Gary Moore, sales director at UNTHA UK, argues that manufacturers must consider a product’s sustainability and its end-of-life application equally to be truly environmentally-friendly. Last year, I wrote an article
Are the supermarkets caught up in pursuing a circular economy, or have they missed the change, Apurva Munja, Junior Consultant at Ecoveritas asks. Despite being resource-efficient, plastic packaging has a
James Rigg, CEO of Trojan Electronics, examines why, despite consumers becoming increasingly eco-conscious, the scale of the e-waste problem continues to increase. In recent years, the fashion industry’s impact on
Tetra Pak says its new recycling initiatives could help turn all components of a used carton package into quality materials and goods. In the run-up to Earth Day (22 April),
Tesco has begun recycling used plastic food trays back into packaging in what it calls an “industry first”. The supermarket says the process creates a fully circular packaging solution for
Materials consultant at Bax & Company Johanna Reiland explores the challenges posed by wind turbine waste and what potential sustainable solutions look like. As an emerging, much-hyped concept, the practical
SUEZ has launched the third report, “Re-use – seizing the opportunity”, in a series on reuse and repair, which examines the potential benefits that reuse could deliver to the UK’s
The “Tackling Household Plastic Waste: Best Practice for a Circular Plastics Economy” report proposes a roadmap to reducing plastic waste entirely. “One Bin to Rule Them All” is a three-year
The SUEZ group has announced a new organisational structure which separates its waste and recycling business from its water business and into a new “operational division”. The announcement of the
The Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) has today (31 March) published a position paper on how the quality of paper for recycling can be improved via separate collections of paper