WRAP’s circular economy competition awards grants in different regions of the world
WRAP’s first International Grants competition, The International Circular Plastics Flagship Competition - developed and delivered in partnership with UKRI - has awarded funding of...
Consortium project will capture and recycle more plastic packaging
A three-year £10 million large-scale demonstrator project focused on the capture, recovery and recycling of plastic packaging currently lost to landfill and incineration is...
Project recycles CDs into flexible biosensors
A recent research project carried out at Binghamton University, State University of New York seems to show how CDs can be turned into flexible...
Plastic recycling does work says recycling industry group
The Recycling Association's chief executive Simon Ellin has warned that the people behind the Big Plastic Count (an event co-organised by Greenpeace) were "irresponsible"...
Industry group produces circularity criteria for EPR schemes in flexible packaging
Extended User Responsibility (EPR) schemes play a substantial role in the collection, sorting and recycling of post-consumer products. The Circular Economy for Flexible Packaging...
Report unpacks challenges and opportunities for reusable food and drink packaging systems
Environmental charity Hubbub is today (Tuesday 28 June) launching ‘Reuse Systems Unpacked’, a report uncovering the challenges and opportunities for reusable food and drink...
£2m sustainable textiles fund launched in Scotland
Zero Waste Scotland and the Scottish Government have launched a new £2m fund to help reduce the environmental burden of textiles.
Announced on 24 June,...
Winners of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2022 announced
Winners of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2022 were announced on 23 June at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe in Amsterdam. Launched in 2017,...
Waste and recycling: taking a proactive approach to fire safety
As we enter the warmer months, waste and recycling sites are increasingly vulnerable to fire. Such risks are amplified by the presence of batteries...
Construction contractor goes circular with temporary structures and roads
The race is clearly on for net zero, although different timelines are in operation across different parts of the built environment. Water utilities are...
Low-carbon cement made from mining sidestream
Materials technology firm Betolar has been granted a patent for a method for converting mining waste material into a reinforcing binder. In the future,...
Sanitisation chamber to support clothing and PPE reuse
A technology to sanitise clothing without the water-intensive drawbacks of traditional methods is being publicised as a useful way to advance the reuse of...
Turning banners into bags
Collaboration closes the loop on difficult to recycle printed waste
Circular economy expert Reconomy has partnered with outdoor signage, advertising and promotional materials experts Out...
Start-up provides digital platform for plastic recyclate trading
Hamburg-based start-up cirplus has entered into the UK market in a bid to digitalise the plastic and recycling industry.
The firm offers "a global end-to-end...
Food packaging will still be landfilled or incinerated without accelerated innovation
While recycling, reuse and composting of packaging continues to increase significantly, a fifth of all food packaging could still find its way to landfill...
New machine claimed to offer advances in sensor-based aluminium sorting
TOMRA's x-ray transmission (XRT) technology "combines innovative synergies in metal and diamond recovery, once again setting new standards in sensor-based aluminium sorting", says the...
PRN proposals: A welcome raising of standards (comment)
Joseph Doherty of Re-Gen Waste welcomes the consultation on the Packaging Recovery Note (PRN).
All English exporters will have to register and get an environmental...
£4m investment in new Central Scotland recycling facility
Recycling and waste management business Levenseat has announced plans to invest £4m upgrading a new Materials Recycling Facility (MRF), which it purchased for an...
Sponsored Content: Firms partner to tackle trommel fines
Waste management firm Ace Liftaway has announced plans to introduce a new 90tph trommel fines recycling plant to its waste recycling and processing facility in Hampshire.
Never-ending story: Glass recycling and its unappreciated subtleties
Glass is often presented as the perfect circular economy material, possessing the qualities of being entirely and endlessly recyclable. Unfortunately, like so many things in life, the truth is a little more complex on close inspection. Envirotec spoke to Steve Whettingsteel, founder and CEO of glass recycling technology firm Krysteline, in search of a clearer understanding.
