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UK to try out reusable packaging with its takeaways

9th September 2021

circular, climate change, CLUBZERO, Efficiency & Environment, Environment, food, Just Eat, net-zero, recycling, Sustainability, takeaway, waste

circular, climate change, CLUBZERO, Efficiency & Environment, Environment, food, Just Eat, net-zero, recycling, Sustainability, takeaway, Waste

UK to try out reusable packaging with its takeaways: Customers ordering food online throughout the UK will soon have the opportunity to have their takeaway packaging sent back for reuse. It’s a section of a trial set up by Just Eat & CLUBZERO that will give consumers an option to choose reusable packaging when turning…

Recycled UK cars get fast shipped parts from eBay

Recycled UK cars get fast shipped parts from eBay: eBay UK has united with insurers Aviva & LV to promote the use of recycled ‘green’ car parts. The online retail site says it can deliver in only 3 days the recycled parts to garages or car owners. Because of this, drivers will be able to…

LEGO to build a future free from plastic

25th June 2021

Heather Trudeau

2030, circular, Efficiency & Environment, LEGO, plastic pollution, plastics, recycled plastics, recycling, Sustainability

LEGO to build a future free from plastic : PET plastic that comes from discarded bottles will get a second chance as it will be the principal material to create LEGO bricks. LEGO Group has revealed ideas to make prototype bricks employing plastic bottles. The event is the outcome of a 3-year project of scientists…

UK’s greenest waste tire recycling plant

UK’s greenest waste tire recycling plant The Norwegian startup Wastefront AS has begun recently investing in the UK with the construction of the UK’s greenest waste tire recycling plant which will be located in the Port of Sunderland. This has came merely a few days after his appointment where the company’s new Chief Executive Officer,…

Insects to purely convert food waste into animal feed

Insects to purely convert food waste into animal feed: Cambridge-located business Better Origin has created a product that it says uses insects to ‘naturally convert’ food waste into animal feed. Though it claims the transformation to be natural, the technology channels the power of AI & is fully autonomous. The product works by feeding the…

WindEurope call for ban on wind turbine blades as landfill

WindEurope call for ban on wind turbine blades as landfill The wind industry has called for all countries in Europe to place a ban on landfilling wind turbine blades by 2025. Industry organisation WindEurope is exremely committed to reusing, recycling, and/or recovering 100% of the decommissioned wind turbine blades. At the moment, the recycling of…

Veggie based 3D printed batteries may charge better

Veggie based 3D printed batteries may charge better: A new 3D printed recyclable battery could provide mobile devices with a higher capacity source of power by using electrodes created from vegetable powder. This is according to a team of engineers directed by the University of Glasgow, that has published its discoveries in the Journal of…

Apple & Amazon face MPs backlash for UK e-waste surge

Apple & Amazon face MPs backlash for UK e-waste surge: Tech giants Apple and Amazon are amongst the companies implicated by the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) of having a part in the ‘electronic waste tsunami’ in the UK as well as dodging their environmental responsibilities. The body’s summary reports that the firms are contributing to…

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UK to try out reusable packaging with its takeaways

Recycled UK cars get fast shipped parts from eBay

LEGO to build a future free from plastic

UK’s greenest waste tire recycling plant

Insects to purely convert food waste into animal feed

WindEurope call for ban on wind turbine blades as landfill

Veggie based 3D printed batteries may charge better

Apple & Amazon face MPs backlash for UK e-waste surge

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