The Courtauld Commitment is a voluntary agreement aimed at improving resource efficiency and reducing the carbon impact of the UK grocery sector. The Commitment helps deliver the UK governments’ policy goal of a ‘circular economy’ and the objectives of the Climate Change Act to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 34% by 2020 and 80% […]
This publication covers annual final estimates for waste collected by local authorities in England and the regions. It also includes an experimental analysis of greenhouse gases from local authority collected waste. Please find attached the documents: Statistical Publication and Summary of 2013 Local Authority Collected Waste – Statistics Summary Defra Statistical Tables for 2013 –
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WRAP have produced an infographic showing their vision of a circular economy for the EU, outlining how the European economy could be transformed by 2020, through wide-scale adoption of a resource efficient circular economy. Speaking to UK and European business leaders at WRAP’s Annual Conference in London, Dr Liz Goodwin outlined the considerable benefits to
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This report brings together data on the uptake of the Scottish Government\’s 10 key low carbon behaviour areas. It covers housing, transport, food and waste. The Low Carbon Scotland Behaviours Framework highlighted ten key behaviour areas across four themes (home energy, travel, food and consumption) that contribute the most to household emissions. The Framework included
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The objective of this project was to examine different organic recycling industry supply/distribution models (i.e. the manner in which materials move from where they are ‘produced’ to where thy will be used) and to assess the advantages and disadvantages of each model. This should enable AD companies to learn from and adopt/adapt existing practices for the
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This report evaluates the outcome of the Defra and Technology Strategy Board co-funded 500K ‘Feasibility For Growth’ SME innovation competition to encourage innovation in the agriculture, food and drink sectors and better access to market. The report covers 21 projects were funded in England, Wales and Scotland by the ‘Feasility for growth’ competition, being some
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Newly-updated Construction Material Exchange tool from Resource Efficient Scotland makes it easier for the construction industry to exchange and re-use materials. Building on the original tool which was launched in November 2012, materials can be posted online and exchanged with another party for re-use, diverting the material from landfill, reducing costs of disposal and material
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The Environment Agency (EA) has published monthly packaging figures (in comparison to the usual quarterly figures), in a bid to provide a better understanding of packaging recycling trends and greater transparency. The Agencies and Industry Packaging Operational Liaison Group (AIPOLG) meets quarterly to discuss and address operational issues around the regulation of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste)
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The latest National Statistics produced by the Welsh Government were released on 22 August 2013 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority. The booklet is similar to the UK report Measuring Progress: Sustainable Development Indicators published in July 2010. Key points: 22 of 44 indicator assessments show a clear improvement. 18 of
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The first four signatories to Scotland’s Resource Sector Commitment have been announced. Scotland’s Resource Sector Commitment is a voluntary initiative for organisations in the resource management industry to demonstrate their support for Scotland’s zero waste ambitions and show their commitment to delivering high-quality resource management services. The commitment asks organisations to agree to do a
