Ten facilities management teams working with Grundon Waste Management have won prestigious Green Apple Awards for Environmental Best Practice across a range of different categories. These included three Gold Green Apples and, in the NHS & Healthcare Wastes Management category, ...
Read More »BCC welcomes the Environmental Services Association
The Environmental Services Association (ESA), the trade body representing the UK’s resource and waste management industry has joined the British Cleaning Council (BCC). The ESA has around 100 members, two-thirds of whom deliver recycling and waste services, and is working ...
Read More »Landmark launch to impact on cleaning and laundry sectors
Cleaning operators are asked to support a new era in how products are packaged to give immediate visibility of virgin plastic content in what they are buying. In a landmark move, ‘Generation Z’ children, their parents and business united on ...
Read More »Cromwell’s research to mark Recycle Week finds beach litter is reducing
Cromwell Polythene annually participates in beach cleaning and litter surveying activity on behalf of the Great British Beach Clean, and to mark Recycle Week (23 September – 29 September). A team of 10 volunteers from Cromwell Polythene, which supplies products ...
Read More »From ‘rags’ to royal riches
A London-based Royal Warrant holder which was a pioneer of the textile recycling movement more than a century ago has committed to preventing 100 per cent of the materials it deals with going to landfill. Coppermill Ltd manufactures and supplies ...
Read More »Bio-D sees refill sales double
Ethical cleaning company, Bio-D, has seen a 100% increase in sales of its refill products over the past year. The figures come as the world recognises Zero Waste Week, which takes place from 2–6 September and encourages people to reduce waste, save ...
Read More »Cromwell’s Street Scene to showcase sustainable separation solutions at RWM
Cromwell Polythene will be showcasing sustainable ways to collect separate materials for recycling at its street scene themed stand O14 at RWM 2019, 11-12 September at Birmingham NEC. On the stand’s kerbside, Cromwell will reveal exclusive new additions to its ...
Read More »Inside First Mile’s “Sacktory”
CEO and founder of First Mile, Bruce Bratley, explains how the UK’s first sack-sorting facility is boosting recycling success for business waste Setting the scene In 2017, leading recycling company, First Mile, revolutionised the way business waste is processed by ...
Read More »Design for recycling and an integrated approach: messages from CHSA’s plastics conference
Two dominant messages emerged from the Cleaning & Hygiene Suppliers Association (CHSA) conference on plastics. First, products packaging and processes need to be designed with recycling in mind. Second, an integrated approach, from the start to the finish of the supply ...
Read More »Addressing plastics at CHSA Conference
The Cleaning & Hygiene Suppliers Association (CHSA) is hosting a conference on 13 June at the National Space Centre, Leicester. Hearing from waste management experts spanning collection to recycling, delegates will gain the insight and understanding they need to address ...
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