Visqueen has achieved Zero Waste to Landfill certification from Valpak at its Heanor and Rhymney manufacturing sites, underlining the strong environmental credentials of the business.
Keith Freegard, director of plastics recycler Axion Polymers, believes landfilling, as opposed to incineration, could be the best option for dealing with the UK’s waste plastic levels rising.
CMS has received more recognition for its environmental sustainability achievements by bagging a Scottish Green Apple Award for Environmental Best Practice.
2017 proved to be a record-breaking year for Recofloor, as a whopping 563 tonnes of waste vinyl flooring was collected for recycling into flooring or other products.
Volumes of carpet waste diverted from landfill in the country continue to increase, with 168,000 tonnes either reused, recycled or recovered for energy in 2017, a report from Carpet Recycling UK says.