Sustainable protection: Creating sustainable PPE without compromising safety
March 21, 2024
DuPont Personal Protection (DPP) works with HSE managers to recycle non-contaminated disposable PPE. SHP talks to the business about why it is important to develop more sustainable PPE and how it can be done without compromising worker safety. Read More
Recycling company fined after worker injured by 300kg batteries
February 27, 2024
A recycling company in West Yorkshire has been fined £120,000 after batteries weighing at least 300kg fell onto an employee and severely injured him. Read More
Arco’s hi-vis workwear range named recycled product of the year
December 13, 2023
The firm's hi-vis workwear range has been named recycled product of the year at a national awards ceremony. Read More
Funding given to support research and development of innovative recycling solution trial
March 31, 2022
Arco has committed seed funding to partner with Stuff4Life to support the research and development of a circular economy solution for polyester workwear. Read More
Warehouses: Investing in effective packaging waste recycling
March 28, 2022
Jim Roberts discusses why easy-to-use waste collection, segregation and management systems should be adopted in warehouse operations. Read More
REACH demands ‘need to be considered’ in chemical recycling
November 25, 2021
A report by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has found that chemical recycling of plastic waste currently covers different technologies Read More
The use of communications to enhance company recycling scheme
December 2, 2019
SafetySigns4Less, a safety sign manufacturer, is encouraging employers to use different forms of communication method to encourage employees to recycle to create a sustainable work environment. Read More
Recycling worker death: Jail term for director after dangerous baling machine still in operation five years after death
October 30, 2018
Worker entered the baling chamber of the machine to clear a blockage of waste materials that had caused the machine to stop. The machine automatically activated, and he suffered haemorrhaging, shock and severe traumatic injury to both legs Read More
£880k fine after ‘horrific’ machinery death
November 13, 2017
A recycling company has been fined £880,000, and two people have been given suspended prison sentences, after an agency worker was killed when he was drawn into machinery. Read More
Plea to recycling sector following double amputation
October 23, 2017
A recycling company has been fined following an incident in which a worker was left with life changing injuries after he was Read More