Waste Management

In Pursuing Sustainability, Should Business Mimic Nature?
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18 May 2012 — written by Giles Hutchins, BCI
New Frontiers and a New Business Paradigm: Business Inspired By Nature Since the Industrial Revolution, we have achieved great feats of economic, social and technological …
Minimising waste: Making sure you don’t over produce in the first place
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26 Oct. 2012 — written by Barry Townsend, Interface
Waste is becoming a serious issue for manufacturers. Landfill space is running out and landfill tax is increasing annually. Yet, each year, around 2.7 billion tonnes of waste …
Is it time to put money on pay-as-you-live?
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22 Oct. 2012 — written by maxine perella, Edie.net
Money might be too tight to mention, but hopefully it's not just constrained purse strings that are fuelling a new ideology of how we buy our way through life. According to …
InterfaceFLOR’s Waste Initiatives
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27 May 2011 — written by Ramon Arratia, InterfaceFLOR
The UK will run out of landfill space in less than eight years unless radical measures are taken to improve recycling and reduce waste. The majority of UK businesses rely on …
Innovation: How do you break down the barriers imposed by traditional procurement?
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21 Nov. 2012 — written by Simon King, PalletSock Ltd
It has often been said that if you build a better mousetrap the world will beat a path to your door. That may have been true once, but not today. Today, with the advent of …
Food for Thought Waste Management Table Discussion
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25 April 2012 — written by Alex Lankester, 2degrees
We had a full turnout last night at our quarterly Food for Thought Event. The Waste Management table, chaired by our Waste Management Group partner, Veolia, was overflowing …
June's Focus: Waste electronic and electrical equipment
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12 June 2012 — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
Waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE) is a growing challenge for businesses. Between now and 2020, the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), estimates that …
Latest stats show England sending less waste to landfill
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7 Aug. 2012 — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
Local authorities in England are sending less waste to landfill according to the latest provisional figures from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs …
Cutting laboratory waste going to landfill
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26 Sept. 2012 — written by Elaine Jensen, IBERS, Aberystwyth University
I'm part of a Welsh research group funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales and Welsh universities looking at how to reduce the amount of laboratory waste …
Is a nudge enough?
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1 Aug. 2011 — written by David Palmer-Jones, SITA UK
The ‘nudge theory’, which was borrowed by the Conservatives from the Obama administration, was a central ideological platform at the last election. The idea of ‘nudge’ is to …