Waste Management

Beddington wet grassland
Business in Brief - 30/10/20
Abel & Cole debuts new compostable packaging

Turf Croft Herbs, supplied by organic food delivery service Abel & Cole, are now packaged in compostable zipper bags produced by packaging company TIPA.


According to TIPA, this technology is as efficient as traditional plastic at protecting the shelf-life of produce, but it decomposes back into the earth with no toxic residue, microplastics or other pollutants within a few months of being composted.

UK shipping port
Illegally shipped waste returned from Sri Lanka to UK

The Environment Agency has announced that 21 containers containing illegal waste materials have been returned to their point of origin in the UK.

Household Waste Recycling Centre
WRA urges Welsh Government to keep HWRCs open

The Wood Recyclers’ Association has called on the Welsh Government to keep HWRCs open during the country’s ‘firebreak’ measures to stop the spread of Covid-19.

Cardboard packaging
Kong to fund environmental projects after breaching packaging regulations
By
Lidia Creech
| 27 October 2020 |
Dog toy company Kong has made a payout of almost £5,000 to environmental projects after being found by the Environment Agency (EA) to have breached packaging waste regulations in the years 2012-15.
Recycling bins in Kelvinside, north Glasgow
New collection service aims to boost recycling in Glasgow
By
Lidia Creech
| 23 October 2020 |
Glasgow North East is set to undergo changes to its waste collection schedules, designed to boost the capture of food waste and dry, mixed recyclables.
Plastic bottles being manufactured
Britvic announces move to bottles made entirely from recycled plastic
By
Lidia Creech
| 23 October 2020 |
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.
Forth Resource Management site
Coronavirus grant awarded to aid Scottish waste management firms
By
Fiona Binns
| 22 October 2020 |
Zero Waste Scotland and the Scottish Government have allocated more than £820,000 to the resource management industry to help combat challenges arising from Covid-19 restrictions.
Mixed bottles in a crate
88 per cent of Irish in favour of ‘all-in’ DRS
By
Lidia Creech
| 21 October 2020 |
A poll commissioned by environmental charity VOICE has revealed that almost 90 per cent of Ireland’s population is in favour of a deposit return scheme to include a wide range of drinks containers.
Waste illegally dumped on a piece of land
New cross-sector initiative to tackle waste crime is announced
By
Lidia Creech
| 20 October 2020 |
The Waste Compliance Taskforce (WACT) – an association of public and private regulators, businesses and charities – will be launched this week.
Andy Hill
Andy Hill to hand over role as Chair of WRA
By
Lidia Creech
| 20 October 2020 |
The current Chair of the Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA) is stepping down at the Association’s AGM in March, swapping roles with Deputy Chair Richard Coulson.
Recycling Technologies branch in Swindon
UKRI invests in recycling technology for UK
By
Lidia Creech
| 19 October 2020 |
In its largest investment the UK has made in plastic packaging recycling technologies, UKRI has boosted funding for recycling projects by £20 million.
Biomass power plant
Business in Brief - 16/10/20
By
Lidia Creech
| 16 October 2020 |
A round-up of business news from the waste and resources industry, including Enva, Allium Energy, Lookers, Eunomia and DS Smith.
Wastesavers truck
Reuse charity Wastesavers announces new shops across South East Wales
By
Emma Love
| 14 October 2020 |
Bucking the current trend of retail closures, reuse charity Wastesavers has announced the imminent opening of three new shops.
Two operatives with an e-bike from Putney Pedals
E-bike waste collection service to reduce emissions in Putney
By
Lidia Creech
| 8 October 2020 |
A new e-bike waste collection service called Putney Pedals, set up by Positively Putney and the London Waste and Recycling Board, aims to reduce carbon emissions on one of London’s busiest high streets.
Pumpkin patch
Halloween campaign to save 12.8 million pumpkins from waste
By
Fiona Binns
| 8 October 2020 |
Thirty per cent fewer households will be going trick or treating this Halloween but 12.8 million pumpkins are still set to go to waste, reveals new research commissioned by environmental charity, Hubbub.
Waste electronic and electrical equipment being recycled
Industry calls for tougher action on WEEE treated as scrap metal
By
Charles Newman
| 7 October 2020 |
A new report published by WEEE Forum calls for action on the treatment of WEEE as scrap metal, urging competent authorities to penalise facilities that illegitimately incorporate WEEE into their unreported waste flows.
Essex councils to continue sending waste to landfill for next six months
By
Lidia Creech
| 7 October 2020 |
Essex County Council invites bids for a short-term contract to manage residual waste as it continues to send waste to landfill.
Teesside EfW plant
EfW potentially more damaging than landfill
By
Lidia Creech
| 6 October 2020 |
A new report commissioned by Zero Waste Scotland highlights the climate change challenges posed by the country’s existing energy-from-waste infrastructure.
Wheelabrator to sell four UK EfW plants
By
Lidia Creech
| 1 October 2020 |
In a deal worth around £468 million, waste-to-energy plant developer Wheelabrator is reportedly planning to sell four of its UK-based plants.
Plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds now illegal in England
By
Fiona Binns
| 30 September 2020 |
Defra’s announcement that it is now illegal for businesses to supply plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds to customers has been heavily criticised by environmental charities for not going far enough.
Chatham House
Paper calls for a circular and resilient Covid-19 recovery in Latin America
By
Fiona Binns
| 29 September 2020 |
Latin America and the Caribbean must reconsider its economic model in order to fight the long-term impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new research paper by Chatham House.
Food waste
WRAP announces new Food Waste Action Week for 2021
By
Fiona Binns
| 29 September 2020 |
WRAP will be dedicating a week in March 2021 to raising awareness of the environmental consequences of wasting food, involving retailers, local authorities, restaurants and manufacturers.
Edward Kosior of Nextek
Recycling is not sorted
By
Edward Kosior
| 29 September 2020 |
Professor Edward Kosior, Managing Director of Nextek, argues the importance of shifting industry focus onto how sorted waste can be properly re-used.