Three Oceans Ltd based in Hull is the first company in the world to use corrugated board powered by its own fish waste. The board is manufactured in a carbon-neutral factory, which is supplied to a local box-maker working in partnership with Reelbrands, CorrBoard and CorrBoard Bioenergy. Nick Kirby, Director of CorrBoard Bioenergy, states they…
Plastic festival tents left behind at events account annually for about 900 tonnes of waste today in Britain. Over a third of tents are left at festivals because on the last day people just can’t be bothered to pack them up and take them home. Glastonbury installed recycling bins in 2008 and announced recently it…
“Born out of frustration, I bought my first aglet-punching machine to produce my own laces and began supplying shoemakers, retailers and fashion brands “. In late 2012, I was en route to Hong Kong to help a retail group redesign, optimise and renegotiate the supply of their toy packaging from their Asian suppliers. With two…
Yes, paper straws are ‘recyclable’, but so are paper/plastic laminated cups, cartons, sandwich packs and almost everything, but that does not mean they actually are recycled. The confusion was highlighted this week by a leaked internal McDonald’s communication stating that their paper straws are not currently being recycled and are instead being sent for incineration…
That may we’ll be true, but this bubble might be about to pop. Pringles hit the headlines last week following an exposé by The UK Recycling Association stating that this popular pack is the worst example of packaging making it virtually impossible to recycle. The issue concerns the use of multiple materials, which end up…