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UK – waste plastics: screening the future opportunities for film recycling

Better logistics and a more co-ordinated approach could be the keys to improving the recycling of waste packaging film, according to a report published this month by WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme). Carried out by Pira International, the aim of the research was to investigate the options for …

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Northern Ireland – single waste management plan is urged in critical strategy report

The Waste Management Advisory Board for Northern Ireland (WMABNI) has criticised the Government‘‘s Environment Department for "poor" management and said it had failed to meet 83 out of 107 targets. It also called for an independent agency to enforce and regulate waste management. The Waste Management Advisory Board for Northern …

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Japan – Kokuyo develops industry‘s first carpet tile recycling system

Kokuyo Engineering Co., a subsidiary of Kokuyo Co., Japan‘‘s largest manufacturer and marketer of office equipment and stationery, put Recycled Carpet Tiles onto the market on April 1, 2004. This carpet is claimed to be environment-friendly as it is made of recycled material from discarded carpet tiles. Carpet tiles discarded …

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Japan – largest methane fermentation plant to recycle food waste

Japan is to construct a power plant in Tokyo Bay to recycle food waste as part of its methane fermentation power generation project, which is part of the "Super Eco-Town Project" promulgated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Japan for Sustainability reports that the plant will come on stream in fiscal …

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