National Trust uses Envar soil improver

National Trust uses Envar soil improver

National Trust uses Envar soil improver It’s always great to hear our clients are pleased with our products & services! Envar has recently been working alongside the National Trust to provide our Rejuvenate Compost Soil Improver to the magnificent Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire. “We have used Envar for the 1st time this year and found…

Single-use plastic ban and compostable alternatives

Earlier this month the government announced that a range of polluting single-use plastics will be banned in England from October 2023, following similar legislation already in place in Scotland and Wales. The ban will include single-use plastic plates, trays, bowls, cutlery, and certain types of polystyrene cups and food containers. Government figures suggest that 1.1…

compostable packaging

Composting trial of compostable products

Industrial scale composting trail of compostable products Envar is part of a government funded project known as the Compostable Coalition. The project will trial and evidence a closed loop solution for the effective collection sorting and industrial scale processing of compostable packaging and compostable products. The coalition consists of composting companies, compostable packaging providers, packaging…

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Survey shows support for compostables

YouGov survey shows support for compostables Compostable Coalition UK partner TIPA® Compostable Packaging have commissioned a survey conducted by You Gov which provides some interesting statistics on the support for the use, collection of and recycling of compostable packaging. 89% of the respondents support local councils being required to collect all recyclable or compostable packaging from households.…

Recycle week

Recycle Week

Today marks the start of Recycle Week, the largest national annual recycling campaign. This year’s campaign focuses on questions about recycling. You may wonder ‘does my recycling really make a difference?’ Yes, it does! At Envar we recycle garden waste and food waste collected from households by a number of local authorities across England. By…

Change of opening hours for Queen’s funeral

Opening hours update: As a mark of respect for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, our Cambridge, Chesterfield, Kilsby and West London Composting sites will be closed all day on Monday, 19th September 2022, the date of her funeral. Our Surrey site will operate reduced opening hours 7am-3pm. Normal opening hours will resume on Tuesday 20th…

Wood Chip

Wood Chip Now Available

We now have bulk bags of wood chip available to purchase from our online shop. Our product is perfect for pathways, gardens and chicken runs. Wood chip offers a great balance between appearance, durability and economy, when compared to other decorative barks and surface coverings. Wood chip is very free draining but also helps retain…

Compostable coalition

Compostable Coalition

Envar are please to announce that we are working with Compostable Coalition UK, a 10 partner initiative aimed at assuring compostable packaging is effectively collected and organically recycled via existing UK bio-waste infrastructure. The Compostable Coalition UK: Closing the loop for compostable packaging project is backed by UK Research & Innovation’s (UKRI) flagship £60 million…

Recycling compostables from Sandringham Estate

The Sandringham Estate, Envar Composting and Countrystyle Recycling join forces in major partnership to close the loop on compostables Envar Composting are proud to announce a major partnership with The Sandringham Estate to supply a number of innovative closed loop services including the recycling of compostable packaging out of the Royal Estate. The unique combination…