News & Media - Page 58

A nationwide search has begun for the best video produced by young people that demonstrates improved recycling of drinks cans...

As RPS Managing Director Tim Hutchinson quite rightly puts it, the efforts of Paul Burgum to walk from Morocco to the English Channel and then cycle back to Billingham is ‘truly amazing’...

On Saturday 17th November RPS was delighted to sponsor Northallerton Town FC in a top of the league clash (Ebac Northern League Division Two) with Sunderland based Ryhope CW...

Wood waste demand Over the last 12 months a combination of factors, including the decline and closure of panelboard manufacturers Sonae in Knowsley and reduced demand for exported biomass, means wood recyclers have been left with an abundance of wood waste...

Marks and Spencer encourage Circular Economy Mike Barry, head of sustainable business at Marks and Spencer, concluded his speech at the annual WRAP conference with, “Any business that thinks it cannot participate in these new models (of circular economy) – forget it!” Barry explained how the M&S Plan A initiative saved the business £105m net last year, with concepts such as creating energy to be used in company stores through anaerobic digestion from waste food and simple but effective ideas such as reusing clothes hangers...

Over the last 12 months there has been a sharp increase in electricity generated from municipal solid waste combustion and anaerobic digestion, according to figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change...