Recycling news: 2016

Industry news New Earth fined for asphyxiation of worker at Kent site New Earth Solutions was yesterday fined £80,000 following the death of a worker at its former Blaise Farm in-vessel composting site in Kent. Maidstone Crown Court heard how Neville Watson, an industrial cleaner employed by the waste business, was asphyxiated under a pile of waste at the site on 9 August 2014. The HSE said … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 8 Nov 2016 Industry news Biffa awarded £2.4m Guildford and Reigate contract Waste management firm Biffa has been awarded a £2.4 million contract to process household recyclables on behalf of two Surrey councils. The arrangement sees Biffa transport, process and sell dry mixed recyclables derived from Guildford and Reigate & Banstead borough councils at its materials recycling facility (MRF) in Edmonton, north London. The contract includes processing … Read More The pos… letsrecycle.com News · 8 Nov 2016 Industry news Home Ideas & Inspiration - IKEA IKEA UK newsroom · 8 Nov 2016 Council news Online benefit application forms - Tower Hamlets Council Tower Hamlets Council · 8 Nov 2016 Industry news Delhi air pollution: Theresa May is breathing air 36 times more toxic than London Theresa May is breathing air in Delhi during her state visit that is 36 times more toxic than the London average, according to an analysis by Unearthed India’s capital has been experiencing one of the worst air pollution episodes in its history, since Diwali celebrations enveloped the city in a deep smog a week ago. […] Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 8 Nov 2016 Global UNFCCC approved incinerator reveals double standards in climate finance that undermine European climate policy Waste pickers protest Okhla incinerator in 2011 A waste incineration plant in Delhi, India has been called a ‘multi-faceted disaster’ after local groups have uncovered evidence that the project may have been fraudulently claiming carbon credits for technologies that do not exist. Over the entire period of its operation the project has faced consistent criticism […] Zero Waste Europe · 7 Nov 2016 Industry news News in brief (07/11/2016) With news on: South Lakeland service change; Ealing recycling growth; Scottish circular economy fund, and; HZI acquisition. South Lakeland expands plastic and card collections South Lakeland district council is continuing the roll-out of an expanded recycling service to households across the borough this month (November). The roll-out of the new services includes the delivery of … Read More The… letsrecycle.com News · 7 Nov 2016 Industry news Hills acquires Able Waste Management Swindon-based waste business Hills Waste Solutions has consolidated its presence in the west of England with the acquisition of Able Waste Management Limited. Based on the Hallen Estate in Avonmouth, Able Waste Management provides commercial dry recycling and food waste collections in the Bristol and Bath area. The business, which also provides trade and residential … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 7 Nov 2016 Industry news HSE reports rise in safety notices to waste sector The number of enforcement notices served over health and safety issues in waste and recycling activities increased in 2015/16, rising from 310 to 347, according to a report by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). And, a total of 26 prosecutions were concluded against waste firms for health and safety failings, with fines totalling over … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 7 Nov 2016 Industry news British and Irish ministers discuss recycling quality and food waste Efforts to tackle food waste and improve recycling quality were among the issues raised by ministers at a British-Irish Council Environmental Ministerial conference in Guernsey on Friday (7 November). Defra minister Thérèse Coffey chaired the meeting, which was attended by Roseanna Cunningham, Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change, Environment and Land Reform, Lesley Griffiths, Wales’… letsrecycle.com News · 7 Nov 2016 Industry news Suffolk campaign aims to cut recycling contamination The Suffolk Waste Partnership has begun a county-wide communications campaign aimed at reducing the amount of contamination in recycling presented by householders at the kerbside. Food waste, glass, waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), batteries and nappies are among the items that the Partnership has claimed are frequently presented amongst dry recyclables by residents. The … Read… letsrecycle.com News · 7 Nov 2016 Industry news Why China is aiming low on renewables in its new five year plan Beijing has finally released its five-year-plan for the power sector. The wires are leading with news that China will cap coal power at 55% of total generating capacity by 2020, which would represent a drop from its current penetration of around 60% even if it suggests the country’s total coal power capacity will grow in real […] Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 7 Nov 2016 Council news School travel support - Tower Hamlets Council Tower Hamlets Council · 6 Nov 2016 Council news Online services - Tower Hamlets Council Tower Hamlets Council · 6 Nov 2016 Council news Corporate Plan 2015-2019 - Mid and East Antrim Council Mid and East Antrim Council · 6 Nov 2016 Council news Parking fines - Tower Hamlets Council Tower Hamlets Council · 6 Nov 2016 Industry news Search the latest food manufacture jobs - Food Manufacturing Jobs Food Manufacture · 5 Nov 2016 Research & science Welcome to UCL at Here East - UCL | University College London UCL News · 5 Nov 2016 Council news Complaints - Tower Hamlets Council Tower Hamlets Council · 5 Nov 2016 Council news Jobs and careers - Tower Hamlets Council Tower Hamlets Council · 4 Nov 2016 Industry news Evolve Polymers sale was pre-pack arrangement EXCLUSIVE: The deal that saw US packaging firm Plastipak Group buy the assets of plastics recycler Evolve Polymers was a pre-pack administration arrangement, letsrecycle.com has learned. Following the agreement to sell the assets, accountancy firm Deloitte in Leeds is now overseeing matters pertaining to Evolve Polymers. Creditors of the business are expected to be contacted … Read More The pos… letsrecycle.com News · 4 Nov 2016 Industry news Remondis steps into UK waste operations with JBT deal Remondis today moved into UK waste management operations with the acquisition of JBT Waste Services Ltd. letsrecycle.com News · 4 Nov 2016 Industry news The Week in Waste – 4 November 2016 Take a look at the ‘Week in Waste’ video report. In this week’s report by letsrecycle.com, we visit Orpington in south London where the first loads of waste have been removed from the former Waste4Fuel site. Also, we report on the opening of a waste wood biomass facility at Ridham Dock. The video report comes … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Nov 2016 Industry news Hounslow switches to Lampton 360 collection service The London borough of Hounslow has transferred operations of its waste and recycling collection services from private sector contractor Suez to council-owned company Lampton 360 this week. The council says it hopes to “raise service standards and improve the recycling and waste collection services that residents currently receive” through the new arrangement. Operations transferred to … Read Mo… letsrecycle.com News · 4 Nov 2016 Industry news Lee puts strategy top of RWUK agenda The need for a coherent waste strategy for the UK is to top the agenda of the Resources & Waste UK (RWUK) organisation, which is now the focus of former CIWM chief executive, Steve Lee. Last week Mr Lee concluded a two week stint helping CIWM chief executive, Colin Church settle in to his new … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Nov 2016 Council news Untitled - East Herts Council East Hertfordshire Council · 4 Nov 2016 Council news Cemeteries - Mid and East Antrim Council Mid and East Antrim Council · 4 Nov 2016 Council news Parks and Open Spaces - Mid and East Antrim Council Mid and East Antrim Council · 4 Nov 2016 Industry news Factcheck: World’s biggest oil firms announce miniscule climate change fund On the day the Paris climate agreement came into force ten of the world’s biggest oil companies – including BP, Shell and Saudi Aramco – sent out a long trailed press release. Together the giants of the oil industry, who together make up 20% of global oil production, swore to invest in a new fund to […] Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 4 Nov 2016 Council news Home - Tower Hamlets Council Tower Hamlets Council · 3 Nov 2016 Industry news North Lincs seeks assurances as Impetus halts service North Lincolnshire council has taken ‘emergency steps’ to dispose of household waste at a local landfill site, following a move by Impetus Waste Management halting operations for the authority at its Teesside facility. The local authority is seeking clarification from the North East business about its Billingham-based site. A spokesman for the council said: “The … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2016 Industry news News in brief (03/11/2016) With news on: M&S Christmas card recycling scheme; LIFE project funds industrial conveyor belt from recycled plastic; Gilder Environmental awarded contract for Tamar AD plant, and; Envac to install vacuum waste collection system in Norway. Gilder Environmental awarded Tamar digestate contract Gilder Environmental has been awarded a contract to manage digestate from Tamar Energy’s Hoddesdon … Re… letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2016 Industry news US plastics firm moves in for Evolve Polymers German investment firm Aurelius Equity has sold the PET plastic bottle recycler Evolve Polymers to US packaging firm Plastipak Group in a deal announced today (3 November). The two parties have not revealed the financial details of the transaction. Lincolnshire-based Evolve Polymers had previously traded as ECOPlastics Recycling Ltd – having emerged from the bottle … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2016 Council news Household Recycling Centres - Mid and East Antrim Council Mid and East Antrim Council · 3 Nov 2016 Industry news Clearance of Orpington Waste4Fuel site under way VIDEO REPORT: Work to clear the former site of Waste4fuel Ltd in Orpington in south east London began this week (1 November) with the first truckloads of waste from the site having been removed. Removal of the estimated 18,000 tonnes of waste that remains on the site comes after the land was acquired by Bromley … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2016 Council news Dog Licensing - Mid and East Antrim Council Mid and East Antrim Council · 3 Nov 2016 Council news Mid & East Antrim In Bloom - Mid and East Antrim Council Mid and East Antrim Council · 3 Nov 2016 Council news SOUTH AYRSHIRE COUNCIL REGULATORY PANEL 3 NOVEMBER 2016 PRIVATE HIRE DRIVER 1. George Campbell Kiltie - archive.south-ayrshire.gov.uk South Ayrshire Council · 3 Nov 2016 Council news Environmental Health Report Form - Mid and East Antrim Council Mid and East Antrim Council · 3 Nov 2016 Industry news What causes London’s air pollution? It’s no secret that London has an air pollution problem – by some measures it’s among the worst in the world, responsible for 9,500 premature deaths every year. Nor is it a secret that diesel engines are the main culprit. But on the day that the High Court ruled that the government’s plans to tackle […] Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 3 Nov 2016