Centrifuge improves sludgy waste handling in Manchester

Environmental services provider Adler & Allan says it is now offering cost-effective and sustainable removal of sludgy wastes, following the introduction of a Euroby...

Plans announced for UK’s first commercial‐scale hydrothermal carbonisation facility

CPL Industries, a manufacturer of smokeless fuels and other carbon‐based products, has recently announced plans to install a commercial‐scale Hydothermal Carbonisation (HTC) facility at...

Electric actuators in biomass power plants

Gerda Nölp of AUMA looks at the potential of electric actuators to make a difference in the performance of biomass-fired power plants, and the...

Ground-breaking project aims to provide better WEEE forecasting

Project to investigate alternative methods for Defra’s WEEE collection target setting REPIC, the UK’s largest Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) compliance scheme, has launched...

The heat is on for AD plants

A few thoughts on the benefits and practicalities of using heat exchangers in wastewater AD, from Matt Hale of thermal technology expert HRS Heat...

Firm targets food and drink manufacturers with next generation organic waste digester

Organic waste treatment specialist Advetec says it can reduce food processors costs with its new XO product, an evolution of its pre-existing Bio-Thermic Digester...

Recycling Association warns that Chinese increase to 0.5% out-throw will be extremely tough to...

With the Chinese Government notifying the World Trade Organisation that it will introduce a 0.5% out-throw limit, The Recycling Association has said that this...

UK and Irish regulators say they’re united on tackling resource efficiency and waste management

The UK and Ireland’s environmental regulators say they have strengthened their collaboration on driving resource efficiency and tackling criminality within the waste industry, following...

PVC takeback scheme for medical devices wins CIWM recycling award

The British Plastics Federation (BPF) & Axion’s RecoMed scheme have won the Chartered Institute of Waste Management’s (CIWM) Sustainability and Resource Award for Best...

Models of extreme collaboration

NASA has been at it for years. It's the imperative behind the phenomenal success of eBay. And it seems to be rising up the...

Approaching the tipping point

It's the bête noire of circular economy advocates: Plastic. Very little of it gets recycled or recovered, a problem variously attributed to consumer laziness,...

Cloud-based diagnostics improves baler performance, says supplier

Lyndex Recycling Systems, a supplier of high-end balers and waste recycling machinery, has launched a cloud-based data logging and diagnostic solution. It provides customers...

Engineering contract starts on first plant to produce biofuels from MSW in the US

Infrastructure, energy and waste firm Abengoa has received Notice to Proceed on what will be the first plant that will produce biofuels from Municipal...

New recycling systems for Suez in Aberdeen

SUEZ’s Recycling & Recovery UK Division has started-up two new recycling systems located at the Altens East Industrial Estate south of Aberdeen. The turnkey...

Brief bewilderment: Gove admits to no knowledge of China recycling ban

Environment Secretary Michael Gove has admitted to the Environmental Audit Committee that he has no knowledge of the effects that the China situation will...

Innovative chemistry picks up UK Best Recycled Plastic Product Award 2017

TV presenter Nick Knowles handed over the UK Best Recycled Plastic Product Award 2017 in front of an audience of industry professionals at the...

GMB London calls on councils to be more active against fly tipping

All councils must be more active to investigate and punish the anti-social behaviour of fly-tippers as nothing less than a policy of zero tolerance...

Pumpkin waste the biggest scare this Halloween, says ReFood UK

Comment from Philip Simpson, commercial director at ReFood UK Halloween is now officially the third biggest holiday celebrated in the UK, preceded only by Christmas...

Program announced for electronics recycling event in Salzburg

A program has been announced for the 17th International Electronics Recycling Congress IERC 2018, taking place 17-19 January 2018 in Salzburg, Austria.

Circular economy firm marks its 15th anniversary

Circular economy specialist Axion marked its 15th anniversary during October 2017 with a series of celebratory events for its 92-strong workforce across its three...