Major milestone reached for international grass-roots waste management platform
A major milestone was seemingly reached in late July with the registration of the 100th waste management project to the Circular Action Hub (CAH),...
Red tape restricts road waste reuse
A major development of recent years has been the arrival of new treatment systems for dealing with waste from road sweepings, municipal wastewater and...
Drone technology and AI used to tackle litter in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
BCP Council, Hubbub and McDonald’s partner on ground-breaking campaign
Local businesses and community groups urged to join forces as lockdown eases
Bournemouth, Christchurch 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...
Recycling: Better for the environment, better for business
Although the benefits of recycling have been recognised domestically and within larger industries for some time now, ideas about recycling and waste management within...
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...
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...
A window on recycling bid
A track record of leadership in sustainable manufacturing has helped Eurocell secure a place in the finals of an awards scheme.
The company has been...
Government has failed to tackle fast fashion, despite the problem worsening, says report
New research published on 6 July raises the issue that the UK Government has published only 19 policies in five strategies that tackle the...
Carbon impact of Scotland’s waste reaches record low but ‘more needs to be done’
The carbon emissions associated with Scotland’s waste in 2018 dropped 11% on the previous year to reach the lowest level since official recording...
Heavy duty access interlocks reduce injury
Industrial safety specialist Castell has launched heavy-duty access interlocks for use in industries such as waste and recycling, aggregates, steel and chemical processing. The...
Local authorities are getting all mixed up
Faun Zoeller, one of Europe’s largest waste management systems manufacturers, is targeting the market with RCVs capable of picking up different types of waste...
Bringing jetting and suction to the city
THE CityWhale is a new range of vehicles offering both jetting and suction capabilities in a package adapted for urban operation.
Designed and manufactured...
Lafarge Waste signs up to Spillard Optronics 360
The Waste Business of Lafarge, a world leader in building materials, is to equip its mobile waste plant in the UK with Optronics 360...
South African start-up provides app that brings together independent truck owners and customers needing...
WRAPP (Waste Recycling App) is bringing together independent truck owners and the customers who need waste removed – all via an easy-to-use mobile app, says the firm behind it
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...
Turning grit into gold
Road grit and gully waste usually end up in landfill, at least in the UK. But a scheme adopted by Warwickshire County Council illustrates...
Councils could begin charging for garden waste, according to survey
More than a third (36%) of environmental services managers in councils, local authorities, government or infrastructure agencies rank ‘mounting environmental responsibilities’ among the three...
Bratislava textile collection firm says smart waste management pays for itself
A textile waste collection company in Slovakia has published the results of a waste monitoring project using Sensoneo waste monitoring sensors, part of a system that supports dynamic and automated waste collection.
England sets a new record
FOR the first time since records began England is reusing more waste than it sends to landfill.
New figures from Defra reveal that not only...
