Britain’s largest retailer, Tesco, has announced that it will be encouraging its shoppers to take recycling more seriously as it trials in-store recycling machines for the first time. The machines, which pay customers for each bottle they return, will be…
Heading into the penultimate event of the season BRDC Rising Star Max Coates headed the Renault UK Clio Cup and had every intention of extending his points advantage. Despite setbacks over the weekend the North Yorkshireman still heads the championship…
Consumers are increasingly keen to recycle plastics and other materials wherever possible, but are often confused by the array of symbols that appear on the packaging of everyday items. A recent survey carried out by Which?, the UK consumer group,…
The Scottish Government has been committed to introducing a deposit return scheme (DRS) for drinks bottles. The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, informed MSPs that more would be done to reduce waste and support the circular economy. The Scottish Government has…
Cambridgeshire based plastics recycling specialists PLASgran have further enhanced their technical capabilities with the purchase of a state-of-the-art Differential Scanning Calorimeter DSC 3+ from Mettler Toledo. The system, which can measure melting points, glass transition temperatures, oxidative stability and…
PLASgran sponsor a local football team, ‘Manea UTD FC’. All players have had a personal strip and player boot bags. Manea United Football Club is a village team who play in the Cambridgeshire Leagues. The Club has always been…
Photo credit: PJK Moto Media / Paul James Kelly North Yorkshire’s Max Coates stole the show at Rockingham Motor Speedway in rounds 13 and 14 of the Renault UK Clio Cup. The Harron Homes sponsored car consistently appeared towards the…
The problem of plastic waste being washed up on beaches around the world is well known and, in fact, one study has suggested that by 2050, there might be more plastic in the sea than fish. Much of the plastic…
