A new start? Retooling wind power for a circular economy
Around 80-90% of the weight of wind turbines can be recycled, according to recent estimates, although, historically, very little of this kind of thing...
Sponsored content: Waste trucks contract awarded
NRG Riverside has been awarded an initial eight-year contract-hire agreement to supply 40 vehicles with complete repair and maintenance support by Urbaser.
The arrangement...
Comment: Time for DRS to go digital?
Joseph Doherty of Re-Gen considers the role that might be played by a digital deposit return scheme.
The forthcoming regulations for a UK deposit...
Time to press on with EPR and Consistency and ditch DRS, says The Recycling...
The Recycling Association has said that the National Audit Office (NAO) report on resources and waste reforms shows that Defra needs to get on...
Glue derived from industrial bio-waste aims to make furniture recyclable
A new adhesive derived from materials including food waste should enable 90 percent of engineered wood products, such as furniture and construction boards, to...
Sponsored content: The drive for resource efficient lighting
The lighting Industry is truly starting to embrace the concept of the circular economy and sustainability. This is happening now, and is no longer...
Reimagining residual waste: EfW key players publish manifesto
A carbon capture and storage scheme at one of Cory's Thameside facilities has the potential to become Europe's largest single-site EfW decarbonisation project.
Key energy-from-waste...
New adsorbent removes radioactive caesium ions from nuclear wastewater
Selective adsorption of radioactive caesium ions (Cs+) in highly acidic conditions is a major challenge in nuclear powerplant wastewater treatment. In what's described as...
Prefilled panacea: Report spotlights potential for innovation in consumer products
Packaging innovation could pave the way to making reuse the everyday choice of consumers in UK supermarkets, according to a report released on 16...
Veolia increases hazardous waste capacity with new regional facility in the north east
Veolia says it is increasing hazardous waste capacity in the north east with a new 20,000 tonnes per annum Hazardous Waste Transfer Station facility...
Comment: Pay-as-you-throw can drive the circular economy
Governments should consider introducing a combination of incentives and penalties, such as pay-as-you-throw (PAYT), if they are serious about lowering the volume of waste...
Lighting workshops will address quantifying sustainable resilience
A new series of workshops on how to calculate circular and carbon metrics for lighting products has been announced by circular lighting expert Recolight....
Edinburgh biochar firm secures £1m investment to open first production facility
Edinburgh-based Carbogenics - the developer of proprietary technology that enhances the efficacy and applicability of anaerobic digestion - has raised more than £1m in...
EV Battery health concerns are the biggest barrier to used-EV sales, says new report
Addressing barriers to the second-hand EV market could help encourage over 17 million UK drivers to make the switch to electric, according to study.
The...
Joint venture aims to create Norway’s first dedicated sorting plant to enable plastic packaging...
Technology and recycling equipment firm TOMRA has signed a majority ownership agreement with Plastretur, the Norwegian Producer Responsibility Organisation for recycling plastic packaging. The...
CIRCUL-A-THON finalists present solutions for transport, electronics, packaging and healthcare
Finalists have been announced for the CIRCUL-A-THON design competition - run by chemicals firm SABIC - which lauds designers' efforts to create reusable and...
Busting waste and recycling myths
Whether you're a happy-go-lucky 'wish-cycler' – tossing waste in the hope it can be recycled – or one who routinely agonizes over different diameters...
List presents safer chemicals for manufacturing IT products
When it comes to chemicals used in the manufacture of IT products, very few have been studied for their impact on humans and the...
Heat exchangers used on Zero Liquid Discharge system
Sponsored content: Zero liquid discharge (ZLD) treats liquid waste streams, converting them into clean water (which can be reused) and a minimum volume of solid residues...
Circular transmission fluid claimed as Formula E racing first
In what's been hailed as a Formula E racing first, Jaguar TCS Racing have successfully used a more circular transmission fluid in their race...
