Posts Tagged ‘George Kiernan and Andy Shores’

Every year at Christmas time we always see a spike in waste production; this will come as no surprise to anyone, I’m sure, as we all go out buying presents for family and friends and huge quantities of food for our festive feasts.

Whereas all waste streams will see an uptick, it will be packaging waste that increases the most dramatically.

For the last year and a half, the waste industry along with the entire world has been struck hard by the coronavirus pandemic. The global economy came to a near standstill as entire industries were forced to close down and international travel all but stopped. Oil prices plummeted, supermarket shelves were empty as customers ran…