Hanoi workshop explores cement’s role in combating plastic pollution
Industry experts and policymakers gathered in Hanoi on 3 October to explore how Vietnam’s cement sector could play a key role in addressing plastic pollution while advancing gre...
Plastic Waste
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Republic Cement works with landfill company to divert waste
Pilotage, a sanitary landfill located in San Pedro, Laguna, Philippines, is adopting innovative segregation and diversion techniques to recover valuable materials, including rec...
CEMEX extends VeryNile plastic waste initiative
The CEMEX and VeryNile initiative have expanded the scope of the partnership to reach the CEMEX Egypt's hometown of Assiut. This comes after the success achieved by their partne...
Tackling plastic waste management in Asia
With 12bnt of plastic waste predicted in the environment by 2050, the OPTOCE Regional Forum, held on 27-28 October 2022, discussed tackling plastic waste management in China, In...
Ambuja Cements and ACC commission second phase of Bubble Barrier project
Ambuja Cements and ACC Ltd ( Holcim Group ), through its in-house waste management arm, Geocycle, continues to remove plastic waste by commissioning its second phase of bubble b...
Geocycle India to help reduce plastic waste leakage
Geocycle India, the in-house waste management arm of LafargeHolcim’s Ambuja Cements and ACC, will implement its Bubble Barrier technology at the Mantola Canal in Uttar Pradesh, ...
Republic Cement aims to double plastic co-processing by 2021
Republic Cement’s resource recovery arm, ecoloop, plans to co-process a minimum of 10m plastic sachets or bags per day at its plant in the Philippines by the beginning of next y...
San Miguel looks to increase plastic waste consumption
Philippines-based San Miguel Corp (SMC) is reportedly buying more plastic wastes to fuel its cement plants. "It's a more environment-friendly and sustainable alternative to usin...
Japanese cement producers help reduce plastic waste
Japan's cement companies are investing to use more plastic waste as fuel to produce cement. Taiheiyo Cement plans to employ new technology for efficiently making coal from plast...
Asia’s plastic potential Premium
With the highest consumption of plastic in the world and representing two-thirds of global cement production, five Asian countries provide the opportunity to address the worldwi...