Circular Lighting event to challenge ‘business as usual’, in London in October
Circular Lighting Live 2026 will take place on Thursday 8 October at the Minster Building in the City of London. Organiser Recolight promises the...
Closing the flexibles loop
Flexible plastics account for more than half of all plastic packaging in use today, but precious little gets recycled, and they are less amenable...
UK outperforms many of its peers on circularity, but residual waste will be an...
Britain ranks among the better performers on waste management compared with other advanced economies, but — like its peers — will still face substantial...
Repair, resilience and responsibility: why decisions around rotating equipment are changing
Thomas Marks outlines the changing drivers behind repair versus replace decisions and explains how his own Association is evolving to meet them.
At the start...
Four projects awarded Circular Electricals Funding
Four projects have been awarded funding from the Circular Electricals Fund, which supports innovation in product design, material use and recovery and business models....
New EU rules aim to stop the destruction of unsold clothes and shoes
The European Commission has adopted new measures under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) to prevent the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories...
Comment: The future of biotechnology is growing on Scotland’s farms
By Liz Fletcher
Industrial biotechnology is often portrayed as something that happens solely within controlled lab environments, yet that view misses a significant opportunity. The...
Group launches carbon footprint reports to help the lighting industry manage CO2 emissions
Sustainable lighting expert Recolight has announced new CO2 emission reports to help lighting producers, and their customers to monitor and reduce the carbon footprint...
A hidden tax on green packaging? UK companies face £1.2bn recycling bill as compliance...
Environmental policy specialists at compliance expert Ecoveritas have warned the UK manufacturing sector is facing increasing uncertainty around recycling, as new analysis shows the...
Biochar is emerging as a key material with uses in clean water, carbon capture...
Biochar1 has long been valued for improving soil health. A new review explores the fact that it is also rapidly evolving into a powerful...
Tackling ammonia toxicity in biogas plants: Solutions mapped by new review
A new review brings together the latest scientific advances aimed at understanding and mitigating ammonia inhibition in anaerobic digestion systems. Published in Agricultural Ecology...
End trade-off between recycling targets and toxic exposure, Zero Waste Europe urges EU
A new policy briefing by waste advocacy group Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) argues for tougher chemical policy measures to be included in the European...
Biodegradable plastics research wins $500k Hill Prize for real-world impact
A major science prize has been awarded to the developers of chemistry to replace toxic, petroleum-derived plastics with safe, degradable alternatives made from agricultural...
Rare earth magnet recycling centre launched in West Midlands
A facility for separating and recycling rare earth magnets has been launched at the University of Birmingham, which was opened on 15 January by...
Dual-layer system intercepts most micro- and nanoplastics from landfill leachate, say researchers
Researchers have created a new two-layer membrane filtration system that can significantly reduce the amount of micro and nanoplastics that leak from landfills into...
Laser cladding demonstrated for rail track repairs by Sheffield group
Field demonstrations of laser cladding technology hosted by the University of Sheffield Rail Group have shown how additive manufacturing can repair railway infrastructure and...
Turning farm waste into water filters
Corn cob biochar shows promise for removing ammonia and microplastics from contaminated water, offering a low cost, climate friendly tool for future treatment systems.
Researchers...
Discovery provides way to upcycle PET bottles into feedstock for anti-cancer drugs
New research has led to a method of turning ordinary household plastic waste into a building block for anti-cancer drugs. The work was led by...
Campaigners highlight a plastic hole in Scottish circularity plans
Campaigners from Friends of the Earth Scotland have raised the alarm about the omission of plastic from the Scottish government's draft Circular Economy Strategy,...
US groups demonstrate commerical scale PFAS destruction of high-flow industrial wastewater
US firm Claros Technologies has completed a commercial-scale run of its proprietary UV-photochemical PFAS destruction method, reportedly achieving over 99.99% destruction across long, short,...
