Magazine, Recycling and Soil

Scotland’s recycling rate hits all-time high

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 8, 2024

Scots are recycling more than ever before as the nation’s recycling rate hits an all-time high in data released by Scotland’s environment watchdog, SEPA. recycled – the highest recycling rate recorded since the start of the current series in 2011. Terry A’Hearn, CEO of SEPA, in a 2023 publicity shot.

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Morrisons is first UK supermarket to roll-out coffee pod recycling scheme

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 22, 2024

In an effort to make coffee pod recycling easier and accessible for the UK, Morrisons has announced a nationwide roll-out of dedicated coffee pod collection points in more than 350 stores nationwide in partnership with Podback, the pod recycling service. Roll out of the new recycling points will start in June.

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Group attempts to turn plastic waste into a useful soil additive

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2023

Such charcoal captures carbon and could potentially be added to soil to improve soil water retention and aeration of farmlands. It could also fertilize the soil as it naturally breaks down. Unfortunately, it costs more to recycle used plastic than it costs to make new plastic from petroleum.

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Plans for Scotland’s first hazardous soil treatment centre announced

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 4, 2021

Research project to create new materials from recycling’s waste products. Heriot-Watt University has joined forces with Brewster Bros, a recycling business based in Livingston, to create new materials from the residual waste left over during the recycling process. Family-owned recycling business, Brewster Bros.

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The role of greywater recycling in ecological conservation

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 8, 2024

Greywater recycling systems are being used in homes and businesses all over the UK in an effort to reduce water usage. Steps to Implement Greywater Recycling in Your Business While you can attempt to gather your greywater on your own, it is far more effective to invest in a proper greywater system. Sprinklers shouldn’t be used.

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Scotland reaches 12-year low for household waste while recycling plateaus

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2023

percentage point increase in recycling levels on the previous year. tonnes recycled, 0.11 was recycled, a 0.3 The recycling figure includes recycling and reuse (657,000 tonnes) and composting (355,000 tonnes).  Waste recycled and diverted from landfill The 2022 recycling rate was 43.3%, up 0.3

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Starch yields wearable electronics material that can be recycled

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Soft, wearable sensors have many useful applications, but the soft and stretchable electronic materials underlying them are nearly impossible to recycle. Of course, you could try to recycle the soft polymers, but that is often too complex, and therefore too expensive.’

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SEPA figures show recovering recycling rate in Scotland

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Statistics published on 27 September by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) reveal some of the impact of COVID-19 polcies on recycling. Overall household recycling rate was (42.7%) up slightly on 2020. Recycling of household wood and construction wastes increased after lockdowns. tonnes recycled, 0.12

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Turning sludge into hydrogen, and other OFWAT award winners

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 28, 2024

The product is said to be pathogen – free, rich in phosphorus and nitrogen , and has for many years been used in agriculture to enrich soil and improve its moisture retention. million to seek to alleviate significant challenges for the UK water industry and offer an alternative to recycling sludge to land.

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Landfill and recycling both down, and incineration on the up: Scotland waste summary 2020 published

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2021

percentage point reduction in household recycling rates from 2019 to 42%. Household waste recycled and landfilled decreases. Scotland’s overall household waste recycling rate reduced from 44.9% The total amount of Scottish household waste recycled was 1.02 The total amount of Scottish household waste recycled was 1.02

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Mulch, compost & recycle your yard waste

Greenability Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Mulched leaves and grass clippings return nutrients to the soil and reduces the need for fertilizing. The Johnson County K-State Research and Extension recommends composting yard waste to reduce the amount of waste entering landfills and for a finished compost that improves garden and landscape soils. Start a backyard compost.

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Launch-capable rocket engine tested with plastic from recycling

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Developed by Pulsar Fusion, the rocket is powered by high density polyethylene (HDPE) – from recycled plastic – and nitrous oxide. To have a British rocket test on UK soil is novel. A UK company based in Bletchley has developed and tested a high-power chemical rocket engine partly fuelled by plastic waste.

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Revolutionizing environmental monitoring with photonics

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2023

With applications ranging from drone surveys to in-situ soil and water analysis, photonics is enabling more sustainable practices and transforming the way we monitor and protect our environment. These devices empower scientists and researchers to perform rapid, accurate soil analysis directly in the field.

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Wild boar liver can be used to map PFAS contamination

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 19, 2023

It was used at three locations in Germany with different conditions: One hot-spot is near the town of Rastatt in the region of Baden, where PFAS-contaminated paper sludge was probably spread on fields as recycled compost until the 2000s. It also burrows a lot in the soil and directly takes up PFAS through this.

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Comment: Northern Ireland waste statistics and the importance of collecting organics

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Well over half of all household material sent for recycling over the three months to June this year was composted, according to the quarterly Northern Ireland Local Authority Collected Municipal Waste Management statistics produced by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). Of all household waste, 29.3%

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Firm converts scrap vehicle waste into renewable energy

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

A seemingly ground-breaking solution allows hard-to-recycle automotive shredder residue (ASR) to be used to deliver renewable energy and reduce waste-to-landfill. Char can be used to create green hydrogen, while residual char may be applied as a soil modifier, and ash as construction sector aggregate.

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By leaving garden waste alone, we could store 600k tons of CO2 per year

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2022

At the same time, leaves and other garden waste are a boon for backyard biodiversity and soil. Come autumn, the sound of a leaf blower blasting leaves into piles, or the sight of a queue of garden waste-packed trailers at the recycling center is all too common, as trees shed their golden brown and yellow robes.

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Create gardener’s “gold” from falling leaves

Greenability Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Here’s how to take advantage of this season’s gardener’s “gold,” get free nutrients for next year’s garden, and help slow climate change by sequestering carbon in the soil. As we rediscover the incredible role of microbial life in our soil, we realize how important it is for us to do whatever we can to support them.”. “As

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Comment: We’ll be digging up landfills within a decade

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2023

That’s why the waste industry should be talking more about landfill mining, says Chris Williams, founder and CEO of ISB Global, a UK-based software and solutions provider for the global waste management and recycling sector. His views are presented here in an article authored by the firm.

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Exotic bacteria collect rare earth elements from wastewater

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 3, 2023

‘Biosorption’ of rare earth elements by biomass of novel strains of cyanobacteria is fast and efficient, allowing recycling, says group Rare earth elements (REEs) are a group of 17 chemically similar metals, which got their name because they typically occur at low concentrations (between 0.5 So could we recycle REEs more efficiently, too?

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Create gardener’s “gold” from falling leaves

Greenability Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Here’s how to take advantage of this season’s gardener’s “gold,” get free fertilizer for next year’s garden, and help slow climate change by sequestering carbon in the soil. As we rediscover the incredible role of microbial life in our soil, we realize how important it is for us to do whatever we can to support them.”. “As

Soil

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Still in the dark about targets? Observers respond to the UK government’s Environment Bill

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Soil and biodiversity. Similarly with the land, and areas like soil quality and pesticide use, the bill does not at present propose to issue penalties if certain standards are not upheld. The UK Soil Association’s Gareth Morgan bemoanded “a gaping hole in the Environment Bill where soil restoration should be”.

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Investigation reveals almost 130,000 tonnes of carpet incinerated annually

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Carpet Recycling UK, a trade association set up to encourage carpet recycling, oversees 73% of diverted carpet waste being sent to incineration at an approximate climate cost of £16.5 Less than 2% of carpet waste is actually recycled. million a year to society. million a year in unpaid climate harm alone.

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Construction contractor goes circular with temporary structures and roads

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 15, 2022

Recent works completed in South Croydon used the proprietary soil enhancement system developed by Soil Science. But new technologies and new ways of conceptualising the problems are starting to appear, as specialist contractor Soil Science explains. It’s incredibly easy to create waste in the construction industry.

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The challenge of meeting zero waste targets in land remediation

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Amy Jones, Associate Director with environmental engineering firm Idom Merebrook, considers the challenges of meeting zero waste targets when recycling land for development. The second are of focus is waste assessment – have soils been considered within their waste category? Is a remediated site a clean site?

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Try “winter sowing” to start your garden now

Greenability Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

Even in the bitter cold months of winter, you can start planting your spring garden outside using these ideas for homemade, mini greenhouses made from recycled containers. The process is inexpensive, uses recycled materials, requires no electricity, produces healthier plants and offers an outlet for gardeners to start planting in the winter.

Soil

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Millions of household products to become biodegradable within seven years: New roadmap

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 27, 2023

Among their many useful properties, they can keep soil away from fabrics in laundry detergents, enhance the performance of cosmetics, help paint stick to walls, and even help make drinking water clean and safe. Despite their ubiquity and usefulness, most PLFs are not currently recyclable and are made using fossil-based petrochemical sources.

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Bedding solution boosts poultry farming sustainability

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

After use the product has potential bio energy applications where it can be used to provide renewable heat for poultry farms which lowers the carbon footprint, and the resultant ash can be used as a soil conditioner. Easy to spread and clean out after use, it meets the high standards required for this application.

Sustainability

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Start your garden now with “winter sowing”

Greenability Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2022

Even in the bitter cold months of winter, you can start planting your spring garden outside using these ideas for homemade, mini greenhouses made from recycled containers. The process is inexpensive, uses recycled materials, requires no electricity, produces healthier plants and offers an outlet for gardeners to start planting in the winter.

Soil

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Parliamentary recognition of the importance and decline of invertebrates

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 7, 2024

Invertebrates are the foundations of a healthy environment, helping to pollinate crops, recycle and break down nutrients, improve our soils, clean our waterways, help to control pests, and provide food for other species.

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Earth Day goes big & virtual again

Greenability Magazine

APRIL 13, 2021

From Kansas City, there are many free, mostly virtual events that range from climate solutions to renewable energy, composting, recycling and an outdoor children’s puppet show. Composting Food Waste & Trying To Stop It , Missouri Organic Recycling. Heart & Soil , CinemaKC. Sew”-stainability , The Sewing Labs.

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Seattle Recycling and Green Living News Round-up

Living Green Technology

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

It’s important to stay up to date with local news when it comes to recycling and green living! Overall, recycling in Seattle has gone up by 20% since 2003. 27 different recyclers seem to have sent electronic waste to countries where importing US e-waste is illegal. Keep reading for our new, monthly, local Seattle news coverage!

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Academic paper highlights AD’s current and future carbon footprint

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Using real world data from 2019, the paper sets out the opportunity for massively improving the climate benefits of recycling food waste to produce renewable energy and green fertiliser for farmers. Using Malaby Biogas’s operational data, Bath’s paper was able to show that in 2019 Malaby Biogas saved around 2,000 tonnes of CO2.

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AI-powered recycling startup raises £1.65m to solve material sorting gap

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 25, 2024

London-based recycling tech business, Sorted, has raised £1.65 Using computer vision, spectroscopy and coloured lasers driven by AI, their solution identifies, differentiates and pinpoints valuable items on recycling lines. billion tonnes of waste is dumped globally, with devastating effects on our air, oceans and soil.

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Visionary water projects celebrated by Lighthouse Awards

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Textile wastewater is extremely difficult to treat and today CEPT Rayapurum meets 90% of its water needs from recycled water, while salts are also recovered and reused in the dyeing process. In the Frederica brewery, 90% of the process water is recycled, this will halve water use from 2.9hl per hl of beer to just 1.4

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Comment: Technology will be crucial to the success of vertical farms

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 5, 2023

There are also increasing concerns about the effects of agriculture on soil health, with detrimental effects including erosion, pollution (nutrients and pesticides), compaction, desertification and salinisation. Water can be recycled, and pesticides are almost completely unnecessary.

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Try 12 easy ideas to reduce your food waste

Greenability Magazine

MARCH 16, 2021

To help your family, here are a dozen ways to reduce food waste that can save you money, help people in your community, enrich your garden soil, preserve fresh harvests and even feed local farm animals. Transform food scraps like potato peelings, melon rinds, corncobs and stale bread slices into soil by composting them. Start small.

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Edinburgh biochar firm secures £1m investment to open first production facility

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 7, 2023

The company turns difficult-to-recycle farm and paper waste which would otherwise go to landfills or be sent for incineration into a product called CreChar®. CreChar’s circular solution permanently sequesters carbon in soils helping to secure a Net Zero future.

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PAS 110 Complacency? Time to raise the bar, says organic waste firm

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 28, 2019

According to Gemidan, plastic, glass and metal still pollutes the soil – despite PAS 110. As the Environment Agency begins to review its Quality Protocol’s (QPs), it is time, according to one technology provider, to raise the bar much higher on PAS 110 regulations on the physical contamination in digestate.

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Pushing up the veggies: human composting, coming to an end-of-life facility near you soon

Low Impact

AUGUST 9, 2020

Natural organic reduction, a technique for turning human remains into “soft, beautiful soil” is being billed by its American developers, Recompose , as the greenest of green funerary practices. Was the deceased a member of the Soil Association? The devil could well be in the detail – hopefully not in the soil.

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“It’s all about the methane”: World Biogas Summit takes place online in early July

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 29, 2021

In particular, it will explore the need to capture and recycle the 105bn tonnes of organic wastes generated by human activity every year – and turn these wastes into a valuable resource (1).

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UK supermarket starts coffeepod recycling scheme

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Morrisons has become the first supermarket to offer its customers a way to recycle coffee pods through a partnership with the recycling scheme Podback. Over the coming weeks, Morrisons customers will be able to pick up free Podback Collect+ recycling bags from its customer service desks.**. Nielsen Total Coffee database YTD.

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Scotland’s recycling rate hits all-time high

Morrisons is first UK supermarket to roll-out coffee pod recycling scheme

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Group attempts to turn plastic waste into a useful soil additive

Plans for Scotland’s first hazardous soil treatment centre announced

The role of greywater recycling in ecological conservation

Scotland reaches 12-year low for household waste while recycling plateaus

Starch yields wearable electronics material that can be recycled

SEPA figures show recovering recycling rate in Scotland

Turning sludge into hydrogen, and other OFWAT award winners

Landfill and recycling both down, and incineration on the up: Scotland waste summary 2020 published

Mulch, compost & recycle your yard waste

Launch-capable rocket engine tested with plastic from recycling

Revolutionizing environmental monitoring with photonics

Wild boar liver can be used to map PFAS contamination

Comment: Northern Ireland waste statistics and the importance of collecting organics

Firm converts scrap vehicle waste into renewable energy

By leaving garden waste alone, we could store 600k tons of CO2 per year

Create gardener’s “gold” from falling leaves

Comment: We’ll be digging up landfills within a decade

Exotic bacteria collect rare earth elements from wastewater

Create gardener’s “gold” from falling leaves

Still in the dark about targets? Observers respond to the UK government’s Environment Bill

Investigation reveals almost 130,000 tonnes of carpet incinerated annually

Construction contractor goes circular with temporary structures and roads

The challenge of meeting zero waste targets in land remediation

Try “winter sowing” to start your garden now

Millions of household products to become biodegradable within seven years: New roadmap

Bedding solution boosts poultry farming sustainability

Start your garden now with “winter sowing”

Parliamentary recognition of the importance and decline of invertebrates

Sponsored content: AD a key player in GHG mitigation

Earth Day goes big & virtual again

Seattle Recycling and Green Living News Round-up

Academic paper highlights AD’s current and future carbon footprint

AI-powered recycling startup raises £1.65m to solve material sorting gap

Visionary water projects celebrated by Lighthouse Awards

Comment: Technology will be crucial to the success of vertical farms

Try 12 easy ideas to reduce your food waste

Edinburgh biochar firm secures £1m investment to open first production facility

PAS 110 Complacency? Time to raise the bar, says organic waste firm

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