Efficiency

Gerdau Graphene bags
Nanotechnology firm boosts plastic strength with graphene additives

Nanotechnology company Gerdau Graphene has announced that it has created graphene-enhanced plastics, which produce significantly less waste across the value chain. The new materials are also reportedly stronger, better-performing, and cheaper to manufacture than traditional plastics.

smoke from chimney of waste incinerator
RMAS calls for ‘progressive carbon-based tax’ on waste incineration

The policy, the body asserts, would ‘incentivise efficiency and reduce carbon emissions’

Ecosurety Exploration Fund Logo
Ecosurety Exploration Fund announces 2022 winners

Recipients were recognised for their ‘originality, viability and potential long-term wider impact’

Collection of empty plastic bottles
RECOUP: Simplicity ‘the key’ to consumer recycling
By
Alice Lang
| 8 February 2022 |
New research illustrates mounting confusion over the recyclability of complicated packaging 
Leinster House
Ireland reveals first national circular economy strategy
By
Kai Malloy
| 20 December 2021 |
Plan is key step in country’s aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 51 per cent
Smugglers Way recycling centre
Western Riverside Waste Authority retains new booking system
By
Kai Malloy
| 29 November 2021 |
The infrastructure is integrated into ANPR technology to reduce queue times
Critical raw material mining
Report outlines circular strategy for critical raw materials
By
Kai Malloy
| 23 November 2021 |
It details the need to recycle and recover elements used in renewable infrastructure
Red diesel
REA calls on Government to extend waste sector’s red diesel entitlement
By
Kai Malloy
| 18 October 2021 |
The body has also called for further support of zero-emission waste sector vehicles
Plate up for Glasgow
Over 35 hospitality venues partner with ‘Plate up for Glasgow’
By
Kai Malloy
| 7 October 2021 |
The food waste reduction initiative has been scheduled to coincide with COP26
Circular economy
SYSTEMIQ releases circular economy report ahead of Climate Week
By
Kai Malloy
| 16 September 2021 |
The systems change company published the document with the aid of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation
A person placing recycling in a bin
North Lanarkshire Council becomes first in Scotland to trial waste weighing technology
By
Emma Love
| 25 August 2021 |
The year-long pilot programme will see the council use RFID technology to enhance recycling rates
Smugglers Way
WRWA launches booking system and ANPR technology in recycling centre
By
Lidia Creech
| 14 June 2021 |
Western Riverside Waste Authority (WRWA) has implemented a new booking system to help manage site capacity and improve the resident experience  
WRAP report emphasises resource efficiency to help UK reach net zero
By
Ilia Hionidou
| 26 March 2021 |
Analysis by WRAP and the University of Leeds shows resource management could cut CO2 emissions by 100 million tonnes in ten years
Bathroom products
Cosmetic brands urged to rethink packaging recyclability
By
Emma Love
| 11 November 2020 |
In a report made public this week, RECOUP has made recommendations for the necessary redesign of cosmetic and hygiene product packaging.
Plastic pollution in Cameroon
WasteAid announces new partnership under UK Aid Match programme
By
Emma Love
| 6 November 2020 |
WasteAid has announced a new partnership with Douala-based RED-PLAST, under its programme to prevent plastic pollution.
Edward Kosior of Nextek
Recycling is not sorted
By
Edward Kosior
| 29 September 2020 |
Professor Edward Kosior, Managing Director of Nextek, argues the importance of shifting industry focus onto how sorted waste can be properly re-used.
Anna Querault Fuentes, Engagement Manager at Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF)
What is circular design? Q&A with EMF’s Anna Queralt Fuentes
By
Emma Love
| 7 September 2020 |
Resource spoke to Anna Queralt Fuentes, Engagement Manager at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF), about the newly released Circular Design Toolkit and the wider implications of circular design.
Ellen MacArthur Foundation launches new circular design toolkit
Ellen MacArthur Foundation launches new circular design toolkit
By
Emma Love
| 7 August 2020 |
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has launched a toolkit to assist manufacturers and designers in developing products with a minimal environmental impact.
Incinerator smoke
EfW the answer to national waste problem, says report
By
Emma Love
| 17 July 2020 |
A report from Policy Connect, supported by cross-party MPs, argues that energy-from-waste is the answer to the UK’s residual waste problem.
Plastic sachets of water
New project to recycle Nigeria’s plastic waste
By
Lidia Creech
| 15 July 2020 |
A pilot project by packaging company Dow aims to collect and recycle Nigeria’s plastic waste, diverting around 300 million plastic waste sachets away from landfill.
Clement Gaubert
News in Brief – 02/07/20
By
Emma Love
| 2 July 2020 |
A round-up of news from the waste and resources industry, including Ecosurety, Renewi, Carbios, SUEZ and the BMRA.
Close up of food waste
Report outlines measures necessary for EU to achieve 2030 food waste goals
By
Emma Love
| 2 July 2020 |
A report released by WWF and the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP)  yesterday (1 July) outlines the measures that need to be taken within the EU to halve food waste by 2030, in accordance with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13.1.
ARC plant
Geminor signs contract to provide low-carbon RDF
By
Lidia Creech
| 1 July 2020 |
Resource management company Geminor has signed a contract with Danish energy-from-waste company ARC to provide low-carbon refuse-derived fuel to the Copenhagen region.