New guide aims to help packaging designers boost recyclability
In an initiative to address plastic waste, RECOUP and the British Plastics Federation (BPF) have launched new guidance to help packaging designers create easy-to-recycle...
Surveying the scrap metal landscape
With 2020 now upon us, Andrew Brady, UK CEO of EMR (formerly European Metal Recycling) reflects on what has changed in his sector since the start of the millenium, and offers perspective on its growing importance and the challenges that lie ahead.
Report reveals significance of built environment to Scotland’s circular economy, as new tool is...
Zero Waste Scotland's Site Waste Reduction Protocol is designed by industry specialists
The excel-based calculator tool is specifically designed to tackle material waste...
Partnership to manage waste and recycling associated with plastic pipelines
A new total waste management partnership brings together plastic pipeline solutions manufacturer Radius Systems and waste management expert Axil Integrated Services (Axil).
Radius Systems...
Industry first claimed for food-grade plastics sorting solution
Sorting solutions provider, TOMRA Recycling, has announced the launch of three "revolutionary" applications to separate food-grade from non-food-grade plastics for PET, PP and HDPE....
Minister: Resources & Waste Strategy will “require” food waste collections
Investment Minister Graham Stuart MP has said that the government’s forthcoming Resources & Waste Strategy will “require separate food waste collections” to reduce emissions...
A fat load of good? Sourcing feedstocks for aviation biofuels looks not-so-simple
Are fats and oils the key to the aviation fuels of the future? Envirotec writes
Many are betting on sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) as the...
Prison sentence for illegal waste business owner in Kent
The owner of a skip-hire company in north Kent has received a custodial sentence after the harmful way he handled waste on the banks...
Plasma facility to extract gold from WEEE
In early March a consortium of UK firms launched what seems a potentially ground-breaking project to help unlock the value found in discarded electronic...
A bright idea for recycling rare-earth phosphors from used fluorescent bulbs
Recycling facilities collect glass and mercury from thrown away fluorescent bulbs, but discarded lighting could also supply rare-earth metals for reuse. The 17 metals...
“Biological house” is proving ground for sustainable construction methods
Copenhagen based architecture firm Een til Een has unveiled what it describes as the world’s first "biological house".
The construction is claimed to set a...
Report highlights possible greater role for circular economy in CO2 reduction
A study commissioned by the Netherlands Institute for Sustainable Packaging (KIDV), and conducted by the Dutch research institute CE Delft, appears to reveal the...
Knowledge Transfer Network launches UK Circular Plastics Network (UKCPN)
Supported by UK Research & Innovation (UKRI), the aim of UKCPN is to bring together the diverse users of plastic products and realise the...
Change essential if Scottish DRS is to be a success, says aluminium recycling group
On 16 March, the Cabinet Secretary for the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform laid regulations in the Scottish Parliament that will create the...
Pyrolysis used to demonstrate closed-loop recycling for single-use facemasks
A seemingly innovative circular economy pilot project has aimed to demonstrate the feasibility of closed-loop recycling of single-use facemasks.
The collaboration, combining contributions from Fraunhofer...
Reusable cups scheme arrives in the Highlands
A new reusable cup scheme, Cup Movement® in the Highlands, was launched by environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful, on 20 April.
Says the charity: "Around...
“Recycling turbines is not a ‘major headache’ for the industry, whatever anti-renewables campaigners say”
Dr Charlotte Stamper writes
As the impact of climate change has become more obvious and extreme in recent years, Scotland has emerged as a global...
Generating electricity using low-grade heat recovered from lignin-derived membranes
A new study explores an apparently sustainable method of efficiently converting waste heat into electricity using certain wood products, while minimising costs and environmental...
Partnership aims to install UK-first CCUS pilot plant at EfW facility
Energy-from-Waste (EfW) operator enfinium signed an agreement - on 19 March - with green technology company Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) to install the UK’s...
Review looks at challenges of hazardous waste in the EU
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has released a Review on the EU actions required to address the increasing amount of hazardous waste. The...
