Recession hits the EU’s plastics recycling industry As the world produces increasing amounts of plastic and plastic waste, the downward trend in the European plastics recycling market is alarming. The increasing lack of demand for recyclates produced in Europe, the reduced investments in domestic recycling, and the increase in imports of ...
"It is not woke. It is simply good sense."
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The WasteShark can collect up to 500kg of plastic waste – the equivalent of 22,700 plastic bottles – a day.
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