Articles for Waste Bottles

Hellmann’s moves to 100% recycled plastic bottles
3 years, 8 months ago

Hellmann’s moves to 100% recycled plastic bottles

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hellmann’s has announced that its entire range of ‘squeezy’ bottles will now be made from …

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As California’s recycling industry struggles, companies and consumers are forced to adapt
5 years, 4 months ago

As California’s recycling industry struggles, companies and consumers are forced to adapt

LA Times  

“We just don’t have a market for a lot of this stuff,” said Kreigh Hampel, recycling coordinator for the city of Burbank. “The Chinese ban and everything else in the last couple of years made us realize we are living in a pretend world of ‘wishcycling,’” said Roland Geyer, an industrial ecology professor at UC Santa Barbara. “What we’ve tried …

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Finding gold in bottles
5 years, 6 months ago

Finding gold in bottles

Deccan Chronicle  

Megha Mendon, a 23-year-old Mangaluru-based architecture graduate from the Srinivas School of Architecture, was horrified to find an empty ground in her society strewn with bottles. So I began collecting a few bottles and started drawing on them, and began gifting those to friends and relatives,” says Megha on how she got started. In addition, Megha recently conducted a five-day …

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Jet fuel and diesel can now be made from plastic bags, water bottles & daily waste
5 years, 7 months ago

Jet fuel and diesel can now be made from plastic bags, water bottles & daily waste

Firstpost  

Scientists believe that farmers can use this technique to make diesel, to fuel their tractors, on their farms. Scientists have found a novel way to turn daily plastic waste products like water bottles and plastic bags into jet fuel. Researchers at Washington State University in the US melted plastic waste at high temperature with activated carbon, a processed carbon with …

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