Packaging waste compliance scheme Ecosurety is working with three companies on a project to develop a chemical process to remove the pigment from black and other coloured rigid plastics. The project has today (26 February) been awarded £800,000 in funding from Innovate UK – the government’s innovation grant scheme – to...
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February 27th, 2019 by Charlotte Rumsby
Five UK companies have been awarded up to £80,000 to develop digital processes of tracking waste from source to final disposal. Successful projects of the funding include research into tracking waste through electronic chips and sensors, the use of blockchain, looking at common reporting platforms and new data analytics. An...
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February 19th, 2019 by Charlotte Rumsby
The first free contact lens recycling scheme in the UK has been launched in an effort to reduce the environmental impact of plastic waste. The “Acuvue Contact Lens Recycle Programme”, established by Johnson & Johnson Vision2, has been made available in Boots Opticians and select independent practices. It’s the first initiative in the...
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January 16th, 2019 by Charlotte Rumsby
But councils, already stretched, could demand extra money to implement eco-friendly scheme! All households in England could be given a caddy for food waste in a drive to cut greenhouse gas emissions and reduce the use of fossil fuels. Ministers are including the idea in a new plan to tackle waste and use of resources,...
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December 17th, 2018 by Charlotte Rumsby
A new approval system for the export to China of used cardboard and some other paper grades has been unveiled by the Recycling Association. The system is described as “simple and easily bolted onto existing depot quality systems, such as ISO standards”. It has been agreed in conjunction with the...
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November 13th, 2018 by Charlotte Rumsby
Written by: Jo Gallacher | Published: 10 October 2018 Drivers will be offered 20p discounts for every plastic bottle recycled Comment on this article Drivers paying for parking at the Merrion Centre in Leeds will be able to pay with plastic bottles during October. Launched by car park operator CitiPark, the recycling initiative...
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October 10th, 2018 by Charlotte Rumsby
There is high public support for using the tax system to reduce waste from single-use plastics, the Treasury says. A consultation on how taxes could tackle the rising problem and promote recycling attracted 162,000 responses. Treasury Minister Robert Jenrick said the government was looking at “smart, intelligent incentives” to get...
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September 10th, 2018 by Charlotte Rumsby
Belgian designer Charlotte Jonckheer has created two side tables with stone tops supported by curved recycled paper and stone dust legs. The two side tables are named Chaud, which is also the name that Jonckheer has given to the paper and stone composite material she developed to make them with. The material arose out of research that Jonckheer was...
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August 14th, 2018 by Charlotte Rumsby
More and more recycled waste in Carmarthenshire is being contaminated by nappies, food scraps and clothes. Residents can put out as many blue bags as they like for collection but they must contain certain items and not others. But testing of these blue bags has revealed that 19%, by weight,...
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July 22nd, 2018 by Charlotte Rumsby
The risk of prosecution for potential non-compliance with the WEEE Directive is often of uppermost concern to companies. In our experience, most companies will weigh up this and any associated risks against the costs associated with changing their current practices. However, many fail to recognise the opportunities that an effective...
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June 8th, 2018 by Charlotte Rumsby
