The chemical companies BASF, Ludwigshafen, and Mitsui Chemicals, Tokyo, Japan, have started a joint study on how chemical recycling could work in Japan. The corporations want to examine options across the entire value chain in order to commercialize the process. – – Before plastic waste is processed into pyrolysis oil, it is shredded, as shown … Read more
Cows’ stomachs consist of four compartments, and one of them, the rumen, can provide a way around plastic waste. Bacteria in the rumen produce enzymes that can break down some commonly used plastics. By studying this property, scientists are looking for new technologies for processing such materials after use. Ultimately, bacteria in cows’ stomachs can … Read more
Within the framework of world recycling day, the Hélice Foundation announced the start of this year’s edition of its campaign “Donate your old book” in which they invite the population to deliver books in good condition and in general paper to achieve a correct disposal of these wastes in such a way that they can … Read more
Posted on 03/31/2021 at 11:22 am By Valentin Danré – – Tuesday March 30, the firefighters intervened in a recycling company in Perrignier. A pile of waste caught fire at the end of the evening, without major consequences for the premises of the company. – – A fire broke out on the night of Tuesday … Read more
ArcelorMittal can no longer be prosecuted for dumping unauthorized waste on the slag heaps of its Florange plant. By absorbing its subsidiary in Lorraine, the parent company is cutting the ground under the foot of justice. At the end of June 2017, the case had caused a stir. The Republican Lorrain reported that ArcelorMittal subcontractors … Read more
There are not only steel, copper, aluminum but all the precious metals essential for smartphones, TVs, computers and other batteries: indium, this transparent metal that covers screens, lithium that engulfs in the batteries, the tungsten which makes vibrate the telephones, the gallium which makes shine the LEDs, the rare earths incorporated in the magnets and … Read more
At least 100,000 masks – perhaps more, if the operation is as successful as in Meudon – will be collected over the next two months in Talence. About twenty cardboard terminals will be made available to the 42,171 inhabitants, near colleges, high schools and shops. This is a first in the Bordeaux metropolis and in … Read more
A group of associations and professionals point to the absence of an environmental health component in the cancer strategy. Among them, the cardiologist Pierre Souvet, president of the Association Sant Environnement France. Interview. — Pierre SouvetCardiologist – President of the Association Sant Environnement France – – Actu-Environnement: The government presented a new strategy against cancer … Read more
“The French agricultural waste recycling sector is one of the most efficient in the world”, welcomes Christophe Grison, farmer in Oise and president of Adivalor. This collective non-profit organization has been managing the collection and recycling of agro-supply waste for twenty years. Today, 300,000 farmers In this way, they sort out films, strings, irrigation ducts, … Read more
As the city prepares to host the second climate summit bringing together the 40 largest cities in the world, its mayor has just presented an action plan aimed in particular at reducing GHG emissions by 30% by 2030. After having presented its inventory of greenhouse gas emissions at the start of the month, the American … Read more