Low-carbon aluminium initiative gets £3.4 million from UK government
Plans to revolutionise the aluminium supply chain in the UK have been supported by a £3.4 million grant from the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC).
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Partnership supports a complete solution for Zorba sorting
Two leading sorting solutions providers, REDWAVE and TOMRA, have announced a strategic agreement aimed at providing customers with a seamless supply of sorting systems...
Household waste in Scotland hits lowest ever level as recycling rates continue climb
The total amount of household waste generated in Scotland in 2023 was 2.3 million tonnes, a drop of 1.1% from 2022, according to Scottish...
Major change to what residents can recycle in Greater Manchester
Residents in Bury, Bolton, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside and Trafford will now be able to recycle a wider range of plastic items...
Shredding is unappreciated microplastics source
Australian researchers have identified a new, or previously overlooked, culprit in the release of microplastics into the environment: The shredding process used to recycle...
Digital identification system for windows hits the market
Polymer window manufacturer REHAU says it has successfully integrated its Window.ID service package with a number of its leading partners, in an effort to...
Households waste over one billion items every year that could be recycled
The UK’s annual Recycle Week launches today (15 October) with a warning that households are wasting over one billion items every year that could...
Norwegian study investigates why we burn more and recycle less than we think
Amidst the morass of environmental problems over which we seem to have little control, recycling stands out as a simple thing anyone can do...
Toyota report grapples with energy storage challenge in logistics
A report from logistics specialist Toyota Material Handling (UK) indicates priorities and directions for the logistics industry, given the required trajectory of emissions reduction....
Plastic packaging innovators spotlighted at the 2024 RECOUP Awards
Plastic recycling charity RECOUP received a record number of entries for its annual awards, which showcase the work being done throughout the plastics value...
Carpet waste database connects consumers with disposal options
A new online resource aims to facilitate the safe disposal of carpets and other textile flooring waste.
Carpet Recycling UK's new database - said to...
Dissolving the plastic waste problem: Can new technology meet the challenge?
By James Kennedy, a technology analyst at market intelligence firm IDTechEx.
The advanced recycling market for plastics predominantly focuses on technologies like pyrolysis and depolymerization...
€20 million project targets fibre-based sustainable packaging
Developing new kinds of recyclable fibre-based products is the aim of an initiative in Scandinavia, which aims to reduce energy and resource consumption in...
The US Plastics Pact releases design-for-circularity playbooks
The US Plastics Pact has released its Design for Circularity Playbooks, described as essential reports designed to guide the lifecycle of plastics in the...
Giant pink cat at Waterloo Station spotlights The Great Cable Challenge
A giant pink cat hologram will be surprising commuters at London Waterloo from Tuesday 20th August. The hologram is seemingly an effigy of HypnoCat,...
Index aims to quantify circularity in the bioeconomy
Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a Circularity Index that they say provides a comprehensive method to quantify circularity in bioeconomic...
Comment: How digital technologies can contribute to a circular economy
Chris Williams of software firm ISB Global makes the case for digitalisation as the means for a less wasteful, more resource-efficient global economic model....
Beer importation company pays over £400,000 for failing to register with a recycling scheme
Bristol-based beer importer Budweiser Budvar UK has contributed more than £400,000 to a national environmental charity after failing to register as a producer of...
Packaging materials usage snapshot profiles mixed progress
Product manufacturers' use of packaging materials has decreased since 2019, says a new report from environmental compliance scheme Valpak. And in 2021, more plastic...
Aberdeen start-up boosts value of whisky co-products
A new method to extract valuable bio-based chemicals from whisky distillery waste streams could transform manufacturing and be worth up to £90 million in...
