The recycling and waste management blog
Although the agricultural industry only employs 1.3% of the UK population it produces around 10% of our country’s annual industrial and commercial waste, which is why recycling and effective waste management policies are so important to the sector.
Visitors to this year’s RWM will be able to see plenty of recycling innovations for [...]
Householders may soon benefit from greater incentives to recycle their waste, as the new government bins Labour’s previous plan to levy householders with a “pay as you throw” charge, in favour of a new recycling reward scheme, which is already being successfully pioneered by the Windsor & Maidenhead Council in Berkshire.
Under the new [...]
As preparations for our first ever Catwalk show gather momentum it seems that we are not the only ones looking to promote the growing trend of textile recycling. Nine nations including Brazil, Portugal and Holland are currently waiting to stride out onto the pitches of this year’s World Cup in shirts made from recycled plastic [...]
A new ‘coalition agreement’ and a fresh programme of measures to push the UK towards a low-carbon economy; but many questions still remain over the detail. As MRW points out, Chris Huhne, newly appointed Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, is not a supporter of incineration, while Caroline Spelman, Secretary of State for [...]
So the voting’s over and the politics has begun all over again. David Cameron hasn’t achieved a Conservative majority, Gordon Brown hasn’t yet left Downing Street and Nick Clegg hasn’t done nearly as well for the Liberal Democrats as the opinion polls were suggesting. What next? We seem to have entered a constitutional paralysis while all parties [...]
The RWM team are feeling really excited about this year’s show, even though we have to wait another five months to see you there! The exhibition is already 85% sold out and we have just had to expand the floor plan again to accommodate the huge demand for extra stands - quite unprecedented when many other [...]
As we approach Easter the final stands for RWM 10 are being snapped up. In fact with 85 % of stand space already sold out and the backing of some major industry names, we’ve a Floor Plan that suggests a very healthy industry indeed! Bang in the centre is the new Viridor Visitor Lounge where visitors [...]
Are you still wondering exactly how Boris Johnson intends to end landfilling London’s waste in 15 years – particularly with the challenges posed by flats? You are not alone. Just this week the London Assembly Environment Committee called for “more detail and clarity” on some of the Mayor’s proposals and to know more about the [...]
Food waste in the UK is around 18 - 20 million tonnes a year according to WRAP. Once in landfill food breaks down and can produce methane - a greenhouse gas 25 times more powerful than CO2. It also contaminates everything it comes into contact with rendering it non-recyclable.
As well as meeting new suppliers who can reduce your waste, save you money and give you a competitive edge, a visit to RWM will give you free access to legislative advice and great ideas from other businesses presenting case studies in the free seminar sessions.
Working in the industry as I have said before does tend to make you a bit of a hoarder. I just can’t bear to throw anything away. Even more so when I know that there are supposed to be facilities for recycling them having followed the progress of the Battery Directive over what now seems [...]
