News Index

Reuse on show at Chelsea - Featured in this year's Chelsea Flower Show was a garden that used reclaimed oak from a Brighton recycling project

Lord Mayor's Dragon Awards - Awards to reward London organisations for their Corporate Community Involvement schemes

New PaperChain Website - PaperChain has overhauled its website, to allow better access for people interested in the recovered paper industry

Veolia CSR Award - Two employees from Veolia Environmental Services in Sheffield have won the prestigious 'Award for Excellence'

New Chair of the Environment Agency - Lord Smith of Finsbury has been appointed as the new Chair of the Environment Agency

Comedy in composting - Poet and comedian, John Hegley paid a visit to North Haringey Primary School in London to educate about compost

Real Nappy Week - Now in its twelfth year, the initiative is intended to raise awareness of the benefits of using real (not disposable) nappies

Compost Awareness Week - Events held across the country provided an opportunity for the public to learn more about composting

Sustainability reporting across Europe - A new website allows users to compare sustainability reporting across European countries

Staff change at Severnside Recycling - Tony Beech has been appointed as the new Commercial Manager at Severnside's Cardiff head office

New chairman of WRAP - Peter Stone has been appointed the new chairman of the Waste & Resources Action Programme

Cornwall Conference - More than 80 environmental activists attended the Sustainable Action in Your Community conference in Bodmin

Community organisation facilitates learning - Mid Devon Community Recycling awarded South West Skills 'Train to Gain Employer of the Year'

Rejected recyclate - Materials Recovery Facilities are rejecting almost 10 per cent of their input either at the MRF or at recyclers' gates

Queen's Awards for Enterprise - One winner in the annual Queen's Awards for Enterprise was textile recycling company, I & G Cohen Limited

Is the WEEE Directive working? - A new survey's findings show that not all local authorities are happy with their Producer Compliance Scheme

Incineration classed as "recovery" - MEPs have backed proposals to class incineration as "recovery" under the Revised Waste Framework Directive

Local waste management - Defra has awarded PFI credits to four projects across England, in order to improve local waste management

Quality Protocol for AD? - Consultation into a Quality Protocol for the production and use of quality outputs from Anaerobic Digestion

New recycling logo - A new packaging recycling logo is in the process of being rolled out across the UK

Use and misuse of biowastes - In the next ten years, we are set to face challenges and opportunities when it comes to dealing with biowastes

Lancashire recycling awards - The Lancashire Community Recycling Network is looking for nominations in its 2008 Red Rose Recycling Awards

Fruit and veg waste - 4.4 million whole apples are thrown away, completely untouched, every day in the UK

Environmental Permitting Programme - New Regulations have come into force in England and Wales, which should cut red tape

Diesel oil from old tyres - A former firefighter has invented a process to turn old car tyres into good-quality diesel oil

Sustainability Projects Manager at Corus - Nicola Bennett is promoted into a role to help manage the company's environmental impact

Waste Protocols Project - This project will deal with uncertainty over the point at which 'waste' is fully recovered and ceases to be waste

New plans for London's business waste - £24 million waste and recycling programme for London's commercial and industrial waste

No more secrets - According to a decision by the Information Commissioner, waste companies must open files to public

Carbon impact of bottling wine - Results of a WRAP study into the carbon impact of bottling Australian wine in the UK in 75cl glass and PET bottles

Think green while you spring clean! - North London residents are being encouraged to recycle their old electrical equipment

Irish aluminium recycling drives - Two initiatives launched to further stimulate recycling of cans and foil in Ireland

Recycling and limiting deforestation - School resources to encourage children to understand saving energy through recycling

Carrier bags get the sack - The reduction in the environmental impact of carrier bags by the end of 2008 looks achievable after a recent review