Recycling news: 2019

Industry news I only built radio jammers for fun , Hatton Garden accused Michael Seed tells trial UK press (GDELT archive) · 27 Feb 2019 Industry news Petty larceny UK press (GDELT archive) · 27 Feb 2019 Industry news Resident angry about Croxton Trail willow trees being cut down UK press (GDELT archive) · 27 Feb 2019 Industry news The kids are coming ( dont say you werent warned ) UK press (GDELT archive) · 27 Feb 2019 Global Cereal Offender: is Kellogg’s breaking its breakfast promise? The post Cereal Offender: is Kellogg’s breaking its breakfast promise? appeared first on Changing Markets . Changing Markets Foundation · 27 Feb 2019 Global Compromisos nutricionales de Kellogg’s: ¿promesas en el aire? The post Compromisos nutricionales de Kellogg’s: ¿promesas en el aire? appeared first on Changing Markets . Changing Markets Foundation · 27 Feb 2019 Industry news New report urges UK EV industry to prioritise consumer ease of using public charging points A new report and position paper released today from the REA is making the case that greater ‘interoperability’ between EV charging networks in the UK should be an industry priority. The REA is the UK’s largest trade association for renewable energy and clean tech, representing around 70 companies operating in the UK’s EV charging sector including energy suppliers, manufacturers, charge point in… REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 27 Feb 2019 Policy & government Mr S Mwangome Tsui v Ward Recycling Ltd: 2602484/2018 Employment Tribunal decision. GOV.UK · 27 Feb 2019 Global Paradise lost? EU funds to polluters will trash some of the world’s most beautiful islands As Europe phases out subsidies to burn waste, its most heavenly islands still risk seeing the dream go up in smoke 2019 may be the year Europe stops financing the incineration of precious resources: the European Parliament’s proposal to cut EU subsidies to waste disposal and incineration facilities within the scope of the Cohesion Fund […] Zero Waste Europe · 27 Feb 2019 Industry news Rheology - bpf.co.uk British Plastics Federation News · 27 Feb 2019 Industry news Blending and Dosing - bpf.co.uk British Plastics Federation News · 27 Feb 2019 Industry news UK contract wins boost growth at Suez French waste and water group, Suez, has reported ‘strong’ financial performance for 2018 – bolstered by contract wins in the UK waste market. In its 2018 annual results, published this morning (27 February), Suez, which has operations in the UK via Suez Recycling and Recovery UK, has reported an 11.5% growth in earnings before interest … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Feb 2019 Policy & government Mr R Burnicki v RTS Textile Recyclers Ltd (In Administration): 1402216/2018 Employment Tribunal decision. GOV.UK · 27 Feb 2019 Industry news ACP appoints wood sector representative The Advisory Committee on Packaging (ACP) and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs have announced today (27 February) that John Dye from Scott Pallets has been appointed to represent the wood packaging sector on the Committee. The appointment comes following an open selection process and means that the ACP now has a specific … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Feb 2019 Policy & government Mr G Ross v European Metal Recycling Ltd: 1401955/2018 Employment Tribunal decision. GOV.UK · 27 Feb 2019 Industry news Birmingham waste strike suspended as talks resume The Unite trade union has suspended scheduled strike action by waste collection crews in Birmingham today (27 February), in a move it hopes will ‘break the deadlock’ in talks with the city council. This is the latest development in a long-running dispute between the trade union, representing around 300 waste collection workers and the city … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Feb 2019 Industry news Agency monitors Blaydon Quarry landfill odour Environment Agency officers are continuing to monitor odour from a landfill site at Blaydon Quarry, near Newcastle. The Blaydon Quarry site first made headlines in 2016 after complaints from local residents over odour, claimed to be coming from the site (see letsrecycle.com story). This led to action from the owner of the landfill, Octagon Green … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Feb 2019 Industry news How To Become More Eco-Friendly In The Catering Industry - Biffa Biffa · 27 Feb 2019 Industry news 71 per cent of EU agricultural land used to feed livestock, says Greenpeace report - bbia.org.uk BBIA (Bio-based and Biodegradable Industries Association) · 27 Feb 2019 Industry news After the Anthropocene - The Ecologist The Ecologist · 27 Feb 2019 Global Solving the plastic pollution crisis requires focus on another ‘R’ — responsibility The problem with plastic is not new. For decades the plastics and packaging industry has combined with food and beverages companies to frame it as a "litter" problem. Individuals littering are the problem, and it’s the responsibility of individuals to fix it. Public concern is effectively funneled to "clean-up" events, while industry lobbyists successfully weaken […] Break Free From Plastic · 27 Feb 2019 Industry news How to charge ahead on electric vehicles Wil Barber, Corporate and Internal Communications Manager at LEVC, outlines key lessons from the first year of LEVC's transition to ultra low emission vehicles. Aldersgate Group · 26 Feb 2019 Industry news Undressing the problem – wastage in the fashion industry Emily Hare talks about the different types of waste associated with the fashion industry and outlines some of the things retailers are doing to make their products and practises more sustainable. Valpak · 26 Feb 2019 Global Barcelona’s Metropolitan Area commits to a zero waste plan Spain’s second largest area just released its zero waste strategy plan with clear objectives for 2025. With 4.5 million inhabitants and a current 30% separate collection rate, it seems that Barcelona is very unlikely to meet the 50% recycling target for 2020. However, rather than being passive, the metropolitan area, composed of 36 municipalities including Barcelona, decided […] Zero Waste Europe · 26 Feb 2019 Industry news MPs debate and narrowly approve the UK Government’s no-deal plans for REACH Yesterday evening the UK House of Commons debated and narrowly approved the REACH Statutory Instrument (SI) which attempts to copy the EU’s REACH chemicals regulation into domestic UK law and create a new UK Chemicals Agency in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Heavy criticisms of the SI were made from a cross-party group of […] CHEM Trust · 26 Feb 2019 Policy & government New ambassadors to champion green action Environment Secretary Michael Gove welcomes green ambassadors for Year of Green Action. GOV.UK · 26 Feb 2019 Industry news Funding awarded for plastic pigment project Packaging waste compliance scheme Ecosurety is working with three companies on a project to develop a chemical process to remove the pigment from black and other coloured rigid plastics. The project has today (26 February) been awarded £800,000 in funding from Innovate UK – the government’s innovation grant scheme – to bring the technology to market. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Feb 2019 Industry news Windsor & Maidenhead lines up Serco for waste collection deal Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead is set to award its waste and recycling collection contract to services firm Serco, with the company in line to take over from Veolia from September 2019. The deal – which will run until 2027 with an option for a further eight-year extension – is expected to be approved … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Feb 2019 Policy & government Matthew Jones, and Pembrokeshire Metal Recycling Ltd Decision of the Traffic Commissioner on Matthew Jones, and Pembrokeshire Metal Recycling Ltd GOV.UK · 26 Feb 2019 Industry news A circular approach to plastics OPINION: Stuart Foster, chief executive of the plastics recycling organisation Recoup discusses some of the steps needed to encourage a circular economy for plastic packaging. In the wake of recent documentaries about plastic pollution in our oceans, the importance of recycling has never received so much attention. But as householders and local authorities are encouraged … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Feb 2019 Industry news Acciona and Indaver favoured for Aberdeen EfW contract A consortium involving the construction company Acciona and waste firm Indaver has been named as the preferred bidder for a contract to build and operate an energy from waste plant in Aberdeen. The ‘Ness Energy Project Residual Waste Treatment’ contract is being procured by a partnership of three north east Scottish local authorities: Aberdeen city, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Feb 2019 Policy & government Indian engineering entrepreneurs trained in UK under joint initiative The fifth cohort of Indian engineering entrepreneurs have returned from the UK-based Leaders in Innovation Fellowships programme. GOV.UK · 26 Feb 2019 Industry news Final results – year ended 31 December 2018 We are pleased to announce our preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2018. Financial highlights From continuing operations and excluding exceptional items and share based payments1: Operational Highlights HMRC Outlook 2018 was a pleasing year as the Group continued to make significant changes to streamline activities, enhance performance and focus on both cash […] Augean · 26 Feb 2019 Council news Contact us with a council tax enquiry - Tower Hamlets Council Tower Hamlets Council · 25 Feb 2019 Industry news UPM fined after ‘fatal crush’ at Shotton paper mill Paper manufacturer and recycler UPM was one of two companies to have been fined £350,000 this month after a worker suffered fatal crush injuries at the company’s Shotton Paper Mill in 2017. Last week, Mold Magistrates Court heard how on 6 February 2017, a 29-year-old employee of C M Downton (Haulage Contractors) Ltd was fatally … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Feb 2019 Industry news Fire extinguished at Viridor’s St Helens WEEE plant Drone footage shows efforts to tackle a fire in the yard at Viridor’s St Helens WEEE (waste electrical and electronic equipment) processing site, which broke out in the early hours of Saturday (23 February) morning. The incident was described as a ‘large fire involving plastic and electrical waste’ by Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service. Crews … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Feb 2019 Industry news Yotta to provide waste software to three Cambridgeshire councils Technology developer Yotta has won a contract to provide software systems to support waste management and street cleansing services across three Cambridgeshire councils. The contract was awarded by 3C ICT, a shared IT service between Cambridge city, Huntingdonshire and South Cambridgeshire district councils. Yotta will provide the councils with its connected asset management software, ‘Alloy’, … letsrecycle.com News · 25 Feb 2019 Industry news Attero Recycling rebrands to Eco-Power Environmental Doncaster-based waste and alternative fuels firm, Attero Recycling Ltd, has announced it is rebranding to Eco-Power Environmental. The company said the new brand will provide a “single consistent identity” and set of values as it seeks to increase its presence within the market. Eco-Power Environmental and its subsidiary Eco-Power Fuels process commercial and municipal waste … Read More The pos… letsrecycle.com News · 25 Feb 2019 Industry news Quick earthquake alert notification for disaster risk reduction in Taiwan Deputy Director of the Seismological Center Central Weather Bureau (CWB) in Taiwan, Nai-Chi Hsiao, explains how the country’s quick earthquake alert system provides notification when it comes to ensuring disaster risk reduction. Open Access Government — Environment · 25 Feb 2019 Global Guest Blog | Saving Kerbside Recycling Mike Ritchie, Managing Director of the MRA Consulting Group, Australia, has over 20 years of experience in the waste management industry working with clients as diverse as ASX200 listed companies right through to local small businesses and most state and local governments in Australia. In this guest blog he discusses kerbside recycling in Australia in wake of China ban on waste imports. ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 25 Feb 2019