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Greyparrot Analyzer at Material Recovery Facility
Waste Management
Greyparrot announces new AI waste analyzer

Greyparrot, the AI waste analytics company, has unveiled its Greyparrot Analyzer unit, a new model designed to improve the efficiency of material recovery facilities (MRFs) in diverting recyclable materials away from landfills, incinerators, and oceans.

Dr Tracey Leghorn
Company News
CIWM launches Sector Inclusion Forum

Chaired by Dr Tracey Leghorn, the Forum will enact Equality, Diversity & Inclusion measures

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Company News
One Click LCA and Recolight collaborate on carbon transparency tools

The partnership offers software and guidance for lighting manufacturers to meet sustainability demands

Tees Valley plant visualisation
SUEZ announces partnerships for EfW carbon capture and storage in North-East
By
Beth Jones
| 14 August 2024 |
Pre-FEED contractors appointed for development of energy-from-waste facilities in East Coast Cluster
European Union flags outside European Commission building
EC study calls for harmonised waste data reporting
By
Charles Newman
| 13 August 2024 |
National electronic registries and standardised waste composition analyses proposed by JRC
Bulldozer managing waste on the slope of an inert landfill
Welsh Government consults on raising lower-rate of landfill tax
By
Charles Newman
| 12 August 2024 |
Current of £3.30 per tonne not incentivising alternatives to disposing on inert waste
Gaspard Duthilleul, COO of Greyparrot
Powered by AI, automated MRFs can revolutionise the business of recovery
By
Gaspard Duthilleul
| 9 August 2024 |
Gaspard Duthilleul, COO, Greyparrot considers the efficiency and improvement that advances in computer vision-based sampling will bring to future recycling operations.
Bins behind a restaurant
Three-quarters of UK small businesses unprepared for Simpler Recycling reform
By
Beth Jones
| 8 August 2024 |
New survey, conducted by First Mile, has found that only 24.5 per cent of small business owners are prepared for new waste regulations
MAERSK container ship in transit
NGOs warn of illegal waste export from Europe to Asia
By
Beth Jones
| 8 August 2024 |
Environmental groups flag the disappearance of container ships bound for Thailand carrying 816 tonnes of toxic furnace dust
Person reviewing packaging samples
DS Smith offers Recyclability Evaluation Service (RES) for packaging businesses
By
Beth Jones
| 7 August 2024 |
New consultancy service aims to assess the suitability of packaging for recycling
Hand holding a nugget of gold in front of printed circuit boards
Royal Mint opens new factory to extract recycled gold
By
Beth Jones
| 7 August 2024 |
South Wales facility will reprocess printed circuit boards
3d modelling of Carbios' PET biorecycling plant
FCC Environment and Carbios to explore UK PET biorecycling plant
By
Charles Newman
| 6 August 2024 |
Companies sign agreement to potentially licence technology that will process range of hard-to-recycle plastics including polyester textiles
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ERP UK acquires ComplyPak and WEEEComply
By
Beth Jones
| 2 August 2024 |
Compliance scheme will integrate packaging and e-waste schemes into existing operation
View from above a food waste caddy that is full with food scraps
WRAP study highlights opportunities for food waste prevention
By Resource |
1 August 2024 |
Research highlights impact of a separate food waste collection system on households behaviour
Environment Agency officers watching as bales of packaging waste are unloaded by a forklift truck at a port
Environment Agency intensifies crackdown on waste export fraud
By
Charles Newman
| 1 August 2024 |
Regulator warns of dramatic rise in illegal claims for Packaging Export Recovery Notes
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Material Focus announces ‘The Great Cable Challenge’
By
Beth Jones
| 1 August 2024 |
Release of campaign toolkit for partners to promote initiative to increase recycling of electrical wires
Owen Derbyshire
Labour has an opportunity with the DRS; it’s time to take it
By
Owen Derbyshire
| 31 July 2024 |
Owen Derbyshire, CEO of Keep Wales Tidy, makes the case for glass to be included in proposed deposit return schemes throughout the UK
Aerial shot of Energy-from-Waste in Cardiff
LARAC raises concerns about cost to councils of including incineration in ETS
By
Charles Newman
| 30 July 2024 |
Local authority representative seeks to mitigate financial impact of adding waste emissions to trading scheme from 2028
Waste from Greater Manchester area managed by a JCB in the tipping hall at a Suez facility
SUEZ secures £1 billion contract extension with Greater Manchester
By Resource |
29 July 2024 |
Formal agreement of eight-year deal means company will continue managing waste and recycling for one million households until 2034
Waste Segregation Officer stood behind close-up of a bin containing flattened cardboard
Avanti West Coast improves station recycling with Waste Segregation Officers
By
Charles Newman
| 23 July 2024 |
New role at four stations saves 494 tonnes of recyclables in first year
waste batteries
CIWM proposes deposit return scheme for batteries amid rising safety concerns
By Resource |
22 July 2024 |
Consumer research reveals widespread confusion over electronic waste disposal
Bales of aluminium used beverage cans being unloaded by a forklift truck
Novelis expands UK aluminium can recycling capacity
By Resource |
19 July 2024 |
£69 million investment to double recycling capacity at Latchford plant by 2026
Residual waste sorting line
Renewi and Freepoint partner to extract plastics from residual waste
By
Charles Newman
| 19 July 2024 |
New Ghent facility to process 80,000 tonnes annually for advanced recycling