LOS ANGELES—Six people have been arrested for allegedly operating a recycling fraud scheme in the Los Angeles area that scammed more than $10 million from the state’s recycling program by bringing more than nine tons of out-of-state materials from Arizona for redemption, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced. The defendants allegedly brought truck loads of…

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The University of New South Wales (UNSW) will partner with the University of Newcastle to develop research commercialisation initiatives to help Australia transition to sustainable recycling and clean energy systems and solutions. The research project, which also includes 27 industry partners, is part of the federal government’s Trailblazer program, designed to focus Australia’s research ability…

Two tonnes of Australian radioactive waste, which was sent to the United Kingdom (UK) for recycling in 1996, has returned home after being extracted from uranium and contained in a safe storage vessel. Police, security authorities, and the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (ANSTO)—a federal agency that maintains nuclear safety—successfully retrieved recycled nuclear waste…

Labelling of plastic products should include a “sustainability scale” to help consumers navigate the confusing world of plastics and plastic recycling, according to research from the University of Queensland (UQ), Australia and University of Exeter, England, With plastic pollution a growing global problem, Professor Kevin Thomas, Director of UQ’s Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences…

Researchers in Australia are developing a plastic-eating microorganism resembling the pellet-eating “Pac-man,” but the former may divert plastic from our oceans and landfills instead of merely winning you the satisfaction of a game. The microorganism is an enzyme that feasts on plastic. Enzymes are complex molecules that can speed up chemical reactions. For example, human…

The Australian and Northern Territory (NT) Governments will invest $11 million (US$7.9 million) in new recycling infrastructure to ensure better access to recycling in regional and remote areas of the Northern Territory. The project, which will be conducted under the Morrison government’s Recycling Modernisation Fund (RMF), will focus on addressing the imbalance of recycling opportunities across…

The medical nonprofit Environment and Human Health, Inc. (EHHI) has issued a research report outlining how plastics and microplastics may jeopardize both human health and the natural world. Released Jan. 11, the report highlights a few staggering statistics on plastics use. Notably, the plastic generated every year weighs in at roughly 380 million metric tons,…

OTTAWA—The Competition Bureau says Keurig Canada will pay a $3 million penalty for making false or misleading claims that its single-use K-Cup pods can be recycled. In a statement Thursday the bureau says the company voluntarily reached an agreement that will include the fine plus an $800,000 donation to an environmental charity and $85,000 in…

TOKYO—Nissan Motor Co. Ltd plans to build new battery recycling factories in the United States and Europe by the end of fiscal 2025, the daily Nikkei reported on Thursday. Nissan hopes that recycling batteries and re-using them in electric vehicles (EVs) would help lower production costs as the price of rare metals rise, Nikkei said….