Gate fees snapshot shows changing market picture
WRAP’s annual Gate Fees Report has found a number of changes since last year. The updated comparison of alternative waste management costs for...
Topics announced for autumn battery recycling event in Lisbon
The congress on battery recycling - ICBR 2017 - will be held from 20-22 September in the Sheraton Lisboa Hotel & Spa in Lisbon,...
9% increase in the carbon footprint of clothing in 2017, despite Millennials’ environmentally-friendly attitude...
The average woman does not use 60% of her wardrobe, and with fashion trends continuously changing, this figure is set to rise, says online...
Trading organic waste in France
French recycling and recovery firm Suez has launched “Organix®”, described as the first digital marketplace for organic waste. The platform aims to connect producers...
Gas engine servicing deal
German waste-to-energy specialist ETW Energietechnik has appointed CooperOstlund as its UK service partner. The agreement will see the latter provide gas engine servicing and...
Things to know about propane enrichment
Greg Brown of Flogas looks at how propane enrichment is used for injecting biogas into the gas grid - and explains why it's an...
Handheld VOCs monitor chosen by Australian environmental agency
Australian environmental consultancy, JBS&G has purchased a Tiger handheld volatile organic compound (VOC) monitor from gas detection specialist Ion Science.
This latest handheld photoionisation detector...
Portable spectrometer for hazard identification
FLIR Systems has announced the Griffin G510 gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GC/MS), its first person-portable chemical identifier.
The FLIR Griffin G510 enables military and civil responders...
Mapping a possible future direction for domestic waste
Nik Spencer, founder of HERU, the firm behind "the world's first energy-from-waste hybrid boiler" shares his vision for the technology
When it comes to waste,...
Scotland investigates deposit return scheme options
On 30 June the Scottish Government announced it has commissioned detailed work on how a potential ‘deposit return scheme’ (DRS) for used drinks containers...
Funding to jump-start US nuclear waste storage
Reforms to US nuclear waste management policy appeared to gather pace on 28 June, with the passing of legislation that renews efforts to locate...
An environmental technology showcase
The environmental technology and services industry brings together decision makers from a range of interconnected sectors, and RWM 2017 - the UK's premier event...
Recycling plant refurb showcase
Energy efficient, long service waste balers have never been more important to the recycling industry, says Middleton Engineering which will be highlighting a wide...
How we achieved zero waste to landfill
RPC Bpi Recycled Products is the UK's largest producer of refuse sacks, and the largest polythene recycler in Europe. Recently the firm achieved an...
China never to return to e-scrap import levels of the past, says trade association
As a result of China’s National Sword initiative, the country’s importation of e-scrap will never return to how it was in the past, according...
E-waste pollutes plastics in popular toy
A recent global survey has found that recycling plastics containing toxic flame retardant chemicals found in electronic waste results in contamination of a (still,...
Railway station coffee recycling scheme picks up sustainability awards
A coffee recycling partnership between Network Rail and bio-fuels start-up Bio-bean has received national recognition at some of the UK’s green business awards.
In late...
Report supports case for biogas as an HGV fuel
Study for British bioenergy company shows that biogas generated from food & beverage process residues offers a low-carbon commercial transport fuel for the future
New...
Asphalt lining of landfill cell at Westmill
Hydraulic engineering specialist WALO UK has been back on site at Westmill, lining the site’s final landfill cell with Dense Asphaltic Concrete (DAC). This...
Mattress “mountains” outcry: Different angles on the problem
The spectre of “mattress mountains” was invoked by Nick Oettinger of the The Furniture Recycling Group, in comments made to The Times and many...
