see the value of a permanent recycling facility to make their voices heard by signing our letter of support.” PRC recently commissioned a strategic plan funded by the Richard King Mellon Foundation to establish a Center for Hard to Recycle Materials (CHaRM) in Allegheny County.

Recycling

Enviromental Defense

JULY 8, 2025

This Plastic Free July, we want to highlight how recycling is simply not an adequate answer to the plastic pollution crisis,” said Karen Wirsig, Senior Program Manager for Plastics at Environmental Defence. More and more packaging is made of plastic materials that cannot be effectively collected and recycled.

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 27, 2025

resourcePhilly is a dynamic and continuously updated online tool that helps Philadelphians easily find places to donate or recycle unwanted items, instead of throwing them away: Users type in items they’d like to donate or sell and the platform provides a prioritized list of resources with links and information.

Recycling

Nature

JUNE 3, 2025

Nature, Published online: 04 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09067-y Acetic acid efficiently depolymerizes aliphatic and aromatic epoxy-amine thermosets used in carbon fibre-reinforced polymers (CFRPs) to yield recoverable monomers and pristine carbon fibres, which, based on process modelling, techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment, could (..)

Recycling

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Batteries would have needed to be reused, repaired, or remanufactured if they could be—and if they couldn’t be, they would have needed to be repurposed for other applications (like providing additional storage capacity for the electrical grid) or recycled so that their valuable component parts aren’t lost.

Waste

Legal Planet

APRIL 1, 2025

Indeed, 93% of the Indian labor force are so-called informal workers, comprising everything from small farmers and vegetable sellers to piece-work stitching and waste recyclers. It now has a membership of over 3.2 million poor, self-employed women workers.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 4, 2025

On April 3, the Erie Times reported the International Recycling Group, Inc. has canceled plans for a $300 million chemical plastics recycling plant in Erie citing the President's tariffs and funding commitments issued by the US Department of Energy that failed to come through. Neither is burning plastic waste to make steel.

Recycling

Environmental News Bits

JULY 31, 2025

Chemical recycling of EPDM waste through pyrolysis: Exploring the feasibility of a circular economy model. EPDM’s physical … Continue reading Chemical recycling of EPDM waste through pyrolysis: Exploring the feasibility of a circular economy model García, T., & Murillo, R. Waste Management, 204, 114928.

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the March 1 PA Bulletin announcing that Impecca is prohibited from selling its products in Pennsylvania as a result of its violation of the state electronics waste recycling law. ( For more information on this program, visit DEPs Electronics Waste Recycling webpage.

Recycling

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

This regulation is designed to reduce the carbon footprint of batteries, limit the use of hazardous materials, decrease reliance on raw materials from outside the EU, and promote high rates of collection, reuse, and recycling. The current battery supply chain faces several pressing challenges.

Regulations

Environmental News Bits

JUNE 24, 2025

Unlocking the enigma: Navigating American passivity in e-waste recycling through push-pull mooring insights. Journal of Cleaner Production, 508, 145554. link] Abstract Electronic waste (e-waste) presents a significant challenge to global sustainability.

Recycling

A Greener Life

JUNE 5, 2025

The campaign calls for policies and public actions that support reuse, recycling and innovation. Australia is scaling up plastic recycling infrastructure and encouraging producers to adopt eco-packaging. Plastic pollution is found everywhere: in rivers, oceans, soil and even in our bodies through microplastics.

2025

PA Environment Daily

MAY 12, 2025

The Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority is proud to announce the successful results of its annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event, held on April 25th and 26th. In addition, CCRRA held a free Tire Collection Event the following weekend where 134 residents dropped off over 1,600 tires to be recycled.

Recycling

Scientific American

JUNE 17, 2025

also moved to restrict microplastics in textiles and introduced a rule requiring that clothing come with a “passport” that gives shoppers a detailed rundown of a product’s life cycle, including its origins, manufacturing process, environmental footprint, and safe disposal or recycling instructions.

Upcycling

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2025

The good news is that ALL of those things can now be recycled in the Brodhead watershed! Because now, thanks to The Waste Authority in Monroe County , you can recycle them. You may be used to recycling the basics like office paper, cardboard, glass, metal, and number 1 and 2 plastics. Take the next step. Take the next step.

Recycling

Environmental News Bits

JUNE 25, 2025

A study describes a new method of recycling silicone waste (caulk, sealants, gels, adhesives, cosmetics, etc.). It has the potential to significantly reduce the sector’s environmental impacts.

Recycling

Environmental News Bits

JULY 21, 2025

Recycling isn’t just about separating paper and plastics. Read the full story from Cornell University. It’s also using fly maggots to eat garbage and then feeding the maggots to chickens. It’s extracting the nutrients from human urine to use as fertilizer and capturing the methane from dairy farms to use as an energy source.

Recycling

Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 24, 2024

What’s more, the vast majority of the packaging on the shelves is not widely recycled in Canada. The amount of plastic on the baby food and soup shelves is up while there is no measurable drop in the plastic wrapped around fruits and vegetables.

Waste

A Greener Life

APRIL 18, 2025

The Easter Eggs that rely heavily on excessive use of plastic and non-recyclable materials will also have a high carbon footprint. But following these key markers is a good place to start: Choose minimal packaging Opt for Easter eggs with recyclable or minimal packaging to reduce waste. Packaging This has a significant contribution.

Deforestation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2025

Cleaning Up the Past: Brownfields and Environmental Cleanup One of DEP’s earliest and most impactful efforts was its Land Recycling Program (Act 2), passed in 1995—the first of its kind in the nation. That’s the equivalent of removing 43.8

Environmental Protection

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Schuylkill Keep It Pretty is supported by the Schuylkill County Commissioners and is in partnership with the Schuylkill Office of Solid Waste & Recycling. The insights gained will be instrumental in shaping a local plan aimed at transforming attitudes and behaviors around litter, recycling, beautification, and related issues.

Recycling

Environmental News Bits

JULY 11, 2025

A new technique that uses soundwaves to separate materials for recycling could help prevent potentially harmful chemicals leaching into the environment.

Recycling

Environmental News Bits

JULY 30, 2025

Read the full story at Recycling Today. Waste analytics company Greyparrot has launched Deepnest, an artificial intelligence- (AI-) powered waste intelligence platform designed to give brands direct access to their recyclable material data.

Recycling

Environmental News Bits

JULY 25, 2025

Birch Biosciences, an AI-driven plastic recycling technology start-up, has entered a global patent license agreement with the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to expand its enzymatic deconstruction technology that breaks down PET. Read the full story at Packaging Insights.

Recycling

Circle of Blue

AUGUST 4, 2025

PsiQuantum and IQMP say their closed-loop system for its quantum computer will use internal water recycling rather than pulling from freshwater sources like Lake Michigan. And it doesn’t have to be data centers, but this is what’s getting built now.”

Technology