Recycling today is so much more than collecting material and taking it to a recycler, it requires an understanding of a client’s sustainability goals and how to provide practical assistance to achieve those goals.
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Smart Waste has closed the loop on food waste by taking food waste back to the generators – only in a different form – compost.
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Sustainability is the new business buzzword in recycling and it may seem daunting but in honest truth, it’s all in the mindset.
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COVID-19 wasn’t all bad. For one thing, it has increased interest in our environment and individuals are starting to pressure corporations to improve their non-financial reporting. Corporations want to comply to keep their shareholders and customers happy but some still struggle to implement ESG. ESG (environment, social and governance) is a refinement of CSR (corporate
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The debate about the use of plastic rages on. News like the recent report of plastic bags being found at the bottom of the Mariana Trench creates worldwide awareness of the problem caused by plastic. Understandably many people want to ban all plastic immediately. It is necessary to hear the other side of the debate
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Recycling organic waste is surprisingly easy – recycling non organic items is a whole lot harder. Which just goes to show how complicated we have made our stuff. Organic waste can now be composted in a windrow or anaerobic digester. It can also be used to produce energy in a number of ways and converted
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After years of being regarded as the poor cousin of waste disposal recycling is becoming the star. It has to do with the adoption of the circular economy. Instead of throwing things away – the waste disposal option, which is based on the linear economy – we are now starting to reuse them. The recycling
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The H1 figures are due out shortly. Even if the economy is not in recession we are teetering on the brink. Recycling can help a business survive the tough times. Waste is all about volumes – the more we produce, the more waste we generate. During normal or good times we tend to consume more
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