• News Biffa ups investment in plastic bottle recycling facility to £27.5m 5th June 2019 Biffa / plastic / waste infrastructure Canary Wharf awarded plastic free communities status 5th June 2019 Canary Wharf / plastic / World Environment Day France to ban destruction of unsold non-food items in “world first” 5th June 2019 Circular Economy / E-Waste / France Drinks deposit scheme to “slash” Scotland’s carbon footprint 5th June 2019 Carbon Emissions / DRS / Scotland SEPA to meet with Labour MSP over clinical waste “backlog” 4th June 2019 Clinical Waste / Healthcare Environmental Services / Scotland Waitrose unveils package free ‘pick and mix’ trial 4th June 2019 packaging / plastic / Waitrose Just nine EU countries have explicit plastic waste prevention targets 4th June 2019 Europe / European Environment Agency / plastic Toolkit to maximise Scotland’s “potentially lucrative” circular economy 3rd June 2019 Circular Economy / Scotland / Zero Waste Scotland Viridor helps turn seaweed waste into agricultural fertiliser 3rd June 2019 The Torpoint Ferry / Viridor / zero landfill Start-up retailer to sell unsold stock from fashion industry 3rd June 2019 Burberry / Circular Economy / textiles Londoners’ plastic recycling could build The Shard 5 times 3rd June 2019 plastic / Recycling / The Body Shop Fashion brands exploring circular economy business models 31st May 2019 Circular Economy / LWARB / textiles The Philippines returns 1,500 tonnes of waste to Canada 31st May 2019 plastic / The Philippines / Waste Exports SUEZ wins Greater Manchester waste contract 31st May 2019 contracts / Greater Manchester / SUEZ Viridor uses non-recyclable waste to power new plastics recycling plant 30th May 2019 plastic / Viridor Veolia launches £1m investment to grow plastics recycling 30th May 2019 infrastructure / plastic / Veolia Zero waste to landfill for Edinburgh Marathon Festival 29th May 2019 Hamilton Waste and Recycling / Scotland / Zero Waste Waste wood market remains buoyant according to WRA figures 29th May 2019 Biomass / WRA First 1 2 … 232 233 234 … 311 312 Last
