Waste Management

Take a Virtual Tour of a Materials Recycling Facility
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20 June 2012 — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees

Veolia has created this fascinating insight into its recycling facility in Greenwich, south London, which treats comingled material from around one million households.
UK government consults on banning waste wood from landfill
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31 July 2012 — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has launched a consultation seeking views from the waste wood industry on a potential ban on sending waste wood …
Unilever Calls on Companies to Tackle Mountain of Food Waste
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1 March 2012 — added by Izabela Stacewicz, 2degrees

Unilever issues a call for more signatories to join organisations such as WRAP, Whitbred and Sodexo in supporting its United Against Waste campaign, ahead of a larger push in …
Unilever achieves zero waste across all UK manufacturing sites
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22 Sept. 2011 — added by Izabela Stacewicz, 2degrees

Unilever has achieved zero waste to landfill across all 11 of its UK manufacturing operations as part of its global Sustainable Living Plan, which aims to double the size of …
Coke: We'll Recycle 100% for 2012 Olympics
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10 Nov. 2011 — added by Izabela Stacewicz, 2degrees

Coca-Cola has promised to recycle all clear plastic PET bottles used at the London 2012 Olympics.
Sanitation: Flushed with pride
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16 Aug. 2012 — added by Jenny King, 2degrees

Sanitation is insufficiently sexy!
UK hospitality sector could save up to £724 million a year by tackling food waste
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7 July 2011 — added by Izabela Stacewicz, 2degrees

The UK hospitality sector could save up to £724 million a year by tackling food waste, according to a report published today by WRAP. The Composition of Waste Disposed of by …
Food Waste Mitigation blog
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17 Nov. 2011 — added by Bob Branham, General Mills

This is a blog I wrote for General Mills, a US based food manufacturer.
P-p-p-pick up a Penguin (Then Recycle the Wrapper)
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20 June 2012 — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees

United Biscuits and TerraCycle launch scheme to turn mixed plastic wrappers into garden furniture. Read the full story on BusinessGreen.com
2012's Big Business Trend: Recycling
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2 April 2012 — added by Brittany Taylor, 2degrees

A FastCo post on how leading businesses are taking major steps in recycling.