News from 4 April 2013 on edie

Specialist WEEE recycler strikes gold with scrap metal

U Can Recycling extracts value from unwanted WEEE. Nick Warburton reports on a local regeneration success story

Circular economy

SMEs to get help understanding ‘complicated’ environmental legislation

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) have launched a new website to help small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) understand their environmental responsibilities and encourage good environmental practice.

UPDATE: APP cuts down accusations of policy violation with TFT report

Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) has issued a report with The Forest Trust (TFT) which claims to disprove allegations that the company violated its Forest Moratorium.

Ford manufactures low carbon alternative for vehicle paint

Ford is rolling out eco-paint technology across its manufacturing sites in a bid to further reduce CO2 emissions during vehicle production.

Student fund to establish generation of sustainability-conscious employees

A £5m fund has been awarded to the National Union of Students (NUS) in an attempt to ensure sustainability remains a priority within British higher education.

CCS gets second chance with relaunch of EU funding

The European Commission has launched a second call for proposals under its NER300 investment programme for low-carbon technologies.

Hugo Spowers – the new face of the car industry?

As the need to find alternative, cleaner and more sustainable sources to power the cars on our roads becomes an imperative, one pioneering company is going back to the drawing board and redesigning the car around the fuel cell rather than the other way around. Peter McManners finds out more from Riversimple founding director Hugo Spowers

Energy

Bacardi reduces water use but energy consumption up 7%

Bacardi improved its water efficiency per unit of product by 11% in 2012 compared to 2011, due to increased production volumes and water efficiency measures.

VIDEO: Closing the loop now ‘business critical’ says Coca Cola

Coca Cola Enterprises talks about how closed loop models for packaging materials is raising the bar for brand reputation in the third of our Resource Revolution thought leader video interview series.

Day: 4 April 2013