Sheffield professor urges dentists to ditch single-use plastic

The EU’s Circular Economy Package is a landmark in creating a more resource-efficient economy. It paves the way to capitalising on Europe’s urban mine, where valuable metals can be recycled from cars, buildings, packaging, e-waste and other applications. €4.3bn Base metals scrap leaves Europe annually 2/3 EU e-waste is not recycled properly.

France starts to phase out single-use plastics, and Thailand bans plastic bags in major stores today to reduce waste in the ocean…

China has announced it is taking measures to curb single-use plastic products in a bid to address one of the nation’s worst environmental issues. The country chucks out around 60 million takeaway food containers each day and huge quantities of untreated plastic waste are submerged in landfills or…

The luxury automaker is using circular practices to cut out costs and emissions from its manufacturing processes.

Every second, metals that form the components of our day-to-day electronics are thrown out. There are currently no efficient methods for recycling them, yet our need for these metals remains strong. Yale researchers have developed a solution that salvages metals at their “end-of-life” stage and…