From maggots to mushrooms and e-waste to monkey recycling facilities, it’s that time of year when we look back at what’s been most popular in the 2degrees Waste Management working group during 2012.
- Waste management yearbook 2012
A collection of provocative articles by senior figures whose views and decisions help to shape the waste industry. - From bamboo to mushrooms: How Dell is pushing packaging innovation
Oliver Campbell of Dell talks about the measures the company is taking around sustainable packaging. - How do you deal with waste plastics contaminated with maggots?
With 22 pallets of plastic rejected due to maggots within the bales, a 2degrees member asked for help, and you delivered. - If Willy Wonka did paper recycling: Step inside Europe's most innovative paper recycling plant
Take a look inside one of Europe’s most innovative paper recycling operations which handles 270,000 tonnes of paper a year. - E-Waste: The dark side of the digital era
Stephen Metcalfe MP for South Basildon and East Thurrock on the value of electrical waste. - Sustainable cities: How businesses are tackling the evolving urban waste challenge
Listen in as Veolia Environmental Services, Asda and Coca-Cola Enterprises discuss some of the key waste challenges that are facing today's cities and what they are doing to tackle them. - What can Cafédirect do with 69 km of printed laminate?
Find out what suggestions 2degrees members came up with for resusing the unwanted packaging. - Unilever aims to help cut UK household food waste by 25%
Discover how Unilever aims to bust the myth that environmentally-friendly living costs more, and prove that sustainable living can in fact help families to save money. - How Whitbread is driving zero waste to landfill: Lessons learned
Listen to the webinar where Whitbread talks about how it’s delivering an effective food waste recycling service and diverting residual waste to energy recovery facilities. - UK launches world’s first monkey recycling facility
Robert McKechnie of Green Oak Solutions explores some of the bizarre things that people actually recycle. Rest assured, no monkeys were harmed. - Turning waste plastic to fuel: What are the pros and cons?
A pioneering scheme to turn waste plastic into diesel caught the attention of a lot of members. - Nespresso aims to drive up recycling of its coffee capsules
Find out how the Nespresso brand hopes to hit ambitious recycling targets.
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