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Global Reducing Wasted Food At Your Thanksgiving Feast A new analysis by ReFED estimates that across America, 320 million pounds of food will be wasted this Thanksgiving, representing $550 million worth of food thrown away in just a single day. BioCycle · 4 Nov 2025 Global Compost Restores Fire-Scarred Community Garden After compost application in February, Lab Leap Farm’s community garden was in full swing by the summer. BioCycle · 4 Nov 2025 Global Connections: We Can Fix What We’ve Broken The Superfund sites were the scars showing just how effective we can be in destroying the earth. Fixing them with biosolids and compost literally brought something dead back to life. BioCycle · 4 Nov 2025 Global Keep Compost Local Webinar Institute for Local Self-Reliance webinar will share lessons learned and tips for replication from three local government and community composter partnerships. BioCycle · 4 Nov 2025 Global BPI’s New Home Compostability Certification The Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) announced its new Commercial & Home Compostable Certification program in September, with the program officially launching on December 1, 2025. BioCycle · 4 Nov 2025 Global Libraries Added To Chicago’s Food Scraps Drop-Off Sites Library sites will add 13 new drop-off locations to the existing 20 City of Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation facility sites. BioCycle · 4 Nov 2025 Global How mussels reveal increasing microplastic pollution in Greek waters Bioplastics News · 4 Nov 2025 Global Sasol International Chemicals Targets Growth in Bio-Based Surfactants Through Insect Oil Innovation https://www.chemanalyst.com/NewsAndDeals/NewsDetails/sasol-international-chemicals-eyes-growth-in-bio-based-surfactants-with-insect-oil-39861 Bioplastics News · 4 Nov 2025 Global Do microbes prefer biodegradable plastic? https://sciworthy.com/do-microbes-prefer-biodegradable-plastic Bioplastics News · 4 Nov 2025 Global Berkeley company says it is creating a new kind of plastic https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/futurebio-berkeley-company-create-new-plastic/6382017 Bioplastics News · 4 Nov 2025 Global Catia Bastioli: the circular bioeconomy requires an integrated approach https://www.renewablematter.eu/en/catia-bastioli-circular-bioeconomy-requires-integrated-approach Bioplastics News · 4 Nov 2025 Global TotalEnergies Corbion adds recycled content to Luminy PLA bags https://www.packaginginsights.com/news/totalenergies-corbion-recycled-pla-bags.html Bioplastics News · 4 Nov 2025 Global ChitoGreen by FMIPA UNNES: Turning Fish Waste into Eco-Friendly Bioplastics to Support the SDGs Bioplastics News · 4 Nov 2025 Global Nexam Chemical enables lightweight materials in bio-based plastics – together with Verdofoam® https://news.cision.com/nexam-chemical/r/nexam-chemical-enables-lightweight-materials-in-bio-based-plastics—together-with-verdofoam-,c4258243 Bioplastics News · 4 Nov 2025 Global A Business Combination for Critical Minerals As underlined, the proposed business combination would create a public company that aligns with the U.S. Mineral Independence Strategy. Volato Group, Inc., a technology-driven private aviation company, and M2i Global, Inc., a company specializing in the development and execution of a complete global value supply chain for critical minerals, intend to combine businesses. According to […] Global Recycling · 4 Nov 2025 Global Joint Industry Statement on Slovakia’s Proposed Amendment to the Environmental Fund The undersigned organisations strongly oppose the proposed amendment to Slovakia’s Environmental Fund Act, which would allow the Environmental Fund to operate as a Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO) within the national Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) system. This change would undermine the effectiveness of Slovakia’s packaging EPR scheme and jeopardise progress toward EU recyclin… EXPRA · 4 Nov 2025 Global Alles-in-één recyclingtechnologie scheert hoge toppen Toonbeeld van innovatie en afvalvalorisatie Complexere afvalstromen, stijgende operationele kosten, steeds strengere regel­geving … De uitdagingen in de recyclingsector zijn niet min. Precies daarom zit automatisering in de lift. Zo vernemen we bij Lubo Recycling Solutions, onderdeel van de Bollegraaf Groep. De wereldspeler in afvalsortering en -recycling bouwt momenteel de allereerste ‘tray-to… RecyclePro · 4 Nov 2025 Global Toxic Skies: The Amazon is now breathing dirtier air than the world’s biggest cities The Amazon’s skies are turning toxic. Fires lit to expand and renew cattle pastures are poisoning the air and fuelling the climate crisis. Greenpeace International · 4 Nov 2025 Global EU-Handelsabkommen „dringend nötig, um Märkte zu öffnen“ DIHK-Außenwirtschaftschef Volker Treier zum Jahresbericht der EU-Kommission: Angesichts der Hindernisse und Unwägbarkeiten, mit denen deutsche Unternehmen im Außenhandel konfrontiert sind, wächst die Bedeutung von Handelsabkommen. Die Deutsche Industrie- und Handelskammer (DIHK) ruft die EU einmal mehr dazu auf, weitere Vereinbarungen zu treffen – und die Abkommen auch umzusetzen. In ihrem am 3… Recyclingportal.eu · 4 Nov 2025 Global Trinkwassertests von BUND-Aktiven: In 42 von 46 Stichproben wurden PFAS nachgewiesen Umweltverband fordert Beschränkung der gesamten Stoffgruppe zum Schutz unseres Wassers. Die Süßwasserressourcen für unsere Trinkwassergewinnung sind zunehmend gefährdet. Aktuelle Stichproben des Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND) zeigen: In der überwiegenden Mehrheit der untersuchten Trinkwasserproben wurden sogenannte Ewigkeitschemikalien, per- und polyfluorierte Alkylsubstanze… Recyclingportal.eu · 4 Nov 2025 Global Hochradioaktive Abfälle: Wo die Endlagersuche aktuell steht Die Standortsuche für das Endlager für hochradioaktive Abfälle kommt voran: Für 29 von 90 Teilgebieten gibt es einen neuen Arbeitsstand aus den Sicherheitsuntersuchungen. Am 3. November 2025 hat die Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE) einen neuen Arbeitsstand auf der Suche nach dem Standort für ein Endlager für hochradioaktive Abfälle veröffentlicht. Im BGE Endlagersuche Navigator gibt es […] Recyclingportal.eu · 4 Nov 2025 Global Sonderumweltrat in Brüssel soll über EU-Klimaziel für 2040 und … … europäischen Beitrag zur Weltklimakonferenz in Brasilien entscheiden Bundesumweltminister Carsten Schneider nimmt heute (4. November 2025) an der außerordentlichen Sitzung des Rates der EU-Umweltministerinnen und -minister in Brüssel teil. Im Mittelpunkt der Beratungen steht die Festlegung des europäischen Klimaziels für 2040 sowie die Verabschiedung des neuen EU-Beitrags („Nationally Determi… Recyclingportal.eu · 4 Nov 2025 Global Einheitliche Regeln für den Rezyklatmarkt Von Cirplus initiiert, nun europäisch verankert. Cirplus, nach eigenen Angaben Europas größte KI-gestützte Beschaffungsplattform für recycelte Kunststoffe, hat in Zusammenarbeit mit dem IKK – Institut für Kunststoff- und Kreislauftechnik sowie dem Kunststoff-Institut Lüdenscheid erreicht, dass die von Cirplus initiierten Standards DIN SPEC 91446 und DIN SPEC 91481 in den neuen europäischen Stan… Recyclingportal.eu · 4 Nov 2025 Global Bill Gates and EU partner to harm Africans with GMOs (Documentary) Bill Gates has been bribing African governments to develop and test GMOs in Africa with the support of the EU 😂😂😂 ... the Horizon program ... again? Bioplastics News · 4 Nov 2025 Global Toxic Skies: How Agribusiness is Choking the Amazon This report findings confirm that agricultural activity and expansion in the Amazon is driving an air pollution crisis alongside deforestation. Greenpeace International · 4 Nov 2025 Global Accelerating More Sustainable EV Battery Design Processes from Molecules to Neighborhoods Join us on November 13, 2025, at 11 a.m., with the Collaboratory for a Regenerative Economy (CORE) for a webinar on innovative solutions for toxic reduction in the large- and […] GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 3 Nov 2025 Global The Poshest Belgian Avenue is a landfill The Avenue Louise is the poshest avenue in the capital of Europe (Brussels, Belgium). Belgians pay more than 55 % income tax and 21 % VAT ... but still, the government and the European Commission cannot clean the Avenue properly. The avenue is filthy, full of waste and litter. Bioplastics News · 3 Nov 2025 Global GAIA insta a que el Sur Global lidere la nueva presidencia del Tratado global de plásticos El presidente Luis Vayas anuncia su salida del cargo, el Buró votará por una nueva presidencia PARA PUBLICACIÓN INMEDIATA: 11/3/2025 Nueva York, EE. UU. — El embajador Luis Vayas Valdivieso, […] GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 3 Nov 2025 Global GAIA Urges Global South Leadership for New Plastics Treaty Chair Chair Luis Vayas Announces His Exit From Post, Bureau To Vote on New Chair FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 3, 2025 New York, NY– Ambassador Luis Vayas Valdivieso of Ecuador has […] GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 3 Nov 2025 Global Insights from the IV Zero Waste Estonian Conference: what facilitators and participants highlighted As part of the IV Estonian Zero Waste Conference, a series of engaging and thought-provoking workshops took place on 16–17 October, focusing on behavioural change, reuse systems, systemic transition, and inter-organisational collaboration within the circular economy. In this summary, we look back at the workshops and explore what both the facilitators and participants considered most […] The po… Zero Waste Europe · 3 Nov 2025 Global Efficiëntie en duurzaamheid voorop Afvalstromen direct bij de bron verkleinen In een wereld waar efficiënt afvalbeheer en duurzaamheid steeds belangrijker worden, biedt de Eggersmann C14 een slimme en toekomstgerichte oplossing. Deze compacte maar krachtige top-mounted shredder is speciaal ontwikkeld om afvalstromen direct bij de bron te verkleinen. Het resultaat: lagere transportkosten, een aanzienlijke reductie van CO₂-uitstoo… RecyclePro · 3 Nov 2025 Global A Hundred International Specialists Address Challenges and Advances in Plastic Material Characterization at CHARPLAST https://www.azom.com/news.aspx?newsID=64999 Bioplastics News · 3 Nov 2025 Global Pakistan -plastic bag ban update https://tribune.com.pk/story/2575406/sewing-change-one-bag-at-a-time Bioplastics News · 3 Nov 2025 Global Panama bans the use of plastics in protected areas Bioplastics News · 3 Nov 2025 Global Bill Gates changed his climate change narrative Bill Gates wants to remain relevant but he choose 'a climate change' narrative that didn't make him popular. He's been associated to obscure conspiracy theories that will stain his reputation until after his death. What a strategic mistake for a man that we once perceived as brilliant. Bioplastics News · 3 Nov 2025 Global Australia’s Uluu Nets $10.5M to Make Fossil-Free Plastics with Seaweed Bioplastics News · 3 Nov 2025 Global Australian scientists have revolutionized the recycling industry by turning plastic into food Australian scientists have revolutionized the recycling industry by turning plastic into food Bioplastics News · 3 Nov 2025 Global Weak plastic reduction targets expose brands to share price declines and legal risk, study finds https://www.eco-business.com/news/weak-plastic-reduction-targets-expose-brands-to-share-price-declines-and-legal-risk-study-finds Bioplastics News · 3 Nov 2025 Global A Plea for Investment in Recycling Dan Felton, President and CEO of the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), testified in July before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce (E&C) Subcommittee on Environment during a hearing about recycling innovation and economic growth. “Flexible packaging is one of the most sustainable packaging types, as it reduces water and energy consumption, […] Global Recycling · 3 Nov 2025 Global Innovatieve balenpersen voor elke uitdaging Van vormvaste balen tot efficiënt transport Inefficiënt bulkvervoer leidt tot onverwachte dure uitgaven, maar ook het omgekeerde is waar. Gecomprimeerde balen besparen ruimte én verlagen transportkosten. Dat brengt ons naadloos tot de horizontale balenpers van Valvan, waarmee je de logistieke flow van je gerecyclede materialen optimaliseert. Kom de toonaangevende technologie zelf ontdekken op d… RecyclePro · 3 Nov 2025