Waste has been in the news a huge amount over the past year across areas such as the flood of support for reducing single use plastics and the ban on importing waste from multiple countries. Both have resulted in the general population and the private and public sectors rethinking planning around how to deal with […]
A recent public focus on the damaging effects that single-use items, particularly plastic, are having on the environment has meant that consumers and businesses are looking for the best available plastic alternatives to reduce their waste and overall environmental impact. The problem with single-use items made of plastic is that in the best-case scenario, they […]
There is an ever-growing consensus for companies to take charge of their waste. Factors such as costs, legislation, and CSR requirements are leading to a mounting pressure on organisations. and ultimately, facility managers to do more. A decision to remove personal desk bins to only used centralised waste bins is not always an easy one, […]
This is a question that crops up again and again – and not knowing the correct way to throw away unwanted paint or chemicals often leads people to guiltily toss them in with the general rubbish, or worse, down the drain – believing that the sewage plant will be able to remove them, perhaps not […]
