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Bühler UK wins Queen’s Award for camera sorting technology
Bühler UK wins Queen’s Award for camera sorting technology

Technology company Bühler UK Ltd has been awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Innovation for its research into the use of camera technology in sorting machines.


The Queen’s Award for Enterprise is awarded to British businesses that have excelled in the fields of international trade, innovation or sustainable development, and this year’s award for innovation awarded to Bühler recognises the application of the company’s innovative camera technology in the nut and frozen vegetable... More

Simply Cups to launch cup recycling service in the Netherlands and Belgium
Simply Cups to launch cup recycling service in the Netherlands and Belgium

Cup collection and recycling service Simply Cups is set to expand its coverage into the Netherlands and Belgium from June in a bid to capture the 4.5 billion cups used in the two countries every year.

Logo for waste-to-hydrogen company PowerHouse Energy
Partnership brings UK step closer to first waste-to-hydrogen plant

PowerHouse Energy, the developer of waste-to-hydrogen technology, has signed an agreement for engineering services with Waste2Tricity.

The new cardboard Guinness case
Guinness to replace plastic six pack rings with cardboard
By
Kate Dickinson
| 15 April 2019 |
Diageo, parent company of Guinness, Harp and Smithwick’s beers, has pledged to remove plastic rings from its multipacks of cans as part of a drive to reduce plastic waste.
Starbucks to finance UK’s largest coffee cup recycling fund
Starbucks to finance UK’s largest coffee cup recycling fund
By
Kate Dickinson
| 11 April 2019 |
Coffee chain Starbucks and environmental charity Hubbub have come together to launch The Cup Fund, which will see grants going to at least 10 large-scale cup recycling projects.
Biffa announces three-year partnership with WasteAid
Biffa announces three-year partnership with WasteAid
By
Rob Cole
| 10 April 2019 |
Waste management company Biffa has announced a three-year partnership with UK-based charity WasteAid, which will see the company support WasteAid financially and share its expertise with communities in low-income countries to improve the management of waste.
Glasgow retailers join movement to reduce Scotland’s coffee cup waste
Glasgow retailers join movement to reduce Scotland’s coffee cup waste
By
Rob Cole
| 5 April 2019 |
Glasgow Fort and Buchanan Galleries have given their support to Cup Movement in Glasgow, the first initiative of its kind in Scotland to stop single-use cups from going to landfill or ending up being littered.
Some of the types of plastic that will be accepted in the Tesco stores
Tesco trials recycling scheme for soft plastic packaging
By
Kate Dickinson
| 2 April 2019 |
Tesco has launched a new collection scheme for hard-to-recycle plastics in partnership with Swindon reprocessing company Recycling Technologies.
Plastic bag underwater
Australia could ban microbeads and single-use plastic bags
By
Kate Dickinson
| 1 April 2019 |
Australia could become the latest country bring in stricter single-use plastic restrictions after the Labor Party announced plans to ban microbeads and lightweight plastic bags.
European Parliament votes to ban single-use plastics
European Parliament votes to ban single-use plastics
By
Rob Cole
| 28 March 2019 |
MEPs in the European Parliament have approved plans to ban some single-use plastic products and increase the collection and recycling of plastic bottles, with legislation to be implemented in member states by 2021.
Locations chosen for Hubbub’s plastic fishing tour
Locations chosen for Hubbub’s plastic fishing tour
By
Rob Cole
| 26 March 2019 |
Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester and central Scotland will each play host to Hubbub’s new boat made from 99 per cent recycled plastic, in order to raise awareness of growing levels of plastic pollution in the country’s waterways.
Drinking fountains installed in Bury as part of Refill pilot
Drinking fountains installed in Bury as part of Refill pilot
By
Rob Cole
| 25 March 2019 |
Two new public drinking fountains have been installed in Bury, Greater Manchester, in a bid to reduce plastic pollution and encourage the uptake of free drinking water.
TOMRA e-book on the benefits of using 100 per cent recycled plastics
TOMRA e-book on the benefits of using 100 per cent recycled plastics
By
TOMRA
| 20 March 2019 |
TOMRA Sorting Recycling has published a new e-book on the viability of using 100 per cent recycled plastics in goods production.
Coral opens new plastics recycling facility in Merseyside
Coral opens new plastics recycling facility in Merseyside
By
Coral Products (Mouldings) Ltd
| 20 March 2019 |
Coral Products (Mouldings) Ltd has just launched its new 360-degree circular economy plastic recycling plant in Haydock, Merseyside, as it seeks to minimise plastic waste sent to landfill.
Household waste disposal solution enters technical trials
Household waste disposal solution enters technical trials
By
Rob Cole
| 15 March 2019 |
The HERU (Home Energy Resource Unit), a new domestic waste disposal appliance found to be less impactful in terms of CO2 emissions than more traditional waste collection methods by environmental consultants Ricardo Energy and Environment, has gone out for technical trials this month. 
Recycled plastic products celebrated at EPRO awards
Recycled plastic products celebrated at EPRO awards
By
Rob Cole
| 14 March 2019 |
A toothbrush and bottle made from 100 per cent recycled plastic have taken home the Best Recycled Plastic Product Innovation and Sustainability Awards run by the European Association of Plastics Recycling and Recovery Organisations (EPRO).
India implements ban on imports of plastic waste
India implements ban on imports of plastic waste
By Resource |
8 March 2019 |
The Indian Government has banned all imports of solid plastics waste as part of a drive to tackle pollution and littering.
Bringing waste full circle
TerraCycle: Bringing waste full circle
By
Kate Dickinson
| 7 March 2019 |
TerraCycle offers recycling programmes for all sorts of complex waste streams –and now it has announced Loop, its new ‘waste-free’ online shopping service. Kate Dickinson talks to Tom Szaky, founder and CEO, about addressing the root cause of waste.
Faerch aims to replace hard-to-recycle black plastic in three years
Faerch aims to replace hard-to-recycle black plastic in three years
By
Rob Cole
| 5 March 2019 |
Swiss food packaging manufacturer Faerch has announced the introduction of a new product family that it says could replace all carbon black-based colours of CPET ready-meal packaging in the UK within three years.
WasteAid community recycling project in Kenya receives UK Aid funding
WasteAid community recycling project in Kenya receives UK Aid funding
By
Rob Cole
| 4 March 2019 |
Recycling charity WasteAid is set to establish a new recycling centre in Kenya after being awarded a grant from UK Aid Direct, the government fund for projects working towards poverty reduction.
Black plastic recycling project wins £800k of government funding
Black plastic recycling project wins £800k of government funding
By
Rob Cole
| 28 February 2019 |
A new collaborative project aimed at making black plastic easily recyclable has been awarded £800,000 by the government’s Innovate UK grant scheme.
Consulting the days away
Consulting the days away
By
Dominic Hogg
| 28 February 2019 |
Eunomia Chairman Dominic Hogg welcomes the release of the four consultations on packaging waste and recycling promised in the Resources and Waste Strategy, while asking whether a lack of system thinking in the consultation process will impede the creation of a coherent final system
Plastic packaging
Government launches resources and waste consultations
By
Kate Dickinson
| 18 February 2019 |
Consultations have been opened on four key measures in the Resources and Waste Strategy, seeking views on producer responsibility, consistent collections, deposit return schemes and the plastics tax.