Waste management company Viridor has been awarded the contract to process around 50,000 tonnes of East Sussex County Council’s dry recyclables per year.
The new contract, worth £20 million, will see Viridor receive the dry recyclables collected at the kerbside – including paper, cardboard, plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays, aluminium and steel cans and glass – from the five districts and boroughs in the area for sorting and onward sale into recycling markets.
Resource management company Viridor is set to open the UK’s largest multi-polymer plastic recycling plant in Avonmouth, which will be powered by energy generated from an energy-from-waste plant under construction on the same site.
Domestic markets for recycled plastics are struggling to take hold, with policy-makers scratching their heads over how to stimulate demand. Rob Cole examines the government’s proposed 'plastics tax' and asks whether it will achieve its desired outcome
The Packaging Scheme Forum has warned of a looming crisis in the packaging recycling industry, with the price of Packaging Recovery Notes (PRNs) for plastic rising while recycling rates drop. Could a packaging compliance fee be the solution?
Glasgow-based Revive Eco wants to make coffee “the world’s first sustainable commodity” by extracting versatile oils from used coffee grounds. We spoke to co-founder Fergus Moore to find out more.
Key stakeholders from across the packaging supply chain have written to Environment Secretary Michael Gove to outline their priorities for the next stage of delivery of the Resources and Waste Strategy.
186 countries have agreed to put restrictions on the export of plastic waste, after an amendment to the global framework governing the movement of hazardous chemicals and waste was passed on 10 May.
A report from the Committee on Climate Change says the UK can reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, but will need to invest in low-carbon energy technologies and implement a ban on biodegradable waste to landfill by 2025.
A report by Greenpeace and the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives critiques the “inefficient” and “predatory” system of plastic waste exports from wealthy countries to communities in Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.
Wiltshire Council’s carton recycling has increased to five million cartons collected in the last eight months since kerbside carton collections were introduced.
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.
A £4-million Materials Recovery Facility has been opened in Bristol by local waste management company ETM Recycling, increasing capacity to 150,000 tonnes of waste a year.
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.
Workers belong to the Unite union at the Sellafield nuclear waste reprocessing facility in Cumbria have voted to strike in a dispute over pay with facilities management outsourcer Mitie.
Since its inception in 1993, Community RePaint has been working to reuse as much leftover paint as possible, redistributing 5.5 million litres to community organisations and low-income individuals at affordable prices, and providing training opportunities for people out of work up and down the country.
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.
