When China banned the import of used plastics in late 2017, the move threw recycling programs worldwide into turmoil. China was the world’s top importer of plastic waste. Cities worldwide had fallen ...

After the defeat of Germany and Japan in World War II, many of their industrial plants and infrastructure were demolished. This gave the two nations a serious devotion to rebuilding their capacities.

The process uses ozone, a sterilizing gas, to clean and deodorize the pulp to the point that it passes sanitary requirements.

A worker at a recycling facility in northern Japan made a rich discovery. The worker was sorting trash in Sapporo, a prefecture of Hokkaido, when he found wads of cash worth 10 million yen, or ...

Billions of dirty diapers end up buried or burned every year in Japan—more from seniors than babies—but a recycling ...

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Rubicon Technologies LLC, a digital marketplace for waste and recycling and provider of innovative software-based solutions for businesses and governments worldwide, has established a long-term, ...

THE Japanese government has extended P18.3 million in grants to support waste management in Bohol and fisheries development for an Indigenous community in Palawan. Ambassador Endo Kazuya signed the ...

Fumio Kaneko, cofounder and president of waste management company Daiei Kankyo. Last December, the company raised $315 million from an IPO in Tokyo Stock Exchange. One of Japan’s largest IPOs in 2022 ...