Veolia expands clinical and medical waste management services
Expanded capabilities will improve traditional clinical waste hierarchy positions and can lower the carbon emissions by around 70% compared to existing services
Veolia says...
Firm appointed by EA to research PFAS from landfill
The EA's PFAS Risk Screening Project will undertake assessments which may inform future regulatory measures, and it has appointed professional services firm GHD to...
Brexit-proof your construction business with waste management savings
Waste management firm Reconomy offers some pointers for construction firms looking to make the best of Brexit
As a result of the June 2016 referendum...
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...
Illegal WEEE exports lower than expected, but concerns remain, says study
A comprehensive two year investigation into countering illegal exports of WEEE across Europe has revealed that 10 times more WEEE is mismanaged and discarded...
Greater Manchester calls for a repair revolution
Greater Manchester is marking Repair Week 2024 (11-17 March 2024) with a rallying call for a ‘repair revolution’, as an eye-opening new survey reveals...
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...
A tweak to black plastic makes it recyclable, says packaging specialist working with Viridor
Viridor has teamed up with packaging specialist Nextek to find a way to deal with supermarket food tray waste.
Similar to the issue of coffee...
British Metals Recycling Association expresses disappointment with the Home Office review of the Scrap...
The British Metals Recycling Association says it is extremely disappointed by the Home Office’s announcement that it will simply retain the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013
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...
Conference programme announced for Plastics Recycling Show Europe virtual event
Organisers have confirmed the full conference programme for the Plastics Recycling Show Europe Virtual Event taking place 9-11 December 2020. Participation in all elements...
Roadmap aims to increase aerosol recycling
Aluminium recycling trade group Alupro officially launched its “Roadmap to increasing UK aerosol recycling” at an event in Leeds on 19 April.
The document attempts...
California-based recycler adopts sorting solution for separating polyolefins by polymer type and colour
California-based full-service recycler, processor and manufacturer, Greenpath Enterprises, has partnered with TOMRA Recycling Sorting to install and optimise a plastic flake sorting production line...
Siloxane sentinel
As monitoring firm Safe Training Systems (STS) says, the production of biogas from wastewater AD ticks all the green eco boxes and has few objectors
Digestate processing
In March, a German agricultural firm commissioned one of Weltec Biopower's Kumac digestate processing systems. The equipment separates solid matter from water, providing a...
Negative emissions in North Wales: £200 investment advances CCUS plans in Deeside
Energy-from-waste operator enfinium has announced (on 11 April) it is progressing plans to invest around £200 million in carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology...
FEAD’s conference on PFAS in waste attempts to dispel fear surrounding the topic
The European Waste Management Association - FEAD - hosted a conference on PFAS in the waste sector on 9 November in Rimini, at which...
Curry’s offers refurbished tech
UK technology retailer, Currys, has announced it is trialling sales of refurbished technology on its website.
UK plastics recycling conference highlights the need for action
Over 200 delegates from across the UK and Europe took part in discussion and debate at the Recoup Plastics Recycling Conference on 29 September...
Sorting technologies firm builds its first MRF in Australia
Machinex has supplied its first complete Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in Australia, in collaboration with RTD, its partner in Oceania. The contents of household...
