The Halloween season is upon us, and although COVID has put a halt on parties, gatherings and trick or treating, for many of us the celebrations may still continue just from the comfort of our homes or for children in schools. The reduction in public interaction, will not mean a reduction in Halloween waste.17 million … Continued
The battle with food waste in the UK continues to grow, as does the levels of such waste. WRAP 2018 report shows that households throw away 6.6 million tonnes of food waste a year in the UK. It is estimated that a family household will often dispose of £700 worth of food annually. Since this study 2 years ago, … Continued
Excellent waste management is a skill in which we should all strive for, one which is easily achievable with the right mindset and goals. How we handle our waste has detrimental impacts on the end recycling result, if it is handled in the wrong manner, this will impact the effectiveness and recyclability of the thrown … Continued
Back in January 2020, we expanded our UK manufacturing and recycling base with the acquisition of Moorgreen Flexible Packaging, a long-established recycling and extrusion facility based in Alfreton, Derbyshire. Initially at the beginning of 2020, we rebranded Moorgreen Flexible Packaging under the Cromwell umbrella, renaming the company as Cromwell Plastics Recycling. Since then, this name … Continued
Cromwell Polythene and its manufacturing and recycling division, CPR Manufacturing, have undertaken a voluntary litter pick for Keep Britain Tidy’s Great British September Clean (11-27 September). The socially distanced activity was undertaken on 11th September 2020. Cromwell Polythene’s clean-up of its local area in Sherburn in Elmet, near Leeds, resulted in 185 items of litter, … Continued
Recycle Week 2020 is fast approaching, now in its 17th year, this week is a celebration of recycling, organised by WRAP. 21-27 September is dedicated to Recycle Week, however – we as a business are always focusing on waste and recycling, and the processes behind the two. Cromwell Polythene are committed to supplying products for the capture … Continued
Last week, the BBC aired its documentary ‘War On Plastic – The Fight Goes On’, an informative one hour programme highlighting issues with plastic waste and ‘single-use’ plastics. The programme, which saw Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Anita Rani looking at ways to tackle what they call “the UK’s plastic waste problem”, was a follow up episode … Continued
Households in the UK throw away around 336,000 tonnes (£140 million worth) of our unwanted clothing and textiles annually, a shocking statistic when you realise almost all of this waste is going straight to landfill. The average UK household owns around £4,000 worth of clothes, the vast majority of us have clear outs around twice a … Continued
A weight off your mind about plastic use With concern mounting about global plastics usage, and the impact with is having on our planet, oceans and waste streams, we have a solution. Cromwell Polythene – one of the UK’s leading suppliers of sacks, bags and speciality products for the storage and collection of waste and … Continued
2020 has certainly been a whirlwind of a year, the safety measures of lock down which were put in place to protect the world against the Coronavirus has heavily effected all industries, including ours. It also meant that many events and exhibitions were either cancelled or postponed. This included Keep Britain Tidy’s annual GB Spring Clean. … Continued