The best features in recycling

21 May 2013
Last updated: 33 min ago
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Local Authorities

Covanta UK seeks buyer
The UK arm of Covanta Energy is urgently seeking a buyer or faces making ‘majority’ of staff redundant.
English recycling up 2 points to 47 per cent
England recycled 47 per cent of household waste in the second quarter of 2012/13, up two per cent from the year before.
 

Case Studies

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

 
Banking on deposits
South Australia has a very established deposit-refund scheme that has been operating since the ’70s. Susanna Prouse finds out how the system has evolved and whether the rest of Australia could soon follow suit

 
 
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Techniques

Audience Participation
Understanding your target audience is key to successfully increasing participation – Resource takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the different types of recyclers to discover how best to get people recycling more and better.

 
Recycling centre staff trained as lifesavers
Staff at Suffolk household waste recycling centres given defibrillators and lifesaving training as part of new initiative.

 
 
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Latest

Judicial review application for PFI withdrawal
North Yorkshire County Council submits application for a judicial review into Defra’s decision to withdraw PFI credits.

 
Beddington incinerator granted planning permission
London Borough of Sutton approves planning permission for Viridor’s energy-from-waste incinerator at Beddington.

 
 
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