Taylor Ferranti, Commercial VP of Refrigerant Management at A-Gas, explains the impact of the American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act for refrigerant users. HFC gases are a crucial part of a functioning, modern society. From keeping groceries cold and fresh to powering the AC in people’s cars, these gases are an integral part of maintaining…
Circular Economy
Haringey Council is partnering with Keep Britain Tidy and the Chewing Gum Task Force to remove chewing gum from the pavements on Green Lanes, one of London’s longest high streets. Chewing gum will be steam removed from St Ann’s Road to Green Lanes Overground Station with a portable gum remover that has been paid for…
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is set to extend the sustainability credentials of the Lord’s ground through a wide-ranging recycling partnership with Veolia. Under the new contract Veolia will help increase current recycling rates by 50-60%, by capturing key materials through the introduction of onsite systems to manage the streams covering food, dry mixed recycling and…
UK convenience retailer One Stop has rolled out an initiative to recycle over 380,000 plastic milk bottles annually from its stores following a successful trial involving Veolia. Own label milk bottles from vending machines and staff refreshment facilities are collected from One Stop’s distribution centres by Veolia on a weekly basis and transported to a…
Philip Simpson, commercial director at ReFood, discusses the financial and environmental benefits of adopting food waste recycling practices for UK facilities teams. The global food supply chain has experienced a hugely challenging few years. From the impacts of Brexit and the long-term disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic, to irreversible pressures on supply, production and logistics…
Energy-from-waste business enfinium has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Eni UK, the UK subsidiary of Eni S.p.A, to support the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) at its Parc Adfer facility in North Wales. By capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from its existing energy from waste infrastructure, enfinium has the potential to take significant…
Westminster City Council and Veolia have announced the full-scale rollout of the UK’s largest electric refuse collection fleet. The vehicles are the next generation in electric Refuse Collection Vehicle (RCV) development and will deliver a cleaner and quieter service, powered directly by energy generated from the waste they collect. Housed in a specially designed depot,…
A new whitepaper from BSI addresses digitalisation in ensuring the built environment benefits from the circular economy. Authored by Dr. Seyed Ghaffar, Associate Professor in Civil Engineering at Brunel University London and Paul Mullett, Group Engineering and Technology Director at Robert Bird Group, ‘Completing the Circle – How Digitalization will Unlock Circular Construction’, considers the…
Jardine Motors is the first UK “top ten” dealership to reduce carbon emissions with Veolia’s fully circular waste oil management platform. The automotive retail group which represents 14 premium and luxury brands including Audi, Mercedes, Ferrari and Porsche, took the decisive step to manage waste oil sustainably by contributing it to the circular economy. Jardine…
A new UK recycling operation involving Veolia, garden product brand Miracle-Gro, and Dobbies Garden Centres is set to address the environmental impact of caused by around 100 million bags that are used for compost, soil and chipped bark each year. Developed from successful trials, the process will be the first time these low-density polyethylene (LDPE)…