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A deposit return scheme for drinks containers looks set to happen in Scotland by 2021, assuming that current plans are met. Legislation is expected to go through the Scottish Parliament over the next few months and will see Scotland having a scheme in place before England. Experts suggest that there remains a possibility that the…
A study by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has suggested that hundreds of thousands of unused electrical items may be sitting idle in cupboards and drawers in homes across the country. Consequently it has urged the public to get out the items for reuse if possible or for recycling. The RSC commissioned a survey…
As the environmental awareness of consumers continues to grow, with everything from McDonalds straws to Greta Thunberg’s voyage across the Atlantic in the news, one retailer has briefed its suppliers over the sustainability of packaging. And, the British Retail Consortium has described how its members are making progress on the sustainability front. Tesco has revealed…
Councils are being offered funding for projects that are aimed at increasing the collection of old electrical appliances from the kerbside. Up to £3 million is being made available to local authorities through the WEEE Fund, money which is collected from producer compliance schemes when targets for the collection of WEEE – waste electrical and…
Following the recent publication of the 2017 waste recycling data for Europe, you may have already heard we have dropped to 15th place when it comes to waste generated per capita. At the same time we are mid-range against our fellow Europeans when it comes to recycling and recovery rates and therefore landfill minimisation. The…
The days of just casually throwing items away should be behind us. In the UK, every council provides bins or sacks for various types of waste to be recycled. Plastic is one of the materials that need to be recycled whenever possible as the risk of not doing so is simply too great to the…
With the environment sitting higher on the political agenda globally than for many years, the UK Government will start September with a busy in-tray at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Public interest in the environment remains very high according to a number of surveys, with young and old voicing concern about fires…
Humans are purchasing a million plastic bottles every year [source]. Efforts to make changes are slow-moving. Recycling helps, but did you know than in 2016 fewer than half of all plastic bottles were collected for recycling [source]? Doing our bit for the environment goes beyond using a recycling bin. We have to go further back,…
For those of us keeping our eyes on how much progress is being made in the fight against climate change, the news can seem unceasingly bleak, between controversial politicians derailing progress and a seeming deficiency in the public will to implement change. However, in spite of all this, there have been one or two moments…
It’s a staple in almost every kitchen in the world. Global usage of cooking oil is estimated at 200 million metric tonnes per year. Used cooking oil is a valuable commodity and can be purified and put to use in the production of many products. With the enormous environmental benefits that come from recycling…
