Defra has announced a ban on the sale and supply of disposable vapes from June 2025 in England in a bid to reduce the environmental harm and health concerns of the products. Circular Economy Minister, Mary Creagh, hopes the ban will move to ‘end this nation’s throwaway culture’. Read more ⬇️
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The UK's most innovative news website for waste and recycling, offering expert analysis and features.
About us
Resource.co is the UK's most innovative news website for waste and recycling, offering expert analysis and forward-looking features. Resource.co is the heart of Resource Media - a not-for-profit environmental publishing and production company that has been operating out of Bristol since 2001. We exist to empower businesses that want to reduce waste in tomorrow’s world. We have been publishing B2B content on how to sustainably manage waste for over 20 years. The stories that we publish are distinct in that they are similarly empowering and inspiring; we want to report on impactful innovation - celebrating progress made in order to spur progress in the future. Our audience is made up of decision-makers from local and central government, waste management companies, environmental consultancies, and business professionals with waste management responsibilities.
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http://resource.co
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- Environmental Services
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- Bristol, Avon
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- Nonprofit
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- Digital publishing, Publishing, Web development, Recycling, Waste management, Data tools, Advertising, Communications, Print production, News, Design, Features, Magazines, Opinion pieces, and Waste
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A pilot plant in Germany is turning CO2 into biodegradable plastics. CO2BioClean’s tech looks to tackle greenhouse gas emissions and plastic pollution, and provides a sustainable alternative for cosmetics, packaging and agriculture. Read more ⬇️
German plant to convert carbon emissions into bioplastics
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UNTHA UK Limited has launched a free Buyer’s Guide to Shredding Technology, offering insights for businesses looking to invest in or upgrade their shredding systems. Read more ⬇️
UNTHA launches free Buyer’s Guide to Shredding Technology
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NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s LunaRecycle Challenge seeks innovative recycling solutions for long-term lunar missions. Open to global teams, the competition offers two tracks—Prototype Build and Digital Twin—to develop technologies for turning waste into usable products. Read more ⬇️ https://buff.ly/4f83Pxe Image Credit: NASA
NASA launches LunaRecycle Challenge
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Over half of UK food and drink products are wrapped in unnecessary plastic, adding 29.8B pieces of avoidable waste each year. DS Smith calls for stronger government action to support sustainable alternatives. Read more ⬇️
Over half of UK food and drink products wrapped in unnecessary plastic
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It's Recycle Week 2024! WRAP’s Rescue Me – Recycle campaign urges the UK to rescue recyclable items from waste with new toolkits and public engagement initiatives. Read more ⬇️
WRAP launches Rescue Me - Recycle campaign for Recycle Week 2024
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COMMENT: Unlocking the Circular Economy: Why Quality Recycling Must Take Priority Dimitra Rappou, Executive Director of Sustainable Products at the CPI says the Government needs to set standards for the quality of material sorted for reprocessing, highlighting concerns over Simpler Recycling. Read more ⬇️
Unlocking the Circular Economy: Why Quality Recycling Must Take Priority
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BBC study finds that EfW is now 'dirtiest form of power', questioning trend for creating more capacity. ESA and CIWM point out that its meant to be a transition away from landfill. Prompting Qs: "How much is enough?" and "Is 'lock-in' responsible for stagnant recycling rates?" Read more ⬇️
BBC analysis: Waste incineration now UK's dirtiest form of power generation
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Mary Creagh confirms Defra will exclude glass from England and NI's Deposit Return Scheme. Environmental groups criticise decision as "absurd", saying "there is strong public demand for Labour to U-turn on this..." Read more ⬇️
Defra Minister confirms glass will be excluded from DRS despite concerns
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University of Glasgow to lead UK's first sustainable electronics centre. £5.5m REACT initiative aims to drive transition to net-zero electronics, tackling e-waste and critical raw material challenges. Read more ⬇️
University of Glasgow to set up UK's first sustainable electronics centre
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