Scots’ views sought on mandatory digital waste tracking
A consultation setting out plans for a mandatory digital waste tracking service in the UK was launched on 21 January 2022.
The Scottish Environment Protection...
Report idenfities waste capacity shortfall
RECYCLING and waste management company SITA UK published a report on 26 February entitled "Mind the Gap", which presents an assessment of UK residual...
SEPA tackling emerging threat of abandoned waste trailers
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency is warning of a new trend in waste crime after two abandoned trailers full of waste appeared in the...
Augean recruit
Edward Pigg has joined Augean PLC as a director to lead the development of its Waste Network division.
He moves from Biffa Waste Services where...
What is litter?
Your eyebrows might raise involuntarily at the seeming banality of the question, yet most people can offer only a vague definition. In a bid...
No butts: Time to eradicate litter item as research clarifies toxic cargo
Cigarette filters are the world’s most common form of litter. New research appears to show that the filters leak thousands of toxins and plastic...
Vehicle safety systems with HD recording to be on show at RWM
An increasing number of companies in the recycling and waste management sector are investing in mobile safety systems to protect the public and their...
A practical guide for the zero waste movement
“IT was a giddy moment for all of us,” recounts Paul Connett of the meeting in October 2011 at which he first had the...
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....
Waste transfer site gets 1000th user
SIX weeks after the launch of edoc – a new online system for recording waste transfers - over 1000 businesses across the UK have...
Litter clearance tools firm wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade
The Helping Hand Company's declared mission to rid the world of litter has been rewarded with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for international trade...
Serious pollution and emissions cut at regulated sites, says EA
Serious pollution incidents across England have fallen by 56% since 2000 thanks to the work of Environment Agency and its partners, reports out on...
Getting in a Pickle over waste and recycling
A combative Q&A session followed Eric Pickles presentation to the RWM show at the Birmingham NEC on 17 September.
The Secretary of State for...
SITA fined for landfill permit breach
A £110k fine was handed to recycling and resource management firm SITA UK on 13 January after it breached the conditions of its environmental...
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...
Graduate opportunity with Huddersfield firm
The company who became in December 2013 the only company worldwide to mechanically process flat panel displays (FPD) are in search of a graduate...
Veolia wins South London waste partnership contract
Resource management firm Veolia, through its subsidiary Veolia ES UK, has signed a major new recycling and waste services contract spanning four South London...
Which cities are leading the way in zero waste?
Many countries and cities are trying to reduce their usage of plastic, and to approach the ideal of "zero waste", but which ones are...
Viridor all set
CONSTRUCTION of a £200m energy from waste (EfW) facility in Scotland is expected to begin in 2013 after Viridor won permission to normalise waste...
Bin breakdown: Project aims for a better grasp of litter composition
A new project from recycling charity RECOUP aims to develop a standardized, evidence-based methodology for collecting and analysing litter, creating a comprehensive data set.
The...
