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London’s evolving Skyline misses opportunity to support a more circular economy

admin 16 Jul, 2025 0

The record-breaking demolition of St Helen’s tower, the tallest building to be demolished in the capital, highlights London’s missed opportunity to reuse 49,000 tonnes of demolished concrete to permanently store and remove hundreds of…

Construction

Carpet Recycling UK builds flooring sector momentum at Harrogate

admin 6 Sep, 2022 0

Exhibiting on Stand A45 at the 2022 Harrogate Flooring Show, Carpet Recycling UK (CRUK) is inviting the sector to build on collaborative momentum and act to reduce textile flooring waste and resource usage ahead of any potential changes to…

Construction

Businesses may be overlooking a vital revenue stream by neglecting the potential of materials…

admin 26 Aug, 2022 0

Blog by Jack Yarrow from waste management experts Grundon It’s good to see facilities managers thinking differently about waste in recent years. Items once thrown out with barely a second thought are today increasingly seen as a valuable…

Construction

As demand for second-hand market grows businesses are encouraged to dust off unwanted equipment

admin 25 Aug, 2022 0

With the increasing pressure on supply chains, and a continued rise in costs for new materials, buyers looking for second-hand goods are calling for more quality used items to come to the market. A survey of customers conducted in July by…

Construction

Improving management control and recycling food waste

admin 16 May, 2022 0

What is the most sustainable food waste handling system? The BioMaster biomass system ticks all boxes: Manufacturer Meiko is a foundation, not shareholder driven. Goals are long-term. Profit equals R&D and training. Meiko was the…

Ground-breaking recycling collaboration to give plastic PPE waste another lease of life

admin 27 Jan, 2022 0

Plastic PPE waste is to be given another life in a ground-breaking recycling collaboration between Heriot-Watt University and Britain’s largest PPE manufacturer, Globus Group. The soaring quantities of plastic PPE, including respirators and…

Enva announces significant improvement in Co2 avoidance

admin 21 Jan, 2022 0

Enva, a provider of recycling and specialist resource recovery solutions in the UK and Ireland, has launched its 2021 Sustainability Report which shows the business has saved 10 times more CO2 emissions from sustainably managing its…

Construction

Reducing carbon emissions through circular economy

admin 23 Nov, 2021 0

The circular economy is to play a critical role in helping to cut carbon emissions. By recycling existing materials the highly energy-intensive production of new raw materials is reduced, accelerating the movement to net zero carbon…

Double award win for Aramark at the 2021 waste2zero awards

admin 10 Nov, 2021 0

Aramark UK has won two awards at Footprint’s Waste2zero Awards, for its work in the management and prevention of waste. The foodservice and workplace solutions provider was successful in winning the Best Recycling Project Award and the Best…

Construction

Cawleys ‘giving new life’ to waste at Linmere

admin 29 Oct, 2021 0

The Linmere consortium has appointed Luton waste and resource recycling firm, Cawleys, to manage the waste generated by its new community hub, the Farmstead. The Farmstead includes a café, bakery, shops, a village hall, adventure…

Beauparc acquires Manchester based JWS

admin 22 Oct, 2021 0

The Beauparc Group, part of the Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) fund has agreed to acquire Manchester-based JWS Waste & Recycling Services (JWS). Formed in 1983 and independently owned since, JWS employ a workforce of 90…

Construction

Axil transforming waste and recycling processes for LEVC

admin 15 Oct, 2021 0

Axil Integrated Services is helping London’s famous black taxicab firm, London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC) to transform its waste management and recycling processes. In just nine months, the partnership has seen a 44 per cent reduction…

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