‘Zombie’ batteries cause hundreds of fires a year at recycling plants after owners throw them away carelessly The ESA launched a campaign urging people to correctly dispose of batteries It warns consumers to never throw away dead batteries with rubbish or recycling CCTV shows explosions triggered by ‘zombie’ batteries at UK recycling centres Around 250 fires at waste … Read more
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has made a new recycling rocket record following the successfully launch and landing of its resuseable New Shepard. This is the craft’s seventh consecutive flight, which took off from the firm’s West Texas facility. New Shepard launched at 9:35am ET, carrying 12 commercial payloads that it took into orbit and will … Read more
Apple has filed suit against a Canadian company it hired to recycle its devices, claiming it instead stole and resold more than 100,000 iPads, iPhones and Apple Watches. The tech giant is taking legal action against Ontario-based Geep Canada, which it paid to dismantle and recycle over 570,000 Apple devices between 2015 and 2017. Investigators … Read more
Sri Lanka sends back 21 containers full of ‘recycling’ to UK because it was full of rotting MEDICAL WASTE Previous illegal containers had rags, bandages and body parts from mortuaries The 260 tonnes of rubbish first arrived in capital Colombo’s main port in 2017 Another 242 containers from Britain remain abandoned at the same port … Read more
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is set to break the record for rocket recycling tomorrow by launching its reusable New Shepard craft for the SEVENTH time Blue Origin is set to launch its reusable New Shepard rocket Thursday This is the seventh flight of the craft and would hit a new rocket recycling record New Shepard … Read more
‘It’s like World War Three!’ Molly-Mae Hague says her elderly neighbours ‘SHOUTED at her’ and sent ‘strongly worded’ emails in nasty dispute over recycling at her £1.3m Cheshire home By Rebecca Lawrence For Mailonline Published: 15:45 BST, 15 September 2020 | Updated: 15:46 BST, 15 September 2020 Molly-Mae Hague has revealed she’s stuck in angry … Read more
Newborn baby’s body is found wrapped up in a purple towel at a Bradford household waste recycling centre A baby was found at Bowling Back Lane wast centre in Bradford, Yorkshire, today The baby which had sadly died was wrapped in a pink Fuerteventura towel Police are appealing for the baby’s mother citing concerns for … Read more
We all know how important recycling is for the planet – it helps minimise waste and transforms old products into new packaging. Recycling just four shampoo bottles saves enough energy to power a shower for five minutes, highlighting just how important reusing products is for the environment. As consumers one of the big differences that … Read more
Police hunt mother of two-day old baby girl whose body was found among waste at a Suffolk recycling plant Officers called to recycling centre in Ipswich Road, Needham Market yesterday Lifeless body of a baby girl was found – death is being treated as unexplained Suffolk Police have made direct appeal for the mother to come … Read more
Body of newborn baby girl is discovered at Suffolk recycling plant sparking police probe Officers called to recycling centre in Ipswich Road, Needham Market 3pm today Lifeless body of a baby girl was found – death is being treated as unexplained Suffolk Police have made direct appeal for the mother to come forward By William Cole … Read more