Navigating the ban on single-use plastics

By Samantha Osborne, Commercial lawyer at national law firm Freeths With the ban on single use plastics now here, businesses must ensure that they understand...

Comment: We’ll be digging up landfills within a decade

The earth has finite resources, and at some point, society will run low or even run out entirely of certain resources that it currently...

“Recycling turbines is not a ‘major headache’ for the industry, whatever anti-renewables campaigners say”

Dr Charlotte Stamper writes As the impact of climate change has become more obvious and extreme in recent years, Scotland has emerged as a global...

Report details progress with four trailblazing circularity projects, one year on

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgeIx19qsTM   A new impact report details the progress of four projects that were awarded funding as part of the Circular Future Fund, created to find...

Collection of currently overlooked plastic waste could be a cost winner, suggests study

  A new cost-benefit study makes the case for increasing the scale at which local authorities handle non-household plastic waste, such as polyethene terephthalate (PET)...

Assessment tool intended to accelerate sustainable packaging design

‘Design Check’ tool gives guidance to designers, packaging technologists, customers and suppliers of flexible packaging Packaging initiative CEFLEX says thousands of organisations in Europe and...

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...

Pilot plant for recycling plastic lab waste is a UK first

A pilot plant on the University of Bath campus is said to be able to recycle up to 60% of plastic lab waste, to...

Oxidation approach to destroying PFAS demonstrated at US facility

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) conducted live demonstrations of its industrial Supercritical Water Oxidation (iSCWO) system for destroying PFAS chemicals before a delegation of...

Comment: New UK tax on plastic packaging seems to be working

Share of UK businesses using recycled plastic in packaging rising from 31% to 44% A new UK tax on plastic packaging already seems to be...

Partnership aims to create circular supply chain for wind turbine rare earth magnets

As the first generation of the UK’s wind turbines come to the end of their serviceable life, a project called “Re-Rewind” aims to help...

£6.6m invested in the UK’s supply of critical materials for magnets

The UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, has announced a £6.6m investment in research projects which aim to help build a stronger supply chain of...

Banking on biomass: UK strategy nods towards a sustainable reboot

  The UK government's Biomass Strategy appeared ready to grapple with some of the complexity of ensuring biomass is only used in genuinely sustainable ways,...

Government support called for as single-use vape disposal quadruples to over 5 million per...

The number of disposable single-use vapes thrown away has soared from 1.3 million to nearly 5 million per week, according to new research from...

“It’s a mess” – businesses warned not to be caught out by latest EPR...

Environmental data specialist Ecoveritas has warned businesses not to be caught off-guard following the Environment Agency's announcement on 5 September that it is delaying...

New technologies for nuclear waste disposal: UK-Japan research collaboration kicks off

A new research collaboration brings together researchers and industrialists from the UK and Japan to explore novel ways to detect and dispose of radioactive...

‘Can’ the negativity, a thought-through DRS could revolutionise recycling, says trade group

According to insight leaked earlier this week, feverish meetings between government and industry bodies have concluded that the already delayed start date for the roll-out...

A “game-changer” for plastic pollution: First draft of Global Reuse Target published

Countries to adopt “reuse targets” if text is adopted Environmental charity City to Sea has today (4 September) welcomed the inclusion of reuse targets1 in...

Sponsored content: “The smallest smart camera in its class”: Device offers user-configurable vision

OMRON, a leader in industrial automation solutions, has launched its new OMRON MicroHAWK F440-F Smart Camera. This highly configurable smart camera with a 35...

“Put yourself at the forefront of the sustainable lighting revolution”: September event

Circular economy and lighting expert Recolight trails a forthcoming event that aims to equip participants with an understanding of new regulations in the sustainability...