Reprocessors

Waste management company Biffa has received planning approval from Durham County  Council to build a new £15-million plastic recycling facility near the town of Seaham.

The Confederation of Paper Industries has launched OUR PAPER, a new initiative supporting councils to improve the quality and quantity of paper and card separately collected for recycling.

More than 25 international companies, including Shell, Veolia, Suez and Procter & Gamble, have launched a new partnership to tackle plastic waste.

The Guardian has become the first national newspaper to be delivered in a compostable wrapper, but there is confusion over whether the material can be disposed of in food waste bins.

Recycling and resource recovery business Enva has doubled its capacity through investment in its new facility, previously owned by Blue Sky Plastics.

Roger Morton, Director of Axion Polymers, explains what opportunities for the UK waste and resources sector could arise out of the UK’s departure from the EU.

Key stakeholders have largely welcomed the publication of the Resources and Waste Strategy by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), calling it a “blueprint for the future” and “bold and radical”, though some reservations remain.

A trial in London will see plastic KeyKegs, commonly used to store beer and wine, collected for recycling into new kegs by reprocessors OneCircle.

Glasgow-based EGG Lighting has developed a new circular business model that could see businesses save on LED lighting, while reducing their carbon footprint.