Veolia’s Richard Kirkman Sees Positives as Waste Generation Falls 2019-11-29 13:30:42 Recycling Rate in England Falls 0.5% to 44.7% in 2018 Following the publication of the latest DEFRA waste and recycling data, Richard Kirkman, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at Veolia UK and Ireland has welcomed signs that growth is starting to be decoupled from waste generation. read more ...
New Study in Collaboration with Polymer Comply Europe 2019-09-06 14:48:54 European Plastics Converters Launches 3rd Edition of Recycling Survey Trade association, European Plastics Converters, decided to conduct the third edition of its survey on the use of recycled polymers by plastics converters in Europe in cooperation with Polymer Comply Europe. read more ...
Millennials and Generation Z Supportive of Recycling Despite Negative Publicity 2019-08-21 16:41:16 POLL: Americans Keep Recycling, But Just 35% Believe Materials Are Actually Recovered In the US, a new national poll conducted by Mason-Dixon has found that 85% of respondents recycle despite having little confidence that the materials actually get recycled. read more ...
Third National Bed Federation Report on Mattress Recycling 2019-08-13 12:58:18 UK Mattress Recycling Rate Grows by 55% Between 2015 and 2017 The UK’s National Bed Federation has published its third report on the rate of mattress recycling in the UK, revealing a 55% increase in the number of mattresses being handled by recyclers between 2015 and 2017. read more ...
Beverage Container Recycling Rate Dropping 2019-08-13 12:35:57 Container Recycling Institute Responds to Recent Redemption Center Closures in California In California, the Container Recycling Institute (CRI) has called the recent closure of 284 recycling redemption centers by rePlanet “the latest and most significant setback to the state’s container deposit system”. read more ...
Capital Support for NHM Recycling Infrastructure 2019-07-18 16:16:32 WRAP Grant to Boost Recycling of Non-Household Municipal Waste As part of the £18 million Resource Action Fund, launched by Defra in May this year, WRAP has launched a new grant to help improve recycling rates – The Resources and Waste Strategy for England. read more ... Revised Directives on Packaging and Waste 2019-05-31 12:36:19 FEAD Position Paper on Improving Packaging Recycling Rates FEAD has published a position paper on improving packaging design to increase recycling rates in the framework of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive. read more ... EPBA Raises Awareness on Portable Battery Collection 2019-04-23 14:32:57 Battery Association Goes to Strasbourg to Boost Battery Recycling Rates The EPBA has organised a campaign in the European Parliament in Strasbourg to raise awareness about portable battery collection and recycling. read more ... 3 Million Tonnes of Capacity Needed 2019-04-05 11:13:00 Growing Need to Recycle Increasing Volumes of Engineering Plastics By 2020 the EU will generate an additional 46% of plastic waste from the electrical & electronic (E&E) sector in comparison to the year 2000, according to a new report by Plastics Recyclers Europe. read more ... Recycled, Recovered with Waste to Energy or landfilled? 2019-03-29 14:12:38 ESWET Responds to Eurostat Findings on Municipal Waste Treatment in EU ESWET has welomed the increasing share of recycling and waste to energy and lower share for landfilling, but said that there is still room for improvement. read more ... “The Aim of Recycling is Changing” 2019-03-27 14:51:07 COMMENT: Keep It Simple When it Comes to Kerbside Recycling Collections Richard McKinlay, Axion’s Head of Circular Economy, has called for residential kerbside recycling collections tp focus on consistent quality if the UK is to boost plastics recycling rates and meet current targets. read more ... Aim to Achieve 70% Recycling Rate for Plastic Packaging by 2025 2019-02-28 14:36:39 Strategic Partnership Between WRAP & OPRL to Meet Recycling Targets WRAP and OPRL have entered into a strategic partnership which sets out how the two organisations will work together towards meeting the UK’s recycling targets. read more ...
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