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What's New...This section lets you know about new additions to our website as well as related news and events for businesses.UpdatesFAQs updated Our Frequently Asked Questions have been updated to offer more detailed advice on Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. They also reflect the latest changes in landfill tax. You can find them here. WAB Blog We now have a Waste Aware Business blog. This runs alongside the main WAB website and puts a fresh spin on topical issues, particularly those affecting smaller businesses. You can read and contribute to the blog here. NewsTo access older news stories, please use our News Archive How to recycle a jumbo jet (10th March) BBC article showing how old and unwanted planes are recycled. If we can do it with planes then why not everything? Read more... Carpet sector considers 25% recycling target (26th February) The carpet industry is discussing plans to vastly increase waste carpet recovery rates with proposals for a self-imposed 25% recycling target by 2013 in its forthcoming National Action Plan. Read more... Battery Recycling Gets Easier (2nd February) From 1 February 2010, UK shoppers and businesses will have new and easy ways to recycle batteries too. Most supermarkets and many high street shops will have collection points, as will some town halls, libraries or schools. Read more... Laminate recycling developer to open UK-first showcase site (28th January) Commercial UK recycling of aseptic cartons, toothpaste tubes and pouches is to move a step closer when a little-known recycling technology company opens a showcase site later this year. Read more... Zero Waste Scotland hailed as exciting opportunity (26th January) The new programme will integrate the activities of current programmes WRAP Scotland, Waste Aware Scotland, Remade Scotland, Envirowise Scotland, NISP, Keep Scotland Beautiful and the Community Recycling Network for Scotland. Read more... Tesco trials "BOGOF-Later" offer for perishable items (21st January) Supermarket giant Tesco announced yesterday (January 20) that it is to begin trials of its new 'Buy One Get One Free Later' offers this week in a bid to help its customers cut down on food waste. Read more... The Thistles Centre in Stirling Loves Rubbish! (18th January) A new campaign to "Love Rubbish" has launched at The Thistles in Stirling. The shopping centre aims to reduce its impact on the environment by encouraging shoppers to think about what happens to the rubbish accumulated by the centre. As part of this initiative, the centre has introduced recycling bins on the mall for customers to deposit their waste paper, plastic, cans and general rubbish. Read more... Sainsbury's breaks out the bubbly with FSC cork switch (6th January) Sainsbury's is aiming to become the world's largest user of FSC-certified cork after pledging to move its entire usage of cork closures to FSC-certified. Read more... EventsMarch 2010
CRNS 5th Annual Conference (Edinburgh)
(17th March), Edinburgh This year's conference brings together speakers from around the world to share their stories and lend a compelling international perspective to the issues of environmental and social justice, and managing resources. Inspirational, practical, vital More Than Recycling 2010 promises to pack a punch for everyone working with people and resources in the third sector and beyond. Read more... |
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