recycling

  • Drink AND Drive – Scots claim new fuel source

    A DEAL has been signed to turn by-products from a Scottish distillery into fuel for cars. The Tullibardine distillery in Perthshire has linked up with Celtic Renewables a spin-out company from Napier University in Edinburgh to produce bio-fuel from the…

  • Food waste trial for Wetherspoon

    WETHERSPOON HAS begun a trial to collect food waste from over two dozen of its sites. Biffa, the company’s long-term waste contractor, will collect the waste from 28 sites across the country. Most of it will end up in the…

  • From Plants to Plastic: The Changing World of Recycling

    An estimated 70% of our waste can be recycled or composted, yet only 14% of it is. Each UK household throws away over a tonne of waste each year, despite the fact that the vast majority think recycling worthwhile. With every…

  • Energy and Logistics

    Brakes, one of the UK’s leading foodservice suppliers, is using a wide variety of solutions to minimise the impact of the business on the environment through increased efficiency and green business practices. Energy consumption:   In 2008 Brakes reduced energy…