Can You Fix It? Zero Waste Scotland Launches New Training Fund for Re-Use Groups
Cash to train staff in key repair skills is on offer from Scotland’s resource efficiency body Zero Waste Scotland, which on 6 March launched...
Investigating pyrolysis for reclaiming carbon fibres from composite waste
Recent research at Dooshisha University in Japan highlights the potential use of pyrolysis to recover carbon fibres from composites
Minimizing energy consumption is a fundamental...
Coronavirus causing huge difficulty for the recovered paper sector, says Recycling Association
The coronavirus outbreak is hitting the vulnerable recovered paper sector hard according to The Recycling Association.
Over the past few years, the international market for...
Call for circular economy start-ups to enter award in Berlin
A European start-up award for circular economy projects, run by Berlin Investment GmbH, the Green Alley Award is calling upon young entrepreneurs to submit...
How to achieve the three R’s with bearings
Alan Stewart of bearings distributor Rubix writes
Used in every conceivable manufacturing application, bearings keep production rolling by transferring motion and transmitting forces. Individual bearings...
Paper cup recycling efforts shouldn’t impact quality, says trade association
The Recycling Association has said that attempts to improve the recycling of coffee cups must not jeopardise efforts to improve the quality of paper...
Recovering solvents
Envirotec reviews aspects of solvent recovery, and recycling chemical waste streams
SOLVENTS are used in a wide variety of industrial processes, including areas like printing,...
Data security fears prevent household electrical items being recycled
7 in 10 people in the UK are concerned about personal security data breaches from recycling old and unused electrical products
Personal data security fears...
Sponsored Content: High flow pump simplifies asbestos and air sampling
Asbestos-related diseases take the lives of more than 39,000 Americans every year. Despite the material’s known health impacts, it can be found in older homes and industrial properties and continues to be used in products such as gaskets, friction products, roofing materials and fireproofing materials, posing a threat to workers in construction and general industry.
Stylish alternative to plastic packaging receives European circular economy award
Sulapac is the winner of the 2017 Green Alley Award, Europe’s first founder’s prize for start-ups in the circular economy
£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...
Cool collaboration? Firms showcase SIM card made from recycled refrigerators
Electrical systems developer Thales and resource recovery firm Veolia have joined forces to create what is seemingly the first eco-designed SIM card made from...
Same-day waste audits available with new app
Bywaters, said to be London’s largest undercover waste management company, has recently invested in a new mobile app that allows property and facilities managers...
First polystyrene recycling plants in Europe will use depolymerisation
A significant milestone has been reached with plans to build commercial polystyrene (PS) recycling plants in Europe, according to the firms behind it: INEOS...
New life for steel structural components from old buildings
The joint European project PROGRESS, which is being led by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, is developing new utilization models based on the...
Ground-breaking textile recycling technology ready to leave the lab, says firm
An East London-based start-up firm, Worn Again Technologies, has announced that it has hit a £5 million investment target to support the commercialisation of a new polymer recycling technology .
Site sniffer will warn of odours
AN ‘electronic nose’ could give advance warning to landfill operators of unacceptable odours becoming a problem.
Now available in the UK, the technology can...
Urgent action needed to improve recyclate quality
A new report calls for urgent industry action to define the appropriate quality specifications for mechanical recyclates. There is an urgent need to increase...
Comment: No time to waste in the fight against landfilling food waste
The government’s Resources and Waste Strategy could soon go past its sell-by date, unless firm action is taken, according to Philip Simpson, commercial director...
Enterprises’ role in tackling the rising tide of e-waste
Alan Bentley, from data erasure and circular economy specialist Blancco, writes
More than 53 million metric tonnes of e-waste was produced in 2019. This...
