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Addressing the UK’s key stakeholders in the recovered paper and plastics supply chain at a closed conference in London today, Dr Liz Goodwin, CEO at WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) will tell attendees that China remains the key export market, and that Chinese importers increasingly use quality, as well as cost, to differentiate between suppliers.
Agricultural demand for biofertiliser, the nutrient-rich fertiliser and soil conditioner produced when quality bio-degradable wastes are treated via anaerobic digestion (AD), could be about to receive a boost from the introduction of new quality assurance measures.
Companies across the wine supply chain now have free access to a design for a groundbreaking 300g wine bottle thanks to a new online resource from WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme). The screwcap bottle, which is 40g lighter than the previous lightest bottle available within the UK, is the result of a collaborative project to cut the environmental impact of wine packaging and maximise the associated commercial benefits.
Staff at Banbury-based WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) were so inspired by the national electricals recycling campaign they ran this season, they launched their very own gadget ‘amnesty’, collecting around 120 broken or unwanted items colleagues had stashed at home. Almost 100 of these items were sent for recycling today (5 February) using Cherwell District Council’s brand new, bright pink recycling banks for electricals.
WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) is pleased to announce that WES Greenstar will add 20,000 tonnes per year of re-processing capacity for non-bottle household plastic packaging such as margarine tubs, yoghurt pots and meat trays, following the capital grant competition launched in June 2009.
A new trial being launched today (Monday 25 January) will see fabric conditioner being sold in reusable pouches from vending machines, introducing a new concept in shopping and reducing packaging waste.
The Scottish Government’s new waste policy delivery programme Zero Waste Scotland was today hailed as an exciting opportunity.
The new Gypsum Quality Protocol, published today, will raise market confidence in recycled gypsum and increase demand for waste plasterboard. The new directive has the potential to boost sales by an estimated £10 million, and could save industries that generate waste plasterboard in excess of £8 million a year in disposal costs.
A senior representative of the Scottish Government is to join the board of resource efficiency experts WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) as a non-executive director it was announced today.
The waste and recycling industry in the West Midlands has received a boost worth nearly £1.5 million through grants awarded to thirteen businesses recycling a range of commercial and industrial waste streams.
