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Peat-free compost is a growing medium made without peat. Instead, manufacturers combine materials such as wood fibre, composted bark, coir and green compost to provide the moisture, air, nutrients and physical support that plants need. Peat-free compost is now widely available for seeds, young plants, vegetables, flowers, shrubs and containers. However, the contents and perfo...

Recycling facilities depend on increasingly sophisticated equipment to separate valuable materials from mixed waste streams. Conveyors, screens, optical sorters, magnets, air separators, balers, artificial-intelligence systems and process controls may all form part of a modern material recovery facility. This updated directory introduces companies that supply recycling system...

In 2009 in the UK a number of things came together which changed the waste management scene like never before. Waste, Yes! Common rubbish became a resource and an opportunity.

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Plastic Packaging Tax UK rules were introduced to encourage businesses to use more recycled plastic in packaging. In principle, that sounds like a sensible environmental policy. If plastic packaging contains less than 30% recycled plastic, the tax creates a financial reason to redesign packaging, buy recycled content and support recycling markets. But the reality may [...]

Recycling in flats has always been one of the most difficult problems in UK household waste management. It is much harder than ordinary kerbside recycling because residents share communal bin stores, storage space is limited, responsibility is often unclear, and one person using the wrong bin can contaminate the recycling for everyone else. When this [...]

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