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The Latest Breaking News on Recycling

Your “Recycled” Grocery Bag May Hide a Dirty Secret

Recent laws encourage recycling old plastic into new products. But verifying recycled content relies on tricky math.

Inverse

Ministers accused of 'fake' incinerators ban as a dozen new facilities to be built

Scottish Green circular economy minister Lorna Slater hailed move to outlaw the environmentally damaging waste-burning facilities last year.

Daily Record

Recycling rubble can help rebuild Syria faster, scientists show

Tests show recycled concrete could safely be used in new buildings in war- and quake-stricken country

The Guardian - UK

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Opening hours at West Lothian recycling centres slashed in half and booking system brought in

A booking system will also be set up for all vehicles attending sites

Daily Record

Government disposed of 3bn items of PPE bought in pandemic, data shows

Department of Health and Social Care in England has removed 269,500 pallets of PPE from its stock

The Guardian - UK

Perth and Kinross Council still has questions about the Deposit Return Scheme

A councillor has claimed that had PKC's 2016 offer to pilot the scheme been accepted, it would have been "workable" and "ready to go" by now

Daily Record

Perth and Kinross households set to be issued with another recycling bin

The new grey-lidded bins will be for metals, plastics and cartons with the blue-lidded bins for paper and cardboard

Daily Record

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Merseyside borough set for major recycling shake-up

The new strategy aims to make recycling easier, according to the council

Liverpool Echo

How a Georgia plant is helping solve a huge EV supply chain kink

COVINGTON, Georgia — In a reused half-century-old factory about an hour east of Atlanta, a Massachusetts company is on the front lines of expanding the American electric vehicle supply chain. And it all starts with recycling.

Tribune News Service

Update in tragic case of man crushed by digger at work as inquest opened

John Graveson, 42, died after suffering ‘catastrophic injuries' at work

Manchester Evening News

Lisburn Castlereagh Council CEO faces criticism for bin consultation delay

"It is only right and proper that a consultation is started the sooner the better, I don't understand why a consultation would have to be after the election."

Belfast Live

West Lothian 'ban' on replacement windows in conservation areas set to end

Update on 1990s ban in conservation areas is pragmatic and practical and recognises improvements in material and design of windows since the earliest double glazing units

Edinburgh Live

West Lothian recycling centre opening hours being cut in half

Sites face a loss of almost half current hours and staff redeployment if all five sites are to stay operational. A new booking system will be brought to add savings

Edinburgh Live

English craft brewery labels beer 'not for sale in Scotland' amid deposit return scheme fears

Ely-based Three Blind Mice Brewery said its understanding is that a £350 fee is required to register each type of beer it produces under the DRS, something which dissuaded it from taking part.

Daily Record

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Belfast Council to direct £220,000 underspend to antisocial behaviour in parks

Council committee chooses parks over glass recycling for windfall

Birmingham Post

Carbon capture train to link Enfinium’s Ferrybridge waste facilities with Teesside

There are hopes that more carbon creating firms will benefit from the route

Daily Record

Bid to ban disposal vapes set to be backed by Falkirk Council

SNP councillor Iain Sinclair, the administration's climate change spokesperson, hopes that other parties will support his call for the Scottish Government to ban disposable vapes.

Wales Online

Litter pickers recover a staggering 2,217 large canisters of laughing gas from Cardiff streets and parks

A local clean-up group just posted a photo of its latest huge haul on Twitter

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Daily Mirror

Full list of the 10 ways small businesses plan to go greener in 2023

One in five small businesses plan to make their green commitments and working towards a net-zero target a 'core business strategy' in the coming year

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2 Stocks That Every Investor Should Own

The demand for better waste management and technological developments should drive long-term global waste management market growth. So, we think it is wise to invest in quality waste management stocks Republic Services (RSG) and Clean Harbors (CLH) right now. Continue reading.

Wales Online

Council leader reacts after drawn-out search for new recycling centre land makes progress

The council has been searching for land for at least two years

Chronicle Live

Sainsbury's shoppers 'feel like they've bought human kidney' with new meat packaging

Sainsbury's has changed its packaging to cut down on plastic, but the move has not been well received by some shoppers

The Guardian - UK

Terra Nil review – restore nature, and with it your hope for the future

The rewarding environmental restoration game plays like a puzzle and is satisfyingly simple

Daily Record

Flagship Scottish Government drinks recycling scheme will put 200 extra trucks on roads

A flagship Scottish Government environment-saving recycling scheme will lead to 200 extra gas-guzzling vans on the country’s roads.

Wales Online

First images of what Welsh primary schools of the future will look like

They're built from recycled materials and sheep's wool and incorporate rain gardens and green roofs

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