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24 May 2013
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Redesigning wasteful products
One week left to nominate which wasteful items should be redesigned as part of...
 
Three charged for Goole docks waste crime offences
Three directors of Leeds Paper Recycling charged by the Environment Agency for...
 
Natural Resources Wales becomes operational
Wales’s new resource and environmental organisation, Natural Resources Wales,...
 
 
Nominations open for Scottish Green Awards
Nominations have opened for the Scottish Green Awards 2013, which reward green projects and businesses in Scotland.

 
Gotta go (to the kerb)
At last there is a way of recycling absorbent hygiene products in the UK, but what happens when you take nappies out of the equation? Matilda Zatorski reports

 
British Gas to provide Green Deal Finance Plans
British Gas has become the ‘first’ Green Deal supporter to provide customers with finance plans.

 
Billboard converts air to 15,000 litres of water
A billboard designed to convert air humidity into water has produced 15,000 litres of water in six months.

 
MRWA launches £130,000 Community Fund
Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority launch £130,000 Community Fund to encourage recycling in local areas.

 
Milton Keynes Council begins recycling trial
Milton Keynes Council and Coca-Cola Enterprises launch ‘Recycle for Your Community’ project to improve local recycling.

 
MRBT ‘better’ than EfW for waste disposal
New study finds materials recovery, biological treatment is the ‘best method’ for waste disposal, over energy from waste.

 
Views sought on managing radioactive waste
Government issues call for evidence on the site selection process for the Managing Radioactive Waste Safely programme.

 
TRA launches ‘Responsible Retailer’ initiative
Tyre Recovery Association launches ‘Responsible Retailer’ initiative to help sector showcase green credentials.

 
CO2 passes 400ppm for ‘first time in human history’
Global CO2 levels in the atmosphere pass 400 parts per million for the ‘first time in human history,’ new data reveals.

 
Shanks signs waste contract with Glasgow Airport
Shanks Group plc signs five-year contract with Glasgow Airport to help it ‘reduce waste collections by 75 per cent’.

 
Shanks signs waste contract with Glasgow Airport
Shanks Group plc signs five-year contract with Glasgow Airport to help it ‘reduce waste collections by 75 per cent’.

 
Watford outsource waste collections to Veolia
Waste collections in Watford to be outsourced for the ‘first time’ after Veolia signs £35 million waste contract.

 
EA fines firm for unauthorised waste activities
Michael Coates Recycling Ltd fined £10,000 for carrying out waste activities without an environmental permit.

 
First Welsh ‘Recycle on the Go’ projects opened
Welsh Resource Minister Alun Davies opens first recycling exhibits funded by Wales’ £432,00 Recycle on the Go scheme.

 
 
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