Hydrogen Forklifts: Benefits, Costs and Use in Waste Facilities
Hydrogen forklifts are electric lift trucks that generate electricity using an onboard hydrogen fuel cell. They can be refuelled in minutes and maintain consistent power during a shift, making them potentially attractive to large warehouses, distribution centres, material recovery facilities and other sites operating intensive forklift fleets. However, hydrogen is not automatically the cleanest or […]
What is Recycling and What Can We Recycle?
Recycling is the process of collecting waste materials, sorting and processing them, and using the recovered material to manufacture new products. Paper, cardboard, glass, metals and certain plastics are among the materials commonly recycled in the UK. Recycling helps keep useful materials in circulation and can reduce demand for newly extracted raw materials. However, it […]
What Is Peat-Free Compost? Benefits, Ingredients and How to Use It
Peat-free compost is a growing medium made without peat. Instead, manufacturers combine materials such as wood fibre, composted bark, coir and green compost to provide the moisture, air, nutrients and physical support that plants need. Peat-free compost is now widely available for seeds, young plants, vegetables, flowers, shrubs and containers. However, the contents and performance […]
2009 Dawn of the Circular Economy 1st Year Landfill was More Expensive than Recycling
In 2009 in the UK a number of things came together which changed the waste management scene like never before. Waste, Yes! Common rubbish became a resource and an opportunity.
Plastic Packaging Tax UK: Is It Helping Recycling or Hurting UK Recyclers?
Plastic Packaging Tax UK rules were introduced to encourage businesses to use more recycled plastic in packaging. In principle, that sounds like a sensible environmental policy. If plastic packaging contains less than 30% recycled plastic, the tax creates a financial reason to redesign packaging, buy recycled content and support recycling markets. But the reality may […]
Recycling in Flats: How UK Councils Can Improve Apartment Waste Collections
Recycling in flats has always been one of the most difficult problems in UK household waste management. It is much harder than ordinary kerbside recycling because residents share communal bin stores, storage space is limited, responsibility is often unclear, and one person using the wrong bin can contaminate the recycling for everyone else. When this […]
