Recycling news: 2019
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Industry news
Gove details ‘no-deal’ Brexit waste planning
Some waste sites may be allowed to temporarily exceed their permitted storage tonnages in the event that movements of material are disrupted by a ‘no-deal’ Brexit, Environment Secretary Michael Gove has said. This was among the details set out by Mr Gove outlining the planning that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) … Read More
letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jan 2019
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New Appointments: Our Communications Team Expands
The post New Appointments: Our Communications Team Expands appeared first on Clarity .
Clarity Environmental · 30 Jan 2019
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PRN Monthly Update: A Turbulent 12 Months for the PRN Market
The post PRN Monthly Update: A Turbulent 12 Months for the PRN Market appeared first on Clarity .
Clarity Environmental · 30 Jan 2019
Industry news
Urbaser in line for Dartford waste collection contract
Dartford borough council is set to award a five-year waste collection and street cleansing contract worth approximately £20 million to the services firm Urbaser. The deal was confirmed at a meeting last week, and is expected to be finalised in the coming days following a ‘standstill period’ when the decision is open to challenge. The … Read More
letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jan 2019
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Boston Council · 30 Jan 2019
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Council Tax - Bradford Council
Bradford Council · 29 Jan 2019
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Self - Teignbridge District Council
Teignbridge Council · 29 Jan 2019
Research & science
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ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (ACS) · 29 Jan 2019
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Pay Council Tax - Powys County Council
Powys Council · 29 Jan 2019
Industry news
Northern Compliance withdraws from WEEE scheme approval
Northern Compliance – the WEEE producer compliance scheme that failed to fulfil its WEEE recycling target for 2017 – has had its withdrawal from operating as a scheme confirmed by the Environment Agency. The Agency confirmed the step in a notice to other producer compliance schemes and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) reprocessors this … Read More
letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jan 2019
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Perth and Kinross Council · 29 Jan 2019
Industry news
What’s happening with Germany’s coal phase-out?
The post What’s happening with Germany’s coal phase-out? appeared first on Unearthed .
Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 29 Jan 2019
Industry news
Ward supports East Midlands’ hospitality businesses in war on food waste
In a bid to tackle the war on food waste and divert waste from landfill, waste management specialist, Ward has,...
Ward Recycling · 29 Jan 2019
Industry news
Councils told to favour wheeled bins due to injury risk
Councils have been advised to stop using boxes or bags to collect recyclable materials from the kerbside – in order to reduce the risk of injuries to collection crews. The advice follows a joint study by Glasgow Caledonian University and the University of Greenwich, which suggested that separate waste containers such as bags or boxes … Read More
letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jan 2019
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Haulage firm fined £510,000 for illegal RDF storage
A Hertfordshire-based waste haulage business has been fined £510,000 for “illegally storing thousands of tonnes” of baled RDF at a site on the Hertfordshire-Cambridgeshire border. Winters Haulage Limited – which is now in liquidation – was issued the penalty at Cambridge Magistrates’ Court yesterday (29 January), after pleading guilty to offences relating to the baled … Read More
letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jan 2019
Industry news
News in brief (29/01/2019)
With news on: Morrisons trials paper grocery bags; Westminster team tackles fly-tipping; Waitrose launches plastics initiative; Welsh projects benefit from landfill community scheme; Bakers targets expansion. Morrisons trial paper grocery bags Morrisons is to give customers the option of using large paper carrier bags in eight of its stores from this week. According to the retailer, … Read More…
letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jan 2019
Industry news
Repic survey highlights WEEE ‘generational gap’
A survey conducted on behalf of WEEE producer compliance scheme Repic has suggested that under-30s are less likely than those over 60 to recycle electrical items, instead preferring to sell them online. And, according to the organisation, this apparent growing second-hand stream could “help explain why the sales of a new product does not always … Read More
letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jan 2019
Industry news
India’s airpocalypse is affecting twice as many cities as previously thought
The post India’s airpocalypse is affecting twice as many cities as previously thought appeared first on Unearthed .
Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 29 Jan 2019
Global
ZERO WASTE MONTH: Thousands march for clean air to protest pending bills on waste incineration
Quezon City, 29 January 2019—As National Zero Waste Month draws to a close, thousands of individuals from different environment, religious, and other civil society groups marched today around the Quezon City Elliptical Circle to demand the responsible government agencies to protect our right to clean air and healthy ecology, and to register the groups’ dissent […]
Break Free From Plastic · 29 Jan 2019
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Western Riverside Waste Authority · 29 Jan 2019
Council news
Direct Debit - Bradford Council
Bradford Council · 28 Jan 2019
Global
Assessment conducted by nova-Institut concludes that first-generation fermentable sugar is appropriate for a sustainable raw material strategy of the European chemical industry
Nova-Institut, an independent research institute based in Germany, has carried out a sustainability study of bio-based raw materials for the chemical industry. The assessment analyses the strengths and weaknesses of sugar plants, starch plants, virgin wood as well as waste and residues for the production of bio-based chemicals. According to the results, first-generation fermentable sugar [...]
European Bioplastics News · 28 Jan 2019
Global
Member portrait: Taghleef Industries
In each issue of the Bioplastics Bulletin, we present five facts about a member of European Bioplastics. This month, Mrs Emanuela Bardi, Product Manager at Taghleef Industries, shares some information on one of the largest global manufacturers of BoPP films, CPP films and BoPLA films. Mrs Emanuela Bardi, Product Manager at Taghleef Industries [...]
European Bioplastics News · 28 Jan 2019
Industry news
Sustainability begins in the workplace: How businesses can help reduce their carbon footprint
Wulfric Blackwell, Habitats Project Manager at Thomson environmental consultants argues that sustainability begins in the workplace and reveals how businesses can help reduce their carbon footprint.
Open Access Government — Environment · 28 Jan 2019
Industry news
Group files court claim over Gloucestershire EfW contract
A community group opposed to the 190,000 tonnes-per-year capacity Javelin Park energy from waste facility in Gloucestershire, has filed a High Court claim over the award of a contract relating to the facility. Community R4C claims a contract awarded in 2016 to Urbaser Balfour Beatty – the developer of the plant – should have been … Read More
letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jan 2019
Industry news
The Recycling Event Launched for 2019
We’re delighted to be joining with other key trade associations from the sector to launch The Recycling Event, a new conference due to take place on Tuesday July 2nd at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. The one-day conference, which is being organised by Hanicke Robins Sanderson, will include four conference theatres covering the topics below, as […]
Wood Recyclers Association · 28 Jan 2019
Global
Neste selected as the world’s 3rd most sustainable company on the “Global 100” list
Neste has placed 3rd on the “Corporate Knights 2019 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations” list. This is Neste’s second time in the top 3. It also marks the company’s 13th consecutive inclusion on the Global 100 list. Neste has been included on the list continuously for longer than any other energy company in the [...]
European Bioplastics News · 28 Jan 2019
Global
News in brief – January 2019
Nestlé and Danimer Scientific partner to develop a biodegradable water bottle: Nestlé and Danimer Scientific, a leading developer and manufacturer of biodegradable plastic products, have announced a global partnership to develop biodegradable bottles. Nestlé and Danimer Scientific will collaborate to design and manufacture bio-based resins for Nestlé’s water business using Danimer Scientific’s …
European Bioplastics News · 28 Jan 2019
Council news
Council tax reduction scheme - Bassetlaw District Council
Bassetlaw Council · 28 Jan 2019
Industry news
Suffolk councils sign ten-year recycling contract with Viridor
Viridor will continue to process mixed recyclable materials from Suffolk’s local authorities – under a renewed contract announced today (28 January) worth up to £88.75 million over ten years. The contract, which was agreed through Suffolk county council, will see Viridor recover mixed plastics, aluminium and steel cans, mixed paper and cardboard from Ipswich borough … Read More
letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jan 2019
Industry news
Recycling Lives suffers fire at Preston ELV site
Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service has launched an investigation into the cause of a fire at a vehicle recycling yard operated by Recycling Lives in Preston during the early hours of Sunday morning (27 January). Crews from Burnley, Blackburn, Hyndburn, Darwen and Preston were called to the site on Longridge Road, in the north east … Read More
letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jan 2019
Industry news
WasteCare purchases Augean’s East Kent incinerator
WasteCare Group has acquired the East Kent High Temperature Incinerator at Discovery Park, Sandwich, from hazardous waste specialist Augean, in a transaction worth up to £3.4 million. The 10,000 tonnes-per-year capacity facility handles hard-to-treat material including clinical wastes, controlled drugs, laboratory chemicals and reactive wastes, which require high temperature incineration of up …
letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jan 2019
Industry news
Iceland extends DRS trial to Northern Ireland
Food retailer Iceland has extended its in-store deposit return scheme trial for drinks packaging, launching what it has described as Northern Ireland’s first reverse vending machine in its Belfast store. The frozen food specialist will be trialling the machine for six months at its Belfast Park Centre store, “to further understand consumer appetite for the … Read More
letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jan 2019
Global
“Do your job and don’t violate the laws,” environmental groups told DENR
PRESS RELEASE Quezon City, January 21, 2019--Environmental groups today trooped to the Department on Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) calling Secretary Roy Cimatu to respect the law and refrain from issuing the pending waste-to-energy guidelines which includes sections pertaining to waste-to-energy incineration. The groups, under the alliance No Burn Pilipinas, said issuance of such gui…
Break Free From Plastic · 27 Jan 2019
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North Devon Council · 26 Jan 2019
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Western Riverside Waste Authority · 26 Jan 2019
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Western Riverside Waste Authority · 26 Jan 2019
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Western Riverside Waste Authority · 26 Jan 2019
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Western Riverside Waste Authority · 26 Jan 2019
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Western Riverside Waste Authority · 26 Jan 2019