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

Ocean Conservancy

JULY 16, 2025

Other types of cleanups, such as those used by groups in the International Trash Trap Network (ITTN), rely on a variety of cleanup technologies that can capture debris 24 hours a day. Cleanup technologies like trash traps also come in lots of different shapes and sizes.

Ocean

Environmental News Bits

MAY 20, 2025

The Illinois EPA partnered with the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center to create the report. That’s because when items aren’t properly recycled, they can make their way into the waste stream to contribute to water and air emissions issues.

Recycling

Environmental News Bits

APRIL 4, 2025

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) and ISTC have announced the completion of a new report,Illinois Materials Management and Recycling Opportunities.

Recycling

Ocean Conservancy

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

They are among the top 10 items reported by groups in the International Trash Trap Network , an initiative co-led by Ocean Conservancy and the University of Toronto Trash Team,using technologies to clean up our waterways. One study in Brazil found 2,661 fragments in a 100-meter section of beach.

Ocean

Nature

JUNE 9, 2025

View author publications You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar Xintao Xu Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao, China. View author publications You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar Huiping Guo Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao, China. Xiao et al. Nature 638 , 888–890; 2025 ).

Technology

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 31, 2024

projects that achieve water conservation, reuse, and/or recycling); and -- Environmental and water quality improvement projects (e.g., Grantee activity has been both innovative and successful, from cooling tower evaporation capture for reuse to satellite leak detection technology.

Conservation

Environmental News Bits

JULY 16, 2025

Read the full story at Recycling Today. However, according to Valencia, Spain-based Aimplas, the Plastics Technology Centre, there currently are no standardized procedures to assess the food safety risks associated with this reuse.

Recycling

Circle of Blue

JULY 25, 2025

Agriculture, which uses the vast majority of the world’s fresh water, can deploy well-tested technologies like drip irrigation, as Israel has, that sharply cut use by as much as 50%. And cities can look to recycle more of the water they use, as San Diego has.

Sea Level

Environmental News Bits

MARCH 3, 2025

Capturing small-format packaging for recycling is not only possible, it can be achieved by leveraging technologies that are already on the market,according to a new report by Closed Loop PartnersThe Center for the Circular Economy.The organization is launching a consortium to advance recovery of these recyclables at MRFsand … Continue reading (..)

Recycling

Scientific American

JULY 11, 2025

Can you tell me where our exported garbage and not-quite-recyclable goods end up? But a lot of global trash over the last 30 to 40 years has been going to poor countries under the guise that it’s being recycled. Why would one country ever, under any circumstances, buy the garbage from another country?

Waste

Enviromental Defense

JULY 2, 2025

The specialized chips, servers, and cooling systems used in AI and data centres require enormous quantities of resources to manufacture and are frequently replaced as technology advances. . #3 Waste Beyond water and energy, AI infrastructure has a substantial material footprint.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JULY 17, 2025

Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments, and recycled loan repayments from previous PennVEST funding awards. Click Here for a list of projects funded and the PennVEST announcement.

Clean Water Act

Circle of Blue

JANUARY 31, 2025

A slide deck for investors notes the companys intention to be one of the leading sustainable MPCs in the nation with a strong focus on environmental awareness and innovative technology. Wastewater will be reclaimed and recycled for park irrigation.

2025

Environmental News Bits

APRIL 2, 2025

link] Abstract Global demands for more effective plastic waste management have driven significant advancements in recycling technologies, yet many … Continue reading Catalytic conversion of polymer waste into high-value products for advancing circular economy and eco-sustainability

Waste

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 18, 2025

School buses that bring kids to school, city buses that serve commuters, garbage and recycling trucks that keep streets clean, 18-wheelers that haul goods: these are all classified as medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. We can achieve most of the shift we need with technologies that are available and economically feasible right now.

Electricity

A Greener Life

APRIL 3, 2025

Copper, lithium, cobalt, manganese, rare earth metals and graphite essential ingredients for electric vehicle (EV) batteries, renewable technologies and decarbonisation of industrial processes are plentiful across the continent. Solar, wind and energy storage technologies are becoming cheaper and more viable, particularly for rural areas.

Clean Energy

Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Read the full story at Recycling Today. Advanced recycler PureCycle Technologies Inc., Orlando, recently announced the sale of nearly 500,000 pounds of resin to Martinsville, Virginia-based Drake Extrusion Inc.

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

JULY 13, 2025

Fatal Flood In Bucks County -- TribLive: National Weather Service Taps Technology, Volunteer Network To Monitor Storms -- TribLive Editorial: Prediction, Prevention Critical To Natural Disaster Response -- Gov.

Politics

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Thandazile Moyo , assistant professor of energy and mineral engineering at Penn State, will give the talk, “Aligning with Recycling as a Strategy for Reliable Critical Metals Supply : Policies, Challenges, and Opportunities in the U.S.,” at 4:00 p.m. on October 28, in 112 Walker Building on the University Park campus.

Recycling

Environmental News Bits

JUNE 27, 2025

An estimated 7 million tons of plastic film and flexible packaging winds up in landfills because recycling systems haven’t been built to handle it. The technology requires recyclers, haulers … Continue reading Alphabet and Dow are building an AI database to sort complex plastics

Recycling

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Now 55 years later, the same type of arguments are being recycled to attack Californias ACCII standards. Buyers showing up at Honda dealerships are seeing an automaker that has little to offer in EV options or distinctive technology and no track record of EV manufacturing. Why would we blame the shoppers for the lack of Honda EV sales?

2026

PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2025

. -- DEP published notice in the July 12 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a proposed federal consistency determination under the federal Coastal Zone Management Act relating to CSX Transportation abandoning the Delaware Industrial Track Rail Line in the City of Philadelphia. -- DEP published notice in the July 12 PA Bulletin announcing a ban on electronic (..)

Regulations

Environmental News Bits

MAY 9, 2025

If you were to drink improperly recycled toilet water, it could really hurt you but probably not in the way youre thinking.

Recycling

Environmental News Bits

JUNE 11, 2025

Technology giants are “mining” rare earth elements and precious metals from old computer hardware and recovered electronics to meet waste reduction goals. The company recycled or reused almost 91 percent of its decommissioned servers and other data … Continue reading Microsoft is mining hard drives for rare earths.

Recycling

Acoel

APRIL 28, 2025

Elizabeth, John & Lewis on a panel with our Cuban counterparts On the Cuban side, there were seven participants from IRIS, two from FANJ, fourteen from the Cuban Environment Agency known as AMA, five from CITMA, which is the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment within which AMA operates, and additional participants and guests including (..)

2025

Environmental News Bits

JUNE 18, 2025

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Recycling

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2025

Adequate federal funding is needed for: -- State plan development, implementation, and enforcement that drastically reduces pollution, protects public health, increases American prosperity, and improves our economy; -- Swiftly issuing durable and defensible permits that enable companies to innovate and compete; -- Recruitment, training, and retention (..)

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

Greg Vitali (D-Delaware), Majority Chair House Environmental & Natural Resources Committee [ PDF of Article ] -- House Committee OKs Increase In Per Ton Recycling Fee To Support Local Recycling Programs, Waste Disposal Planning [PaEN] -- NextPittsburgh: Is Hyperlocal Recycling The Future?

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2025

Click Here for options to join remotely. 21 [PaEN] -- EPA Awards $12.3 Click Here for options to join remotely. 21 [PaEN] -- EPA Awards $12.3

Natural Gas

Circle of Blue

APRIL 2, 2025

Carl Ganter/Circle of Blue Amber Walsh, an analyst with Bluefield Research, said that data center water use is a complex topic because of rapid technological change in the industry. For desert areas like Maricopa County, water limits are being met with technological innovation.

Cooling

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 2025

Hutchinson Introduces Bill To Abolish DEP Climate Change, Recycling Fund, Coastal Zone Advisory Committees [PaEN] -- The Derrick: Solar Energy Projects Take Shape In Venango County [ PDF of Article ] -- The Allegheny Front: Pittsburgh 2030 District Buildings Reduce Carbon Emissions By 50% -- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Technology Requires Time That (..)

Greenhouse

Law Columbia

MAY 13, 2025

This is particularly true with the DOE loan programs, where money appropriated for loans and loan guarantees may be leveraged, recycled, or intermingled with private funds. 60110 Funding for Enforcement Technology & Public Information EPA Sec. Despite the relative uncertainty, the Sabin Center estimates that $9.65

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Get Your Passport To 2025 PA Farm Show, Enhance Your Conservation Skills Starting Jan. 16 Webinar On Forest Carbon Markets And Payment Programs Expert Panel [PaEN] -- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Jan. Schuylkill County; Possible Abandoned Mine Subsidence -- Republican Herald: Sinkhole In Mahanoy Twp.,

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 4, 2025

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Chesapeake Appalachia llc - Marbaker Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated by production wastewater to meet a Statewide Health Standard at the pad located in Auburn Twp., Not in PA Bulletin] Read more here. Susquehanna County. ( Delaware County. (

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2025

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups So far in 2025, DEP received or acted on 29 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. Read more here. Read more here. PA Bulletin, page 2390 ) Read more here.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

JULY 13, 2025

Fatal Flood In Bucks County -- TribLive: When It Comes To Heeding Flood Warnings: ‘Overkill Is OK’ McCandless Father Says Whose Daughters Were Rescued From Flooding In Allegheny County -- TribLive: National Weather Service Taps Technology, Volunteer Network To Monitor Storms -- Allegheny County Hazard Mitigation Plan Update Public Input Virtual Workshop (..)

Conservation