The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has announced that £475,000 of funding has been made available for refill projects in the second round of the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) competition.With funding coming from the UK Government’s Plastics Research and Innovation Fund (PRIF) as part of the UK Circular Plastics Flagship Projects, the competition will award grants of between £50,000-£150,000 to projects that trial new ways of implementing refill infrastructure in existing or... More
Waste management company Biffa has lost an appeal against a guilty verdict handed down in June 2019 for being in breach of waste export regulations after attempting to export contaminated waste to China.
Waste management company Veolia has submitted its planning application for a new energy-from-waste facility near Alton, Hampshire, which it says will save 65,000 tonnes in carbon emissions each year.
The amount of waste wood processed in the UK rose by six per cent, to a total of 3.98 million tonnes in 2019, according to new figures from the Wood Recyclers Association (WRA).
A dedicated biomethane gas filling station will open at the John Lewis Partnership’s head office in Bracknell later this year, the company has announced today (18 June).
Waste management company Biffa’s financial results for 2019/20 have revealed an increase in its underlying operating profits of 10.8 per cent, putting it in a “strong position” to withstand the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Environmental consultancy Resource Futures has published its first impact report highlighting its steps to tackle waste and renewed efforts to build a more resource efficient, sustainable future.
The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) has launched a new mentoring platform for its members to support skills and professional development.
Plant-based packaging company Vegware has teamed up with recycling company Paper Round to launch a compostable packaging collection service across London, Brighton and Sussex.
Resource management company Viridor has announced it will work with Spanish chemical recycler Plastic Energy to return up to 30,000 tonnes of end of life plastic waste to the economy each year.
The WEEE Fund has announced that it will be providing more than £5 million of financial support to electronic waste recyclers during the Covid-19 pandemic in the form of its WEEE Support Grants and Loans Package.
Sustainable polymer company Aquapak has donated 46,500 water-soluble infection control laundry bags to frontline NHS health and social care workers to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in the workplace.
UK waste company Viridor is offering free online workshops in Glasgow for SMEs and social enterprises to assist them in dealing with the challenges the coronavirus has brought to their business.
Waste operatives belonging to the trade union Unite working for Biffa Waste Services in Wirral have staged a walkout over Covid-19 safety concerns, with the waste management company refuting claims that it had failed to take work safety seriously.
