SUPPLIER NEWS

• New Way Of Recycling Plant-Based Plastics Instead Of Letting Them Rot In Landfill

  Around 45 per cent of plastic waste is recycled annually in the UK and is on the increase. However one of the problems with current plastic recycling methods is that you end up with a lower quality plastic with worse properties than the original

• Commercial Operations Achieved At Two New Wheelabrator Technologies Waste-To-Energy Facilities In U.K.

  Wheelabrator Technologies realized major milestones in the U.K. in 2019 when two new waste-to-energy facilities reached full commercial operations.

• Veolia accVeolia Steps Up Hazardous Waste Business In North America

  Veolia, through its subsidiary Veolia North America, announces today that it has signed an agreement to take over Alcoa USA Corporation’s Hazardous Waste Treatment Site located in Gum Springs, Arkansas (USA).

• The Greenbacks In Mobile Phone Mines

  No-one who is economically active can afford to go without at least a mobile phone, and at the pace that electronic equipment is re-invented, it’s only a matter of time before your ‘latest’ iPhone 11 ends up on a dump site.

• Stericycle And RCAP Partner To Bring Safe Drug Disposal Solutions To Rural Communities

  Stericycle, the leading provider of compliance-based solutions, including award-winning solutions for safe medication disposal, and the Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP), a non-profit network focused on improving water quality for rural and small communities across the U.S., have partnered to pilot a program focused on improving water quality and combatting the opioid crisis in rural America.