With news on: Second international E-waste day announced; Smurfit Kappa opens Tuscan plant; Tendring waste lorries raise mental health awareness, and; Recycling Technologies tackles plastic at British Summer Time festival.
International E-waste day is October 14
The second international e-waste day will be held on October 14, following the event’s first outing in 2018.
International E-waste day will be on October 14
The event promotes the correct disposal of electrical and electronic equipment throughout the world and has been developed by the WEEE Forum, the global WEEE producer compliance schemes, and its members.
It is used to encourage consumers to consider repairing their appliances or correctly disposing of them and hopes to increase re-use, recovery and recycling rates. Last year more than 50 organisations from over 40 different countries worldwide were involved
Pascal Leroy, director general of the WEEE Forum, said: “While consumer awareness of how to dispose of e-waste correctly is improving, it is still a struggle to ensure that e-waste is collected and treated by organisations with the correct facilities and channels, thereby guaranteeing that this is done so in a legitimate, safe and environmentally friendly way.”
Smurfit Kappa opens Tuscan plant
Smurfit Kappa has opened a new recycling plant in the Tuscan region of Italy.
Smurfit Kappa’s new Tuscan recycling plant
The depot in Marlia will process around 15,000 tonnes of recovered paper this year, which is expected to increase to 25,000 tonnes in 2020.
The new plant is strategically located in the district where 60% of Italian containerboard and 90% of tissue paper is produced. It will work closely with the region’s local authorities, supermarkets and businesses to collect used paper and board which will be taken to the Smurfit Kappa Ania Paper Mill in Lucca to produce new containerboard.
“We are delighted to have this new plant up and running, which is further evidence of our ongoing commitment to sustainable development and an important addition to the region,” said Luca Mannori, general manager at Marlia.
“Paper-based packaging is 100% recyclable. All corrugated, solid board and folding carton can be put through a process to make it into another box in less than 14 days, demonstrating a truly closed loop approach.”
Tendring RCVs raise mental health awareness
Refuse lorries in an Essex parish are raising awareness of mental health issues.
In Tendring new posters on two Veolia RCVs are encouraging residents to “be in your mate’s corner”, as part of the national Time to Change initiative which seeks to end mental health discrimination.
Lynda McWilliams, cabinet member for partnerships at Tendring district council, said the initiative reflected the council’s own commitment to Time to Change.
She said: “As the poster identifies one in four of us will suffer with our mental health, so it is important that we are there for our friends, family and communities to support people through any tough times.”
“We hope that by displaying this information on a vehicle which makes regular trips around the district, we can prompt people to think about their own mental health, and that of people around them.”
Recycling Technologies tackles plastic at British Summer Time festival
Recycling Technologies worked with the organisers of the British Summer Time music festival to provide bins for plastic waste.
Recycling Technologies’ bins at British Summer Time festival
In partnership with Barclays, the company collected usually unrecyclable waste such as crisp packets and food wrappers at the Hyde Park festival.
The materials were transported to Recycling Technologies’ Swindon site for processing into ‘Plaxx’, which is a feedstock for petrochemical companies to use in processes to make new, virgin-quality plastic with recycled content.
Elena Parisi, Sales & Marketing Director at Recycling Technologies, said: “Some plastics are vital to the war on carbon, for keeping food fresh and making transport fuel efficient, so our aim is to help ensure that this needed plastic is recycled.
“With the right support from companies such as Barclays, we can help plastic all across the UK get a second, third, fourth chance at life.”
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