Wicklow-based Envirogreen Recycling is aiming to create 65 new jobs over the next year, with the introduction of Ireland’s first residential mattress recycling service. Set up in 2009, the family-run company, which provides recycling services to commercial customers in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, operates two materials recovery facilities in Wicklow and Tyrone. … Read more
Nestle has launched the world’s first free, mobile application for iPhone and Android devices to help people recycle waste packaging correctly. The 123Recycle application – currently only available in Singapore – scans a product’s barcode to provide information on how to sort and dispose of the different parts of its packaging. Developed by Nestle Singapore … Read more
The Retail Jewellers of Ireland has joined forces with WEEE Ireland to launch a major recycling drive through its members in Ireland. The recycling initiative is offering a 20% discount to customers who bring back their old watches for recycling in RJI member stores during the month of August. During the month of August, RJI … Read more
Household recycling rates in Northern Ireland have risen by 3.3% compared to the same quarter last year. The quarterly household recycling and composting figures for January–March 2011 are at their highest since statistics began in 2008. The Northern Ireland Waste Management Statistics for this period also highlight a 5.6% decrease in the amount of waste … Read more
RWM in partnership with CIWM is the perfect opportunity to see the latest developments in waste management and recycling. In addition visitors can see how a sustainable approach to business can save long-term costs and boost revenue. For the first time, the sustainability and recycling industry’s two biggest exhibitions, the Recycling and Waste Management Exhibition … Read more
The European Recycling Platform (ERP) has, for the second year running, joined forces with Electric Picnic, to highlight the importance of electronic recycling in an interactive environment. ERP, Ireland’s only pan-European compliance scheme for electrical and electronic waste and waste battery recycling, is calling on artists and designers to recreate a cultural iconic structure from … Read more
Between 13-15 September 2011 at the NEC Birmingham, RWM in partnership with CIWM will represent the waste management industry’s premier event following the merger of the Futuresource and RWM exhibitions in December 2010 in response to industry-wide demand. RWM in partnership with CIWM attracts over 650 exhibitors. The event covers the following product/service areas within … Read more
The UK’s first ‘super’ anaerobic digestion (AD) plant dealing with food waste has been launched by Biffa, a leading waste specialist. Based at the company’s Poplars waste management site in Cannock, Staffordshire, the new facility, which is the biggest in the UK, will process up to 120,000 tonnes of food waste from homes and businesses … Read more
A new report on the analysis of official EU data on packaging shows that over the past 11 years the amount of packaging waste going to final disposal in EU-15 has fallen by 43%. Higher recycling levels and other forms of packaging waste recovery are largely the reasons says EUROPEN, the European Organisation for Packaging … Read more
Energy generated from biomass has a key role to play in helping Scotland to achieve its 100% renewable target by 2020, according to members of the Lifetime Recycling Village. The Lifetime Recycling Village is currently developing proposals for a closed loop renewable energy and recycling facility in the West of Scotland that will take in … Read more