The best features in recycling

19 May 2013
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Textiles

Transparency all round
Smurfit Kappa’s Simon Weston on why reprocessors should also be willing to...
 
Real Nappy Week begins on Monday
Real Nappy Week, a week-long campaign aimed at reducing the UK’s reliance on...
 
Audience Participation
Understanding your target audience is key to successfully increasing...
 
 
News in Brief
Palm contract, New York Plastics Recycling, Facilities Show 2013, Furniture biofuel pressure, Carpet conference

 
News in brief
Carpet reuse, red nose recycling, Ware soil treatment facility, Footprint Awards, cardboard composting and more.

 
Extending landfill bans could recover £2.5 billion
A new report from think tank Green Alliance advocates extending landfill bans to recover £2.5 billion of resources each year.

 
‘Great potential’ for Scottish stuffing recycling
Textile recycling could be boosted by increased investment in stuffing recycling, finds Zero Waste Scotland.

 
Textile Recycling Association celebrates centenary
The Textile Recycling Association marks its centenary with cautious optimism for the future of the industry.

 
Salvation Army clothing collection campaign
Harley-Davidson first company to join The Salvation Army’s clothing collection campaign, Spring Clothing Clear Out.

 
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.

 
Defra and WRAP win Global Leadership Award
WRAP and Defra’s Sustainable Clothing Roadmap and Action Plan awarded Sustainable Apparel Global Leadership Award.

 
Carpet waste diversion rose by 30 per cent in 2012
Thirty per cent more carpet waste was diverted from landfill in 2012 than in 2011, Carpet Recycling UK announces.

 
Sticky Situation
Nick Livermore looks at whether Hagfish slime is the future of modern synthetics.

 
Spinning a Yarn
Textile workers rejoice at Imogen Hedges' un-knitting machine.

 
Dressed to kill pollution
Annie Reece slips into some pollution-busting clothing and wonders if it's all too good to be true.

 
WRAP gives cash and advice to Welsh SMEs
WRAP Cymru offers small and medium-sized enterprises in Wales £60,000 support to tackle ‘resource insecurity’.

 
Fire at BCR Global Textiles recycling unit
Major fire at BCR Global Textile unit in West Bromwich marks latest in series of recycling centre fires.

 
Carpet manufacturers divert record amount from landfill
Carpet Recycling UK members diverted a record 6,049 tonnes of waste carpet from landfill in 2012, says association.

 
 
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