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Scotland records accelerated fall in trade waste
Commercial waste arisings are falling at a faster rate than household waste across Scotland according to official figures released yesterday (May 17).
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Getting the plastics message right
Plastics have been all the talk this week, what with WRAP’s new guidance for local authorities on household rigid plastic packaging collections dropping into officers’ email inboxes. According to WRAP, an increasing number of councils are adding non-bottle rigid plastic packaging, comprising pots, tubs and trays, to existing kerbside recycling schemes in response to demand from residents.
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Consumers sitting on e-waste cash mountain
British households are individually throwing away £800 worth of electrical appliances every year that could be reused or recycled according to new research. ...
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Waste acquisitions hit record high in 2011
Last year saw a record number of merger and acquisition deals in the waste sector despite a 15% fall in material arisings and continuing concerns around access to finance. ...
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Localism is 'failing' waste planning, says LGA leader
The new duty to cooperate may not be sufficient to deliver the UK's urgently needed waste infrastructure, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned. ...
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Premiership football club kicks off carbon outreach project
Fulham Football Club has teamed up with Veolia to engage with young people on the importance of green issues through a 'carbon boot print' initiative. ...
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In brief: Energy-from-waste contract news
More developments on the energy recovery front, with SITA, Agrivert and ENER-G all actively building on their market presence in this sector. ...
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PG Tips maker Unilever puts kettle on for teabag recycling
Unilever has entered into a cross-industry partnership pilot to boost teabag recycling in the UK in a bid to recover energy from the nation's favourite hot drink. ...
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Scottish zero waste laws 'billion pound' opportunity
Scottish businesses could save £2bn a year through adopting better waste reduction measures, according to the head of Zero Waste Scotland. ...
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London council targets SMEs with trade waste drive
The London Borough of Bexley is embarking on a marketing drive to promote its trade recycling and waste services to local businesses. ...
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WRAP guide targets household rigid plastics
New guidance launched by WRAP yesterday (10 May) provides local authorities with practical advice on how best to collect non-bottle rigid plastics in a drive to push up recycling and reduce contamination at reprocessing plants. ...
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Features
Melton switches to commingled for cost savings
Responding to deep cuts while also looking to boost environmental performance, one council found that moving to commingled collections ticked all the boxes. Raman Selvon explains why ...
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Sutton's new collection service slashes costs
Nick Warburton visits Southwest London to see how new working patterns in the council's waste and recycling service have netted £1m in savings ...
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Keeping up with Jones
He's one of the waste industry's brightest sparks - and usually streets ahead in his thinking around modern resource management. Maxine Perella finally catches up with Peter Jones ...
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The eating disorder around food waste
Battling negative perceptions of 'slop buckets', Nicola Peake explains why more service providers need to do more to capture this waste stream...
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Keeping recovery comms in the neighbourhood
Faced with fierce budget cuts, local authority decision makers may be tempted to slash non-statutory functions like communications. But as Mandy Kelly explains, this important service can help drive up recycling ...
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Waste authorities must grasp the resource nettle
Local authorities have a vital role to play in ensuring that mitigation measures outlined in the Government's Resource Security Action Plan become a reality, says Adam Read...
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Wembley kick off: Envac's vacuum waste
Out of sight, out of mind - Stuart Spear visits the Wembley City development to see how Envac's underground vacuum waste removal has revolutionised waste collections. ...
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Getting the plastics message right
Plastics have been all the talk this week, what with WRAP’s new guidance for local authorities on household rigid plastic packaging collections dropping into officers’ email inboxes.
According to WRAP, an increasing number of coun......
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Is zero waste heading in the wrong direction?
Lately I have been pondering on the term ‘zero waste’ – it’s a neat coin of phrase, a buzzword if you like. It is mainly seen in a positive light, but part of me feels it is also quite deceitful. It reinforces entrenched attit......
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This is not a problem restricted to bioplastics but is an industry problem relating the seperation of mixed plastics.
Usually, this kind of practice is implemented for products close to their "best before" date. The result is often that the co...
I hope no one is going to try to make the recycler the villain of this piece.
Like a growing number of fellow cons...
This is a horror story for the environment – Making the products in a typical tonne of rubbish requires the energy equivalent...