Disposal firm announces “state-of-the-art” animal by-product processing facility
Plans for a Category 1 animal by-product processing facility at the renewable energy and recycling site of SecAnim in Widnes, Cheshire were announced in...
Addressing the challenges of aluminium recycling
Sorting technologies manufacturer TOMRA Recycling considers the limitations of existing sorting methods and explores the issues facing European scrap metal processors and aluminium producers...
Aluminium packaging recycling rates reach record levels, shows Q2 PRN data
According to data released by the Environment Agency on 22 July, a record 40,653 tonnes of aluminium packaging were collected for recycling in Q2...
Time to ensure sustainable waste shipments in Europe, says trade group
In recent decades, exports of waste to non-European countries have risen steadily, pushing the waste issue far away but failing to properly address it....
How incinerator bottom ash contributes to a circular economy
Rick Hindley, executive director at Alupro, explains the benefits of recovering aluminium packaging from incinerator bottom ash (IBA) and how returning it to the...
Guide outlines ecodesign principles for the UK bed sector
The National Bed Federation (NBF) has published a guide to ecodesign principles, specifically for the UK bed sector.
With many British bed companies already taking...
Facility in Newry showcases co-mingling recycling model
Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots recently visited Re-Gen's waste recycling facility in Newry, during which the firm suggested that adopting its...
Remanufacturing robots involves original design work
A remanufacturing initiative at ABB is allowing existing robot users to sell inactive or legacy robots to the firm with "an attractive buy back...
Making stronger concrete with ‘sewage-enhanced’ steel slag
A group of researchers say they have shown how a by-product of steelmaking can be used to both treat wastewater and make stronger concrete,...
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...
Coronavirus causing huge difficulty for the recovered paper sector, says Recycling Association
The coronavirus outbreak is hitting the vulnerable recovered paper sector hard according to The Recycling Association.
Over the past few years, the international market for...
Project secures EU funding to create sugars, chemicals and plastics from household waste
An 11-strong European consortium has secured funding for a project to demonstrate the commercial feasibility of generating waste sugars derived from household waste and...
How infrared tech can tackle alarming rates of ‘rogue’ plastic in recycling
New figures from packaging company DS Smith appear to reveal the alarming amount of plastic waste that ends up in UK paper and cardboard...
Recovery of ultra-fine metal particles from household and industrial waste: Firm opens largest facility...
Suez has opened what it says is the largest facility in the EU for the extraction and recovery of ultra-fine non-ferrous metal particles from...
Manchester hotel joins soap and toiletry bottles recycling scheme
The Lowry Hotel in Manchester is among the first in the UK to sign up to a new toiletries recycling scheme.
Clean the World, a...
European plastics recycling trade show announces March conference programme
The forthcoming Plastics Recycling Show Europe includes a free-to-attend conference taking place at the RAI Amsterdam on 25 and 26 March 2020.
The organisers...
First “Low Plastic Zone” launches in London: Initiative aims to encourage businesses to cut...
A new initiative from North London Waste Authority (NLWA) - working in partnership with the seven north London boroughs - aims to reduce the...
We need to go “beyond net-zero”, says circularity group
We need to go “beyond net-zero” to combat the climate crisis by tackling our huge consumption habit, said Zero Waste Scotland's chief executive Iain...
Easier to understand recycling labelling welcomed by The Recycling Association
Easier to understand recycling labelling has been welcomed by The Recycling Association.
Under new rules developed by OPRL, packaging labels will state ‘Recycle' or ‘Don't...
Circularity analysis details alarming trend as global resource consumption passes 100 billion tonnes a...
Circular economy strategies essential as reuse of resources falls to 8.6%
The global economy is consuming 100 billion tonnes of materials a year for the...
