Kenya joins a growing number of other nations including Rwanda, Mauritania, France and Eritrea outlawing the production and use of plastic bags. The ...
Start-up company Bin.E design ‘smart waste bin’
Sorting and separating waste could soon be a thing of the past thanks to a ‘smart bin’ developed by the start-up company Bin.E. The bin ...
Environmental challenge by battery waste of electric vehicles
Efforts by the automobile industry and governments to replace diesel and petrol vehicles with electric ones is accelerating lately. Their environmental ...
More big cities and companies going circular
An increasing number of major cities and businesses is making the switch to a circular economy, in which raw materials and products are repeatedly reused ...
New AI-based recycling robot might solve waste problem
AMP Robotics has developed an AI-driven robot called Clarke that recognizes and sorts various food and beverage containers. Using a visible-light camera, ...
The push for recycling in the US
Wasteful and ineffective plastics recycling is a big problem in the United States. As Waste Management, Waste Connections and Republic Services handle ...
Community fridge network launched by Bosch & Sainsbury’s with Hubbub
Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s and appliance manufacturer Bosch, in a partnership with environmental charity Hubbub, have launched the Community ...
ExxonMobil partners with university to research transportation fuels from biomass
The University of Wisconsin-Madison and ExxonMobil have agreed to continue their research into converting biomass into transportation fuels. The ...
M&S drastically reduces plastic use in packaging
Major UK supermarket Marks & Spencer’s has cut the amount of food packaging for more than 140 best-selling products by reducing the amount of ...
Smart cart trash system receives upgrade in Grand Rapids
The high-tech trash collection system that has been in operation in Grand Rapids since 2012 is getting an upgrade that will make it even smarter. The ...
