What is Vermicomposting and Why is it Becoming Increasingly Popular?
After receiving a number of queries recently when we were asked; “What is Vermicomposting” we wrote this article in reply. And; “Why is it Becoming Increasingly Popular?” Is also answered here. The humble earthworm has for millennia lived in our soils largely unseen, improving the quality of these materials to support the whole network of […]
What Is Allerton Waste Recovery Park?
Allerton Waste Recovery Park, is a waste management facility for North Yorkshire and the City of York which was commissioned in early 2018. The Allerton Waste Recovery Park accepts municipal and commercial waste and includes a materials recovery facility, a 24MWe EfW plant (incinerator) handling 320,000 tonnes per year of waste and a 1.1MWe biogas plant. […]
Coffee Cup Recycling – Has DS Smith Got the Solution for the UK?
So, what’s this about coffee cup recycling? To bring you up to date with recent events on Coffee Cup Recycling, we need to turn back the clock to 2008. In 2008, Starbucks declared that it would go over to a 100% recyclable paper cup in all its stores, and increase re-use to 25% by 2015. […]
Recycling and Sustainable Waste Management is Changing be Smart Stay-Ahead or Lose
All businesses now need to plan for recycling and sustainable waste management like never before. Pressure is mounting to improve the way all businesses work. Brexit has meant that all of the UK has to work smarter, and a large part of this starts by looking again at waste. Those who don’t keep up-to-date on […]
Food Waste Reduction – Preventing Waste Food from Being Sent to Landfills
In this article, we discuss Food Waste Reduction. It’s essential for preventing waste food from being sent to landfills, and how this eventual outcome makes action on food waste reduction before a ban is implemented ever more essential. Reducing food waste has been quite reasonably seen in many countries as the next big step in the battle for […]
Problems with Plastic Waste Mount Up – UK Government Dumping Recyclate in Landfills and It’s in Our Food
Problems with plastic waste are mounting up, and that’s even before the Chinese ban on at the start of 2018, on imports of low quality recycled mixed plastic. Not only that the Sun Newspaper has reported that the UK government is condoning the dumping of plastic waste recyclate in UK landfills. Now that’s something that […]
