16 July 2020A need to maintain environmental ambition
OPINION: As lockdown restrictions continue to ease and the UK plots a path towards a ‘new kind of normal’, Amie Stringer, Alternative Fuels Commercial Manager at leading international waste management solutions provider, Totus Environmental, ...
16 June 2020Looking ahead to our post-pandemic environment
The coronavirus pandemic has had a significant impact on consumer awareness to waste and recycling, writes Tim Gent, director of UK glass recycling company Recresco. OPINION: Before the ...
1 June 2020‘Do we want to return to business as usual’?
Emma Tilbrook, principal consultant at Eunomia Research & Consulting Ltd, discusses what the future could look like for the waste and recycling industry after the pandemic. OPINION: There are...
20 May 2020Retaining the appreciation for waste services
Councillor Paul Prescott, cabinet member for environmental services at Wigan Council, looks at the challenges the council's waste team has faced during the pandemic and the ...
5 May 2020OPINION: PRNs – what may or should happen in 2020?
PRNs – What might or might not happen, or should happen in 2020? Angus Macpherson, managing director of the Environment Exchange (T2E)considers where the UK is with regard to PRNs (packaging waste recovery notes).
30 April 2020OPINION: Time to take action on PPE
OPINION: Simon Weston, Director of Recovered Paper at the Confederation of Paper Industries, writes of an urgent need to communicate the message that PPE cannot be recycled and needs to be disposed of correctly.
23 April 2020OPINION: Is it too easy for people not to recycle?
Sarah Ottaway, sustainability and social value lead at SUEZ recycling and recovery UK, reflects on a webinar earlier this month which discussed the evidence behind restricting residual waste collection capacity and frequency and its success in ...
8 April 2020Clinical waste and capacity
OPINION: More than one year on from the collapse of clinical waste firm Healthcare Environmental Services and with the coronavirus pandemic making world-class healthcare waste hygiene more important than ever, the managing director of ...
3 April 2020Time to prioritise the glass recycling process
As FEVE’s 'Close the Glass Loop' recycling scheme is finalised, now is the time to prioritise all aspects of the recycling process, writes UK glass recycling company Recresco's director Timothy Gent.
Recycleye gains funding for MRF sensor technologies - https://t.co/OovlVNcCZd
Microsoft commits to zero waste by 2030 - https://t.co/QMGfVPYES3
Challenge planned over Javelin Park ruling - https://t.co/kwJp9JgRk2
