Bee’ah selects BHS for Sharjah recycling system
UAE-based environmental management company Bee’ah has selected US firm Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) to design, engineer, manufacture and install a major retrofit to its...
GPS-enabled device assists landfill monitoring
ENVIRONMENTAL monitoring specialist Enitial has worked with Viridor to develop a new PDA-based device. The enidata device has modules for monitoring groundwater, surface water,...
Suez wins large waste contracts in Australia
Recycling and recovery firm Suez has been awarded a couple of large waste contracts in Austrialia - both the waste collection contract for Brisbane...
Siemens to produce high-conversion-rate incinerator
A new waste incinerator is claimed to be "turning heads" in the recycling and waste processing world because of its ability to process previously...
AI supports unique solution to optimize waste collection in France
Since July 2020, the 200 skips that collect Toulouse inhabitants’ waste from the 13 waste disposal centers managed by Suez have been equipped with...
The sins of the land are visited upon the sea
A new report attempts to better understand the provenance and impact of plastics in the ocean.
Launched ahead of Earth Day 2024 (22nd April),...
Using AI to extract mixed recyclables and organic material from MSW
A provider of AI-powered sortation at scale for the waste and recycling industry, AMP Robotics is using its technology to extract mixed recyclables and...
Scottish council becomes first to trial recycling weighing technology
A waste weighing programme being launched next month in North Lanarkshire will be the first in Scotland to use using Radio Frequency Identification...
Circularity gains business traction
Moving to a circular business model can boost the bottom line. There is now much discussion and debate as to the best way to...
Harmonisation of packaging waste, WEEE and batteries welcomed
The UK government is to review proposals to harmonise the producer responsibility regimes for packaging, waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and batteries –...
MBT plant progresses on the web
Construction progress on a waste treatment plant can be tracked on a new website.
The Northacre Resource Recovery Centre is the home of Wiltshire’s first...
Passage of the Circular Economy Bill “could be a turning point for Scotland”
The Scottish Circular Economy Bill was passed unanimously on 26 June, following a final debate and vote the previous evening.
It was welcomed by environmental...
Ashfield Solutions launches new waste advisory service
A LEADING advisor in land, waste and water has launched a new service to ensure its clients understand their liabilities surrounding on-site waste.
Landowners...
Waste recycling firm given highest confiscation order for environmental offences in Scotland
Alloa based recycling firm Oran Environmental Solutions (OES) has been handed a confiscation order of £345,558.43 (on 15 February) for licence breaches which resulted...
Local communities urged to get ‘smart’ on tackling litter with launch of the Government’s...
Almost £500,000 will be awarded to community projects to tackle the blight of littering, Environment Minister Thérèse Coffey announced on 26 August.
The money will...
Waste deal is on the right road
TARMAC, the UK’s biggest road surfacing and maintenance company, has struck a deal with Biffa to manage its waste and recycling services across the...
Long-awaited reforms clarify waste collection in England
A pledge to “end the postcode lottery” around what you can and can’t put in recycling bins seemed forthcoming from the government’s long-awaited reforms...
Smokers blind to devastating impact of butts on the environment, suggests survey
New research from environmental charity Hubbub seems to reveal just over 1 in 4 smokers (28%) are aware that cigarette butts are made from...
UK and Irish regulators say they’re united on tackling resource efficiency and waste management
The UK and Ireland’s environmental regulators say they have strengthened their collaboration on driving resource efficiency and tackling criminality within the waste industry, following...
New campaign aims to help clean up Brighton and Hove
Over the bank holiday weekend, visitors to Brighton & Hove’s beaches came across some unusual reminders to use a bin or take their...
