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£25,000 fund launched to tackle textile waste in Merseyside

A behaviour change programme to cut the amount of clothing sent for disposal has received an £18,000 grant from Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority (MRWA) and the Veolia Community Fund.


The Ten Tonne Challenge, run by Toxteth-based education organisation Liverpool World Centre in partnership with environmental charity Faiths4Change, will provide schools and universities with resources to promote actions to reduce textile waste in the area by a target of ten tonnes.

recycling truck
Suez interactive map highlights ‘lacklustre’ local recycling rates

SUEZ’s digital map profiles the latest local authority recycling data, showing recycling rates for the 2019/20 financial year

Dry mixed recycling at kerbside
Keep Britain Tidy targets contaminated recycling in Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes Council has marked recycling as contaminated in an effort to educate residents as part of a Keep Britain Tidy campaign

Coffee pods
Nestle and Jacobs Douwe Egberts launch coffee pod recycling scheme
By Resource |
15 April 2021 |
A number of local authorities will begin or have begun trialling the kerbside collection scheme 
Coventry MRF
Construction to begin on new Coventry MRF
By
Lidia Creech
| 7 April 2021 |
The new recycling facility will be owned by eight local authorities through Sherbourne Recycling Limited 
Casepak's new sorter
Casepak wins recycling contract with Tewkesbury Borough Council
By
Lidia Creech
| 31 March 2021 |
The contract will see Casepak process 10,000 tonnes of dry mixed recyclables for three years
a drone
Bournemouth Council enlists drone technology to tackle littering
By
Patrick Jowett
| 29 March 2021 |
Drone technology will map the areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole that require extra bins and collections to tackle littering this summer 
Social value centred in new guide to help local authorities tackle climate change
By
Ilia Hionidou
| 26 March 2021 |
Research carried out for the environmental sector shows how to increase social value in a guide that responds to recent changes to the Social Value Act
Industry responds to Defra consultations on EPR and DRS
By
Lidia Creech
| 25 March 2021 |
The Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee has expressed concerns about the timings of Defra consultations on consistent recycling collections
Sturdy plastic bakery delivery trays
Half of UK public aware of unnecessary plastic recycling, reveals research
By
Lidia Creech
| 24 March 2021 |
Baking equipment company Bakers Basco has led research into the public’s view on plastics recycling in the UK
Urgent need for capacity sees planned Irish plastic recycling plant relocate to UK
RECOUP survey calls for focus on plastic film recycling
By
Patrick Jowett
| 23 March 2021 |
Plastic film recycling rates have dropped, contributing to overall recycling rates remaining stagnant across the UK
DS Smith Kemsley paper mill
Kent County Council signs paper recycling contract with DS Smith
By
Lidia Creech
| 17 March 2021 |
The packaging company has revealed 15,000 tonnes of Kent’s paper and card will be processed each year under the new contract
Keep Britain Tidy launches campaign to curb recycling contamination from nappies
By
Ilia Hionidou
| 11 March 2021 |
The environmental charity is spearheading a campaign across the UK after studies reveal public confusion over disposable nappy recyclability
Newport electric vehicle
Newport Council launches Wales’s first electric waste collection vehicle
By
Lidia Creech
| 10 March 2021 |
The South Wales council has become the first to roll out electric-powered refuse collection vehicles
Industry launches 'vital' food waste recycling plan
Food waste collections remain worst hit by Covid-19
By
Patrick Jowett
| 9 March 2021 |
The latest waste impact report from ADEPT highlights that waste services across the country are continuing to feel the impacts of Covid-19
Circular Economy Package expected to apply to UK despite Brexit
Local authorities call for focus on circular economy
By
Patrick Jowett
| 9 March 2021 |
New survey finds that the majority of local authorities and SMEs want the circular economy to be a higher priority for policymakers
Wheeled recycling bins
England’s household recycling rate rises by 0.4 per cent
By
Lidia Creech
| 3 March 2021 |
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) statistics show slight growth in the level of recycling in the last financial year
Food waste
ADBA calls for local authority funding for separate food waste collection
By
Patrick Jowett
| 3 March 2021 |
The Association warns funding must be made available now to make separate food waste collections possible nationwide by 2023
Mobile recycling centre
Mobile centre brings recycling to rural residents
By
Patrick Jowett
| 16 February 2021 |
A look into Conwy County’s Mobile Recycling Centre, developed to support the move to four-weekly residual waste collections
Bins on street
Significant drop in normal food waste service collections
By
Lidia Creech
| 12 February 2021 |
The 17th ADEPT survey on impact of Covid-19 on waste services has found fewer local authorities are reporting normal operations this month than in September
Lincolnshire sign by Antbex74
Lincolnshire Council seeks approval for HWRC at Tattershall
By
Lidia Creech
| 11 February 2021 |
The Council claims the new HWRC would ‘maintain the service in the Horncastle area and meet the requirements of the existing policy on HWRC provision’
MetalMatters - Buckinghamshire logo
MetalMatters recycling campaign rolls out across Buckinghamshire
By
Fiona Binns
| 11 February 2021 |
Alupro’s ‘MetalMatters’ campaign is underway in Buckinghamshire County, inspiring the public to recycle their metals correctly
Food waste
Reading Borough Council rolls out food waste recycling
By
Lidia Creech
| 5 February 2021 |
The Council has begun separate food waste collections from residents from this week