Chemical manufacturing firm, Airedale Chemical, has initiated a recycling development which has seen it send zero waste to landfill since March 2015. Its first green move was to invest £3,700 in a baling machine which crushes down waste and packages it for easier collection and transportation by its recycling company. The Airedale Chemical ‘Zero to […]
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Business students to transform trash in Jakarta into marketable products
A world-renowned management thinker is taking business students to Doha, Hong Kong and Jakarta this week to introduce these future corporate leaders to the fastest emerging economies on Earth. More than 40 students from the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University in Canada will accompany Professor Karl Moore to learn about how business is […]
Halfords’ new initiative for bike recycling for UK schools
Halfords have announced a new scheme which will recondition and donate bikes and helmets to primary school children in disadvantaged areas across the country, with the first 10 bikes presented to pupils at Oasis Academy Long Cross, Bristol. The announcement was made at a cycling summit attended by Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg and key […]
Ideas for recycling your Christmas trees
Now that Christmas is over the question that begs to be asked is where do the six million Christmas trees purchased in the UK end up? Some trees are recycled, but others end up in landfills and that creates a large environmental issue. Most Christmas trees are Nordmann firs, a type of ‘non-drop’ fir that […]
Landfill ‘mining’ growing in popularity
Landfill is something that has been taking place for a very long time and it was previously thought that all items thrown into landfill were waste. However, landfill mining is a relatively new idea that will allow people to mine landfill sites for valuable commodities that were thrown away in the past. It is well-known […]
What’s the Best Way to Recycle Paper?
An Advertorial Feature The UK produces over 400 million tonnes of waste a year and a quarter of that comes from homes and businesses. On average a British Family throws away the equivalent of six trees worth of paper a year. These are just a few of the reasons why recycling paper is necessary and […]