£7m Bristol Reuse and Recycling Centre opens its doors
WEBJun 21, 2022 · The new £7m site will be open seven days a week, 8am - 6:45pm (summer hours). The facility, Bristol Waste says, will bring additional recycling capacity to Bristol, helping to ‘meet growing demand and providing residents with a modern, accessible, facility that will help reduce congestion at the existing sites’.
Tesco launches guide to counter 8,490 tonnes of Easter food waste
WEBApr 1, 2021 · 8,490 tonnes of food are projected to go to waste this Easter, including approximately 6.8 million hot cross buns, an amount that equates to 550 tonnes and costs £2.6 million. In addition to this, over the course of a typical Easter, British households tend to waste 9.5 million slices of leftover roast meat, 19 million leftover potatoes and 20 ...
Edinburgh and Midlothian energy recovery facility opens
WEBSep 19, 2019 · A new recycling and energy recovery centre (RERC) has opened today (20 September) in Midlothian, Scotland. Millerhill RERC, a £142-million facility, has been developed by waste management resource company FCC Environment, under a 25-year partnership with the City of Edinburgh Council and Midlothian Council. The facility is set to …
Global investors back advanced recycling investment fund
WEBFeb 15, 2022 · Infinity Recycling’s ‘Circular Plastics Fund’ has received strong backing at its first capital close from global plastic supply chain investors. The fund will invest in companies scaling up advanced recycling technologies to break down surging plastic waste flows into primary commodities, which can be reused by industry as inputs for new ...
WRAP: UK wardrobes hold 1.6 billion items of unworn clothes
WEBOct 10, 2022 · Climate NGO WRAP has undertaken its ‘largest study’ into clothing habits, finding that the average UK adult has 118 items of clothing in their wardrobes – 26 per cent (31 items) of which were unworn for at least a year.
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European Parliament votes to revise the Waste Framework Directive
WEBMar 14, 2024 · Following the vote of 514 MEPs for the First Reading of the latest revision to the Waste Framework Directive (with 20 against and 91 abstentions), the legislation is now forwarded to the Council of the European Union for approval or amendments to return it back to the European Parliament. Add a Comment. EU Parliament passes revisions to the ...
Viridor to consult community on Dunbar recycling plant
WEBApr 20, 2020 · Commenting on the proposal for a plant at Dunbar, a Viridor spokesperson said: “Our plans are designed to help Scotland deliver its ambitious climate change and circular economy targets. Scotland’s goal is to ensure that recyclable materials consumed here are retained within a Scottish circular economy. To achieve this, Scotland will need ...
Glasgow aims to be Scotland’s ‘first circular city’ - Resource.co
WEBNov 2, 2018 · Glasgow has announced ambitions to become Scotland’s ‘first circular city’, with plans to publish a ‘route map’ to circularity next year. The announcement came at this year’s Circular Economy Hotspot, an international conference focused on sharing knowledge and ideas around the circular economy. …
New £4m automated sorting plant for waste textiles announced
WEBJun 15, 2023 · The UK Fashion and Textile Association (UKFT) is leading the creation of a £4 million automated sorting and pre-processing (ATSP) plant for non-rewearable textiles (NRTs) with the potential to divert tens of thousands of tonnes of waste textiles from landfill each year. The two-year project – the Autosort for Circular Textiles Demonstrator ...