Efficiency

Computer screen displays Deepnest performance insights
Greyparrot launches AI platform connecting brands with waste data

London-based AI waste analytics company Greyparrot has launched Deepnest, ‘the world's first artificial intelligence platform designed to connect brand owners with real-world data on how their packaging performs in waste management systems’. The platform aims to address a critical information gap, with less than one per cent of waste currently audited manually.

Circular Change Council
eBay and WRAP launch Circular Change Council in efforts to tackle furniture waste

The Circular Change Council includes brands such as IKEA, the British Heart Foundation, Sainsbury’s and Dunelm

Carbon capture
Plans approved for new Warrington carbon capture facility

The carbon capture project, Mersey Biochar, will lock away thousands of tonnes of carbon each year into biochar

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.
An image of reusable cups
What does the future hold for reusables post-Covid?
By
Olivia Rutherford
| 15 June 2020 |
The Covid-19 pandemic has raised urgent questions about public health and hygiene in almost every sector of society, with packaging no exception. With consumers and retailers turning back to single-use for hygiene reasons, what does the future hold for reusables? Olivia Rutherford investigates.
An image of the circular economy
£6.5m to support Welsh circular economy post-Covid
By
Olivia Rutherford
| 15 June 2020 |
The second round of the Welsh Government’s £6.5-million Circular Economy Fund has been launched to support a green recovery post-coronavirus and address the climate emergency. 
An image of the circular economy
Welsh Circular Economy Fund widens scope
By
Olivia Rutherford
| 15 May 2020 |
The Welsh Government has announced that it has ‘widened the scope’ of its £6.5-million Circular Economy Fund to help the Welsh economy become “more resilient” as it responds to the coronavirus pandemic. 
An image of glass
£1.5m funding awarded to improve resource efficiency in glass industry
By
Olivia Rutherford
| 12 May 2020 |
Researchers at UK-based Glass Technology Services will lead a project identifying opportunities to turn waste materials into new feedstocks for products in the glass, ceramic and cement industries. 
Environment Secretary George Eustice
Environment Bill passes second reading despite MPs' concerns
By
Imogen Benson
| 27 February 2020 |
The government’s Environment Bill passed its second reading in the House of Commons yesterday (26 February). 
The Reuse Network Social Impact Report 2019
3.7 million items reused in 2019, says Reuse Network
By
Imogen Benson
| 19 February 2020 |
The Reuse Network has published its 2019 Social Impact Report, revealing that its member  organisations reused 3.7 million furniture and electrical items in 2019. 
Zero Waste Scotland launches £1m project to ditch disposables
By
Imogen Benson
| 18 February 2020 |
Zero Waste Scotland (ZWS) has launched a £1-million pilot project to test alternatives to single-use disposable items. 
An image of a Pure Lakes product being refilled
Pure Lakes skincare launches refill scheme
By
Imogen Benson
| 18 February 2020 |
Cumbria-based skincare company Pure Lakes is offering customers the option to refill their existing jars, tins and bottles. 
An image of plastic pellets
Viridor signs HDPE contract with P&G
By
Imogen Benson
| 17 February 2020 |
Viridor has signed a five-year contract with consumer goods group Procter and Gamble (P&G) for the supply of recycled plastic.
Sharon Hodgson MP debating in Westminster Hall
MPs call for incineration tax in Commons debate
By
Imogen Benson
| 13 February 2020 |
MPs expressed concerns over the environmental and public health risks of incineration in a debate in Westminster Hall on Tuesday (13 February).