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A new scheme launched by plastic waste expert vanden recycling will help food packaging producers provide retailers with the evidence that plastic waste is being managed with integrity. With plastic waste high on the public’s agenda, brands and retailers are under pressure to ensure they manage their full supply chain …

Price increases for the main ferrous grades helped to push up turnover and profits by a third for S Norton & Co Ltd, one of the UK’s prominent metal recyclers, according to its latest published accounts for 2017. Annual turnover increased to £272 million for the year to 31 December …

Following the success of this year’s inaugural Plastics Recycling Awards Europe, the organisers have announced the expansion of the awards to a total of eight categories for 2019. The awards will be presented at a gala dinner at the RAI, Amsterdam on the evening 10 April 2019, after the first …

The 20th Anniversary celebrations of the North East’s largest independent waste management company, J&B Recycling Ltd, continued as it reported another ground-breaking financial year. The company this week posted its financial accounts after another year of solid growth and strong investment, which topped £10m in total over the last three …

Coventry-based Tom White Waste (TWW) has added a further four JCB machines to the range of materials handling equipment (MHE) in operation at its recycling centre in Coventry. The new additions mean that TWW’s MHE fleet is now comprised entirely of JCB equipment. The latest order is made up of …

According to startling new insight from Boston Consulting Group, global food waste rates will increase by a third before 2030. Here Philip Simpson, commercial director at ReFood, discusses why government support is essential to prevent the food waste crisis from escalating further out of control. “Every year, more than 30% …

Nationwide Crash Repair Centres (Nationwide CRC), the leading and largest, comprehensive automotive repairer in the UK, has chosen to continue its partnership with SWRnewstar following substantial success over the last nine years. Since working together SWRnewstar has implemented a range of services, including management of dry waste (mixed recycling and …

Smurfit Kappa has announced the appointment of Chris Collier as managing director of Smurfit Kappa Recycling UK. He reports to Leon Graff who will be devoting a greater proportion of his time to the integration of Reparco paper and the European Recycling business. Chris Collier joins from Veolia, where he …

Stephen Cameron, Business Development Director, SWRnewstar – China’s recently-imposed restrictions on importing recyclable material have had major repercussions on waste management in the UK – but the biggest pain is yet to come. The financial implications of the ban have predominantly been felt by local councils and waste management suppliers …

Axion Polymers hosted a fact-finding visit to its two Manchester recycling facilities by the Lead MEP and appointed Rapporteur for drawing up regulations on persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Julie Girling, MEP for South West England and Gibraltar, viewed the complex processes used to extract plastics from end-of-life vehicles at Axion’s …