Waste Management

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17 July 2012 — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
One of the key reasons you’ve probably joined the 2degrees network is to access solutions, advice and best practice to help you get real answers to your sustainability …
Benefits of Closed Loop Thinking: Paper Use
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4 May 2012 — written by Veronica Heaven, The Heaven Company
‘Closed loop thinking’ is becoming an imperative for companies wanting to safeguard their position in the future and to balance sustainability with commercial …
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Closing the Loop on Paper: Why Should You Care?
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1 May 2012 — written by Brittany Taylor, 2degrees
The amount of paper we use in daily life often goes unrecognized; paper cups, toilet rolls, tissues, post-it notes, coffee sleeves, grocery receipts, and, well, paper. But …
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London 2012 wins gold for waste
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20 Nov. 2012 — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
Meticulous attention to packaging, an innovative bin system and the exclusive use of a materials recycling facility have combined to help London 2012 deliver on its …
How do you really optimize energy output from waste
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19 Sept. 2012 — written by Peter Jones, Ecolateral
There has been a drive to find a technology that will efficiently extract energy from waste. As the market has developed, there has certainly been a lot of government …
John Lewis introduces biodegradable polythene packaging
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9 Nov. 2012 — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
John Lewis is introducing biodegradable polythene packaging for a number of its products in what it claims is a UK first. The packaging contains an additive biodegrade which …
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Four ways to increase local authority recycling rates
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8 Aug. 2012 — written by Jim Baird, Glasgow Caledonian University
The most recent Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) statistics on waste arisings and recycling tell us that household waste recycling increased by 1.5% …
Municipal solid waste volumes are predicted to double, but is that the whole picture?
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1 Aug. 2012 — written by Robert McKechnie, Green Oak Solutions
The latest report from Vital Signs predicts a doubling of municipal solid waste (MSW) by the year 2025. It claims the the two main drivers for this are prosperity and …
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Six Tips to Maximize Revenue Recovery From IT Asset Disposal
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6 June 2012 — written by Robert McKechnie, Green Oak Solutions
By now we are all familiar with waste hierarchy principles: reduce, reuse, recycle, recover then dispose. For many businesses balancing responsibility of abiding to the …
Redesigning for Resilience: Less bad is not good enough
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9 July 2012 — written by Giles Hutchins, BCI
We are patently aware that we live on a finite planet, are currently consuming more than what one planet can sustainably handle with stressed natural resources causing …
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