Recycling

Enva Ash Recycling Plant
Enva opens £1.5 million Ash Recycling Plant

Mhairi Black, MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South, has officially opened Enva’s £1.5 million Ash Recycling Plant in Paisley, Scotland.

University of Portsmouth logo
University of Portsmouth to host international plastics conference

‘Plastics Future 2022’ will take place November 2022 and host speakers from around the world 

Manchester Town Hall
Greater Manchester outlines plans for circular economy shift

The body will create a B2B platform to assist businesses in finding new ways of working

Wood recycling
WRA: Four million tonnes of waste wood processed in 2021
By
Emma Love
| 22 June 2022 |
The industry association said that the increase in material was down to pandemic impacts
Hartcliffe Way RRC
£7m Bristol Reuse and Recycling Centre opens its doors
By
Resource
| 21 June 2022 |
The site includes the largest reuse shop in the region, as well as a ‘bug hotel’ to help rewild the surrounding area
glass bottles
Planning permission granted for £390m Welsh glass bottle plant
By
Amelia Kelly
| 16 June 2022 |
The container manufacturing facility will use recycled glass, with production set to begin in 2026
Digital product passports in Circularise’s system
Partnership brings traceability software to circular polymers and chemicals value chain
By
Amelia Kelly
| 16 June 2022 |
Finnish oil-refiner Neste has teamed up with blockchain startup Circularise
Gerdau Graphene bags
Nanotechnology firm boosts plastic strength with graphene additives
By
Emma Love
| 15 June 2022 |
Gerdau Graphene partnered with a Brazilian advanced materials unit to develop the innovation
Recycleye Victor and Peter
AI waste sorting robot shortlisted for Young Inventors prize
By
Amelia Kelly
| 13 June 2022 |
Recycleye aims to increase the ‘purity, and therefore the value, of recycled waste bales’
Cre Report
Food waste recycling in Ireland ‘a stunted opportunity’, says Cré report
By
Amelia Kelly
| 6 June 2022 |
The findings present that less than 15 per cent of the country’s wasted food is recycled
Shotton paper mill
Arup to lead £600M transformation of Shotton Mill
By
Amelia Kelly
| 30 May 2022 |
Former paper mill aims to produce up to 750,000 tonnes of cardboard a year
Greyparrot analysis
AI startup Greyparrot completes funding round with $11 million
By
Emma Love
| 24 May 2022 |
The company uses computer vision technology to monitor, analyse, and sort waste
Flexible plastics and film
Industry-led consortium announces flexibles collection and recycling pilot
By
Emma Love
| 19 May 2022 |
The project aims to understand how the material can be incorporated into services across different geographies and demographics
single use plastic
Scottish DRS receives £9 million funding
By
Amelia Kelly
| 13 May 2022 |
Scottish National Investment Bank capital will help cover start-up costs for the scheme administrator
Wales flag
Wales leads on 2020 UK waste statistics
By
Emma Love
| 12 May 2022 |
England, Scotland and Northern Ireland all failed to meet the 50 per cent target
Baled plastic bottle
EU's recyclable waste exports hit new record in 2021
By
Amelia Kelly
| 12 May 2022 |
Eurostat has revealed that the EU hit 40.6 million tonnes of recyclable raw material
Allington Household Waste Recycling Centre
Allington Household Waste Recycling Centre opens to public
By
Amelia Kelly
| 11 May 2022 |
The centre is designed to ‘ensure maximum efficiency’ to help residents recycle more
Christ Angus MFR
£4m investment announced for new Central Scotland recycling facility
By
Amelia Kelly
| 11 May 2022 |
Levenseat plans to upgrade the process and recovery of a wider range of materials
East Dunbartonshire Council
Scottish council commits to reduce carbon 'food-print'
By
Amelia Kelly
| 9 May 2022 |
The local authority has renewed a two-year recycling contract, which has already enabled carbon reductions of ‘1850 tonnes’
sustainable electronics
New campaign highlights need for more sustainable electronics
By
Amelia Kelly
| 9 May 2022 |
57 per cent of individuals worry about the environmental effect of unused tech but don’t know what to do with them
Plastic bottles
US plastic recycling rate fell close to five per cent in 2021, report finds
By
Amelia Kelly
| 5 May 2022 |
The country’s generation of plastic waste, however, has increased by 263 per cent since 1980
EU parliament
MEPs push for reduction of harmful chemicals in waste
By
Emma Love
| 5 May 2022 |
The European Parliament has adopted its negotiation position for new rules on POPs, calling for stricter limits
LOREAL Circular Innovation Fund
L’Oréal announces Circular Innovation Fund
By
Amelia Kelly
| 26 April 2022 |
Cosmetics giant leading €150m package to scale circular innovations