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A sideways view: They don't know what you put in your bin... yet
A sideways view: They don't know what you put in your bin... yet

Ray Georgeson wonders how the media might encourage more serious recycling.

Single-use plastics: Fiddling while Rome burns...
Single-use plastics: Fiddling while Rome burns...

With single-use plastic products increasingly under the spotlight, Jessica Baker, Managing Director of Chase Plastics Ltd., asks whether government and industry are guilty of looking the wrong way in the fight against plastic pollution

Marine litter: Don’t get carried away…

With a new study appearing to show that plastic carrier bag litter on the seabed has fallen as a result of the 5p charge, Chiarina Darrah, Senior Consultant at Eunomia, asks what lessons we can legitimately draw from the data. 

Landfill vs incineration: what’s best for leftover plastics?
Landfill vs incineration: what’s best for leftover plastics?

As China’s import restrictions see levels of waste plastic rise in the UK, Keith Freegard, Director of Axion Polymers, argues that low-grade materials should be landfilled rather than burnt for energy.

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Can you imagine how much recycling gets missed across a county?
Over 32,000 tonnes of material that could be recycled is instead put in residual waste bins each year in West Sussex, costing the council an estimated £3 million a year in disposal costs. To highlight the scale of this waste, West Sussex County Council has created a video that visualises it on a personal and then county-wide level.
Gum Forest sprouts in London to make litterers reconsider spitting out their gum
Morrisons food waste figures reveal 11k tonnes of unnecessary waste
Morrisons food waste figures reveal 11k tonnes of unnecessary waste

UK supermarket chain Morrisons has published its food waste figures for the first time, revealing that 11,000 tonnes of food went to waste from its stores in 2017/18, while its food waste reduction schemes go from strength to strength.

Blaze breaks out at Kent recycling centre – site remains closed

A huge fire at the Pepperhill HWRC in Kent needed eight fire engines at its height to get it under control - and the site looks to be closed until at least August.

Inquiry into Renewable Heat Incentive finds multiple failures
Inquiry into Renewable Heat Incentive finds multiple failures

A government inquiry into the effectiveness of the RHI, designed to boost the uptake of renewable and low-carbon heating, found that the scheme has not lived up to initial expectations or provided value for money.

Iceland first UK retailer to adopt plastic-free label on packaging
Iceland first UK retailer to adopt plastic-free label on packaging

Supermarket chain Iceland has adopted the world’s first plastic-free trust mark, launched yesterday, to help consumers make more environmentally-conscious purchasing decisions.

Avoidable single-use plastics to be phased out of the Houses of Parliament by 2019
Avoidable single-use plastics to be phased out of the Houses of Parliament by 2019

In a bid to reduce its plastic footprint, the UK Parliament has announced a series of measures aiming to ‘virtually eliminate single-use avoidable plastics’ from both the House of Commons and the House of Lords by 2019.

Recycling consultant jailed for £300k tax fraud
Recycling consultant jailed for £300k tax fraud

John Hamill of GH Consulting has been handed a 21-month jail sentence after paying no income tax for nine years.

The recyclability of... plastic added envelopes
The recyclability of... plastic-padded envelopes

Bubble wrap-lined envelopes are a staple of every office, but can this form of packaging be effectively recycled, or should alternatives be found?

A sideways view: They don't know what you put in your bin... yet
A sideways view: They don't know what you put in your bin... yet

Ray Georgeson wonders how the media might encourage more serious recycling.