• National Ocean Service helps reopen Florida ports after Hurricane Milton
    on October 18, 2024 at 1:00 pm

    In the aftermath of Hurricane Milton, the National Ocean Service’s Office of Coast Survey conducted hydrographic survey operations to help reopen Port Tampa Bay and SeaPort Manatee. As part of the response effort, Coast Survey deployed teams, including a contract surveyor, in cooperation with the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Continue reading →

  • New Recycling is Real video celebrates recycling 100 percent of plastics collected at the NPE2024 show
    on October 16, 2024 at 2:36 pm

    The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) has released a new video as part of the Recycling is Real advocacy campaign, highlighting the recycling efforts carried out at NPE2024: The Plastics Show. NPE2024 achieved its goal of repurposing 100 percent of the plastics it collected at the show. The video features NPE’s recycling partners, Conair Group, Commercial Plastics Recycling, and WEIMA.

  • NPE2024 successfully repurposes 100 percent of materials collected during the event
    on October 16, 2024 at 8:50 am

    NPE2024: The Plastics Show has released final recycling data from the recycling efforts carried out at the trade show.  In partnership with Commercial Plastics Recycling, Inc., Conair, and WEIMA, NPE successfully repurposed 100 percent of the materials collected during the event. This effort resulted in the recycling of 516,160 pounds of plastics, cardboard, and aluminum.

  • Hurricane Milton: aerial imagery
    on October 12, 2024 at 1:00 am

    The National Geodetic Survey (NGS) has collected aerial damage assessment images in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton. Aerial imagery is a crucial tool to determine the extent of the damage inflicted by flooding, and to compare baseline coastal areas to assess the damage to major ports and waterways, coastlines, critical infrastructure, and coastal communities. Continue reading →

  • EuRIC calls for robust recycled plastics targets for the auto industry
    on October 11, 2024 at 7:57 pm

    In order to ensure automotive circularity and to preserve the EU plastics recycling industry, EuRIC has called on legislators to maintain “a high level of ambition, and bring forward recycled content targets for plastics in vehicles”.