Envirogreen Recycling is urging Phil Hogan TD, the Minister for Environment, to place a blanket ban on mattresses being land filled. Industry figures indicate that in the region of 800,000 mattresses and beds annually are being sent to landfills throughout the country. According to Envirogreen Recycling 100% of the components of mattress can be recycled … 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
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
Repak, the National Packaging Recycling Body, is seeking views and opinions from its members on the government’s proposed introduction of a broadly based packaging tax, which has been widely circulated to all stakeholders by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. The packaging tax was announced as part of the Government’s Programme for … Read more
Greenergy, a privately owned company that supplies one fifth of Britain’s road fuel, has begun producing biodiesel from food waste. In a unique partnership with Brocklesby, a specialist in recycling edible oils, unsaleable food products such as crisps and pies, which would previously have gone to landfill or compost, are now being converted for biofuel … Read more
The age of austerity is making us more environmentally conscious at work. A YouGov survey in the UK, commissioned by office products manufacturer Avery, found that nearly half of office workers (47%) said their offices have actively become greener as a result of the economic downturn as staff put more effort into recycling, turning off … Read more
The Basel Action Network, a global toxic trade watchdog organisation, has claimed victory as the US Navy confirms it has changed its decision to scuttle the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal, choosing instead to have the ship recycled in the US. This change follows the December 2010 release of BAN’s report ’Jobs and Dollars Overboard: The … Read more
Waste generated by European industries and consumers is increasingly being reprocessed into secondary raw materials and new products instead of being buried in landfills. However, in the past there has been a lack of clear criteria determining when a material recovered from waste ceases to be waste and can be dealt with as other products … Read more