Scottish tech firm lands contract to track UK waste
Award-winning data analytics business Topolytics is working with the Ordnance Survey to create a system to monitor and track all of the UK's waste....
Commercial cleaning trade show to highlight sustainability issues
As the commercial cleaning sector seemingly advances in its use of green equipment, The Cleaning Show (Excel, London 19-21 March 2019), one of Europe’s...
A satisfactory shake-up for waste?
Coming at the end of a year in which plastic waste has entered the public conversation like never before, the Government's new Waste & Resource strategy for England had a lot of ground to cover to elicit a positive response from the waste industry. This it appeared to do, with a few noteable caveats
A difficult transition?
Both Brexit and the Chinese National Sword restrictions present serious challenges for the UK waste and recycling industry
App launch aims to connect waste producers and reprocessors
1 November saw the launch of WasteApp, described as a comprehensive web-based application that, for the first time in England and Wales, connects producers...
Clinical waste: Investment needed to secure better value for the NHS
Recent national media coverage highlighting issues surrounding the disposal of NHS clinical waste has painted a very unpleasant picture of a system in chaos....
World Bank report profiles progress and challenges in the global waste sector
The World Bank’s latest report on the global waste sector offers what looks to be a detailed portrait of waste collection, disposal, and management...
New app and campaign to encourage trolley clean-ups
Trolley manufacturer Wanzl has initiated a new campaign - with accompanying app - to help deal with the problem of abandoned shopping trolleys. Around...
Deal improves offering to recycling industry businesses
On 12 September Molson Green, said to be the UK’s largest distributor of capital equipment, become a dealer for Turmec, a waste management solutions...
SEPA to end exemptions for burning farm plastics
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has announced its next steps to stem the plastic tide by confirming it will end exemptions for burning...
Docklands hotel installs London’s first ‘Seabin’
A V5- Hybrid Seabin has been installed in London’s developed docklands. This installation, the second in the UK following one in Portsmouth Harbour in...
Oldham council and residents take innovative approach to tackling fly-tipping
Residents in Oldham who are fed up of fly-tipping are taking an innovative approach to tackling the issue in their community as part of...
Taking to the skies to find Scotland’s coastal and marine litter hotspots
Charity collaboration aims to lead mass clean up operation
Time to prepare for the REACH deadline, says chemicals firm
The deadline for the final phase of implementation of the EU's REACH regulation is 1 June 2018, making it a time when many firms...
Scottish householders urged to resolve to recycle more for 2018
The Composition of Household Waste at the Kerbside shows that 60% of what goes in the non-recyclable ‘landfill’ bin could have been recycled
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...
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...
Viridor says UK needs serious debate on vital infrastructure
Viridor says the UK needs to move beyond the debate about the scale of the UK’s residual waste treatment capacity gap and start a...
Brexit-proof your construction business with waste management savings
Waste management firm Reconomy offers some pointers for construction firms looking to make the best of Brexit
As a result of the June 2016 referendum...
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...
