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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.
New research by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) will help local authorities get the best from their investment in recycling services. Intensive analysis of the Government’s WasteDataFlow has produced performance benchmarks which will allow local authorities to see how their kerbside schemes are performing compared to other similar authorities and other similar schemes.
Business leaders, local and national government representatives, and environmental experts gathered in Belfast today to debate Northern Ireland’s role in combating climate change. The debate formed part of WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) Northern Ireland’s first Annual Conference, held at the Hilton Hotel, Templepatrick.
With the UK public predicted to spend £7.3bn on electricals in the run up to Christmas this year, a new survey from Recycle Now has revealed that more than a third of us (35 per cent) still believe we can’t recycle the small electrical and electronic goods we are replacing, such as kettles, games consoles, phones and garden power tools.
Love Food Hate Waste launches Freezer Expedition to seek out frozen foods.
The Waste Protocols Project, a joint Environment Agency and WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) initiative, has won the Better Regulation category at the UK's premier cross-industry awards - the National Business Awards.
