This year’s International Compost Awareness Week, which ran from 2-8 May 2021, was marked by a webinar on 19 May involving a number of presentations from composting associations such as the US Composting Council, Ecomondo and Carbon Clarity. The presentations, which can be accessed through the following links, included: Putting a value on compost by […]
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Envar Composting and Countrystyle Recycling have partnered with Vegware to launch collections for compostable foodservice disposables in Cambridgeshire. This follows the recent announcement of Countrystyle Recycling’s expansion into the Cambridgeshire area, through operations at its Thetford depot and from the St Ives composting facility of its sister company, Envar Composting. Collections will be made using […]
A number of videos in various European languages have been released by Novamont explaining composting and how to maintain the carbon cycle. The educational videos aim to describe and explain key concepts in terms of composting, such as biodegradation and how the carbon cycle feeds soil. Italian English French German Spanish […]
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The Cré Compostable Certification Scheme is the only Irish scheme providing third party independent assessment that packaging is compostable in Ireland and is accepted in food waste bins (brown bins). The Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Micheal Martin said: “It is recognised that the scheme supports producer, public and consumer awareness and action in both the […]
Co-op has revealed that ‘bags for life’ made available to customers to replace single-use carrier bags have inadvertently caused an increase of up to 440 per cent in the amount of plastic put on the market in the last three years. Sales data published by the retailer have found that ‘bags for life’ are increasingly […]
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Specialist packaging converter Parkside Flexibles, which produces sustainable flexible packaging, has launched its own range of fully certified compostable laminates, Park2Nature™. Parkside is a valued customer of Futamura’s NatureFlex™ renewable and compostable packaging films that provide an essential barrier layer for many of the Park2Nature laminates. NatureFlex films are produced from sustainable wood pulp harvested […]
KCC Packaging has developed a sugar cane-based biodegradable food tray to be used in place of the plastic ones that two million ready meals a year are supplied in within the UK. Managing Director Kevin Clarke said: “The main thrust of what we are doing as a business is developing an alternative for a high […]
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Experts and parliamentarians have urged the Government to back compostable materials to increase food waste recycling after a landmark report finds overwhelming support for the materials. The report, produced by Ricardo Energy, quizzed experts across the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain on the potential for compostable packaging to increase the amount of food waste […]
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BEIS has announced that it will be launching a new Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF) competition window in spring 2021 due to the large amount of interest it received during the recent competition, which closed on 28 October 2020. This competition will run along similar lines to the recent Phase 1 competition. More information about the next competition window will be […]
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