Grundon signs up with Prodware to help deliver efficiencies

Recycling and waste management firm Grundon has signed an agreement with software provider Prodware to implement its specialist waste and recycling solution enwis). The deal, worth around £1 million, will see Prodware provide its Microsoft Dynamics based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software package. This will give Grundon a totally integrated system, which will streamline its […]

Extent of impact of green fence on Chinese plastics industry revealed

European and US exports of plastics to China fell dramatically as a result of the Green Fence, the China Scrap Plastics Association has revealed. Writing in the China Recycling Plastics Update, China Scrap Plastics Association president Steve Wong noted that the Chinese Green Fence policy that enforced regulation on importing material had a major impact […]

WRAP study finds gate fees have increased over the past year.

The overall UK median gate fee for materials recycling faciliites (MRF) has risen, according to the latest WRAP annual gate fees report. Local authorities paid a median gate fee of £10 per tonne in 2013/14 compared to £9 in the year before for using a MRF.

TETRA PAK Wants to move beyond recycling with new campaign

Global packaging manufacturer Tetra Pak has said that it is going to focus on how its materials are sourced rather than on recycling. The company has launched its Moving to the Front campaign in which it will seek to invite its supplier, plus other manufacturers, brand owners and others to move attention from recycling on […]

Industry group formalised to drive recovery and recycling of paper cups

A group that has been meeting since 2012 to discuss the recovery and recycling of paper cups has been formalised into the Paper Cup Recovery and Recycling Group (PCRRG). The new organisation will be managed and coordinated by LRS Consultancy and includes members from companies such as Caffè Nero, First Mile, Grundon, James Cropper, Mars […]

Mark Lyndon Paper Enterprises to introduce moisture inspections on paper bales

One of the leading paper exporters has announced that it has introduced inspections of bales to check for excessive moisture. Mark Lyndon Paper Enterprises said that over the past three years, it has seen an unprecedented increase in the amount of moisture being recorded in UK material, with last winter being particularly bad following consistent […]

New chair of Zero Waste Scotland announced

Vic Emery has been announced as the first chair of Zero Waste Scotland. Following Zero Waste Scotland’s move to a new corporate structure from 1 July, the former managing director of BAE Systems Warship Division and current chair of the Scottish Police Authority will be head the new board following the organisation’s separation from WRAP. […]

Manufacturers call for creation of government office of resource management

The Government has been warned that it must act over growing risk to material supply for the UK including developing an Office of Resource Management. In a report from EEF – the manufacturers’ organisation, it warns that the Government needs to act over escalating risk to the UK’s supply of essential materials, and says that […]