Over a three-week period, Reconomy has acquired Gosport waste management company Nationwide Services Group (NSG), Advanced Waste Solutions (AWS) and a boutique packaging compliance consultancy.
EuPC launches online tool that monitors uptake of recycled polymers in the UK, helping towards a more sustainable circular economy in the plastics sector.
The new CIWM President for 2019/20, Trevor Nicoll, has launched a Green Careers toolkit to inspire the next generation of resources and waste sector professionals at his inauguration in Cambridge yesterday (12 November).
The Federation of Small Businesses has called for businesses under 200 square feet in size to be exempt from the Scottish deposit return scheme for beverage containers due to space and staffing restrictions.
The Scottish Government has revealed measures for its upcoming Circular Economy Bill and will now invite responses to a consultation to gather public feedback on the proposals.
Bin store provider metroSTOR has called for improved access to recycling bin stores in communal properties, echoing the objectives of Resource London’s Flats Recycling Project to improve accessibility and increase communications with residents.
Are you disposing of your business’ waste compliantly? Andy Garside, Group Technical Waste Manager at environmental risk reduction company Adler and Allan, discusses the impact that non-compliant waste management can have on businesses.
Aluminium recycling organisation Alupro warns that Scotland’s ‘all-in’ deposit return scheme could result in an extra 823 million plastic bottles being produced.
German recycling equipment company Erdwich Zerkleinerungs-Systeme GmbH has relaunched its website with a new modern design and enhanced user experience.
Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers expressed her desire to see the Environment Bill continue its passage through Parliament despite the forthcoming general election.
The Environmental Audit Committee has written to Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers stating that some aspects of the government’s Environment Bill are ‘not fit for purpose’.
WasteAid’s Widening the Net appeal has raised over £168,000 to help stop plastic pollution in the Cameroon estuary and build a plastics recycling training centre.
Provisional packaging data for the third quarter of 2019 shows that all packaging materials remain on track to meet their 2019 recycling targets, with plastics and aluminium staging recoveries.
The Welsh Government has published its latest recycling statistics, revealing that the country’s overall recycling rate has remained stable over the past year.
