With news on: Frugalpac joins Paper Cup Recovery and Recycling Group; Exeter University in recycling challenge; Nottinghamshire Bee Gardeners receive Veolia grant, and; Viridor lights up Dunbar for Christmas.
Frugalpac joins Paper Cup Recovery and Recycling Group
British packaging company Frugalpac, which created a recyclable paper coffee cup, has joined the industry’s Paper Cup Recovery and Recycling Group.
Post-consumer paper cups collected and baled by Simply Waste Solutions
The Frugalpac cup is made from recycled paper and is recyclable in normal paper mills. As such it can be disposed of in recycling street bins that accept newspaper and magazines.
Starbucks already agreed to evaluate the Frugalpac cup, which featured in Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s War on Waste programme on BBC Television in July, with a view to trialling it.
Frugalpac has now joined The Paper Cup Recovery and Recycling Group, which is made up of organisations from across the paper cup supply chain, including paper cup manufacturers, retailers, recycling and waste management companies and paper re-processors.
Fellow members include coffee retailers Starbucks, Costa, Caffè Nero and Pret as well as cup manufacturers Seda, Huhtamaki UK and Benders Cups.
The Paper Cup Recovery and Recycling Group issused its Paper Cup Manifesto earlier this year with the objective of significantly increasing paper cup recovery and recycling rates by 2020.
Commenting on the announcement, Frugalpac founder Martin Myerscough, said: “Whilst we believe Frugalpac is a ground-breaking innovation, we recognise our cup is only part of the overall solution. That’s why Frugalpac has decided to play our part by joining the PCRRG and working with companies across the paper cup supply chain. Design, recovery and recycling are all equally important.”
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Exeter University in recycling challenge
Students at Exeter University were challenged by recycling charity RECOUP to attempt a Guinness World Record of the most keepy-uppies of an empty 2-litre plastic bottle in one minute.
Paul Mouland from Exeter University being presented with his prize by Anne Hitch from RECOUP
The challenge took place last month (November) to raise awareness of the Pledge4Plastics recycling initiative.
Paul Mouland from Exeter University won a set of Dr Dre Headphones for the winning score of 9 keepy-uppies in one go. Guinness have set the record at 60 and the RECOUP team are hoping that someone will smash the record soon.
Students were also given the opportunity to register their interest and commitment to plastics recycling though a pledging mechanism at www.pledge4plastics.co.uk/exeter.
At a recycling roadshow at the Students Guild students could find out about the plastics recycling industry and opportunities within recycling and resource management. The RECOUP team engaged directly with the students, staff and visitors to think about the potential value of the resource that would be wasted if the empty, bottles, pots, tubs or trays that could be recycled at the University ended up elsewhere.
Anne Hitch, communications manager of RECOUP said: “We were delighted to have the opportunity to be able to talk directly to University students, staff and visitors and invite them to become plastics recycling champions.
“As a society, we eat and drink more than ever on-the-go and need to be aware of the opportunities that there are whilst out-and-about to recycle and the benefits that this bring to the world we live in. The World Record attempt enables us to inspire and deliver the recycling message in a fun way.”
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Nottinghamshire Bee Gardeners receive Veolia EnviroGrant
Waste management company Veolia’s EnviroGrant scheme, which supports initiatives for improving the local environment, has provided funding for the Bee Gardeners in Hucknall.
The Bee Gardeners was started in 2010 by local residents to improve the Titchfield Park, Hucknall community space.
EnviroGrant funding has allowed the group to purchase a beehive which will provide a safe haven for the bees in the ‘Bee Garden’. Alongside looking after the hive, a local beekeeper will offer talks to local schools about bees and how important they are to the environment.
Lea Hawkes, general manager for Veolia Nottinghamshire said: “We were delighted to support The Bee Gardeners hive and see that the local community are sharing skills, knowledge and resources with others.”
Councillor Jim Creamer, chairman of Nottinghamshire county council’s Environment and Sustainability Committee said: “It is fascinating to hear about the variety of environmental projects that our local communities get involved in, so it is important that we can help support them and the local and national environment through this EnviroGrant scheme.
“This particular project is not only helping bees to thrive, but is helping spread the message to the next generation that bees are essential to our ecosystem.”
The Nottinghamshire EnviroGrant Scheme is a community fund in which not-for-profit community groups, schools and charities based in the county of Nottinghamshire, can apply for grants of up to £1,000. The grants can be used for projects intended to improve the local environment.
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Viridor lights up Dunbar for Christmas
Recycling and renewable energy company Viridor has reached a construction milestone in the delivery of its new £177m Energy Recover Facility (ERF) at Dunbar in East Lothian.
Viridor has celebrated the halfway completion of its ERF project
Viridor and Babcock and technology specialist Wilcox Vølund (BWV), reached the half way point on the project as 50% of the construction is now complete.
To mark the occasion, Viridor and BWV donated £3,500 to the Dunbar Christmas Lights Fund. Each year, the town celebrates Christmas by decking the high street in Christmas lights – this donation will go towards the repair and maintenance of the lights.
Graham Adams from the Dunbar Christmas Lights committee said: “It’s fantastic news that Viridor has reached this milestone and we are thrilled they have chosen to recognise this by rewarding the people of Dunbar by supporting the town’s ever popular Christmas celebrations.”
Scott Reynolds, Dunbar ERF project manager at Viridor said: “With half of the work now complete, the ERF at Dunbar is well on the way to completion. Once operational the site will transform what once was waste into 30MW of base-load renewable energy directly to the grid – enough to power continuously 39,000 homes – and will also offer up to 10MW of heat for local use.”
Stig Christensen, BWV construction manager, added: “With our technology at the heart of this ambitious project, it’s right that we join with Viridor in marking this important milestone. With a strong sense of community, our local team are delighted to help light up the town in this way.”
Dan Wallace switched on Dunbar’s Christmas lights on the 27 November.
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