Technology

Environmental NGOs in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia are using a new crowdsourced data platform to instantly collect data from local plastic clean ups.

Wastebase was developed by UK-based social enterprise, unwaste.io.

WRWA launches booking system and ANPR technology in recycling centre

Western Riverside Waste Authority (WRWA) has implemented a new booking system to help manage site capacity and improve the resident experience

Researchers find plant protein to replace plastic

Researchers find plant-based material to replace plastic

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have made a breakthrough discovery of a plant protein that could be turned into a plastic replacement

£500k boost for UK recycling as Ecosurety Exploration Fund winners announced

Fiona Binns

| 4 December 2020 |

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Four UK-based innovation and research projects have been awarded £500,000 of funding from the Ecosurety Exploration Fund, giving the waste and recycling sector a boost on its path to a circular economy

Tackling ‘shoddy’ electronics can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions

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6 November 2020 |

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Green Alliance research finds that identifying and penalising producers of low-quality electronics could drive efficiencies annually worth up to 800,000 tonnes of avoided carbon dioxide equivalent emissions.

Blackpool Tower was lit up green for Recycle Week

Recycle Week has 'best ever' social media engagement

Lidia Creech

| 4 November 2020 |

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National recycling campaign Recycle Now today (3 November) announced that this year’s Recycle Week achieved its ‘best ever’ engagement on social media.

Front cover of 'Circular economy and the Covid-19 recovery' report

Ellen MacArthur Foundation report highlights key investment opportunities

Lidia Creech

| 2 November 2020 |

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A new report by The Ellen MacArthur Foundation advises on how to pave the way for a low-carbon recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Britvic announces move to bottles made entirely from recycled plastic

Lidia Creech

| 23 October 2020 |

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Soft drink producer Britvic has announced intention for all its plastic bottles in the UK to be made from 100 per cent recycled plastic by the end of 2022.

EfW potentially more damaging than landfill

Lidia Creech

| 6 October 2020 |

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A new report commissioned by Zero Waste Scotland highlights the climate change challenges posed by the country’s existing energy-from-waste infrastructure.

Recycling is not sorted

Edward Kosior

| 29 September 2020 |

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Professor Edward Kosior, Managing Director of Nextek, argues the importance of shifting industry focus onto how sorted waste can be properly re-used.

Recresco invests in additional air-based glass recycling systems

Impact Air Systems

| 18 September 2020 |

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Glass recycling company Recresco has decided to invest in three more air separation systems, produced by Impact Air Systems.

How robots are reshaping 'dirty, dull and dangerous' recycling jobs

Dr Antonio Espingardeiro

| 18 September 2020 |

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Dr Antonio Espingardeiro, IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers member, describes how robots and AI are revolutionising the recycling sector.

Anna Querault Fuentes, Engagement Manager at Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF)

What is circular design? Q&A with EMF’s Anna Queralt Fuentes

Emma Love

| 7 September 2020 |

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Resource spoke to Anna Queralt Fuentes, Engagement Manager at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF), about the newly released Circular Design Toolkit and the wider implications of circular design.

CGI image of the proposed waste-to-hydrogen facility in Ellesmere Port

Waste-to-hydrogen plant completes key engineering definition stage

Lidia Creech

| 25 August 2020 |

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The UK’s first waste-to-hydrogen plant is coming closer to fruition after Peel L&P Environmental confirmed that it had completed the Front End Engineering Definition (FEED) stage for the proposed facility at the Protos Energy Park in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.

Can you recycle bike tyres and inner tubes?

Lidia Creech

| 19 August 2020 |

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Though cycling is seen as the ideal form of green transport, millions of bike tyres and inner tubes are thrown away every year in the UK. Is it possible to dispose of these items in an environmentally friendly way?

News in Brief – 13/08/20

Emma Love

| 13 August 2020 |

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A round-up of news from the waste and resources industry, including Coca-Cola, Veolia, BMRA, DS Smith and Andusia.

Veolia invests £5 million in vehicle road safety

Veolia awarded Norfolk waste treatment contract

Lidia Creech

| 12 August 2020 |

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Waste management company Veolia has won a six-year contract by Norfolk County Council to treat 180,000 tonnes of waste per year.

An artist's impression the NREL Wiltshire facility

Planning application re-submitted for Wiltshire EfW facility

Lidia Creech

| 10 August 2020 |

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Northacre Renewable Energy Limited (NREL) has submitted a renewed planning application to Wiltshire Council to build a £200-million energy-from-waste (EfW) facility in Westbury.

‘Stop demonising EfW’, says ESA in response to Greenpeace report

Lidia Creech

| 4 August 2020 |

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The Environmental Services Association (ESA) has issued a firm rebuttal to a report by Greenpeace that found Energy-from-Waste (EfW) facilities are three times more likely to be found in deprived areas, calling for an end to the “demonising” of EfW.