Waste

Neste of Finland Commissions World's Largest Liquefied Waste Plastic Upgrading Facility in Porvoo, with Annual Capacity of 150,000 Tons

Neste of Finland recently announced the successful commissioning of its new liquefied waste plastic (LWP) upgrading facility at its Porvoo refinery. This projec…

Re Sustainability and Indian Oil Corporation Launch Waste Oil Recycling Project in India

Re Sustainability has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Indian Oil Corporation Limited to launch India's first nationwide program for used lubricati…

New York Wastewater Treatment Plant Adopts Battery System to Replace Diesel Backup Power

At a municipal wastewater pumping station in Erie County, New York, Viridi has installed a battery system to replace a traditional diesel backup generator. This…

India's NITI Aayog Warns: Inefficient Waste Recycling System Leads to Loss of Business Worth Billions of Rupees

Recently, the Indian government think tank, the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog), warned that due to the inefficiency of the waste manag…

Akwa Ibom State Assembly in Nigeria Passes Resolution to Promote Public-Private Partnership in Building Waste Recycling Plants for "Turning Waste into Treasure"

The House of Assembly of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, passed a significant resolution urging the state government to collaborate with the private sector to establi…

USA Corning Receives Nearly $1 Million Federal Grant to Replace Wastewater Treatment Plant Boilers

The City of Corning in New York State, USA, received a federal grant totaling $984,000.Relevant information indicates that these funds will be used to replace t…

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan Launches Chinese-funded Waste-to-energy Plant

Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov speaks at the launch ceremony of a waste-to-energy plant in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Dec. 27, 2025. A Chinese-funded waste-to-energy …

Thermal Plant

Energy Dept. orders Colorado to waste millions to reopen a dead coal plant

The Department of Energy ordered Colorado coal plant to stay open for three months, one day before it was set to close. The coal plant will require tens of mill…

Biofuel

Central Asia's First Waste-to-Energy Project Commences Operation in Kyrgyzstan

On December 27, the Bishkek Municipal Waste Technology Disposal and Power Generation Project, constructed by Hunan Installation, was officially completed and pu…

United States

Plug Power Partners With Edgewood Renewables to Build Renewable Fuels Facility in Nevada

Plug Power Inc., based in Latham, New York, has announced a strategic partnership with Edgewood Renewables to advance the development and construction of an adv…

South Korea

Samsung Electronics Reaches 100% Landfill Diversion in Global Manufacturing Operations

Samsung Electronics has achieved UL Solutions’ Zero Waste to Landfill Platinum designation across all of its global manufacturing sites, marking a major milest…

Nuclear waste

Holtec Walks Away From Nuclear Waste Project in New Mexico

Private nuclear power company Holtec announced this week that it will withdraw from its planned nuclear waste storage project in New Mexico, despite a June ruli…

United Kingdom

Plastic Energy and SABIC Announce Production of First Batch of TACOLL From Waste Plastic

Plastic Energy, a leader in chemical recycling based in London, UK, has successfully produced its first batch of TACOIL™ at a joint venture plant with SAB…

Green Hydrogen

FEST Receives Contract for ENTEGA AG’s Hydrogen Project

FEST, a technology partner, is constructing a 3-megawatt green hydrogen plant for ENTEGA AG at the Darmstadt waste-to-energy facility in Germany. The project, s…

Brazil

Veolia Technologies Selected for Major Wastewater-Reuse Project in Brazil

Veolia S.A., based in Paris, has been chosen to design and implement Brazil’s most advanced municipal wastewater reuse system for industrial use at the Vi…