German circular economy accelerator programme welcomes first 15 start-ups
The first group of 15 start-ups has been welcomed to a new accelerator programme located in the Rhine Ruhr area of Germany, a region being positioned as an emerging "circular valley", a hotspot for innovation in technologies that facilitate recycling and reuse.
Major milestone reached for international grass-roots waste management platform
A major milestone was seemingly reached in late July with the registration of the 100th waste management project to the Circular Action Hub (CAH),...
Reusing 10% will stop almost half of plastic waste From entering the ocean, says...
It is possible to prevent almost half of annual plastic ocean waste by reusing just 10% of plastics products. This is apparently one of...
Rubber modified asphalt is a proven circular solution, says report
A new report claims to find that rubber modified asphalt (RMA) is a resilient pavement solution to rebuild roadways, as well as offering a...
Decontamination system claimed to support reuse of healthcare PPE
Described as a range of state of the art UV-C disinfection chambers for the healthcare industry, the Mackwell Health Whitebox is seemingly equipped to...
Study demonstrates CO2 savings of “holistic resource systems”
A new study appears to demonstrate the potential of an optimized waste management system to make significant strides in the reduction of CO2 emissions....
Plastic waste has some economic benefit for developing countries
For decades, wealthy nations have transported plastic trash, and the environmental problems that go with it, to poorer countries, but researchers say they have...
Start-up spotlight: Recycling waste plastic into bricks
A Dorset start-up says it is turning plastic waste into building materials, and looking to empower communities in developing countries to do the same.
Greenbrick...
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...
Anaesthetic gas recycling business completes £2.9m funding round
Anaesthetic gas recycling technology firm SageTech Medical Equipment (SageTech) has completed a £2.9m pre-series A investment, including a £1.6m investment from specialist venture capitalist...
Decommissioning in Shetland “moves to the next level” following the explosive collapse of the...
The Dales Voe decommissioning facility in Shetland, operated by Veolia and Peterson, is said to be one step closer to becoming a centre of...
Government proposals for business collections will wipe out recycling companies, says the Recycling Association
The proposals in the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) consultation on business waste are anti-competitive and will force successful recycling businesses into administration, The Recycling...
Compliance scheme’s EPR report shows the scale of change for packaging waste producers
With only a week left for industry to respond to the consultation on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for Packaging Waste, the UK’s largest compliance...
Recycling equipment manufacturer explores the future of the global aluminium industry in latest webinar
On 20 May 2021, metal sorting technology expert TOMRA Recycling held its first metals sorting webinar, which was entitled ‘Aluminium sorting industry outlook –...
FMCG and retail firms join forces in a bid to stabilise the value of...
Mars UK, Mondelēz International, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever announce plans to finance and launch £1m Flexible Plastic Fund
Manufacturers, retailers and recyclers...
Sponsored content: Sustainable heat exchanger recycling
Alfa Laval – an expert in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling - in partnership with Stena Recycling, is to launch a ground-breaking business model for sustainable and environmentally efficient recycling of heat exchangers, enabling up to 100 percent metal regeneration.
Retask the mask
A scheme to recycle single-use facemasks into waste collection equipment has been launched in the UK. Meanwhile, elsewhere in the country, a local authority...
Report by African Circular Economy Alliance shines light on ‘Five Big Bets’ for circular...
The African Circular Economy Alliance (ACEA) has launched a report identifying five sectors that it says have the greatest potential to drive the circular...
Feasibility study will examine plastics circularity in Nigeria
A new study will examine the feasibility of advancing fully circular value chains in Nigeria, to help close the loop on plastics waste. The...
First polystyrene recycling plants in Europe will use depolymerisation
A significant milestone has been reached with plans to build commercial polystyrene (PS) recycling plants in Europe, according to the firms behind it: INEOS...
