Firm launches app to help tackle IT industry’s enormous e-waste challenge
An app that helps organisations take a sustainable, 360 degree approach to IT, from first hardware purchase through to its end-of-life has been launched by Stone Group, a UK ICT solutions provider
Cloud-based energy aggregation and battery waste innovators pick up low carbon funding awards for...
A cloud-based energy aggregation service has picked up the Shell Springboard and Shell LiveWIRE awards, securing £180,000 of equity free funding. Another award went...
Sponsored content: The drive for resource efficient lighting
The lighting Industry is truly starting to embrace the concept of the circular economy and sustainability. This is happening now, and is no longer...
Survey uncovers a generation gap when it comes to selling and recycling electrical items
UK homeowners aged between 16 and 29 are less likely than those over 60 to recycle electrical items that are either broken or in good working order, preferring instead to sell them online, according to a survey by REPIC
Webinar for the lighting industry on 11 April
Lighting manufacturers, importers, contractors, end users and specifiers all have specific responsibilities under environmental legislation when it comes to dealing with waste - to...
Critical raw material closed loop recovery project closes with release of trial learnings
Project exploring ways of boosting recovery of critical raw materials from household WEEE concluded on 29 March
Dispose of batteries safely, warns waste expert as spring cleans begin
Local residents and businesses are being urged to safely dispose of lithium batteries by a waste management company in Bristol, Grundon.
Lithium batteries are extremely...
Deal will supply drives to the world’s largest battery recycling facility
A recycling site in Sweden will process 125,000 tons of end-of-life batteries and battery production waste each year, making it the largest plant of...
Tougher targets for electrical waste
The 14 February 2014 deadline for EU Member States to transpose the new Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Recast Directive 2012/19/EU into national...
Vape producers in the UK failing to meet environmental regulations
Sales of disposable single-use vapes are now around 138 million per annum*
For all the disposable single-use vapes sold in the UK...
Reuse hub for lighting launches
Lighting and circularity expert Recolight has launched the Recolight Reuse Hub, described as a new digital marketplace for lighting: an online platform to facilitate...
Levelling the playing field
The playing field in Europe regarding the treatment of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) is not level and currently it is estimated that...
How plasma technology can reduce the environmental impact of disposable vapes
Disposable e-cigarettes or vapes are big business, they are also a big problem for the environment. David Deegan of Tetronics suggests a solution that’s...
New online platform helps understand hazardous materials in electronic waste
In an attempt to respond to recyclers’ quest for information about the presence of hazardous substances in electronic waste, producers and producer responsibility organisations...
Curry’s offers refurbished tech
UK technology retailer, Currys, has announced it is trialling sales of refurbished technology on its website.
Research breathes ‘new life’ into lithium ion battery packs
Novel separation techniques to recover high-value metal compounds from automotive battery packs are being explored as part of a £14 million research consortium.
The AMPLiFII...
Changes coming in 2019
The WEEE system is changing in 2019. Nigel Harvey, Chief Executive of lamp recycling specialist Recolight provides an overview
More product coming into scope
From 2019,...
Cars and WEEE recycling event scheduled for November in Macau
The Electronics and Cars Recycling conference, said to be Asia’s premier event covering this topic, will take place on 14-17 November in Macau.
This...
Over 1,600 new battery recycle points added to locator tool of national recycling campaign...
Locations are provided by some of Ecosurety’s biggest members, and collection partners including Currys PC World
UK compliance specialist Ecosurety has added over 1,600 battery...
Waste and recycling: taking a proactive approach to fire safety
As we enter the warmer months, waste and recycling sites are increasingly vulnerable to fire. Such risks are amplified by the presence of batteries...
