News: July 2021

Construction and demolition waste
Environment Agency condemns illegal plastic waste exports from construction sector
By
Kai Malloy
| 29 July 2021 |
The organisation has warned businesses that they must deal with plastic waste sustainably or else face penalisation
Earth Overshoot Day
Earth Overshoot Day falls a month earlier than that of 2020
By
Kai Malloy
| 29 July 2021 |
Earth Overshoot Day has fallen today, July 29, marking the date upon which humanity has exhausted the sustainable limit of the Earth’s resources for the year
Lenor paper bottle
Proctor and Gamble pilot paper Lenor bottles
By
Kai Malloy
| 28 July 2021 |
The consumer goods company has partnered with paper bottle company Paboco to trial the packaging prototype
Plane
Household waste to be used in jet fuel production
By
Kai Malloy
| 27 July 2021 |
Eight companies have been awarded a grant to fund the research and production of fuel made from waste
Bins on street
Unite doubles down on Bexley bin strikes
By
Kai Malloy
| 27 July 2021 |
The union warns of a ‘long hot stinking summer in Bexley’ as strikes stretch into August
Biffa 6
Biffa charged with exporting household waste again
By
Kai Malloy
| 26 July 2021 |
The waste management company has been found guilty of another instance of exporting mislabelled waste to Asia
A pile of shredded wood
WRA publishes Waste Wood Assessment Guidance
By
Kai Malloy
| 23 July 2021 |
The Wood Recyclers Association handbook advises waste operators on how to handle and process used wood
Illegal dumping
New research finds waste crime now costs UK £1 billion a year
By
Kai Malloy
| 23 July 2021 |
Two reports, published by Material Focus and the Environmental Services Association, analyse the financial impact of waste crime
A knife piercing a pile of food waste
#WasteNothingChallenge sees Bristol producing 77 per cent less waste
By
Emma Love
| 23 July 2021 |
The Bristol Waste Company recently published the results of their zero-waste challenge, which saw a significant reduction in household waste
Four bins, from left to right – yellow, blue, red, and green
Study links EPR innovation with competitive environments
By
Emma Love
| 22 July 2021 |
A recent study published by Adelphi finds that EPR schemes tend to thrive when in competition with multiple PROs