Recycling news: 2021

Industry news Let’s Recycle: Reuse Conference in association with Reuse Network We are delighted to be working in association with Let's Recycle for their Reuse Conference on Wednesday 28 April 2021. Reuse Network · 6 Apr 2021 Industry news Prime Biomass directors sentenced and fined Two of Prime Biomass Ltd’s directors were sentenced in the Old Bailey last week for operating an illegal waste wood operation in Essex, the Environment Agency has noted. According to the Agency, 59-year-old Mehmet Mustafa of Highlands Road, Basildon, was fined £4,000 and ordered to pay £30,000 in compensation to a victim who was left with abandoned … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Apr 2021 Industry news Grundon announces sustainability partnership with Gloucestershire Cricket Club The post Grundon announces sustainability partnership with Gloucestershire Cricket Club appeared first on Grundon . Grundon Waste Management · 6 Apr 2021 Policy & government Mr J Langdale v Future Industrial Services Ltd and Cemex UK Operations Ltd: 1304532/2018 Employment Tribunal decision. GOV.UK · 6 Apr 2021 Industry news O.C.O’s Manufactured LimeStone helps cut carbon in cycle path project The post O.C.O’s Manufactured LimeStone helps cut carbon in cycle path project appeared first on Grundon . Grundon Waste Management · 6 Apr 2021 Industry news Willshee’s invests in Swadlincote ‘state-of-the-art’ MRF Burton-based Willshee’s Waste and Recycling announced in March that it had opened what it considers to be the “most advanced recycling plant in the Midlands”, following a £10 million investment. The material recycling facility at the company’s 33-acre site in Swadlincote, South Derbyshire, allows Willshee’s to process an additional 120,000 tonnes per year of mixed … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Apr 2021 Industry news Opinion: The plastics recycling landscape Director of recycling at Indigo Environmental, Paul Rendle-Barnes, shares his views on the role local plastic recycling can – and should – play in helping the UK to reach a more circular economy. Should we be championing local plastic recycling to reach a circular economy? For many years, waste exports – especially illegal ones of the plastic variety – have been the subject of … Read More The p… letsrecycle.com News · 6 Apr 2021 Industry news Councils weigh up HWRC booking systems With the loosening of Covid-19 restrictions, councils are weighing up the benefits of booking systems at their household waste recycling centres (HWRCs). Booking systems were introduced at many HWRCs following the reopening of facilities during the first lockdown. Slots were limited to enable easier social distancing, among other reasons. At the time, critics such as … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Apr 2021 Industry news Amey company fined over 2016 reversing fatality A reminder about the need to reduce vehicle reversing was issued by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) following a court case over a fatality in 2016. The case, heard at Northampton Crown Court last week, resulted in a fine for Enterprise Managed Services Limited, part of Amey, of £1,020,000, with the company ordered to … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Apr 2021 Global Article published in “La Papeterie Magazine” (ENP Publishing Group), N° 371, February-March 2021 Download here (French only). CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 6 Apr 2021 Council news Housing & Homeless Advice for People in Exeter & the surrounding area - Exeter City Council Exeter Council · 6 Apr 2021 Council news Licensing Act 2003 - Premises Licence Register as at 07:30 on 28 July 2026 - Blackpool Council Blackpool Council · 5 Apr 2021 Policy & government Avian Influenza Map Viewer - Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Northern Ireland Environment Agency · 5 Apr 2021 Council news Dogs on beaches - Cornwall Council Cornwall Council · 4 Apr 2021 Council news www.malvernhills.gov.uk www.worcester.gov.uk www.wychavon.gov.uk MALVERN HILLS DISTRICT COUNCIL PROPERTY LEFT UNOCCUPIED AND SUB - Malvern Hills District Council Malvern Hills Council · 4 Apr 2021 Council news Recycling and food waste - Cornwall Council Cornwall Council · 3 Apr 2021 Council news Watergate Bay, Newquay, TR8 4AD - Cornwall Council Cornwall Council · 3 Apr 2021 Council news Pay for parking with your mobile using JustPark - Cornwall Council Cornwall Council · 3 Apr 2021 Global Green groups urge ADB to stop lending for Waste-to-Energy incinerators as response to climate and health crises In a letter addressed to the Bank, the groups called on ADB to exclude waste-to-energy (WtE) incineration and other thermal-based technologies from the list of renewable energy sources and climate mitigation activities in its Energy Policy and other financial instruments. They recommended ADB to align itself with government-led climate action commitments made during the Climate […] Break Free From Plastic · 3 Apr 2021 Global “Waste Incineration BREF – One Year Later”. Slides and recording available Download here slides and takeaways from the panel discussion: https://bit.ly/3rQL7Be Watch the recording on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wrKiv9O9kbo The Waste Incineration BREF... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 2 Apr 2021 Global Steinmuller Babcock Environment signs technology agreement with Thermax for Waste to Energy technology Steinmüller Babcock Environment GmbH (SBE), Germany, and Thermax Babcock & Wilcox Energy Solutions Private Limited (TBWES), a wholly owned subsidiary... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 2 Apr 2021 Council news Harbour, Penzance, TR18 2GB - Cornwall Council Cornwall Council · 2 Apr 2021 Council news When is my bin emptied? - North Lanarkshire Council North Lanarkshire Council · 1 Apr 2021 Industry news Home of Sustainability News | Sustainability Magazine - Sustainability Magazine Sustainability Magazine · 1 Apr 2021 Council news Trenwith, St Ives, TR26 1DD - Cornwall Council Cornwall Council · 1 Apr 2021 Council news Planning and Building Control - Cornwall Council Cornwall Council · 1 Apr 2021 Council news Help with food and energy costs - Mid Devon District Council Mid Devon Council · 1 Apr 2021 Council news Help with your rent - Mid Devon District Council Mid Devon Council · 1 Apr 2021 Industry news Packaging data for 2020 ‘a credit to sector’ Provisional data published by the Environment Agency which shows that packaging targets were comfortably met in 2020 have been welcomed by compliance specialists. The data, published on 25 March, shows that all materials comfortably hit targets for the year using just quarterly data before carry in PRNs from last year were accounted for. Once carry … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 1 Apr 2021 Policy & government COVID-19 vaccines and virus transmission COVID-19 vaccines have been deployed in the UK since December 2020. This article examines the impact of COVID-19 vaccines on transmission of the virus. It also considers the potential implications of vaccine-induced protection for easing lockdown restrictions and debate about potential introduction of immunity certification or a vaccine passport scheme. POST (Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology) · 1 Apr 2021 Global Integration of CCS in Waste-to-Energy plants a step closer Launched at the end of 2020, the EU Innovation Fund is one of the European funding instruments for projects related... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 1 Apr 2021 Policy & government L34 9HL, SRCL Limited: permit surrender issued - EPR/TP3335JM/S002 View the surrender issued for Avanti Recycling Centre, Merseyside under the Industrial Emissions Directive. GOV.UK · 1 Apr 2021 Industry news Protecting and experiencing local nature in a pandemic Studies from Denmark’s Ministry of the Environment show a dramatic increase in the number of people turning to nature amidst the COVID-19 crisis. Open Access Government — Environment · 1 Apr 2021 Industry news Oxford council says recycling increased in 2020/21 Oxford city council has said it has seen an increase in its recycling rate over the course of the pandemic. It revealed its latest figures which it says show that Oxford achieved a recycling rate of 53.02% 2020/21, up from 52.23% the previous year. The council said that this is a “massive increase” on the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 1 Apr 2021 Global Where are we with the implementation of the EU Waste Laws? – 15 April – Webinar In 2018, EU governments and institutions struck a historic agreement introducing what many hailed as the world’s most ambitious set of laws and targets to boost […] European Environmental Bureau · 1 Apr 2021 Council news Libraries - Cornwall Council Cornwall Council · 1 Apr 2021 Industry news Fletchers Waste unveils ‘inflatable skip’ Sheffield-based Fletchers Waste Management today (1 April) launched the “world’s first” inflatable skip, which the company announced can be flat-packed and sent through the post. The InflataSkip is made from flexible PVC and has an electric pump built into it for inflation. The “revolutionary” product will be available first to those looking to hire skips … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 1 Apr 2021 Council news Public Health - Cornwall Council Cornwall Council · 1 Apr 2021 Policy & government New model for Shared Ownership: technical consultation We are seeking views on the implementation of the new model for shared ownership. GOV.UK · 1 Apr 2021 Council news Contacting the Council - Cornwall Council Cornwall Council · 1 Apr 2021