Smart waste collection gets Gartner thumbs up
FINNISH smart waste management firm Enevo announced in early July that it has been named a “Cool Vendor” based on the May 13, 2016...
Prison sentence for illegal waste business owner in Kent
The owner of a skip-hire company in north Kent has received a custodial sentence after the harmful way he handled waste on the banks...
WEEE compliance management app picks up US award
Prize winners in the fourth annual awards run by US publication Environmental Leader were announced on 22 June in Denver, Colorado and included 3M’s...
Household plastic packaging collection drops for first time, says RECOUP
Plastic packaging use and plastic packaging collection quantities have dropped for the first time in RECOUP's annual UK Household Plastic Packaging Collection Survey.
The plastic...
Millions of household products to become biodegradable within seven years: New roadmap
Industry-wide targets to improve the sustainability of key ingredients in millions of household products in seven years have been set by a task force...
Scotland reaches 12-year low for household waste while recycling plateaus
Last year Scotland generated its lowest amount of household waste since 2011, according to the latest figures released by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency...
Can your town become a zero waste town? Zero Waste Scotland seeks candidates for...
Environmentally-focused communities across Scotland are being urged to apply for the title of Scotland’s third Zero Waste Town, by demonstrating how their efforts could...
GMB London calls on councils to be more active against fly tipping
All councils must be more active to investigate and punish the anti-social behaviour of fly-tippers as nothing less than a policy of zero tolerance...
No frontiers
Increasing amounts of waste are moving across EU borders for recovery or disposal.
SHIPMENTS are not just travelling between EU countries but outside those borders...
London environmental reporting app celebrates one million interactions
The UK's "most used" environmental reporting service Love Clean Streets has clocked up one million interactions using its app, which allows members of...
Scotland’s recycling rate hits all-time high
Scots are recycling more than ever before as the nation’s recycling rate hits an all-time high in data released by Scotland’s environment watchdog, SEPA.
The...
Silt processing boost for road waste
SITA UK has recently upgraded the CDEnviro recycling plant at its Wolverhampton facility by introducing a centrifuge to increase the volume of silt that...
Ovivo sells UK municipal business to in-house team
WATER treatment specialist Ovivo has sold its UK municipal business for an undisclosed sum to part of the existing senior management team led by...
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...
Data analytics firm wins £500k funding to build the UK’s first digital waste tracking...
Topolytics has been awarded £500,000 to build a prototype for a UK wide comprehensive waste tracking system
Getting smart to prevent litter: New knowledge network launched in Scotland
Anyone with a stake in tackling litter in Scotland can get access to the latest advice and research from home and abroad, from Tuesday...
Catch up time for British Isles
Austria, Germany and Belgium are recycling the largest proportion of municipal waste in Europe in 2010. But the UK and Ireland are chasing hard.
THOSE...
Monitoring nuclear waste legacy ponds
Following rigorous assessment, water quality monitoring sondes from Xylem Analytics are being deployed in what is arguably one of the most hostile environments imaginable:...
Viridor marks £2 million investment in glass recycling
VIRIDOR'S glass recycling facility in Sheffield - said to be one of the most advanced in Europe - has marked a major investment milestone...
New toolkit and grants aim to help tackle litter across the UK
The environmental charity Hubbub has launched Neatstreets.org.uk a new website to help local authorities and other organisations combat litter using a range of tried...
