rx3 - 'rethink, recycle, remake' - formerly known as the Market Development Programme - is hosting the Sustainable Innovation Forum in order to demonstrate opportunities working with waste resources on the 27th April 2010 in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin.

Wales will host a number of pioneering trials designed by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) to investigate the commercial potential for using BSI PAS 100 compost and anaerobic digestate in new landscape and brownfield regeneration projects.

WRAP’s (Waste & Resources Action Programme) third international markets conference that took place in London last month, gave the clearest steer possible that quality matters to the whole recycling industry supply chain - and, alongside it, could stem market opportunities for UK businesses.

A new website - www.irishplastics.com - has recently been launched.

Waste Matchers - the re-use project - has announced a new service called the SMILE Network.

Addressing the UK’s key stakeholders in the recovered paper and plastics supply chain at a closed conference in London, Dr Liz Goodwin, CEO at WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) told attendees that China remains the key export market and that Chinese importers increasingly use quality, as well as cost, to differentiate between suppliers.

The European Plastics Recyclers Association (EuPR) has published a paper offering an analysis of the plastics industry profile, paying special attention to plastics recycling.

The EU-funded Sensor-sorting Automated Technology for advanced Recovery of Non-ferrous metals from waste (SATURN) project focuses on the demonstration of enhanced recovery of non-ferrous metals from waste using sensor-based sorting technology.

Marks & Spencer's high-profile Plan A strategy has moved into a new phase with the announcement of a pioneering closed-loop recycling initiative that will see the retailer fund kerbside collection for recyclable material, which it will use to make food packaging for use in its stores.

Cré - Composting Association of Ireland - will hold a training c ourse on the Food Waste Regulations and EPA's Municipal Solid Waste - Pre-treatment & Residuals Management on Wednesday 3 March, 2010 at The Heritage Golf & Spa Resort, Killenard, Portlaoise.

Winning athletes at the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver are able to bask in the glow of double glory - athletic success combined with environmental kudos.

In 2008, the UK Government pledged to halve the volume of construction, demolition and excavation waste sent to land-fill by 2012.

Recycled mobile phones are to fund nursing scholarships for students from disadvantaged backgrounds at Dublin City University (DCU).

Irish-based company Used Recycling Machinery Ltd has just launched the world’s first website dedicated to used recycling equipment, to make international trading quick and simple.

Kevin O’Connor set up his high-tech plastics recycling company Bioplastech in 2009.