Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2020

million tonnes (Mt) of e-waste was produced globally in 2019, the weight of 350 cruise ships the size of the Queen Mary 2; $57 billion in gold and other components discarded – mostly dumped or burned. per cent of 2019’s e-waste was collected and recycled. A record 53.6 A record 53.6 A record 53.6 Mt and 0.7 Mt respectively.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Episode 235: The value of informal waste collectors, reusable packaging prevails. It's time to value waste collectors for their pivotal role in the plastic supply chain. Download it here. Heather Clancy. Fri, 09/04/2020 - 02:00. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (4:08). What does "climate risk" actually mean ?

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 16, 2023

Plastics resource efficiency and recycling charity, RECOUP, has released its 2023 Plastics Management and Recycling at Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) in the UK report, finding a significant quantity of plastics going unrecycled.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2020

As an official partner, Too Good To Go will be presented to all food businesses in Yorkshire as a key solution to reducing food waste and associated waste costs. Attended by almost 100 people, the webinar’s apparent success seemed to show that fighting food waste is of real interest in the post COVID world.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 24, 2023

Available to download from the Alupro website, the report aims to inspire sustained collaboration between government and the wider supply chain. Our simple goal is to see aerosols become a central part of recycling behaviour in the waste management landscape of tomorrow.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

DECEMBER 1, 2022

And as millions of Brits are skipping meals days at a time, according to a survey by the UK Food Foundation earlier this year, the UK is wasting $23 billion (£19 billion) worth of food each year, enough to feed a quarter of the world’s population. “In the UK, we waste a third of all food produced. Overly linear food chains.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Today, only 1% of annual textile waste is recycled into new products without being downgraded. By exploring innovative strategies and technologies, the firm says the white paper charts a course toward a circular textiles value chain, revolutionising waste into valuable resources.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Supermarket estimates its latest initiative could save 4,000 tonnes of food from being wasted every year Supermarket giant Aldi has announced it is to extend its partnership with food waste app Too Good To Go to cover all its 990 UK stores, in a move that should make it easier to stop thousands of tonnes of surplus food going to waste.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Environmental charity Hubbub launced – on 5 October – an in-depth guide for local authorities on how to roll out a successful recycling on-the-go campaign and thereby increase recycling rates and reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill or incineration. Place recycling bins next to general waste bins or use dual bins.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 18, 2024

From the outset, everyone agreed change was needed and that the current linear way of working is out of kilter with the industry’s net carbon zero and zero waste objective. By working together we can significantly reduce waste, save money and achieve our sustainability targets.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 3, 2023

Bristol City Council, with Bristol Waste Company , who will create a highly visible trail of on-the-go recycling bins that lead from Castle Park, along the water’s edge, through the heart of the city and around the Harbourside. We believe that, by working together, we can make a real difference in tackling waste.”

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Circularity refers to a circular economy – a regenerative system in which resource input and waste, emission, and energy leakage are minimized by slowing, closing, and narrowing energy and material loops. Fortunately, ‘circularity’ — the concept of using and wasting less — can solve several of these problems simultaneously.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 12, 2023

Material Focus says it made the film for local authorities to share and help their residents understand how to properly dispose of their batteries and electricals, with the aim to reduce battery fires in bin lorries and at waste and recycling centres. And they can pose a real risk to staff working in the waste and recycling centres.”

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2021

The United Kingdom Without Incineration Network (UKWIN) launched a good practice guide in July, intended to help with assessing the greenhouse gas (GHG) impacts of waste incineration. And the guidance is informed by original analysis of the real world performance of waste incinerators, says UKWIN. Image credit: Arran Bee , CC BY 2.0

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

57% of local authorities conduct ongoing waste and recycling communication campaigns, and a further 23% in the last 12 months. The RECOUP UK Household Plastic Packaging Collection Survey 2023 is available for RECOUP members to download from its website.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The RECOUP UK Household Plastic Packaging Collection Survey 2022 is available for RECOUP members to download from its website. . As the UK looks to navigate its way through the many changing environmental policies, RECOUP continues to provide expertise and guidance for its members across the plastics recycling value chain and policy makers.

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Business Green

MARCH 20, 2020

New funding from Defra's Resource Action Fund to help organisations tackle the UK's textile waste mountain. Waste advisory body WRAP has this week launched a new £1.5m Interested applicants can find more information and download an application form through WRAP's website.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2020

IRRC Waste-to-Energy, a long-standing international event that offers perspective on recycling and recovery, has decided to go online this year. That is why we did not make it easy for ourselves, when we determined what to do with this year’s IRRC Waste-to-Energy. The IRRC Waste to Energy event takes place on 15-16 October 2020.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2022

.” Earlier this year, BCAS launched its 10% Taskforce campaign, designed to encourage compressed air users to take simple steps to cut their compressed air energy figure by 10 per cent, by reducing wasteful and inefficient practices. Free, downloadable guides are available ( taskforce10.bcas.org.uk/simple-steps

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 27, 2022

Zero Waste Scotland and the Scottish Government have launched a new £2m fund to help reduce the environmental burden of textiles. maximise the amount of textile waste that is captured and recycled. The consultations form part of strategic plans to deliver Scotland’s zero waste and circular economy ambitions. by 29 July 2022.

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EDF + Business

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Actionable Insights for a Decarbonizing World Pathways to Net Zero – Circular Economy Strategies for Climate Action A circular economy is a regenerative system in which resource input and waste, emission, and energy leakage are minimized by slowing, closing, and narrowing energy and material loops. billion tons come from secondary materials.

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Charged

AUGUST 24, 2021

To meet consumer expectations and growing demand, EV manufacturers must focus on reliable and stable production processes to minimize waste and increase quality. Download the Electric Vehicle Solutions Guide to learn how to improve inspections during every step of production. Sponsored by Cognex. Sponsored by Cognex.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The principal results and data are now available in an open-source report for public download: guidelines.ceflex.eu “NIR is an established key technology for sorting plastics across Europe, so rigorous, independent data of exactly what it can – and cannot – achieve is essential,” said project coordinator Graham Houlder.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 5, 2021

Use of resources has tripled (automatic PDF download) since 1970 and could double again by 2050 if business continues as usual. The world produces around 300 million tons of plastic waste every year, nearly equivalent to the weight of the entire human population. percent gets recycled and used again. We would need 1.5 Boost economies.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Produced by the EU co-funded project BONUS RETURN (and available to download at www.bonusreturn.eu), the 18-minute film is shot in the project’s three case study river basins – Vantaanjoki, Finland, Fyrisån, Sweden and S?upia, The three were winners of a competition run by BONUS RETURN to identify promising technologies in the EU.

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Greenability Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2023

Recyclespot.org, a program of the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) Solid Waste Management District, has updated the regional recycling guidelines alongside local recycling haulers and sorting facilities. Plus, don’t miss the new Recyclespot.org Recycle Better flyer to download and share. Now, fewer plastics are able to be recycled.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Collecting and filtering a few litres of seawater concentrates the DNA left behind in species’ waste products, such as skin and tissue cells, which can then be processed in the NatureMetrics lab to identify all the different fish species present. It means there is no need to physically catch or even see the fish to know they are there.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Innovation Biodiversity 264

GreenBiz

JUNE 19, 2020

How Perdue, Smithfield and Silver Fern Farms are reducing packaging waste. Emma Chow, project lead on the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Food initiative, chats about the role menus play in counteracting food waste and sharing practical steps for addressing the "brittleness" of the existing food system. Download it here.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 4, 2021

One of those enterprises is Ecopost, which has upcycled 5 million kilograms of plastic waste into building materials and created over 2,000 jobs for youth and women. At the end of the day, the name of the game is collaboration,” said Samuel Alemayehu, Global Director of the waste management company Cambridge Industries Ltd.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The first Technology Showcase, hosted on 11 November, investigated a high quality shortlist of technologies that meet one of the high priority opportunity areas – How might we explore new markets, recover value from waste and understand the potential impacts of new products for our customers, our environment and our business.

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Greenability Magazine

JULY 14, 2020

TerraCycle, a waste management company, partners with consumer product companies, retailers and cities to recycle products and packages — from dirty diapers to cigarette butts — that would otherwise end up in a landfill. It will be awarded to a local Fisher House Foundation location for military children.

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Charged

APRIL 4, 2023

Download case studies that highlight these nimble and reliable supplier partnerships Reserve your spot—it’s free! From foam material to 3D inspection to robotic integration, these are the tools that reduce battery pack rework and material waste on EV battery trays.

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Electric vehicle Batteries Innovation Waste 122

Green Business Bureau

JULY 8, 2021

These are: Excessive paper waste from mail campaigns, brochures, and contracts. E-waste from outdated and idle electronics. Recycle or Donate E-Waste. The amount of resources that are wasted by real estate firms’ use of printing is extraordinary – but it doesn’t have to be. RECYCLE OR DONATE E-WASTE.

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Real Estate Sustainability Waste Waste 158

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Why every C-suite officer should care about plastic waste. Download it here. Plastic Waste. Episode 236: Banking for the planet and behind the scenes of Generation Green New Deal. Deonna Anderson. Fri, 09/11/2020 - 09:21. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (9:30). Why "regeneration" is generating business buzz.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 20, 2023

Furthermore, recycled content targets are expected to increase under the European Commission’s proposed Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). The full report is available for download here. Specifically, it demonstrates an approach that can fast-track the development of quality guidelines and promote their adoption.

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EDF + Business

MARCH 6, 2023

Download Report Invisible Risks In a world of multiplying energy challenges, a significant volume of methane – the main component of natural gas and a powerful driver of short-term climate warming – is being lost from the oil and gas supply chain. Download Report Additional Resources 1. Reducing flaring means reducing methane impact.

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Methane Policy Natural gas Waste 98

Green Business Bureau

MAY 12, 2022

It includes your building, operations, vehicles, supplies, products, procurement, recycling, reuse, waste, policies and procedures. Waste and Recycling – What waste do we produce and where does it come from? How can we reduce waste and prevent pollution? Can we find ways to recycle or upcycle waste materials (e.g.

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