Recycling of Agricultural Film Promising

10th August 2012 Partners in a European Commission-funded project designed to solve problems relating to the recycling of used agricultural film have described...

Huge Investment in Plastics Purification

7th August 2012 Closed Loop recycling, based in East London, has announced plans to invest £12million at its Dagenham plant to make itself the UK’s...

Valuable Metal Extraction boosted by new fund

2nd August 2012 An initiative to boost the extraction of valuable metals and minerals from domestic and commercial waste streams in the UK has been launched...

Wood use and recycling truly sustainable

31st July 2012 We report from America, where home building has long been one of the most important industries, with economists viewing statistics concerning new...

Waste collections are 'most hazardous' for industry

26th July 2012 Collections are one of the most ‘hazardous’ activities in the waste and recycling industry, according to the Health and Safety Executive...

Paper suffering from weak export demand

  24th July 2012   The waste paper sector is suffering from weaker export demand and some machine down time at the UK’s cardboard mills.   At...