Marketplace
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Arc Intergrated Systems: Preventing algae from impacting treatment plants and the environment
Water
Eliminating algae from wastewater is one of the most essential actions we can take to save our environment. Additionally, this is essential to effectively and efficiently operating and maintaining plants and equipment.
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SDS - smart rainwater harvesting system
Water
Newmarket Pilot Project: SDS smart rainwater harvesting system addresses water scarcity and flooding
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RWM 2023 - leading event for waste, recycling and resource professionals
Trade Shows & Conferences
The Resource & Waste Management Expo (RWM) is a UK premier event for professionals working in the recycling, resource, waste, and broader environmental services industry. Formerly known as RWM & Letsrecycle Live, RWM offers a platform to connect with like-minded professionals, learn about the latest industry trends, and drive positive environmental change through sustainable resource management.
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EVO Spill Kits from First Mats
Spill Control & Clean Up
EVO Spill Kits Now Available From First Mats, Enhancing Workplace Safety and Environmental Responsibility
First Mats, a renowned Birmingham-based company specialising in industrial and commercial floor matting, has added an innovative range of Oil Spill Kits to its product line. By doing so, First Mats expands its commitment to floor-level safety and environmental responsibility. At the forefront of the range, the Eco-Friendly EVO Spill Kits provide the perfect balance between sustainability and high performance.
Resource & 'Waste'
Doorstep donations to Clothes Aid have reached the £1m fundraising milestone for Macmillan Cancer Support, and also equate to 4 million garments being spared from landfill.
A patented technique of making construction aggregates from the residues of energy from waste has been given a boost as construction begins on an Avonmouth plant.
A Yorkshire chemical manufacturer has gone a shade greener after its freshly appointed Health and Safety Manager, Karen Waddington, is steering it on course to achieve zero landfill status.
At this freezing time of year, the Highways Agency again focuses its attention on keeping roads clear and ensuring sufficient supplies of road grit are available for spreading on the UK's carriageways. With over two million tonnes of rock salt and grit spread onto the road networks at a cost of over £150 million each year, it is with regret that in the last 12 months over one million tonnes of road sweepings and gully waste will have gone to landfill at a cost of £80 per tonne in landfill tax alone.
Aqua Enviro has won a prestigious WRAP and Zero Waste Scotland contract to identify ways to increase the value of digestate.
Aqua Enviro, a specialist environmental consultancy based in Wakefield in northern England, is undertaking research, supported by Eunomia, to discover new technologies which add value to bio-waste and digestate, ultimately helping to reduce the worldwide reliance on fossil fuels.
The British Retail Consortium is pointing out that contrary to popular belief, recent figures show that very little food waste comes from supermarkets and their depots, but over half comes from households.
A partnership in Kent between a young male offenders prison, a waste management company, and a social enterprise shop is celebrating the success of its "Re-love a bike" scheme which has seen more than 500 old bikes salvaged since June of last year and restored by prisoners for resale. The partners involved are FCC Environment, HMP Rochester (formerly known as Borstal Prison) and the Abacus Furniture Project.
Children are trying to find solutions to reduce marine litter, particularly plastics, and are educating their 'throwaway generation' parents abouth the issue following an event at the Plymouth waterfront, researchers from the city's university have found.
Three million tonnes of Christmas related rubbish in Britain is likely to be produced this year – enough to cover an area twice the size of London, including 4,500 tonnes of tin foil, 12,000 tonnes of dead Christmas trees and 9,300 tonnes of sprouts.
A £12.5 million Plastics Recycling Facility has opened in Rochester, Kent. It will enable local councils and businesses to recycle more of their plastic 'waste' into quality raw materials for industry.
