Cunning deconstruction: Veolia and Imperial complete civil nuclear reactor decommissioning
Resource management firm Veolia and Imperial College London teamed up to decommission the Reactor Centre at Imperial’s Silwood Park eco-campus in Ascot, Berkshire, making...
Plastic packaging innovators spotlighted at the 2024 RECOUP Awards
Plastic recycling charity RECOUP received a record number of entries for its annual awards, which showcase the work being done throughout the plastics value...
Environment Agency confirms new codes for importing and exporting WEEE
From the 1st of January 2025, all Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) will be notifiable under new codes.
Companies exporting or importing WEEE will...
Carpet waste database connects consumers with disposal options
A new online resource aims to facilitate the safe disposal of carpets and other textile flooring waste.
Carpet Recycling UK's new database - said to...
£16 million funding for biotech firm offering sustainable omega-3
Biotechnology firm MiAlgae has secured £14 million in funding to advance its operations and scale production. The company says it has successfully reached commercial-scale...
Fixing an inconvenient truth: A solution to unsustainable PCB metals extraction?
Jeff Borrman of Bioscope Technologies reviews the fate of components and materials used in electronic printed circuit boards, and introduces a process that he...
The UK’s first carbon capture pilot on an energy-from-waste facility goes live
UK energy-from-waste (Efw) operator enfinium has launched the UK’s first carbon capture pilot at an EfW site, the group announced on 16 September. The...
Dissolving the plastic waste problem: Can new technology meet the challenge?
By James Kennedy, a technology analyst at market intelligence firm IDTechEx.
The advanced recycling market for plastics predominantly focuses on technologies like pyrolysis and depolymerization...
Uncollected waste and open burning leading causes of plastic pollution crisis
A new study attempts to shine a light on the enormous scale of uncollected rubbish and open burning of plastic waste in what's described...
SEPA seeks views on regulatory charges and conditions
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) says it is seeking views on proposed changes to how environmental activities are regulated in Scotland.
Earlier this year,...
€20 million project targets fibre-based sustainable packaging
Developing new kinds of recyclable fibre-based products is the aim of an initiative in Scandinavia, which aims to reduce energy and resource consumption in...
The US Plastics Pact releases design-for-circularity playbooks
The US Plastics Pact has released its Design for Circularity Playbooks, described as essential reports designed to guide the lifecycle of plastics in the...
Giant pink cat at Waterloo Station spotlights The Great Cable Challenge
A giant pink cat hologram will be surprising commuters at London Waterloo from Tuesday 20th August. The hologram is seemingly an effigy of HypnoCat,...
Index aims to quantify circularity in the bioeconomy
Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a Circularity Index that they say provides a comprehensive method to quantify circularity in bioeconomic...
Comment: How digital technologies can contribute to a circular economy
Chris Williams of software firm ISB Global makes the case for digitalisation as the means for a less wasteful, more resource-efficient global economic model....
Solvent recycling boost at Veolia’s Garston plant
Resource management company Veolia has expanded the solvent recovery capacity at its Garston, Liverpool, facility to 86,000 tonnes a year.
Effective recycling of these used...
Beer importation company pays over £400,000 for failing to register with a recycling scheme
Bristol-based beer importer Budweiser Budvar UK has contributed more than £400,000 to a national environmental charity after failing to register as a producer of...
Packaging materials usage snapshot profiles mixed progress
Product manufacturers' use of packaging materials has decreased since 2019, says a new report from environmental compliance scheme Valpak. And in 2021, more plastic...
A novel alternative to landfilling organic waste: genetically modified flies
An Australian group is proposing using genetically engineered black soldier flies (Hermetia illucens) to address worldwide pollution challenges and produce valuable raw materials for...
Aberdeen start-up boosts value of whisky co-products
A new method to extract valuable bio-based chemicals from whisky distillery waste streams could transform manufacturing and be worth up to £90 million in...
