The best features in recycling

19 May 2013
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UK’s ‘first’ food recycling reward scheme launches
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead launches UK’s ‘first’ reward scheme for...
 
Audience Participation
Understanding your target audience is key to successfully increasing...
 
Potty Talk
Human wastes are largely viewed as unpleasant, dangerous stuff, but could they...
 
 
European Examples
With the Judicial Review highlighting the differences between recycling systems in the UK and the rest of Europe, Nick Livermore learns lessons in waste collection from...

 
Plans for arc21’s residual waste contract unveiled
Becon Consortium unveils plans to build first incinerator and MBT plant in Northern Ireland.

 
WRAP identifies environmental impact of groceries
Grocery products contribute up to 33 per cent of household consumption greenhouse gas emissions, finds WRAP report.

 
Environment Agency challenged over Barton permit
Environment Agency’s decision to grant permit to Barton Renewable Energy Plant challenged by Breathe Clean Air Group.

 
Ireland commits to separate food waste
Ireland signs new Household Food Waste Regulations and commits to separate food waste collections.

 
Haiti fights cholera by recycling human waste
Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods recycles human waste to help stem a cholera epidemic in Haiti.

 
Report urges ‘small changes’ in food packaging
‘Small changes’ in packaging will keep food fresh, save money and have less impact on the environment, says WRAP report.

 
EU landfill rates drop by 19 per cent in 10 years
New data shows EU landfill rates dropped by 19 per cent between 2001-2011, but incineration increased by eight per cent.

 
China cracks down on food waste
The Chinese Government attempts to cut down on national food waste by publically backing ‘Clear the Plates’ campaign.

 
Trafford Council rejects Pickles fund money
Trafford Council rejects £6.4m of Eric Pickles’s WCSS fund as it finds weekly collections ‘not cost-effective’.

 
No landfill ban for wood waste
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs says it is not ‘the right time’ to implement a landfill ban for wood waste.

 
Provisional figures show recycling slowing down
Provisional figures show recycling levels in Q1 of 2012/13 unchanged from last year, despite drop in residual waste.

 
WRAP Cymru reopens Large Scale Infrastructure Fund
Large Scale Infrastructure Fund reopens in Wales to create jobs and divert 270,000 tonnes of waste from landfill.

 
Straight plc awarded £1.7m Canterbury contract
Environmental products group, Straight plc awarded £1.7m contract to provide containers to Canterbury City Council.

 
North Londoners reduce food waste by 38 per cent
Households that took part in the North London Food Waste Challenge reduced weekly food waste by 38 per cent.

 
 
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