RECYCLING
Is your business ready for ‘Simpler Recycling’?
Joanne Gilliard, CEO of Jangro, provides expert guidance on how businesses can prepare for the UK’s upcoming ‘Simpler Recycling’ legislation, set to take effect from 31st March 2025.
Recycling has become a cornerstone of sustainability, helping to reduce waste, conserve...
Jangro expands ntrl range with sustainable paper with purpose
Jangro, the UK’s largest network of independent janitorial distributors, is reinforcing its commitment to sustainability with the launch of ntrl paper with purpose. This product extends Jangro’s eco-friendly ntrl range, delivering high-performance, environmentally responsible solutions to facilities managers across...
The new green way to grow brand loyalty
Brands face huge challenges to prove their sustainability credentials, but technologies like blockchain can make green initiatives measurable by rewarding changes in customer behaviour, says Sunny Lu, former Louis Vuitton CIO and founder of VeBetter.
Following years of work by...
Haulage industry puts brakes on ‘empty runs’
HaulageHub and the Road Haulage Association (RHA) seek to reduce empty runs with new digital platform.
AÂ new digital marketplace aims to cut down on widespread inefficiency in the haulage industry, which sees over 30% of all HGV miles linked to...
UK waste and recycling: new charges from March 2025
Waste and recycling collections will change for all businesses with 10 or more full-time equivalent employees in England from 31st March 2025. Carla Brian, Head of Partnerships, Biffa, explains what this means.
The government has introduced Simpler Recycling legislation to mandate...
Card recycling: banking on a new green era
Payment cards are part and parcel of a bank’s relationship with customers. Maya Tuyen Reisinger, product management director at G+D, explores how cutting waste will improve the customer experience.
Every organisation has a collective responsibility to incorporate measurable initiatives that...
Donate or buy leftover trade paint TO HELP cut waste
Businesses and retailers are invited to donate leftover paint to the Community RePaint network, rather than send it for disposal.
The network also remanufactures donated paint to produce their own ReColour paint.
Over the past two decades, the initiative – funded...
Impact of New Packaging Laws on Your Business
The new packaging EPR laws will be a costly and disruptive change for UK businesses, warns Mark Hall, of BusinessWaste.co.uk.
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws are being phased in for the UK, but there’s a delay for paying EPR packaging...
After vape ban, what’s next for e-waste?
The vape ban comes into effect on 1 June 2025, representing a significant step forward in the fight against health risks and the growing e-waste crisis.
The conversation must now shift to tackling other pressing e-waste issues, says Trojan Electronics...
Right to Repair: What it means and why it matters to you
New tech regulation promotes affordable repairs over wasteful disposal, says Marie Castelli, Head of Public Affairs at Back Market. Â
Earlier this year, the EU finalised a new law empowering consumers to fix their tech devices, even when their warranties...
OIM launches study of single-use plastic rules
The UK supply chain sector is invited to have their say over regulation changes for single-use plastics.
Measures have been introduced since 2011 to tackle the issue of single-use plastic waste, including plastic bags, cutlery, straws and food and drink...
Big breakthrough for polystyrene recycling
Engineers have modelled a new way to recycle polystyrene that could make the material reusable.
Chemical engineers, from the University of Bath in the UK and Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, believe their technique could be the first to make...
Waste Management rules and regs: what every business should know
It can be hard to keep up with ever-changing legislation, but keeping an eye on business waste management is crucial to avoid falling foul of the rules, says Scott Hawthorne, director at Skips & Bins.
Punishments for failing to follow...
Pre-loved furniture polished into new life
Thousands of furniture items end up in landfill each year, when most could be refurbished, reused, and widely distributed to those in need.
Circular Communities Scotland (CCS) is a membership body of over 250 social enterprises and charities supporting the...
Fashion legend shoots for sustainable fashion
Iconic photographer Rankin has launched Shelter’s sustainable fashion campaign.
Homeless charity Shelter has enlisted the help of iconic photographer, Rankin, to launch a bold new awareness campaign, promoting sustainable fashion and its 77 charity shops across the UK.
The ‘Less is More’...
Navigating the Complex Landscape of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
Alev Somer, Director of Trade and Environment at the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR), addresses the advantages and potential pitfalls associated with EPR.
The recycling industry relies heavily on free and fair competition to ensure that it can efficiently transform...
HMRC collects £1bn in unpaid tax from landfill tax investigations
HMRC has collected £1bn in extra revenue from investigations into underpaid landfill tax over the past 5 years, with £281m collected in the last year alone.
Landfill tax is imposed on waste disposed of in landfill and is designed to...
King’s scientists use laundry detergent enzyme to recycle single-use plastics
Scientists at King’s College London have developed an innovative solution for recycling single-use bioplastics commonly used in disposable items such as coffee cups and food containers.
The novel method of chemical recycling, published in Cell Reports Physical Sciences, uses enzymes...
Ecommerce set to boom, but ‘government must invest’ to keep packaging out of landfill
As Rishi Sunak waters down green policies, concerns are raised that he is failing to take the threat of increased packaging waste on the environment seriously, warns industry expert Josh Pitman, of Priory Direct.
The thriving ecommerce sector is set...
New facility doubles Wales’ plastic reprocessing capacity
A £45 million investment will more than double Wales’ plastic reprocessing capacity and create over 100 new jobs at the former Toyoda Gosei factory in Swansea.
Jayplas, a market leader in plastic reprocessing, will develop an advanced facility capable of...
Wonky food’ boss hits out after waste targets dumped
A sustainable food business, which rescues wonky and surplus food, has criticised the Government’s decision to ditch proposals to force food companies to report on food waste.
Earth & Wheat recently announced it had saved nearly 500 tonnes of food...
Drink our beer- and then wear it?!
Could we soon be drinking our beer before turning it into leather?
That’s the novel concept behind New Grain™, which converts waste barley grain from the brewing industry into a leather alternative for a host of industries, including fashion and...
‘Recycling alone won’t solve the plastic pollution crisis’
Recycling is not enough to solve the global plastic pollution crisis. Everyone must change how they use and dispose of plastic, says Chris Williams, CEO of ISB Global.
In a blog post, Williams responds to a recent report by Greenpeace warning that recycling alone...
World-first for polyester textile recycling
The world’s first commercial-scale post-consumer polyester recycling plant has been unveiled.
Project Re:claim has successfully recycled polyester textiles back into raw material in a joint venture between corporate wear company Project Plan B and the Salvation Army’s trading arm, SATCoL.
Project...
EPR explained: what does Extended Producer Responsibility mean for your business?
Major new packaging charges come into force next year. Prepare now to minimise the cost, advises David Meehan, packaging compliance expert at Biffa.
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is due to be introduced in the UK in 2024.
The legislation makes producers...
Using shell waste to end plastic waste
A Scottish firm is using shellfish waste as a base material for plastic-free food packaging.
Blue biotech CuanTec has developed a unique method to extract chitin - a naturally occurring polymer - from discarded langoustine shells.
Working with sustainable packaging designer...
Single-use plastics ban from October
Single-use plastics are to be banned from October 2023 - a move welcomed by the British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA).
From this autumn, new rules aim to cut use of plastic plates, trays, bowls, cutlery, balloon sticks, and certain types...
No more blame game: let’s stop the plastic tsunami together
Technology and human endeavour is turning the tide against the plastic waste crisis engulfing our oceans. You too can make a difference by joining our partnership, says Christine Tangdal, of the ReSea Project.
Around 335m tons of plastic is produced annually...
Redesigning the fabric of sustainable fashion
Fast fashion has literally turned into a mountain of global waste. Tim Cross, CEO and founder of The Circular Textiles Foundation, discusses how technology is key to solving the crisis.
The apparel and textile industry are facing important changes, ranging...
Reverse Vending Machines tackle plastic card pollution
NatWest Bank has launched a ‘first-of-its kind’ network of Reverse Vending Machines to help tackle the ever-growing mountain of plastic card waste.
The machines offer a secure, eco-friendly way to recycle unwanted bank, loyalty and gift cards, which have generated...
