Recycling
The Evolution of Food Waste Processing Technologies: From Wet to Waterless Biodigesters
Read on for the latest news on the development of wet and waterless biodigesters as a means of processing Food Waste. As food waste management becomes an increasingly pressing issue for environmental sustainability, the evolution of waste processing technologies has been a game-changer in how we handle organic material. For decades, the food waste processing […]
The Future of UK Food Waste Management – Simpler Collections and Tougher Regulation
The future of UK food waste management will be a big push toward higher recycling rates through simpler collection and far greater consistency across the nations, helping citizens understand how to be green and recycle more organic waste. As the UK continues to advance its environmental goals, recently announced government policies aimed at simplifying waste […]
The Ultimate Guide To Recycling Plasterboard: How To Dispose Of Plasterboard Waste Properly
Plasterboard is a popular building material used in homes and offices. It’s light, strong, and easy to work with. But when it turns into waste, we can’t just throw it away like old food wrappers. Rules say plasterboard must not mix with other trash because it can harm the environment. Luckily, clean plasterboard can go […]
Unfashionable Talk About Landfills
Get ready for unfashionable talk about landfills! Let’s talk rubbish—literally. You might not think about landfills much unless the smell drifts your way on a windy day or you’re tossing out the garbage. But these dumping grounds are more than just piles of junk; they’re a snapshot of our consumer habits and a challenge we need to tackle. Landfill […]
Street Sweeper Waste Management: A Comprehensive Guide
This is a story that ranges from cleaning streets to sustainability. Jump aboard as we uncover the fate of street sweeper waste. In the bustling streets of cities worldwide, street sweepers play a pivotal role in maintaining cleanliness and public health. However, the journey of the waste they collect is often overlooked. This article dives […]
Sustainable Organic Waste Disposal is More Than Just a Diversion
In recent years waste management experts often talk about diverting organic waste from landfills. In this article, we explain why diversion is just the first step in a virtuous circle toward much more sustainable organic waste disposal. Read on to find out why sustainable organic waste disposal is more than just a matter of diversion. […]
UK Landfill Tax Regulations – Effects and the Rate for 2021
UK Landfill Tax Regulations first came into being on October 1, 1996, when the United Kingdom government imposed a landfill levy on trash disposal in landfills. The tax’s goal was, and continues to be, to encourage businesses and consumers to produce less trash, dispose of less garbage in landfills, and recover more value from trash […]
Börger FL1036 Pumps Avoid Wasted Biogas Feedstock Trips
At first sight, this headline sounds impossible, and we admit that at first, we thought how could Börger FL1036 Pumps (or anybody else’s for that matter!) avoid wasted Biogas Feedstock trips – or trips to anywhere at all! But this is perfectly possible and highly environmentally beneficial while saving the operator a lot of transport cost. The […]
How to Recycle Concrete and Save Money at the Same Time
In principle most experts agree on how to recycle concrete and save money. But, there has been a view in the construction industry that crushing concrete is really only for large-scale stationary crushers. Never has that been further from the truth than now. Crushing concrete on site with a mini crusher is very viable and […]
Why Construction Site Waste Management Needs to Become Integrated Sustainable Waste Management
It’s no longer good enough to assume that waste is everything we don’t want any more. Applying Integrated Sustainable Waste Management and good Construction Site Waste Management asks questions. Can we reduce the waste, reuse it, recycle it, and if not can we extract heat energy from it? By doing this it has been found […]
UK Circular Economy Meets Defra Minister Opposition
A fuller title for this article would be; UK Circular Economy – Meets Defra Minister Dr Thérèse Coffey’s Opposition after Government Audit Office report shows a lack of rigour in the existing implementation of the EU’s policy for meeting circular economy (recycling) targets. We could have used that, but we can imagine that only the […]
Coca-Cola Plastic Bottle Recycling Facility Visited by Coffey and Makes Recyclable Video Ad
Recent events at Coca-Cola Plastic Bottle Recycling UK, are very welcome to waste management industry opinion-formers. It is also a big vote for the further development of the circular economy. Governments can talk about issues which concern us, they can pass legislation, and the population can want a thing to happen, but nothing will change and […]
Poor Performing EU States are Failing to Meet Waste Diversion Targets
Poor performing EU member states are failing to meet waste diversion targets, a new EU Report explains. Cyprus, Croatia, Greece, Malta and Turkey are still sending more than three quarters of their municipal waste to landfill. The EU will also, soon take Slovakia to court for violating landfill rules, and failing to achieve sufficient waste diversion away from […]
Recycling Revisited – Contamination Risk from Lead Based Paint On Concrete
Ensuring The Safe Use/Disposal of Recycled Concrete When Painted With Lead Based Paint On this page we provide the Wikipedia cited content from an article titled, “Recycling Revisited” which was showing as a broken link in Wickipedia (En), and an update on current guidelines. The original article was by Charles Rathmann,ﾠand dated August 4, 2005,ﾠin the Western […]
Concrete Recycling
A “Natural” For Aggregates Producers Staff: Western Builder, 12/2/2004 Recycling concrete and asphalt rubble and the results of demolition can be a really profitable addition to an aggregates quarrying organisation’s competitive arsenal, as numerous operators in this industry have discovered in recent years. In fact, a road-portable recycling system could make back its original investment […]
