Waste Management

ZenRobotics AI based waste sorting technology improves on plastic purity, ensuring efficient and easy recycling operations. The recycling conundrum On an annual basis, around 90 million tonnes of recyclable materials…

Nextek aims to recycle packaging waste into food-grade recycled polypropylene (rPP). The sustainability consultancy has launched a global project (‘NEXTLOOPP’) aiming to replace polypropylene from consumer goods and cosmetic packaging….

In the global move to replace plastic packaging, seaweed represents an untapped opportunity. In coming years, seaweed may revolutionise the packaging industry as we know it. Researchers and scientists in…

A waste sorting plant just outside Riga has been tasked by local government authorities to educate people on recycling. The local Riga government tasked a Latvian waste facility to inform…

Italian waste management company Masotina partnered with ZenRobotics to produce an AI-powered robotic sorting station. Italian waste management firm Masotina partnered with Finnish automation company ZenRobotica in order to retrofit…

The proposed annex to the Basel convention suggested by Switzerland and Ghana falls short of real change in e-waste management. Both countries are set on working out a political solution…