Issue Archive

2022

Winter

In Issue 104, Resource WRAP's outgoing CEO Dr Marcus Gover. The issue also features Will Simpson’s feature on the road to the kerbside collection of flexible plastics, Circulor's report on the possibilities of blockchains for tracking waste materials, and ReSea's profit-for-purpose partnerships to clean plastic pollution out of Indonesia's waters.

Issue 103

Summer

In Issue 103, Resource speaks to the world’s first Minister for Circular Economy, Lorna Slater. The issue also features Will Simpson’s reimagining of plastic recycling as the future, a wrap-up of the new EPR for packaging, and a look at the grassroots fishing movement clearing waste from Brazil’s waters.

Issue 102

Spring

Resource 102 features the Hot 100, Resource's annual poll of the waste and resources industry, as well as energy from waste, artificial intelligence, and the apps empowering informal waste collectors in Indonesia.

2021

Issue 101

Autumn

Issue 101 features Resource's annual local authority residual waste league tables, historic Environment Secretary Lord Deben on today's waste industry, how SUEZ is giving ex-offenders a second chance, and the 'next big thing' in waste – enhanced landfill mining.

Issue 100

Spring

Resource 100th edition

2020

Issue 99

Spring

Resource 99 features the Hot 100, Resource's annual poll of waste and resources industry influencers, tackling fast fashion's sustainability problem, how local authorities are using sophisticated data to improve messaging, and more.

2019

2018

Issue 92

Summer

Evaluating the UK's residual waste infrastructure needs, modern slavery in the waste sector, lithium battery recycling and more.

Issue 91

Spring

The Hot 100 2018, plus electric vehicles in the recycling industry, local authority league tables, best practice across Europe and shipbreaking

2017

Issue 90

Winter

How hospitals deal with hazardous waste, deposit return schemes, carbon league table, new fashion models and more

Issue 89

Autumn

The latest in MRF technology, plus anaerobic digestion, packaging recovery notes, ICT recycling and more

Issue 88

Spring

What does 80 per cent recycling look like? plus industrial symbiosis, waste-pickers in Colombia and rare earth elements

Issue 87

Winter

Hot 100 2016, Recycling in America, Smart cities, Mermaids hate plastic, and more...

2016

Issue 86

Autumn

Soil: the forgotten resource, Bioplastics, Gasification update, Material brokerages, Ocean plastic products

Issue 85

Summer

A vision of the future: Recycling robots, Augmented reality and waste, Underground bins, Hydrogen vehicles, and more.

Issue 84

Spring

An ocean full of plastic. 'Smart' recycling, continental charging and the power of partnership.

Issue 83

Winter

Hot 100: Waste wizards, local authority league tables, developments in 3D printing and photos of the Waste to Wealth programme

2015

Issue 82

Autumn

Pushing the right buttons in waste communications, variable charging, sharing economy, and illegal drug trade waste.

Issue 81

Summer

Drone in waste management, packaging innovations, MF Regulations, and festival clean up.

Issue 80: Election Special

Spring

In this election special issue, we take a look at the parties' pledges to the resource sector for 2015, how the different UK administrations tackle recycling, the separate sort vs co-mingling debate, and reflect on the Kit Strange Memorial Lecture 2015.

Issue 79

Winter

In this issue of Resource, we reveal who has been voted the 'brightest spark' of the waste and resources industry for 2014, compare how UK local authorities are doing in terms of residual waste arisings, discover how robotic bins are modernising hospitals, and find out about the unintended consequences of recycling incentives

2014

Issue 78

Autumn

The Collector's Edition: In this issue, we find out about innovations in collection systems, the history of recycling vehicles, collection communications, and much more.

Issue 77

Summer

Business Waste Special Features include: Apps and online tools that help businesses shift and eliminate rubbish The challenge of accessing anaerobic digestion feedstock from businesses Helping companies to become more resource efficient Kevin McElvaney's Agbogbloshire ewaste photo series The sand problem - how scarcity is becoming an increasing issue A look into remanufacturing Handling nuclear waste at Fukushima

Issue 76

Spring

The Organics Edition: Day in the life of a small-scale AD operator; creating a successful food waste collection; moving composting up the agenda and more...

Issue 75

Jan-Feb

Who pulls the strings of the resources industry? Find out in Resource's Hot 100 list for 2013! Plus: New waste technology update, feeding food waste to pigs and what the UK waste industry would look like if there was an EU exit