Wasteline

The surge in electric vehicles has created a need for effective lithium ion battery recycling in the UK. A solution is a step closer, as Fenix Battery Recycling, Ever Resource and the University of Birmingham have received £955K in grant funding to develop an innovative technology to make lithium ion …

Clean Planet Energy has released details of two new ultra-clean fuels manufactured to replace fossil fuels in the Marine industry, for use in any ship or vessel. The products branded under the banner of “Clean Planet Oceans” can provide CO2e reductions of over 75 percent, and significantly reduce harmful air-pollutants …

The North East’s leading independent waste management firm, J&B Recycling, is set to deliver record results following another year of significant investment over the COVID-19 lockdown period. J&B Recycling, which was founded in 1998 and today employs 220 people with four sites across the North East, received a £7.5m investment …

Climate change is an issue all businesses can do something about by taking action to reduce their carbon emissions. Recycling is one of the easy steps every business can take to help. Last year the UK Government laid out plans for a green industrial revolution. The aim is to build …

The Global Recycling Foundation is calling for Recycling to be at the forefront of discussions when World leaders gather for the COP26 meeting in the UK in November 2021. Recycling, known as the Seventh Resource, is today having an effect, but is too often overlooked for its ability to help …

Meeting Heightened CPG Sustainability Demand – New automation and machinery will increase packaging capacity for North American and European markets Jabil Inc. (NYSE: JBL) has announced expansion plans for its newly acquired paper bottle technology with a $25 million investment in subsidiary Ecologic’s Manteca, California, location and the buildout of …

Investment in a new Beaverswood racksack system is improving the collection and segregation of waste at one of the UK’s leading packaging, office products and industrial equipment suppliers. RAJA UK, part of Europe’s leading packaging distributor, the RAJA Group, supplies an extensive range of packaging products and systems to markets …

M&K Plastik has invested in an UNTHA RS40 four shaft shredder to transform its recycling operation. The plastic remanufacturing specialist processes pre-sorted HDPE and PP material collected from municipal waste sorting plants, to support the circular economy and the regranulating of valuable plastics. And now an UNTHA plastic shredder with …

Sustainable waste manager Biffa and the UK arm of Austrian-based ALPLA Group, a world leader in the development, production and recycling of plastic packaging, are to work together to ensure more British recycled plastic is used in the manufacturing of UK homecare products. From May, Biffa will provide food grade …

Every year on Global Recycling Day we recognise the achievements of those outstanding individuals and organisations who have gone the extra mile to save the planet – now we want everyone to do more every year to make a collective contribution for the future of our environment. Ranjit Baxi, Founding …