Specialized UK has now outlined its e-bike battery recycling ambition, partnering with Ecolamp Recycling Solutions. Having tripled sales of its Turbo branded e-bike catalogue in the past two years, Specialized, like others in the e-bike space, is frequently asked what happens at the end of a battery’s life. Sold to...
School Trust Launches Uniform Recycling Campaign
A leading school trust, Outwood Grange Academies Trust, is launching a new campaign alongside uniform supplier, Trutex. The campaign between Outwood and Trutex sees the partnership between the two building on the success of the last academic year, which saw over 600,000 plastic bottles saved from landfill thanks to Outwood...
ASICS transforms 5 tonnes of recycled textiles into an earth day running shoe
ASICS brand’s has released its most planet-friendly cross-category collection to date, the new ‘Earth Day Pack’. This move is to introduce a circular manufacturing approach that saw around 5 tonnes of textile waste, the equivalent of 25,000 t-shirts, recycled into new shoes. The pack includes products from across ASICS running,...
Recycling glass can possible help restore Louisiana’s coastline
The southern coastline of Louisiana has lost land from its eroding beaches and marshes. Environmentalists fear that the damage to the coastline has passed the point of return. Every day, the city’s bars and restaurants produce tons of waste in the form of glass bottles, and because the city’s waste...
Molson Coors Replace Plastic Rings With Cardboard Sleeve
Molson Coors replace plastic rings and introduce a fully recyclable and sustainable cardboard sleeve for can multipacks for all major brands, including Carling and Coors. Produced by paper-based solutions supplier, Graphic Packaging International, the one-piece cartonboard wrap features a shaped interior design that securely holds the cans, as well as...
UK Launches New Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy
A new blueprint designed by the UK Government called the Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy is set to provide a greener future for the manufacturing and construction sector. Today’s measures will create and support 80,000 UK jobs over the next 30 years whilst cutting emissions by two-thirds in just 15 years,the UK...