I just finished an interview with an international newspaper who are following up on the press that The Times did in the UK about the rise of recycling revenues. It's a well timed piece mainly because I felt The Times coverage missed out crucial elements on their research and in their eagerness to tell the world that plastic is worth over £200 a tonne forgot to tell them that you needed at least 20 tonnes of the stuff all hitting a quality level ... Read More

One of the questions we get asked a lot in interviews and by clients is How can it be environmentally friendly to be sending cardboard and plastic all around the world on shipping containers? The question is valid on the surface because it may seem a black and white situation but in fact the answer has several parts to it: We are using containers that have been imported to the UK delivering consumer goods. They have to be returned to their originating countries and we ... Read More

I just finished an interview with a magazine who are writing a piece on whether or not landfill mining is set to become a reality in the UK, the same way it has in America over the last couple of years. Landfill mining is where existing landfills that are full are dug up and any recycling material that can be found in them is extracted and processed. This is because advanced recycling techniques are still new, less than 20 years old, so in ... Read More

I have been giving a lot of thought recently to how our business model at IWMS can be applied to the domestic market, that is, the waste you produce at home. We have seen a lot of action recently by councils in an attempt to secure the compliance of the residents in their catchment area as well as push up the levels of recycling. The latter, of course, in a bid to hit their landfill targets and avoid hefty penalty fines. The stories ... Read More

Well, that was a fun few weeks. As part of our big IT upgrade recently moving to new, bigger servers and adding on a host of new technological gizmos we somehow managed to erase our entire blog! I know, I know - believe me, I cried too. To all those who had links damaged we did our best to sort them all out but apologies if we missed anyone. I'm not sure I can face re-writing everything I did previously but there is so much ... Read More