Sam Finney
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Editorial Assistant

Articles by Sam Finney

New resource efficiency guide for businesses
By
Sam Finney
| 26 November 2013 |
LRS Consultancy and Burges Salmon have launched a new guide helps businesses ‘become more resource efficient’.
Global brands form bioplastic alliance
By
Sam Finney
| 26 November 2013 |
International companies and the World Wildlife Fund come together to form the Bioplastic Feedstock Alliance.
Defra calls for evidence on plastic bag charge
By
Sam Finney
| 25 November 2013 |
Government calls for evidence on how England’s plastic bag charge could work, ahead of its implementation in 2015.
Kerbside recycling for Guernsey residents
By
Sam Finney
| 25 November 2013 |
Guernsey residents to receive first partial kerbside recycling collections in March 2014, ahead of full rollout in 2016.
Eunomia launches ‘Recycling Carbon Index’
By
Sam Finney
| 19 November 2013 |
Eunomia launches carbon index that ranks local authorities on the carbon impact of their waste management systems.
Vancouver becomes ‘first’ city to recycle cigarettes
By
Sam Finney
| 19 November 2013 |
The City of Vancouver and TerraCycle Canada launch cigarette-butt recycling scheme, the ‘first of its kind in the world’.
Recycling firm fined £2,000 for employee injury
By
Sam Finney
| 19 November 2013 |
Bolton recycling firm J Doyle Ltd has been ordered to pay £3,500 after an employee was ‘badly injured’ on site.
European Week for Waste Reduction launches
By
Sam Finney
| 18 November 2013 |
A ‘record’ number of resource and waste management actions to take place as European Week for Waste Reduction begins.
Zero food waste to landfill could save £17bn a year
By
Sam Finney
| 12 November 2013 |
Achieving zero food waste to landfill by 2020 could save the UK over £17 billion a year, new ReFood report finds.
EA prosecutes illicit Southampton tyre stockpiler
By
Sam Finney
| 12 November 2013 |
The EA has prosecuted the operator of a Southampton-based business for illegally stockpiling thousands of waste tyres.