Guy Newcombe, CEO of Archipelago Technology Group, discusses the company’s sustainable food packaging solution and how it can address the global packaging waste crisis. Each year, over 140 million tonnes of plastic is produced globally, but only around 9% is currently recycled. As waste goes, packaging has received a lot of media attention, and […]
ABB Energy Industries Service’s circularity programme reduced the amount of electronic waste returned by customers that it sent to landfill by 93% over four years. Data collected by ABB Energy Industries Service and its recycling partners show of 32,000 faulty items processed, 214.5 kg went to landfill in 2020 but fell to 14.2 kg […]
Biffa has signed a £3 million zero-waste-to-landfill collection and disposal contract with sustainable packaging company DS Smith. As part of the contract, Biffa said it will collect and manage around 15,000 tonnes of waste from over 30 DS Smith sites across the UK each year for the next three years. The contract includes 20 […]
A new report into green skills, commissioned by SUEZ, has warned the UK Government that without action the UK will fail to achieve its targets. SUEZ recycling and recovery UK has called on the UK Government to deliver targeted investment, long-term policy frameworks, and stronger collaboration with businesses and educational institutions to align the […]
Episode 6 of the CD&E technical series focuses on how hard-to-manage materials can become more circular. As the built environment and construction industry is responsible for generating one-third of the world’s waste, and 60% of the waste in the UK respectively, operating with a sustainable mindset is no longer a choice, it is essential. […]
Reactions to Wales’s withdrawal from a UK-wide deposit return scheme range from disappointment to calls for the entire scheme to be scrapped. Earlier this week, Irranca-Davies announced that the Welsh Government was withdrawing from the development of a UK-wide deposit return scheme (DRS), citing issues caused by the UK Internal Market Act 2020. The […]
Katie Coyne explores what sustainable materials are and how innovative businesses around the world are using them to create alternatives to single-use products. Defining a sustainable material is not as straightforward as it seems. To tackle the triple planetary threat of climate change, loss of biodiversity, and pollution, we need to tackle overconsumption and […]
The connection between using resources better and achieving environmental goals has been “poorly understood” in government and amongst politicians, according to insiders interviewed by Green Alliance. Green Alliance has published a new report into why the previous government were unable to implement the majority of policies set out in the 2018 Resource & Waste […]
Wales has withdrawn from the development of an aligned deposit return scheme (DRS) across the UK, Deputy First Minister Huw Irranca-Davies has announced. In a written statement, Irranca-Davies said that the Welsh Government could not proceed with a deposit return scheme (DRS) due to issues caused by the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020. […]
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has released a report on the performance of signatories to the Global Commitment, which found they “significantly” outperformed their peers. Led by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, in collaboration with the UN Environment Programme, 500 organisations have signed the Global Commitment. Companies representing 20% of all plastic packaging produced globally have […]