‘Support your local scrap yard, support your local community’, says BMRA
The British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA), the trade association representing metals recycling and scrap yards, has launched a new campaign to encourage members of...
Sorted for NZ’s first PET recycling plant
Materials sorting expert Sesotec provides details of equipment specified for a new recycling facility .
Getting down to brass (or plastic) tacks
Mid-February saw the launch of a 12-week consultation on the Government's Resource & Waste strategy for England, viewed by some as an opportuity for the UK to take a leadership role in the recycling and sustainability of packaging. Envirotec rounds up some industry comment .
Government funding for project to supply Africa with electricity from waste
An Earth Observation Innovation team from the University of Leicester is collaborating with UK energy-from-waste-biomass firm PyroGenesys and a number of UK and international...
Thermal ammonia removal facility treats leachate from largest landfill in Hong Kong
The Organics Group, a UK and Thailand based wastewater treatment specialist, has recently completed the turnkey design, manufacture and installation of its latest HK$...
IT firm to provide software solutions to help deliver waste services in Cambridgeshire
Technology company Yotta has won a major contract with 3C ICT, a shared IT service between Cambridge City Council, Huntingdonshire District Council and South...
England-only environmental watchdog post Brexit deeply flawed, planners warn
Proposals for a post-Brexit environmental watchdog that only has jurisdiction for England are deeply flawed and will not provide enough independent scrutiny of the...
Chiltern Railways introduces fast-track coffee cup recycling at stations
Chiltern Railways has become the UK’s first train operator to implement coffee cup recycling at its stations. With the official launch at Marylebone station,...
Scottish tech firm lands contract to track UK waste
Award-winning data analytics business Topolytics is working with the Ordnance Survey to create a system to monitor and track all of the UK's waste....
First-of-a-kind biorefinery for dairy waste reaches pilot plant stage
In a bid to enhance the value of waste in the dairy processing industry, the EU-funded AgriChemWhey project is testing and proving the techno-economic...
Industry group and Zero Waste Scotland partnership aims to reduce construction waste
Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) and Zero Waste Scotland are joining forces to encourage the construction industry to find innovative ways to reduce construction...
Scottish Government’s Mike Berry on AD’s role in Scotland’s circular economy
Ahead of chairing a session at the ADBA Scottish National Conference 2019, Mike Berry, Senior Policy Adviser for the Scottish Government, sets out the...
The Recycling Association concerned over MPs calling for ban on plastics exports
A call for a ban on exports of plastic packaging for recycling has caused concern for The Recycling Association.
The report, from Policy Connect, called...
NHS Scotland awards 10-year waste contract
Following a furore over clinical waste storage in late 2018, which led to an EA investigation and the closure of NHS-appointed waste operator HES,...
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...
Firm claims breakthrough in sustainable diesel production
New technology could displace billions of litres of fossil fuel annually
A new technology that converts biogas into a high-grade liquid fuel that can be...
European Commission’s Kęstutis Sadauskas to open Plastics Recycling Show Europe Conference
Newly announced speakers from IKEA, HP and Philips
Kęstutis Sadauskas, Director Circular Economy and Green Growth DG Environment at the European Commission will formally open...
Commercial cleaning trade show to highlight sustainability issues
As the commercial cleaning sector seemingly advances in its use of green equipment, The Cleaning Show (Excel, London 19-21 March 2019), one of Europe’s...
New asbestos awareness course for waste management workers
With asbestos-related deaths on the rise, a new course will specifically address people who work in waste management or on civic amenity sites, titled...
Firm calls for better incentives for on-site renewable energy for food and drink manufacturers
Anaerobic digestion in the food and drink industry is growing eight times slower than in the agriculture sector; millions of tonnes of waste is...
