Tag: Environment
The Top 5 Shopping Centres For Recycling
In this article we take a look at some of the best shopping centres for recycling, takin...
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The top 5 UK cities for recycling
Have you ever wondered what the UK’s greenest cities are? We all recognise the importa...
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Why has China stopped accepting plastic waste for recycling?
For many years, China was the largest market for the world’s waste plastic. Around 50%...
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How blockchain will improve the recycling sector
Traditionally, technologists and developers saw the role of blockchain as being primaril...
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What are the Advantages of Plastic Recycling?
Businesses understand that their customers' needs are changing. No longer are they motiv...
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How oil prices affect recycling
Many people rejoice when oil prices plummet, as it means that it’s cheaper to fill up ...
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Plastic Expert launches a UK-Wide Carpet Recycling service
We are very pleased to announce the launch of our brand-new UK-wide carpet recycling ser...
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How the EU Helped Increase UK Recycling Rates
When the UK joined the EU in 1973, recycling as we know it was yet to be born. People ex...
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Plastic Expert launches national wheelie bin recycling service.
Plastic Expert is pleased to announce that we have now launched our new National Wheelie ...
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How to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Recycling
It’s commonly known that recycling is an important way to reduce your carbon footprint. ...
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Co-op becomes 1st retailer to back Plastics Industry Recycling Action Plan
The company suggests that others should follow suit, and we here at Plastic Expert suspect...
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Do Not Eat The Plastic Soup!
What is Plastic Soup? What does it taste like? Why is there a foundation in its name? Wha...
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How Does The UK Compare At Plastic Recycling With Germany
In Part One of this series, we looked at the Netherlands, and how we, the UK, compare with...
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How Does The UK Compare At Plastic Recycling With Holland?
Plastic pollution has turned out to be a menace for the entire world, and an environmental...
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How To Recycle E-Cigarettes
Up In Smoke E-cigarettes have been massively influential in helping a lot of people to red...
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How big is the 'Beach Plastic Issue?'
In order to answer this question, we first need to know how big the bodies of water are as...
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Plastic Recycling: ‘Cloud Seeding’ Pavilion
Plastic recycling is a growing market, and with that growth comes new opportunities for re...
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Mealworms Are Recycling Plastic
You may have read on social media recently about a type of Mealworm that can survive on a ...
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Metal Recycling vs Plastic Recycling: Breaking the Myths
Which material would you immediately estimate to be more lucrative to waste management com...
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Southwark Receives Recycled Plastic Bag Shipment
Southwark Receives First Shipment From Recycled Plastic Bag Scheme The first shipment of r...
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What is uPVC Recycling?
uPVC Recycling... What is uPVC? Unplasticized polyvinyl chloride, better known as uPVC...
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Liberty Bottleworks
Liberty Bottles are an American business looking far ahead to the future. They’re settin...
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An Interview With Nudie Jeans Co
Plastic Expert welcomes Sandya Langs, CSR Manager at Nudie Jeans Co, for an interview... ...
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An Interview With Yolanda Drewell
Yolanda uses various sustainable materials in her cloth, so we spoke to her about it... H...
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Five Other Voices For Recycling News
Plastic Expert has quickly become a reliable source for news, reviews and information in t...
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5 Green Businesses to look for in Bristol
Alright my lover? Bristol has become the UK's 'Green Capital', which makes quite a lot of ...
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5 Ways to have an Eco-Friendly Holiday
For those of us who are looking to do our bit for the planet and reduce our carbon footpri...
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Cali Doesn't Ban the Plastic Bag, Yet…
Uh oh, Cali didn't actually ban the bag... At the end of November, we reported that Califo...
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5 Recycling Facts To Impress Your Mates
Here is some pub quiz ammunition on the topic of recycling. If it ever comes in useful to ...
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Lush
Lush - Marching from the front in the battle for responsible packaging A conscious effort ...
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Vehicle Plastic Recycling | Cable & The Carrera
In our latest Vehicle Plastic Recycling feature, we look at Vince Cable and the 1965 Porsc...
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The Great Outdoor Gym Company
This week our featured sustainable business is 'The Great Outdoor Gym Company'. A Great I...
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World Recycling News | Buddhist Plastic Recycling Success
A group of Taiwanese Buddhist monks are reaping the rewards from recycling plastic waste c...
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World Recycling News | Cali Banned the Bag!
Last month California finally banned Plastic Bags. Surprisingly, it didn't go down too wel...
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Plastic Recycling News | Innovation in Plastics Recycling Awards
Across the Atlantic, the Innovation in Plastics Recycling Awards were held in Washington D...
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Lyon, France
Bienvenue á Lyon! Take a virtual trip with us to the fabulous French city... Lyon is Fran...
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World Recycling News | Sony's Recycled Plastic Targets
A couple of months back we wrote an article about Dell computers, and how they were pledge...
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Enviromate
We here at Plastic Expert are pleased to welcome the founders of Enviromate... Hi guys, w...
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Honolulu, Hawaii
Aloha! Honolulu is the largest and capital city of Hawaii, situated on Oahu, the third la...
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Reducing Waste Costs | DBD Distribution Ltd
Plastic Expert partners with DBD to maximize their recycling potential "We are not co...
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Plastic Recycling News | Tomorrow Machine's Biodegradable Packaging
This week, we are thrilled to welcome Hanna Billqvist and Anna Glansén, AKA 'Tomorrow Mac...
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Dutch Vintage Electric Car of the Future – ‘Carice MK1’
A new brand of Dutch Electric cars has arrived, providing a stylish classical contradictio...
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World Recycling News | Recycling in the Skies
Come Fly With Us When people talk sustainable business, it's natural to conjure up picture...
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What Daisy Did
'Our brand is a protest against the disposable fast fashion industry' Meet Daisy and Ozri...
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Plastic Recycling News | Major Meat Maker's Plastic Pledge
What do Danepak, Spam and Stagg Chili have in common? Well, all three are owned by same me...
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Plastic Cars Are The Future
I'll state now that I don't have an all-seeing future-showing telescope. Despite that, I h...
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Plastic Recycling News | The Electronic Graveyard
Guiyu, Guangdong Province, China; taking over 100 truckloads of dead devices for metal and...
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Dumb Dumpers & the Fly-Tipping Epidemic
In a society where recycling is available and easy, why is fly-tipping still a common prac...
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'The Issue of Marine Plastic Debris' | An Interview with Ken Campbell
Hi Ken, would you like to introduce yourself for our readers? I’m a longtime sea kayake...
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Vehicle Plastic Recycling | The Trabant & Cactus
How can we turn our nose up at the use of plastic in modern cars? Let's go back in time an...
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Recycling through the ages: 1990s
In this series of articles, we are looking at recycling through the ages, considering the ...
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World Recycling News | Dunbar: Scotland's First Zero Waste Town
Dunbar to pilot 'Zero Waste Scotland' initiative Zero Waste is a wonderful thing It goes s...
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Plastic Recycling News | Recycled plastic bag usage rising & free tips for old bags
Virgin polymer bag production down and recycled plastic bag usage up as single-use carrier...
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Recycling through the ages: 1980s
In this series of articles, we are looking at recycling through the ages, considering the ...
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World Recycling News | The Sea-Forest Stadium
The Sea-Forest doesn't officially open its doors to the public until 2016, but Umi-No-Mori...
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Plastic Recycling News | Revamping packaging recycling
A change is upon us The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has released t...
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World Recycling News | Welcome to Trash Island
Welcome to Trash Island Population: Uninhabitable... The Great Pacific garbage patch, also...
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World Recycling News| AI Recycling innovation coming to the UK
AI Waste Sorting Product is the future of recycling Finnish technology developers ZenRobot...
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'Eradicating Plastic Bags' | An interview with Campaigns Director Andy Cummins
For our first guest interview, Plastic Expert are really pleased to introduce Andy Cummin...
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Plastic Recycling World News: Festivals looking forward to a green future
Glastonbury Festival organizers have declared plans to become the world's greenest festi...
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Recycling Plastic UK News | 'Confusion' over changes to 'Plastic bag Tax'
DEFRA announces 'confusing plans' to exempt small businesses from 5p 'Plastic Bag Tax' The...
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