A train station in Bromley will be the site for a new recycling scheme trial designed to help commuters recycle cans and plastic bottles. Three new recycling units will be placed at the station and Bromley Council will be in charge of emptying and recycling the waste collected there. Southeastern will partner with Bromley South station for the scheme set to began March 2. For the first time, commuters at this station will be capable of separating out their paper, plastic, and metal can garbage avoiding sending such waste to a landfill. The Bromley Council has said that it will be responsible ... Full Story

The British Plastics Federation issued a statement in the wake of the Government's Consultation publishing their paper 'Implementing the Packaging Strategy" in which they proposed that 56.9% of plastic packaging be recycled by 2020. In the statement the British Plastics Federation claims that the target, which would constitute a 32% increase over the course of under ten years, is unachievable and sets an impossible standard. They continued stating that even if the amount of funding needed was given to build adequate facilities to up the recycling infrastructure, the goal could still not be reached in time. The statement continues to criticise the ... Full Story

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina is set to revamp its recycling habits, which currently are plagued with out-dated facilities and lack of resources. However, now thanks to Fisher Recycling, a local waste management company, companies in the popular resort town will now be able to recycle plastic, glass, and aluminium. Previously, due to a lack of service and facility companies in the Myrtle Beach area could not even recycle the most basic recyclables such as glass and plastic. Thanks to South Myrtle Chamber of Commerce's new 'Going Green' Campaign, Fisher Recycle will now provide auditing services for waste as well as recycling ... Full Story

According to a new report, the U.S. airline industry currently generates over 880 million tons of waste each year. Of that waste only a very small percentage is actually recycled by these airlines. The recycling report card, which graded each airline for recycling habits, revealed that no airline was doing an A job. Topping the list for best recyclers included Virgin Atlantic, Virgin America, and Delta. However, United and US Airways managed to fail miserably. Even with some of the airlines coming in first on the list, not a single US carrier rated above a B-. The report, entitled What Goes Up ... Full Story

The competition for developing cutting edge recycling technology has been rapidly increasing in the last year, following major calls for cleaner energy alternatives. As the technology begins to develop, researchers are now facing the challenge of adapting technology for mass production at affordable prices. As this new technology begins to move from pilot scales to being 'showcase' ready, the ability to produce sustainable recycling measures for foil-based laminated materials is becoming a greater possibility. In a recent study detailing Enval, it is coming to light that this possibility may be sooner than later. Enval, the brain child out of England's Cambridge University, ... Full Story

The United Kingdom has been desperate to improve its recycling rates and has been looking at a number of new and innovative ways to do so.  The government has launched many schemes and studies in an effort to get people to produce less waste and recycle more.  The results have been mixed thus far as recycling rates in the UK have gone up but not as fast as some would like.  This is especially true for the Labour Party, who were hoping to use environmental successes as a way to set themselves apart from the Conservatives, who are usually associated ... Full Story

One of the biggest issues when it comes to the recycling of plastics is that people often mix plastic that cannot be recycled in with their recycling.  The public remains largely uneducated about which types of plastics are ok for recycling and which are at the end of the line.  Some types of plastic items, namely plastic bags, are unable to be recycled and it takes thousands of man hours and pounds to remove all of these things from recycling bins.  As technology continues to develop, more and more items are now able to be recycled and plants are popping ... Full Story

In the effort to clean up the world and get greener all types of waste must be investigated and inspected.  No stone can be left unturned and even seemingly small developments and changes make a big difference when looked at as a collective. It has been said that a person stranded on a deserted island would merely have to wait and everything that they might need would come to them.  This is because of the large amounts of litter and waste dumped into oceans and on beaches, which would allow a beachcomber to find everything from plastic bottles and bags, ... Full Story

As the United Kingdom tries to find ways to divert more rubbish away from landfills it is important that each industry get a close look.  Although recent efforts have been aimed at household recycling, business and industrial waste accounts for most of the rubbish that ends up in landfills.  This has led the UK to look for new and innovative ways to increase the recycling rates of businesses.  One area in which the United Kingdom has been way behind is the recycling of carper, where only about two percent of the carpet thrown away each year is recycled.  This leads ... Full Story

Last year was a big one for the environment, as some of the most important environmental issues were topics in headlines across the world.  The United Kingdom came under fire for its failure to meet several of the European Union's directives about recycling and waste management.  Although many boroughs around the United Kingdom have and continue to recycle at high rates, the country at large is still far behind most of its European counterparts.  Most embarrassing is that London, one of the most beautiful and modern cities in the world, is actually one of the worst recyclers in all of ... Full Story

Last year was a big year for the environment, as the United Nations summit on climate change acted as a finally to a year which was highlighted by environmental news.  People are finally starting to realize that climate change is a real threat and that action must be taken sooner rather than later.  Although most claim the summit was a failure it did bring the issue to the attention of the world which will hopefully spark some change as countries and local government realize that any real change is going to have to come at the local level.  The UK ... Full Story

There are many areas in which the United Kingdom is lagging behind its European counterparts when it comes to recycling and waste management.  As people in the UK become more educated about the topic, recycling rates have gone up significantly heading into 2010.  A recent study showed that the recycling of plastics is on the rise in the United Kingdom and at the current pace the UK will be able to reach the plastics recycling goal outlined by the European Union for the year 2020.... Full Story