Waste Management

From problem to product: Enterprising companies making a resource of marine plastic
Blog post

3 April — written by Jennifer Elks, Sustainable Brands
This post first appeared on Sustainable Brands on April 2, 2013. by Allison Floyd Incorporating post-consumer materials into products has become common practice for numerous …
How General Motors makes $1bn a year by reusing materials
Case study

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14 Feb. — written by Mike Scott, Carbon Copy Communications
General Motors wants to make all its plants landfill-free by 2020, with all production waste reused, recycled or used to create energy. And it wants to show other companies …
Extending landfill bans to other materials could save £2.5bn a year
News

28 March — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
Introducing landfill restrictions on food, textiles, wood and plastics similar to those already in place for cars and electronics could keep at least £2.5 billion worth of …
Waste data: The key to improving the UK's recycling rates
Blog post

21 March — written by Jim Baird, Glasgow Caledonian University
The latest figure show recycling in the UK has grown rapidly in recent years, but the long term trends don't look so positive. So what's the solution? Yesterday's report …
How Do You Deal With Waste Plastics Contaminated with Maggots?
Discussion

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11 June 2012 — started by wayne priestley, Faccenda / Cranberry Foods
After a great start to the Hollybank sites waste recycling project, and reaching our target of 0% landfill, we have hit our first problem. Just as you start to think that …
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Tetra Pak makes progress on recycling goals, but says more needs to be done
Article

26 March — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
Around 3.6 billion more Tetra Pak packages were recycled in 2012 compared with the previous year, but more still needs to be done to hit its targets says the company’s latest …
Invicta first to create food-safe products from 100% recycled plastics
Article

19 March — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
Invicta Plastics, the company that invented the plastic ruler, has created the world’s first rigid, food-safe products from 100% recycled plastic bottles, lids and milk …
Figures reveal highest recycling rates in Austria and Germany – but UK and Ireland show fastest increase
Article

19 March — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
Austria, Germany and Belgium recycled the largest proportion of municipal waste compared to any other country in Europe in 2010. According to the latest figures released by …
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Recycled plastic tiger on the prowl
Pic of the week

15 March — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
This stunning tiger made completely out of recycled materials pounced on St Pancras International in London as part of Tiger Tracks, a Save Wild Tigers campaign to raise …
Unilever introduces ‘compressed’ deodorant cans to cut carbon
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4 Feb. — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
Unilever has unveiled a new deodorant canister which it claims has a 25% lower carbon footprint than the previous version. The new look cans, which will be used for the …