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...
Re-imagining plastics for the circular economy: Design students respond to a challenging brief
London-based innovation agency Studio INTO has brought together the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and students of Central Saint Martins (CSM) in "a landmark design project...
Feedstock specialist claims first with productivity-optimised blend
Amur is addressing the anaerobic digestion market with the launch of a feedstock blended to a specification designed expressly to optimise productivity - a...
First private sector businesses certified with reuse quality standard
The addition of two for-profit re-use companies to its list of certified organisations is said to be boosting Zero Waste Scotland’s Revolve brand.
Revolve, ...
Trials indicate new routes for post-consumer recycled polystyrene in the circular economy
Belgian oil, gas and solar energy firm Total has just completed an industrial scale test run, following a series of pilot plant trials, demonstrating...
Cars and WEEE recycling event scheduled for November in Macau
The Electronics and Cars Recycling conference, said to be Asia’s premier event covering this topic, will take place on 14-17 November in Macau.
This...
Waste systems and recycling plant specialist to hold recycling open days in Solihull in...
Blue Group is to hold waste recycling open days at Armac Demolition in Solihull on 12 and 13 July.
The two day programme is broken...
EfW trade groups offer reaction to first draft waste incineration BREFs
A joint press release from three important trade organisations in the energy-from-waste sector offers a reaction to the first draft (D1) of the reference...
Zero Waste Scotland appoints industry expert to lead £18m circular economy fund
The Scottish Government-funded circular economy expert Zero Waste Scotland has appointed Simon Weston, Director for Raw Materials at the Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI),...
Suez wins large waste contracts in Australia
Recycling and recovery firm Suez has been awarded a couple of large waste contracts in Austrialia - both the waste collection contract for Brisbane...
Recycling firm starts new phase of CRM recovery project
Axion Consulting is embarking on the next phase of a major European research project into the recovery of Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) from Waste...
Consultancy to contribute to design of Swedish nuclear waste storage facility
Engineering and architecture consultancy Sweco has been commissioned by the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company SKB to help plan and design a...
