British workers’ ‘lunch on the go’ habit generating 11 billion items of packaging waste...
Hubbub’s new #FoodSavvy Lunch Club campaign aims to encourage a rethink of ‘lunch on the go’ routines to reduce food and packaging waste...
Comment: 2024 EPR costs could have a severe impact on businesses’ viability
Joseph Doherty, Managing Director of Re-Gen Waste, and member of Defra’s Advisory Committee on Packaging, reflects on whether businesses should be accounting now for...
Online brine platform aims to boost circular economy solutions for process industries
The Zero Brine project, which aims to advance circular economy business models by redesigning the value and supply chain of water and minerals through...
Coronavirus grant boosts safety at waste management firms
Zero Waste Scotland and the Scottish Government are helping the resource management industry meet the challenges of the coronavirus, allocating more than £820k in grants to waste management firms across the country to adapt in response to the pandemic.
The importance of counting all WEEE streams
A report by the United Nations University has warned that global e-waste will reach 50m tonnes by 2018. The UK is listed in the...
Commercial-scale facility will recycle all forms of plastic waste
· New HydroPRS™ process creates raw ingredients for "infinitely recyclable new products"
· World-first commercial-scale plant starts construction in Teesside, UK, backed by global partners...
Things to know about propane enrichment
Greg Brown of Flogas looks at how propane enrichment is used for injecting biogas into the gas grid - and explains why it's an...
Getting smart to prevent litter: New knowledge network launched in Scotland
Anyone with a stake in tackling litter in Scotland can get access to the latest advice and research from home and abroad, from Tuesday...
On-farm fertiliser production comes out of the box
Carbon neutral fertiliser production and use to be discussed at Agri-TechE event on 24 March
Is it possible to produce nitrogen fertiliser on-farm? Would this...
The life left in landfill: Veolia describes its recent stewardship of sites
Resource management firm Veolia has released information about its recent stewardship of landfill sites, supporting the claim that "there’s still life left in landfill...
Comment: Incineration not the reason for recycling stagnation
With energy-from-waste (EfW) continuing to dominate the headlines, Ruben Maistry, Sales Manager at recycling equipment supplier Stadler Engineering, discusses why incineration can’t be held...
Smokers blind to devastating impact of butts on the environment, suggests survey
New research from environmental charity Hubbub seems to reveal just over 1 in 4 smokers (28%) are aware that cigarette butts are made from...
MRF opens in Indonesia, marking milestone in circular economy initiative
One of Indonesia’s largest Material Recovery Facilities (MRF) was inaugurated on 16 September in Songgon Municipality, in what's suggested as a significant milestone towards...
Textile Recycling Association warns of imminent collapse of the sector
The Textile Recycling Association (TRA) are sounding the alarm about the imminent collapse of the textile recycling sector due to global market challenges.
"As the...
Repair Café Support Fund launches second year
Energy-from-waste operator enfinium has launched the second year of its Repair Café Support Fund, providing an additional £20,000 in funding for Repair Cafés near...
UK plans for geological disposal of nuclear waste declared “unachievable” by Treasury
Plans to dispose of the UK’s high-level nuclear waste in an underground repository – a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) – have been described as...
Biofertiliser quality standard achieved by Tamar’s food waste recycling plant
Tamar Energy today announced that its Basingstoke anaerobic digestion (AD) plant has achieved a key industry quality standard. PAS 110, the standard backed by...
Online parts retailer releases survey on consumer e-waste negligence, and launches appliance repair initiative
A survey of 5,000 UK householders has found that the majority of Brits don’t attempt to fix perfectly repairable appliances – creating thousands...
UK recycling at tipping point, says report from packaging firm
British recycler calls on government to prioritise immediate action as recycling gap threatens to impact UK homes
The UK will fall short of its 2035...
Scottish landfill rate at record low, say latest SEPA statistics
Scots are generating less waste than ever before and sending less to landfill, according to the Scottish Waste From All Sources 2023 Official Statistics,...
