Like it or not plastics are a vital part of modern day life – more recently the current global Covid-19 pandemic has subtly highlighted to all of us the vital role plastics play in protecting public health. Plastic is saving lives by offering a sterile, easily sanitised, cost effective material with which to manufacture lifesaving … Continued
Cromwell Polythene’s manufacturing and recycling division, Cromwell Plastics Recycling, has donated 500 kilos of blue polythene film to a fundraising partnership of volunteers and marine businesses making personal protective equipment for the NHS. The film, manufactured at the Alfreton based manufacturing and recycling plant, Cromwell Plastics Recycling Ltd, will be made into approximately 5,000 disposable plastic … Continued
Food waste is a growing household problem, with 13 billion tonnes of food waste being thrown away from UK homes each year. WRAP carried out a study that showed household food waste in the UK increased 4.4 per cent between 2012 and 2015, despite a target to cut household waste by 5 per cent by 2015. … Continued
Cromwell Polythene is proud to support these frontline workers during the COVID-19 crisis. We are providing these vital industries with resource-efficient products essential to their work, including refuse sacks and bin liners, clinical and special waste sacks, water-soluble strip laundry bags, and recycling sacks. We are currently experiencing high levels of enquiries and orders for … Continued
There has been a lot of concerns risen about how to treat your waste during the Covid-19 crisis, as such Defra has issued advice to the waste sectors, councils and members of the public on the correct method of waste disposal. Defra has advised that any household waste should be placed in a waste bag … Continued
Today (22nd April) is Earth Day, a day to celebrate the wonders of the planet which we inhabit. The world is a beautiful place, one which we greatly admire – its beauty is something we are keen to observe and maintain. It is often seen as ‘easy’ to damage the planet, but we think it … Continued
Recycling is a process we should and for the most part are doing in our every day lives. It will allow us to continue the process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects. We are all being encourage to recycle more, whether it is by our councils who provide our waste receptacles, the … Continued
Our free, used polythene recovery service is one way that we help our customers to be more resource-efficient. It keeps valuable resources within the circular economy by returning clean polythene packaging to the production cycle. Used polythene is collected from our customers on a back-load basis, for recycling within the UK, at no additional cost … Continued
Waste is fast becoming one of the most publicised and talked about problems, with retailers, business and individuals putting into place a range of different measures to tackle this waste consumption. Where some of these changes have made a positive impact on reducing waste and helping the environment, in reality many other alternatives are actually … Continued
It was wonderful to meet Karen from the Foil for Snappy scheme today, we are very honored and delighted to support this amazing recycling scheme by donating some of our bags to the charity. These bags will help with the collects they do within the city. Foil for Snappy is a recycling scheme in … Continued