Waste & recycling

Environmental solutions company, Veolia, is taking a stand after reports of rising abuse from frontline staff more than doubled, with a 118 per cent increase compared to the same period last year. Veolia has launched StreetKind, a new campaign thanking ...

The circular economy is to play a critical role in helping to cut carbon emissions. By recycling existing materials the highly energy-intensive production of new raw materials is reduced, accelerating the movement to net zero carbon emissions. What new technologies ...

The Luton-based waste and recycling firm has won the recycling and waste management contract for Luton Rugby Football Club. This announcement comes as at a time when spectators are flocking back to sporting events and waste levels are returning to ...

Plastics, particularly waste plastics, are one of the most ubiquitous man-made materials on the planet. Waste plastics can be found on the peak of Mount Everest and the bottom of the Mariana Trench, in the Antarctic and Artic, in the ...

The President of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management, Dr Adam Read, has called for global leaders to recognise the crucial role that recycling and resource management has to play in supporting decarbonisation, branding the lack of ‘resources and waste’ ...

The Linmere consortium has appointed Luton waste and resource recycling firm, Cawleys, to manage the waste generated by its new community hub, the Farmstead. The Farmstead includes a café, bakery, shops, a village hall, adventure playground, and the consortium’s project ...

The Circular Economy is set to top the agenda at COP26 which takes place in Glasgow next month, according to Chief Product Officer Development at Advetec, Dr Stephen Wise: “We cannot fix climate change until we transform the global economy, ...

The Beauparc Group, part of the Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) fund has agreed to acquire Manchester-based JWS Waste & Recycling Services (JWS). Formed in 1983 and independently owned since, JWS employ a workforce of 90 and operate from ...

CIWM is calling for all those working in the UK resources and waste industry to take part in a survey designed to help better understand the current levels of EDI (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) in the sector. The survey, which ...

Axil Integrated Services is helping London’s famous black taxicab firm, London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC) to transform its waste management and recycling processes. In just nine months, the partnership has seen a 44 per cent reduction in general waste and ...