New research has revealed that despite 69% of Brits believing that Easter eggs come in excessive packaging, they plan to purchase over 156 million of these seasonal chocolate treats this year. The poll, commissioned by DS Smith, found that almost half (47%) of the population intends to buy three or more chocolate eggs this Easter....
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Timberpak and Pearce Recycling Company join forces
Timberpak Ltd has made a significant investment in Pearce Recycling Company Ltd, which is one of the biggest names in wood and waste recycling in the UK. This investment secures the relationship between the two companies and follows a successful partnership that began with the launch of Timberpak Pearce Ltd in 2016. On 1st November,...
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Local Councils’ recycling statistics released for Northern Ireland
The latest waste collections’ statistics of Northern Ireland councils have been published and Joseph Doherty, Managing Director at Re-Gen Waste, has been assessing what they mean The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs publish landfill, recycling and energy recovery figures every quarter and the January-March 2023 report makes interesting reading. The good news is...
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Willshee’s secure major renewal contracts
Willshee’s Waste & Recycling has secured two major contract renewals with the UK’s largest arts and crafts retailer, Hobbycraft, and Brunel Healthcare, the UK’s leading manufacturer of vitamins, minerals and nutritional supplements. Having achieved zero waste to landfill by partnering with Willshee’s, who delivered increased efficiencies and environmentally focused innovations, both companies are now set...
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UNDER THE MICROSCOPE
How Alfred H Knight helped Tom White to design one of the most sophisticated MRFs of its kind UK WASTE streams are evolving. Updates to the way food is packaged and ever-changing consumer buying and recycling habits are making predicting the types and levels of materials found in our bins and skips increasingly difficult. This...
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Binn Group buys out neighbouring Perth metals business
SCOTTISH resource management company Binn Group has bought over long-established David Band Metals in Perth, consolidating the group’s place as the principal metals business in Perth and Kinross. The takeover was seen as an obvious move for Binn Group which operates a growing scrap metal reprocessing centre just several hundred yards from Band’s premises in...
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NWH Group invests £200k in and around Newcastle
UK LEADING recycling company, The NWH Group, has made an initial investment of £200,000 to launch a new fleet of front-end loading industrial waste containers for customers in and around Newcastle. Once this service is established, further investment in containers and vehicles will follow. Having first expanded into Newcastle during the latter part of 2018,...
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New fleet helps Lichfield and Tamworth improve quality of recycling collections
RECYCLING is changing across Lichfield District and Tamworth Borough. To improve the quality of recycled materials collected from homes, a new fleet of refuse vehicles has arrived to collect paper and card separately from other dry mixed recyclables such as glass, tins, and plastic. A fleet of five new 26t Twin Pack refuse vehicles, designed...
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‘Paid for itself in months’: HSM ProfiPack coverts cardboard waste into packaging
MOTORNUTS Limited, a leading UK retailer of accessories, recently took purchase of a HSM ProfiPack packaging system in order to recycle and reuse their existing cardboard waste. The ProfiPack is available for every sector, including the waste recycling industry as well, but is mainly used in logistic departments. The new product has made cardboard just...