C – Circular Economy The circular economy is an alternative to the traditional economic model whereby we produce goods, use them and then dispose of them. Currently, we tend to regularly update our technologies such as smartphones, tablets and computers. However, in the linear economy these are thrown away and are not designed to be […]
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Recycle Week (12- 18 September 2016) is the UK’s annual recycling week, aiming to get everyone recycling more by raising awareness of the benefits and promoting easy ways to do more. It’s a week for everyone and we’d love you to get involved – from local authorities, to businesses, to community groups, schools or even
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As a SWITCH Network member Albion Environmental Ltd would like to bring your attention to the newly published SWITCH Competence Assessment Tool which is now available to download from Zero Waste Scotland’s website and will shortly be available via CIWM Scotland website. It is designed to help managers, supervisors and team leaders who work in
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Zero Waste Scotland are providing funding to Local Authorities, SMEs and Third Sector staff to participate in accredited training programmes. There are 5 separate programmes which are being delivered by Albion Environmental and Fife College. For further information please click here
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Albion Environmental Limited is delighted to announce that in association with CIWM and Zero Waste Scotland, Sam Grant Dip, HNC, MCIWM has been approved to deliver Waste Smart training at both foundation and advanced levels. The Waste Smart course was developed by CIWM to provide industry standard training that could be adopted by all business
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A £3.8 million fund to help businesses develop green infrastructure proposals is now open. Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead announced the Scottish Recycling Fund (SRF) at the Safeguarding Scotland’s Resources Conference at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh. The fund will make loans available to organisations interested in developing key sorting, repair and reprocessing capacity for waste materials
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Based on new data, estimates of household food and drink waste in Scotland have been revised. Household food and drink waste arisings in Scotland in 2012 are estimated to be around 630,000 tonnes. Of this, 380,000 tonnes (60%) was avoidable – had purchases been planned, stored, or prepared differently, then this food and drink could
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Zero Waste Scotland has announced that it is to become independent. From June it will no longer be a subsidiary company of WRAP operating under the WRAP board, but an organisation operating under its own governance structure. The decision came about from a close consultation with WRAP, after examining a number of options for realigning
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Albion Environmental is pleased to announce the completion of a Compositional Waste Analysis for Oran Environmental Solutions. The data provided by a Compositional Waste Analysis can be a key tool for local authorities and waste management companies to: Monitor and improve existing recycling schemes, Implement and develop new recycling schemes, Assess the input materials and
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