Linda Crichton receives MBE for services to waste and recycling sector

12th October 2020

Defra / Queen's Honours / WRAP

UK waste exports to Malaysia increased by 81% in the first half of the year

12th October 2020

malaysia / plastic / Waste Exports

Sustainability is a growing business priority as a result of Covid-19, research shows

9th October 2020

business / Carbon Trust / green recovery

Treatment of WEEE as metal scrap raises environmental and safety concerns

9th October 2020

waste collection / WEEE / WEEE Forum

Biffa acquires Simply Waste Solutions for £35 million

9th October 2020

Acquisition / Biffa / business / Simply Waste Solutions

Gen Z Londoners lead the way in repair culture

8th October 2020

London / london repair week / LWARB / repair

Businesses in Putney to have recycling collected by e-bike

8th October 2020

Climate Change / London / LWARB / waste collection

WRAP named a Global Alliance Partner of £50 million Earthshot Prize

8th October 2020

earthshot prize / prince william / WRAP

Veolia to file ‘voluntary takeover bid’ following acquisition of 29.9% Suez stake

7th October 2020

Acquisition / SUEZ / Veolia

First ever global estimate suggests 14 million tonnes of microplastics on seafloor

6th October 2020

CSIRO / microplastic / Ocean Plastic / plastic

Homebase launches UK’s first ‘Green Aisle’

6th October 2020

Consumer Behaviour / homebase / sustainability

SESA voices concerns over Scotland EfW carbon report

5th October 2020

energy from waste / SESA / Zero Waste Scotland

New enzyme cocktail digests plastic waste ‘six times faster’

5th October 2020

PETase / plastic / University of Portsmouth

UK’s Carbon8 deploys carbon capture at Dutch EfW plant

5th October 2020

Carbon8 / energy from waste / The Netherlands

Viridor to begin sale of waste and recycling subsidiary – Reuters

2nd October 2020

Acquisition / business / KKR / Viridor

‘Blue Planet II’ may not have caused a change in plastic consumption

2nd October 2020

behaviour change / blue planet 2 / Imperial College London / University of Oxford

Glasgow to receive £6.3m for world’s largest fleet of hydrogen powered refuse trucks

1st October 2020

collection / Glasgow / hydrogen

England bans plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds

1st October 2020

ban / Ocean Plastic / packaging / plastic

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