4 April 2018
Innovation and waste management
Local authorities are trying to be innovative as they look to reduce costs and keep up with everything from Brexit to market developments, as Brian Mayne of Ricardo Energy & Environment writes in this special report for letsrecycle.com.
13 March 2018
Recycling Technologies firms up plans for Scottish pyrolysis plant
The creators from a company behind a machine which they say can turn all post-consumer plastics into oil have distanced themselves from similar ideas in the past which failed to come to fruition. And, at the end of February, the ...
21 February 2018
China ban sees more plastic for domestic market
Joshua Doherty assesses the outlook for plastics recycling in the light of import restrictions in China. Plastic recyclers appear to be remaining cautiously optimistic about export markets in the face of market challenges...
9 February 2018
China experts explain paper market changes
With UK prices for used cardboard and mixed paper tumbling this month (February 2018), an international conference in Shanghai, China heard details of a fall in the volume of recycled or waste paper (RCP) used in the country in 2017.
29 January 2018
Reaching high standards at AO Recycling
Environmental protection needs high standards all-round but for the recycling sector finding the investment to achieve this can be a challenge. Unusually for the retail world, AO.com – a leading online electrical retailer – ...
24 January 2018
Outsourcing will boost infrastructure, says Brokers’ Association
Outsourcing waste management contracts to regional companies will not only grow the UK’s SME waste infrastructure, but will improve customer service as well. So says Chris Giscombe, chair of the Waste Management Brokers’ ...
22 January 2018
Coffey inspects European bottle deposit schemes
Calls for a deposit return system (DRS) for drinks containers in the UK have ramped up in recent weeks, with the Environment Audit Committee calling for its introduction and the government’s 25 year Environment Plan not ruling it out ...
17 January 2018
Viridor pursues quality cullet in Scotland
The move towards collecting glass commingled with other recyclables has posed a challenge to Viridor in Scotland, and, the company believes the glass recycling sector as a whole. The waste and resource management business has made...
2 January 2018
LIPOR, Porto – an example for Southern Europe?
The International Solid Waste Association’s Working Group for Recycling and Waste Minimisation met in Porto, northern Portugal at the beginning of December 2017. The group was hosted by LIPOR, an inter-municipal waste management company ...
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