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...
Plastic not-so-fantastic
Recent months have seen a perfect storm for those responsible for dealing with waste plastic, in the combination of China's refusal to accept waste...
Initiative turns marine plastic pollution into reusable PPE
A seemingly world-first collaboration is bringing recycled and reusable PPE visors to UK health workers and NGOs in the Dominican Republic.
The initiative brings...
Launch-capable rocket engine tested with plastic from recycling
A UK company based in Bletchley has developed and tested a high-power chemical rocket engine partly fuelled by plastic waste.
Developed by Pulsar Fusion, the...
Metal recycling group unveils new hybrid material handler at Liverpool Alexandra Docks
Giant material handler will help site meet 2040 net-zero sustainability target
EMR (formerly European Metals Recycling) has introduced its first electrically-enabled material handler in the...
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...
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...
Cost-of-living crisis driving Scots to embrace share and repair projects
A new study commissioned by Scotland’s Share & Repair Network, a project of Circular Communities Scotland, seems to show that the cost-of-living crisis is...
Continuous flow chemistry process picks up French award
A French-government award that recognises sustainable chemistry initiatives has been picked up by Minakem, a CDMO for active ingredients in the pharmaceutical industry....
UK tungsten mine waste to be used as secondary construction aggregate
Construction materials supplier GRS has secured an exclusive deal to bring to market millions of tonnes of granite arising from British tungsten mining for...
Passion and good ideas come together at the first Plastics Recycling Awards Europe
The winners of the first Plastics Recycling Awards Europe were announced on 25 April at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe, held at the RAI...
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...
CRM for the waste and recycling sector
Business management software specialist Prodware is offering a CRM solution for firms in the waste and recycling industry.
Building on "extensive experience in waste...
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),...
‘Eco-undies’ aim to turn the tide against fast-fashion culture
Finnish firm The Other Danish Guy has unveiled a new range boxers and trunks made from fabric fashioned from salvaged flotsam and jetsam, including...
Bio-based products group calls for changes to the EU’s Circular Economy Package
The Bio-Based and Biodegradable Industries Association (BBIA) has written to the Council of the European Union recommending changes to the Circular Economy Package (CEP)...
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,...
First National Recycling Guidelines published by WRAP, promising an end to householder confusion
A definitive list of what can and cannot be accepted for recycling at the roadside was published by WRAP on 12 October.
The Recycling...
The Recycling Association calls on Chinese Government to raise proposed 0.3% contamination level
A proposal to drop the allowed contamination levels for imports of bales into China has been criticised by The Recycling Association for being "unrealistic".
In...
Plastic pollution is growing relentlessly as waste management and recycling fall short, says OECD
The world is producing twice as much plastic waste as two decades ago, with the bulk of it ending up in landfill, incinerated or...
