by Thewasteco | Jan 22, 2021 | Environmental, Waste Management
WRAP will trail-blaze a new week of action in March 2021 to wake the nation up to the environmental consequences of wasting food. The inaugural Food Waste Action Week will run from Monday 1 to Sunday 7 March 2021, and will bring together organisations from retailers...
by Thewasteco | Dec 2, 2020 | Environmental, News, Recycling, Waste Management
The Benefits of Recycling Reduces the amount of waste sent to landfills and incinerators. Conserves natural resources such as timber, water and minerals. Increases economic security by tapping a domestic source of materials. Prevents pollution by reducing the need to...
by Thewasteco | Nov 3, 2020 | Environmental, News
Defra promises ‘robust, evidence led process’ to set in statute air, water, waste and biodiversity targets by the end of October 2022. The government has offered a further glimpse of its plans to develop new legally-binding targets for waste and resources,...
by Thewasteco | Oct 19, 2020 | Environmental
The amount of plastic which ends up in the ocean each year is set to almost triple by 2040 unless governments and industry dramatically ramp up their anti-plastic. A sobering report published by Pew Charitable Trusts and London-based sustainability consultancy...
by Thewasteco | Oct 1, 2020 | Environmental, Policy
From April 2022, a new tax comes into effect that applies to plastic packaging produced in, or imported into the UK, that does not contain at least 30% recycled plastic. This covers all packaging that is predominantly plastic by weight. Plastic packaging with 30% or...
by Thewasteco | Sep 7, 2020 | Environmental, News, Recycling
A Norwegian recycling company has signed a deal with Sunderland City Council to build the UK’s largest waste tyre recycling plant in the Port of Sunderland. Wastefront’s new plant will convert locally sourced used tyres into useful resources such as...
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