Waste & Recycling
The latest business news on waste and recycling, from food and waste programmes to the recycling of batteries, computers and paint. The latest Waste & Recycling regulations, technology and resources for Businesses.
RBS to provide grants and ‘road-testing’ for resource efficiency innovations
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is on the hunt for innovative ideas and “garage-tested” green solutions that could enable the bank to become more resource efficient and, it says, help small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) get their products to market more successfully.Retailers and fashion designers agree to cut environmental impact of clothing
A group of retailers and fashion designers, which collectively represent 40 per cent of UK clothing sales, have pledged to a 15 per cent reduction in the environmental impact of their products by 2020.Plastic bag charge: small shopkeepers say they don’t want to be exempt
Small shopkeepers have called on the Government to include them in plans to introduce a mandatory five pence charge on plastic carrier bags next year.UK supermarkets to disclose amount of food they waste
The UK’s biggest grocers have pledged to disclose the volume of food discarded by their stores in an effort to cut down on the millions of tonnes wasted each year.Cameron tells small businesses he will rip up green regulations
David Cameron will on Monday boast of tearing up 80,000 pages of environmental protections and building guidelines as part of a new push to build more houses and cut costs for businesses.Circular economy worth $1tr: World Economic Forum makes business case at Davos
It’s one thing having a good business idea, but it is altogether another to show that it can transform the global economy, provide much-needed jobs, and be good for the planet.Cleantech start-up challenges big waste firms with “back of the garage” technology
A UK start-up is going up against the big waste companies with a low-cost technology developed in the “back of the garage”, claiming it will make it greener, cheaper and easier for businesses to deal with their waste.Incentivising consumers to recycle more
This week, Defra announced that whilst recycling rates throughout the country have increased marginally, England is extremely likely to fail the 50 per cent EU target by 2020. Rob Crumbie of Greenredeem asks if its time to incentive people to recycle more.Circular economy: UK could cut waste by 20 per cent by 2020
UK businesses could cut waste by 20 per cent and the amount of materials they use by more than 10 per cent by 2020 if they adopt ‘circular economy’ measures, according to the Government’s waste and resources agency, WRAP.Carbon Trust launches world’s first waste standard
Leading UK-based carbon reduction consultancy the Carbon Trust today launched the world’s first international certification scheme to recognise firms that are effectively reducing their waste year on year.Concern mounts in Wales over ‘throwaway’ usage of ‘bags for life’
More than twice as many reusable “bags for life” have been purchased from supermarkets in Wales since the introduction of a five pence minimum charge for single-use plastic bags, prompting fears that the heavier duty bags are now being used as “throwaway” items.68 per cent of Tesco bagged salad ends up as waste
The vast majority of salad grown to be sold in bags by Tesco ends up as waste, shocking new research by the supermarket giant has revealed.Ofwat to block Thames Water price hike to pay for “super-sewer”
The water regulator Ofwat plans to block an “unjustified” eight per cent increase in customer bills proposed by Thames Water.Apple launches ‘Reuse and Recycle’ trade-in-scheme in UK
Apple has opened up its iPhone trade-in scheme to UK shoppers, giving traders money for their old Apple handsets with up to £175 towards the purchase of a new iPhone.Fracking created hundreds of billions of gallons of toxic waste in US last year
Fracking in America generated 280bn US gallons of toxic waste water last year – enough to flood all of Washington DC beneath a 22ft deep toxic lagoon, a new report out on Thursday found.
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