2nd August 2023
Following our recent webinar, ‘Effective waste prevention strategies for the public sector’, Niamh Yates, Communications Intern at SUEZ recycling and recovery UK, shares her insights and key takeaways from the session. In our latest webinar, chaired by Dr Adam Read, our panel of industry experts Sarahjane Widdowson from Intelisos, Steve Palfrey from Suffolk County Council, and Karen Marks from City
26th July 2023
Blog by Dr Tracey Leghorn, Chief Human Resources Officer for SUEZ recycling and recovery UK In previous times, low economic growth and high inflation were accompanied by severe unemployment. Today the problems vexing the business world and government are worker and skills shortages, low productivity, and high numbers of ‘economically inactive’ people not seeking work.
13th July 2023
The UK uses a whopping five million tonnes of plastic each year, much of which is disposable. Despite many single-use plastics having a useable lifespan which lasts a matter of minutes, it can take hundreds of years for these items to degrade in landfill, being particularly problematic for the environment. This month marks Plastic Free July – a global movement
11th July 2023
Following our recent webinar on ‘Eliminating biodegradable waste from landfills in the UK’, Niamh Yates, Communications Intern at SUEZ recycling and recovery UK, shares her thoughts and takeaways from the session. Earlier this year Defra announced that they will be undergoing a consultation which requests feedback, data and evidence on how we can achieve the near elimination of biodegradable waste
6th July 2023
05 July 2023 marks 75 years of the National Health Service. When it was founded in 1948, the NHS was the first universal health system to be available to all, free at the point of delivery. NHS touches all of our lives, treating over a million people in England each day.
23rd June 2023
Today we mark International Women in Engineering Day to raise awareness of the incredible work women engineers are doing around the world. At SUEZ recycling and recovery UK, we are celebrating our own inspirational engineers across the organisation, who are working hard to make a difference and are leading the way for others to begin a career in engineering. We
14th June 2023
Blog by Dr Tracey Leghorn, Chief Business Services Officer at SUEZ recycling and recovery UK. It is over a decade since the term NEET entered the mainstream. Following the financial crash in 2008, the number of young people not in education, employment or training rose sharply, and peaked in July-September 2011. Then, 16.9% of 16-24-year-olds were NEET – or 1.25 million
22nd May 2023
Blog by Emily Nurse, Sustainability and Social Value Intern at SUEZ recycling and recovery UK. I recently had the opportunity to visit a couple of SUEZ recycling and recovery UK sites in Surrey, and to speak with members of staff, employed through the company’s ROTL (Released on Temporary License) scheme. Having no previous knowledge of the scheme, and unaware that SUEZ provide this
12th May 2023
Following our recent webinar on ‘Reviewing the circular economy in action’, Bethany Ciftci, Internal Communications Executive at SUEZ recycling and recovery UK, shares her thoughts and takeaways from the session. In our latest webinar, chaired by Dr Adam Read, our panel of industry experts talked about their journeys to going ‘more circular’ and discussed the very real barriers to innovation
5th May 2023
Blog By Siobhan O’Dell, Community Liaison Manager at SUEZ recycling and recovery UK. Last Friday, SUEZ hosted a webinar on the topic of Green skills for a better tomorrow, chaired by Dr Adam Read. Adam was joined by four expert panellists – Sarahjane Widdowson from Intelisos, Katie Cockburn from CIWM, Fiona Dear from The Restart Project and SUEZ colleague, Claire
