Entrepreneurial partnership launched to tackle Scotland’s waste tyres
A major new strategic partnership was announced on 2 August by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) and Entrepreneurial Scotland, aimed at eliminating the...
More work needed to reduce contamination in the recycling stream, shows SEPA data
Contamination of waste being sent to Scotland’s material recovery facilities (MRFs) is hindering Scotland’s ability to maximise the quantity and quality of material available...
Sorting technologies firm builds its first MRF in Australia
Machinex has supplied its first complete Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in Australia, in collaboration with RTD, its partner in Oceania. The contents of household...
Leaked emails prove Veolia diverting recycling waste to incineration in Sheffield
People in Sheffield are being misled as to where their recycling is going, says GMB, which says it has been shown an email revealing...
Cool plan to tackle food waste: Community fridge network launched by charity with help...
On 20 July sustainability charity Hubbub announced it was partnering with Sainsbury’s and Bosch to launch a seemingly ground-breaking initiative to combat food waste...
Circular economy summit prepares to convene in Edinburgh
More than 400 delegates intent on shaping a more prosperous, sustainable future will be meeting in Scotland this September for the country’s premier circular...
Topics announced for autumn battery recycling event in Lisbon
The congress on battery recycling - ICBR 2017 - will be held from 20-22 September in the Sheraton Lisboa Hotel & Spa in Lisbon,...
9% increase in the carbon footprint of clothing in 2017, despite Millennials’ environmentally-friendly attitude...
The average woman does not use 60% of her wardrobe, and with fashion trends continuously changing, this figure is set to rise, says online...
Scotland investigates deposit return scheme options
On 30 June the Scottish Government announced it has commissioned detailed work on how a potential ‘deposit return scheme’ (DRS) for used drinks containers...
Recycling plant refurb showcase
Energy efficient, long service waste balers have never been more important to the recycling industry, says Middleton Engineering which will be highlighting a wide...
How we achieved zero waste to landfill
RPC Bpi Recycled Products is the UK's largest producer of refuse sacks, and the largest polythene recycler in Europe. Recently the firm achieved an...
Railway station coffee recycling scheme picks up sustainability awards
A coffee recycling partnership between Network Rail and bio-fuels start-up Bio-bean has received national recognition at some of the UK’s green business awards.
In late...
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...
Re-imagining plastics for the circular economy: Design students respond to a challenging brief
London-based innovation agency Studio INTO has brought together the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and students of Central Saint Martins (CSM) in "a landmark design project...
First private sector businesses certified with reuse quality standard
The addition of two for-profit re-use companies to its list of certified organisations is said to be boosting Zero Waste Scotland’s Revolve brand.
Revolve, ...
Trials indicate new routes for post-consumer recycled polystyrene in the circular economy
Belgian oil, gas and solar energy firm Total has just completed an industrial scale test run, following a series of pilot plant trials, demonstrating...
Cars and WEEE recycling event scheduled for November in Macau
The Electronics and Cars Recycling conference, said to be Asia’s premier event covering this topic, will take place on 14-17 November in Macau.
This...
Waste systems and recycling plant specialist to hold recycling open days in Solihull in...
Blue Group is to hold waste recycling open days at Armac Demolition in Solihull on 12 and 13 July.
The two day programme is broken...
Zero Waste Scotland appoints industry expert to lead £18m circular economy fund
The Scottish Government-funded circular economy expert Zero Waste Scotland has appointed Simon Weston, Director for Raw Materials at the Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI),...
Recycling firm starts new phase of CRM recovery project
Axion Consulting is embarking on the next phase of a major European research project into the recovery of Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) from Waste...
