The Environmental Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

There is a lot of latent energy in our waste. The adage, ‘one man’s trash is another’s treasure, applies to the world of waste management. From waste segregation to state-of-the-art WTE plants, innovative technology is helping transform trash into valuable resources.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Geo-Structural, whose SQYFlex blade access platform allows turbine technicians to carry out blade maintenance in adverse weather conditions, was proud winner of the Best Innovation Award for new technology products.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Recycling and resource management firm Viridor has unveiled its “Vision for Zero” – a plan to reduce (to zero) the amount of plastic waste exported from the UK. If five state-of-the-art plastic recycling plants, similar to the Avonmouth plant, were built, plastic waste exports from the UK could end. An estimated c.1.3[i]

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Deploying a seemingly innovative technology configuration and design, the group behind it, LIPOR, suggests it is set to revolutionize the waste-to-energy industry while simultaneously decarbonizing the aviation sector.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 8, 2024

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) published the Scottish Waste From All Sources 2022 Official Statistics on 26 March, which provide details on waste from Scottish households, businesses and public services. million tonnes of waste, with 62.3% of all wastes ending up in landfill, for an all-time low figure of 2.30

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 10, 2022

Recycling and waste management business Levenseat has announced plans to invest £4m upgrading a new Materials Recycling Facility (MRF), which it purchased for an undisclosed sum from Avondale Environmental on 10 May. The Falkirk site will also process mixed household, commercial, industrial, construction and demolition waste.

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Charged

MARCH 25, 2024

US truck maker Mack Trucks , a subsidiary of Volvo , has delivered a Mack LR Electric refuse vehicle to Florida-based Coastal Waste & Recycling. Coastal Waste & Recycling is also piloting Volvo Construction Equipment’s CE EC230 Electric 23-ton excavator. Nextran Truck Centers will provide service and support.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 17, 2022

Joseph Doherty is Managing Director of waste management firm Re-Gen Waste. The way that waste in Northern Ireland will be handled over the next few years will change dramatically following consultations by Defra and the UK’s devolved administrations, according to Joseph Doherty of Re-Gen Waste.

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GreenBiz

MAY 14, 2021

Episode 268: Doing the math on net zero; taking food waste off the menu. The link between net zero and supply chain innovation. The food service company has promised to halve food waste by 2025. Heather Clancy. Fri, 05/14/2021 - 02:00. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (4:30). Is "net zero" much ado about nothing?

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, has announced a £6.6m investment in research projects which aim to help build a stronger supply chain of the critical minerals used widely in electronics and industry. In total there are 40 organisations receiving funding.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 31, 2022

Drivers of food price fluctuations such as climate change and labor shortages are also driving a wave of innovation in food waste solutions. The post Climate and supply-chain disruptions spur investment in food waste solutions appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 7, 2023

Edinburgh-based Carbogenics – the developer of proprietary technology that enhances the efficacy and applicability of anaerobic digestion – has raised more than £1m in investment to build its first production and R&D facility in Scotland.

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Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2024

London-based tech firm secures multi-million pound backing to support roll out of technology that captures and repurposes waste heat from IT data centres

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 16, 2019

On site with (left) operations director Gregor Keenan and (right) Louise McGregor, Head of Circular Economy, Zero Waste Scotland. Organic waste recycling firm Keenan Recycling has secured £540,000 from Zero Waste Scotland’s Circular Economy Investment Fund. The new centre in Linwood is due to open in March 2020.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2020

An Elland-based firm whose turbine-based device has global potential to slash CO2 emissions by converting waste heat into electricity, has been awarded the Institute of Physics (IOP) Business Start-up Award. The team at FeTu (with founder Jon Fenton, centre). That’s a tenfold improvement on the technology that’s been developed up to now.”.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 13, 2019

The company's global sustainability director addresses her passion for social innovation, her philosophy for investments and what makes for successful collaboration.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 15, 2024

Waste collection trucks are demonstrated in vehicle-to-grid (V2G) and waste heat from data centres is set to heat swimming pools in the UK. Veolia now plans to expand the trial and test it out on the streets, using Westminster council collection vehicles to pilot the innovation. Have you read?

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2022

A common misunderstanding over water fittings regulations in the UK is creating confusion over clean water equipment compliance and specification, and could be a barrier to innovation, says Paul Carrington, managing director, Aquacheck Engineering.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

A Scottish-based manufacturing facility which will enable the production of lower carbon cement products has secured a £500,000 award from Zero Waste Scotland’s Circular Economy Investment Fund. Trade Minister Ivan McKee announced the Circular Economy Investment Fund award on 2 December.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Two of the new bays at Forth Resource Management, which were installed to hold recycled material made from organic waste delivered by local councils. The organic waste includes garden clippings and trimmings, and waste material produced by gardeners and landscapers. This boosts the volume of materials that can be processed.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Innovate UK KTN has chosen 13 startups to participate in its sustainability accelerator programme. Over the next ten weeks, 13 companies selected from the Sustainable Innovation Fund will work with Innovate UK KTN and their partners growth studio and the ecosystems to further develop propositions and prepare to raise external capital.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 30, 2021

A major milestone was seemingly reached in late July with the registration of the 100th waste management project to the Circular Action Hub (CAH) , an innovative platform launched 12 months ago by UK and Brazil based not-for-profit, BVRio. The PREVENT Waste Alliance has provided funding to a number of projects on the hub.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2022

UK-based Mura Technology announces major backing from global chemicals giant to help it develop host of innovative US and European plastic recycling facilities. A spokesperson for Mura Technology said Dow's latest backing announced today amounted to a "multi-million-dollar" investment, but would not disclose the precise sum.

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Greentown Labs

APRIL 5, 2023

While innovations are necessary—and are currently being developed—to reduce the sector’s reliance on fossil fuels, we can take immediate action through waste-heat-to-power (WHP) technology. This process captures waste heat from industrial facilities and converts it to usable power, rather than letting it escape into the atmosphere.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Luxury in the new normal: Leadership and innovation in 2020 and beyond. To drive innovation and demonstrate leadership in the years ahead, luxury leaders should consider these three opportunities: 1. Elisa Niemtzow. Fri, 10/16/2020 - 01:00. Business as usual for the luxury industry is over. Deepen luxury’s value proposition.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MARCH 22, 2021

We have called on industry leaders to guide this solutions-based forum and panel on how innovation can move us away from landfill dependency and decrease the impacts on our environment. Join our discussion around transforming the waste industry with technology, passion, and people. How do we get back on track? Theodosia Fehsenfeld.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Research into compostable plastics, waste management systems and 'hard-to-recycle' plastics among 10 projects to secure support from UKRI. tonnes of plastic waste ends up in the world's oceans every year, choking sealife and poisoning habitats.

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Business Green

MAY 30, 2022

Start-ups from a range of "technology domains" will be invited to pitch their innovations to the steelmaking giant in July. Other innovation areas eligible for funding include long-term, large-scale energy storage and clean energy. ArcelorMittal has also been steadily upping its green steel investments.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Rocket Industrial helps organizations reduce waste with their innovative packaging solutions. ? of landfill garbage is packaging material of some kind, meaning waste reduction demands a global shift to avoid throwaway solutions, and supporting this shift is the packaging distribution company Rocket Industrial. generated 291.4

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Impact Alpha

MAY 13, 2021

food waste is a $14 billion annual investment opportunity. Zero Hunger Zero Waste Foundation, The post Kroger Innovation Fund and Village Capital to accelerate 10 food-tech startups appeared first on Impact Alpha. ImpactAlpha, May 13 — Halving U.S. The Kroger Co.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Research into compostable plastics, waste management systems, and 'hard-to-recycle' plastics among 10 projects to secure support from government-backed agency. million tonnes of plastic waste ends up in the world's oceans every year, choking sealife and poisoning habitats.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

I also have observed firsthand how technology-driven innovation is disrupting the traditional grocery supply chain, opening new doors to reducing food waste and helping the world to think differently about how we source food. For meal kits, packaging waste was one of those unintended consequences. In the U.S.,

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

In an apparent industry first, a new facility will use organic waste to provide the heat and power required for the production of corrugated sheet board. investment. BioG-UK also provides a network for collection of organic waste; the fuel for such a plant.

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GreenBiz

JULY 22, 2020

What makes Al Gore hopeful: Tech innovation, science-based targets and the racial 'awakening'. Some of the innovation around new materials has been particularly impressive to me, materials like silicon carbide. Heather Clancy. Wed, 07/22/2020 - 02:00. Who is responsible for emissions? Where did they originate? How can we be sure?

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 10, 2022

A positive Return On Investment (ROI) and Sustainability go hand in hand, as many sustainable business practices save money, create a competitive advantage, open new markets and attract customers and employees. Waste Reduction: recyclable materials and food waste. Sustainability Management Software To Drive Sustainability ROI .

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2024

The firm – “the UK’s largest fridge recycler” – says it has built the facility using the latest technology and innovative processes, including robotic separation systems.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Social enterprise brewery Toast is raising a glass in celebration today after securing £2m of investment from a group of high profile backers, including the National Geographic Society, Heineken International, and former Unilever CEO turned-impact-investor Paul Polman. The non-profit firm, which claims to have used 2.9

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