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...
AI solutions to sustainability challenges share £1 million as Manchester Prize names finalists
After a nationwide search and entries from all corners of the UK, the Manchester Prize has awarded £1 million to ten teams of advanced...
Waste operators that caused fires receive sentences
Waste operators who repeatedly ignored Environment Agency advice that their sites posed a persistent fire risk - before fires broke out that burned for...
Comment: Everyone should commit more to the cost of ‘turquoise hydrogen’
Governments and industry should do more to develop hydrogen as an affordable, sustainable and commercially viable fuel – especially so-called “turquoise hydrogen” derived from...
Data scarcity challenges identification of endocrine disruptors
Lack of data from the chemical industry in the EU often prevents the assessment of whether substances used in consumer products, for example, are...
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),...
DRS to be delayed until 2027
The UK government has announced a delay to the scheduled October 2025 start date of a UK-wide Deposit Return Scheme (DRS), which will now...
PAS 402 certification is Scottish standout for Perthshire waste management firm
Perthshire waste management specialist Binn Group has successfully secured PAS 402 certification, and as the firm's announcement adds, this makes it the only Scottish...
New Veolia facility will handle hazardous waste in the South West
Waste and resources firm Veolia is launching a new specialist facility based in Avonmouth, near Bristol, to meet the growing demand for the safe...
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...
Brazilian study suggests better ways of managing MSW
Researchers analyzed solutions implemented in four very different Brazilian cities. Based on the results, they propose the creation of a national carbon credit fund...
Managing the future of plastic: key recommendations for Government
Experts have collaborated on a series of recommendations which calls on Government to take the initiative on finding solutions to the plastics problem.
Their recommendations...
Consumers unaware of dangers of PFAS in food packaging, finds research
A recent survey appears to find that the majority (80%) of consumers are not familiar with ‘forever chemicals’ and the term PFAS.
The survey was...
Electric sweeper barrows introduced in Wood Green
Haringey Council and Veolia are introducing three new electric sweeper barrows as well as an electric caged tipper vehicle to the streets of Wood...
As cities and systems scale up, does waste scale accordingly?
A recent study attempts to predict the future state of urban ecosystems, and suggests the need for a new science of waste.
Living systems have...
NIR test programme reveals factors influencing sorting flexible packaging materials
A major international collaboration to provide independent, scientific data linked to design, sortability and mechanical recyclability of flexible packaging has published its first report...
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...
Simpler Recycling won’t boost recycling rates says North London waste authority
Recycling efforts by north London’s two million residents will not be significantly boosted by the new Simpler Recycling proposals, the North London Waste Authority...
Romania launches “world’s largest centralized DRS”
Romania has launched a centralized Deposit Return System with almost 80,000 collection points, said to be the world’s largest. The East European nation joins...
FEAD’s conference on PFAS in waste attempts to dispel fear surrounding the topic
The European Waste Management Association - FEAD - hosted a conference on PFAS in the waste sector on 9 November in Rimini, at which...
