Waste & Recycling
Rainforest Alliance welcomes launch of recyclable coffee cup
The Rainforest Alliance says it welcomes the launch of Green Your Cup, a design of coffee cup that can be recycled along with newspaper and cardboard. The organisation describes Green Your Cup as ‘a major innovation in the beverage industry’. 30 June 2014 – The Rainforest Alliance says it welcomes the launch of Green Your […]
Read MoreNestlé, Coca-Cola and Tesco collaborate to tackle hard-to-recycle packaging
A partnership between Enval, SITA, Nestlé, Coca-Cola and Tesco, led by LRS Consultancy, is to research the collection of flexible packaging materials containing aluminium to improve recycling and remanufacture.
Read MoreSainsbury’s store to be powered by food waste
Sainsbury’s Cannock branch is to go off-grid and be powered from energy produced from the retailer’s own food waste, thanks to Biffa’s anaerobic digestion facilities.
Read MoreWaste coffee grinds could be used for biodiesel, researchers find
Researchers from the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies at the University of Bath have found that oil extracted from waste coffee grounds could be used to make biofuel.
Read MoreZero Waste Scotland offers advice on ‘right bins’ for Recycle Week
Zero Waste Scotland is marking Recycle Week with the launch of a new website and other advice channels aimed at helping Scottish households use the right bins for their rubbish.
Read MoreDurham schools’ food waste to produce biogas
John Warren ABP has won the contract to collect food waste from over 200 schools in County Durham for conversion into energy via anaerobic digestion.
Read MoreNew Manchester facility to process waste for fuel
B&M Waste Services has opened a £1million Refuse Derived Fuel facility in Manchester that will process non-recyclable waste for a CHP plant in Germany.
Read MoreHeinz and Ford collaborate on tomato-based bioplastic
Researchers at Ford and Heinz are collaborating on the development of a strong, lightweight bioplastic made from dried tomato skins that could be used in cars.
Read MorePaper waste could create next-generation bioplastics, research finds
Research led by Biome Bioplastics has identified lignin, a waste product of the pulp and paper industry, as a potential source of organic chemicals for bioplastics manufacture.
Read MoreGarden Centre Group ‘on target’ to divert 95% of waste from landfill
The Garden Centre Group has doubled its recycling rate and is on track to meet its target of diverting 95 per cent of its waste from landfill, as a result of a resource management programme with Biffa.
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