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...
Textile recycler’s business model highlighted in best practice publication
Textile recycling company BIU Group has had its business model included in a 2017 edition of The Parliamentary Review, a publication that aims to...
Viridor says UK needs serious debate on vital infrastructure
Viridor says the UK needs to move beyond the debate about the scale of the UK’s residual waste treatment capacity gap and start a...
Report highlights scale of opportunity in Scottish bioeconomy sector
New report highlights 27million tonnes of ‘bio’ material that could add value to Scotland’s economy
A new report from Zero Waste Scotland, Biorefining Potential for...
Case studies offer snapshot of what could be achieved with resource-efficient business models
The potential benefits of adopting innovative business models on a large scale have been highlighted by the latest series of case studies from REBus
Plastics recycling goes off planet
Commercial plastic recycling technology will soon be making a contribution to missions on board the International Space Station (ISS)
#SewSpooky campaign aims to reduce cost and waste from Halloween costumes
£510 million a year spent on Halloween costumes, but 4 in 10 are only worn once and 7 million outfits ended up in the...
Making the best use of road and gully waste
Darren Eastwood from waste management specialist CDEnviro explains how new developments are making the recovery of road and gully waste more feasible
The miscellany...
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...
