Aldi rolls out 'soft plastic' collections across UK
Supermarket chain Aldi announced this week (23 September) it was rolling out recycling bins for front-of-store soft plastics at more than 800 of its shops across the UK. The roll-out follows the "success" of a 16-week trial the supermarket carried out at 20 of its stores across Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Greater Manchester last year (see letsrecycle.com story). [...]
SLWP to discuss not renewing Veolia's collections deal
The South London Waste Partnership (SWLP) is considering whether it will renew its waste collection and street cleansing contract with Veolia ahead of the agreement coming to an end in March 2025. The SLWP is a joint waste authority made up of the four local councils in Croydon, Kingston, Merton and Sutton. Veolia's contract, which [...]
Fibre-to-fibre' recycling hindered by sorting capacity
Almost 500,000 tonnes of low-value post-consumer textiles are "readily available" for 'fibre-to-fibre' recycling in six European countries, according to a report published in September by Fashion for Good. Fibre-to-fibre recycling refers to the 'closed-loop' recycling of textiles, where the outcome of the recycling process would be spun with virgin fibre to manufacture new clothes with [...]
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