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First Mile unveils Return & Recycle service for workplaces

Environmental waste management company, First Mile, has launched Return & Recycle – a low-cost recycling scheme that focuses on making it easy to return items that are traditionally tricky to recycle. The new scheme is enabling businesses and workplaces of all ...

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Enva buys Ireland’s largest farm film plastic recycler

Recycling and resource recovery specialist, Enva, has acquired Ireland’s largest farm film plastic recycler ADN Materials Limited for an undisclosed amount. Based in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, ADN processes contaminated farm film plastic recycling it into light density polyethylene (LDPE) pellets ...

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The circle of life

From a resource efficiency perspective we all need to go beyond the three-step ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’ maxim and embrace the 10 R’s explains Rachel Houghton, Managing Director at Business Moves Group We’re all familiar with the maxim ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’. However, ...

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Carpet Recycling UK builds flooring sector momentum at Harrogate

Exhibiting on Stand A45 at the 2022 Harrogate Flooring Show, Carpet Recycling UK (CRUK) is inviting the sector to build on collaborative momentum and act to reduce textile flooring waste and resource usage ahead of any potential changes to UK ...

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Businesses may be overlooking a vital revenue stream by neglecting the potential of materials recycling

Blog by Jack Yarrow from waste management experts Grundon It’s good to see facilities managers thinking differently about waste in recent years. Items once thrown out with barely a second thought are today increasingly seen as a valuable commodity that ...

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As demand for second-hand market grows businesses are encouraged to dust off unwanted equipment

With the increasing pressure on supply chains, and a continued rise in costs for new materials, buyers looking for second-hand goods are calling for more quality used items to come to the market. A survey of customers conducted in July ...

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Biffa and Northern Trains trial smart technology to increase recycling

Northern Trains and waste management partner Biffa are deploying smart bin sensors to help increase recycling and support sustainability at 70 stations across the Northeast. Manufactured in the UK by IoT Solutions Group, these sensors give Northern Trains real-time recycling ...

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Closed loop recycling scheme with Bangor University

Leafield Environmental, a leading UK manufacturer and designer of recycling and litter bins are proud to offer a Closed Loop Recycling Scheme and have recently reclaimed 900 old plastic bins from Bangor University and turned them into new plastic bins. ...

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Sustainability is ‘very important’ for most SMEs but less than half use a recycling service

New research from waste management firm, Biffa, has found that whilst SMEs are keen to be more sustainable some are struggling to make changes like recycling. The survey of over 1,000 small to medium-sized businesses in the UK revealed 59 ...

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Enva opens new ash recycling plant

Enva, a provider of recycling and specialist resource recovery solutions in the UK and Ireland, has opened a £1.5 million ash recycling plant in Paisley, Scotland. The new facility will treat up to 20,000 tonnes a year of fly ash ...

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