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Materials Recycling Week to Hold Waste Summit 2008

Sunday, 03 February 2008 12:20 By Chris Innis

Materials Recycling Week is to hold its Waste Summit 2008 on 8th March 2008 in London. Speakers include:

Martin Brocklehurst, Head of Environmental Protection External Programmes, Environment Agency Peter Young, Strategy Director,<...

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Hewlett Packard to Recycle Plastic Bottles in Cartridges

Sunday, 03 February 2008 11:13 By Chris Innis

HP has announced it has developed an engineering breakthrough that enables the use of post-consumer recycled plastics in the production of new Original HP inkjet print cartridges.

More than 200 million cartridges have been manufactured using the process thus far. HP used more than 5 million pounds of recycled plastic in its inkjet cartridges last year, and the company is committed to using twice as much in 2008.

The company's recycling process facilitates the combination of multiple...

Alcoa to recycle

Thursday, 24 January 2008 10:46 By Chris Innis

Alcoa announced today that it has established a goal to raise the industry’s used beverage can recycling rate in North America from its current 52% rate to 75% by 2015.

"The aluminum industry must work together for common sustainability goals that transcend individual commercial objectives, and we must approach this with a sense of urgency. It's all about recapturing this pool of energy before it is lost to the landfill," said Greg Wittbecker, Alcoa's Director Corporate Metal Recycling Strategy, in...

Bye Bye Standby Announces its First Deal with an Estate Agency

Thursday, 17 January 2008 17:48 By Chris Innis

Bye Bye Standby the energy saving solution developed by the Domia Group has announced a deal to install its Bye Bye Standby Office Energy Saving Kit in Reaston Brown Estate Agents. This follows the deployment of the technology in local councils. From January 2008, Reaston Brown’s offices based in Thame’s town centre will be using the technology which is a simple combination of “smart” sockets, wall switches and a remot...

"No" to Plastic, "Yes" to Fairtrade Jute and Cotton

Tuesday, 15 January 2008 13:41 By Chris Innis

With the start to New Year now fading to a distant memory, you may feel that your New Year’s resolutions are heading the same way. According to a recent survey by Sky Real Lives, green issues feature highly in people’s resolutions but 70% of those, expected failure on their part.

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