Recycling news: 2024

Industry news Meet edie’s 30 Under 30 Class of 2023: Parveer Ramana, Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team This series profiles the members of edie's 30 Under 30 - a nomination-based community of 30 hugely talented young sustainability and energy professionals who have already achieved great things or are showing fantastic promise. Up next, Parveer Ramana of the Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team. edie — Circular Economy tag · 5 Aug 2024 Industry news News in brief (05/08/2024) With news on: CSG has donated £600 towards a Redcar school play area; SocietyWorks will provide Bexley borough with a new residential waste portal; Welsh council leader Ian Roberts has quit over bin collections; and Circulai and Evreka have announced a partnership to bring an “all-in-one” digital waste platform to the UK. CSG donates money … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Aug 2024 Industry news WasteAid launches largest-ever Ugandan study as part of textile re-use initiative One of the most extensive studies ever undertaken into waste management in Uganda has been launched by WasteAid. We are leading two initiatives involving more than 1,000 people to explore whether textile waste can be saved from landfill and reused to support the local economy in the country’s capital Kampala. The move comes as the […] WasteAid · 5 Aug 2024 Industry news How clues in honey can help fight our biggest biodiversity challenges There are secrets aplenty in a pot of honey – from information about bees' "micro-bee-ota" to DNA from the environment – that can help us fight food fraud and even monitor shifts in climate New Scientist — Environment · 5 Aug 2024 Global ANDRITZ to design carbon capture plant for Westenergy, Finland International technology group ANDRITZ has been selected to perform the front-end engineering design (FEED) for a large-scale carbon capture unit... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 5 Aug 2024 Industry news Former Environment Secretary to give keynote speech at tyre industry conference George Eustice, Secretary of State for the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2020-2022, will address largest gathering of UK tyre recycling industry this September. ATF Professional · 5 Aug 2024 Industry news ERP UK acquires ComplyPak and WEEEComply ERP UK – operator of UK compliance schemes for WEEE, batteries and packaging – will operate ComplyPak and WEEEComply as a result of the acquisition of both companies. ERP UK is part of the Landbell Group of companies specialising in environmental and chemicals compliance solutions and operating over 40 compliance schemes worldwide. The companies will … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Aug 2024 Industry news Addressing Greenwashing: A Key Priority for Environmental Professionals The post Addressing Greenwashing: A Key Priority for Environmental Professionals appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 5 Aug 2024 Industry news Progress Against Recycling Targets: 2024 Q2 PRN Market Review The post Progress Against Recycling Targets: 2024 Q2 PRN Market Review appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 5 Aug 2024 Industry news Valpak PackFlow 2023: Most materials see decline since 2019 Packaging compliance specialist Valpak has published its updated PackFlow reports in collaboration with WRAP. The ‘PackFlow Refresh 2023: Summary Report’ aims to estimate the amount of packaging placed on the UK market (POM) in 2022 and projects the POM and recycling rate through to 2028. The reports cover paper and card, glass, aluminium, steel, plastic … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Aug 2024 Industry news Two companies fined after death at MRF Two companies have been fined after a man was crushed to death by a machine at a materials recycling facility (MRF) in Bow, London. The Health and Safety Executive found that, after an investigation, father-of-three Russell Hartley would still be alive had this work been planned, managed and monitored to a “sufficient” standard. The self-employed … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Aug 2024 Industry news Waitrose to trial using household recycling materials to make ready meal trays Waitrose is set to trial a new process that will use materials from British household recycling to make plastic trays for its own-brand ready meals. This initiative, in partnership with WRAP, Pilgrim’s Europe, and Faerch, marks the first time a UK supermarket is taking such a step. The plan is to use recycled trays, pots,... Skip & Waste Magazine · 5 Aug 2024 Policy & government Mr T Wynne v Chorlton Scaffolding Ltd: 2404564/2023 Employment Tribunal decision. GOV.UK · 5 Aug 2024 Industry news Hot properties: 10 questions about heat pumps answered When it comes to energy efficiency, heat pumps have much to offer. But preconceptions abound. We cosy up with the facts Positive News · 5 Aug 2024 Industry news Signify: We’re ahead of sustainability target Signify has announced that it is ahead of schedule to achieve its 2025 target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by […] Recolight · 5 Aug 2024 Global Sand Recycling As A Service According to Finnish company Resand Ltd, the earth is running out of sand. There is a recycling technology to stop wasting the needed material, which is able to clean the sand “so that it is better than new and good to be reused again and again. On location. As a service.” Resand, a specialist in […] Global Recycling · 5 Aug 2024 Industry news Companies fined after man crushed to death by machine at MRF Two companies have been fined after a father-of-three was crushed to death by a machine at a materials recycling facility in London. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation found the incident was “entirely avoidable” and Russell Hartley, 48, would still be alive had this work been planned, managed and monitored to a sufficient […] Circular Online (CIWM) · 5 Aug 2024 Policy & government Vaccination against pertussis (whooping cough) for pregnant women This vaccination programme helps protect infants from whooping cough by boosting pertussis immunity in pregnant women. GOV.UK · 5 Aug 2024 Industry news Reviving green and pleasant land: Biodiversity Net Gain and balancing developments Aldersgate Group’s Membership Officer Jack Kunkle discusses the introduction and recent assessments of Biodiversity Net Gain, and considers how this policy could develop. Aldersgate Group · 5 Aug 2024 Policy & government Digital disengagement and impacts on exclusion This briefing outlines motivational reasons for not being online or using digital devices, and how this can contribute to digital exclusion and other forms of inequality. POST (Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology) · 5 Aug 2024 Policy & government Countryside Stewardship: Higher Tier manual for agreements starting on 1 January 2024 Higher Tier agreements for multi-year management options and one-off capital items to protect, restore or enhance the environment. GOV.UK · 5 Aug 2024 Industry news Farmers should get government help to cut methane emissions As the current heatwave reminds us, climate change is already affecting how we live. But reducing methane, a potent greenhouse gas, could be the key to more rapid action to bring down global temperatures. Although methane is more short-lived than CO2 in the atmosphere, we […] Green Alliance blog (Inside Track) · 5 Aug 2024 Industry news Exclusive: Primark and the Circular Textiles Foundation launch new training programme Primark is partnering with the Circular Textiles Foundation to deliver an advanced training programme on circular design principles for its Design and Product teams. Circular Online (CIWM) · 5 Aug 2024 Council news Job profile - recruitment.newport.gov.uk Newport Council · 5 Aug 2024 Industry news Streetlights may make tree leaves tough and hard for insects to eat Trees in Beijing lit by streetlights at night seem to have tougher leaves and less damage from insects, raising concerns about possible effects on biodiversity New Scientist — Environment · 5 Aug 2024 Global Lithuanian Researchers Propose Pyrolysis for Wind Turbine Blade Recycling While wind energy is becoming one of the fastest-growing energy sources in the world, wind turbine blade waste emerges as a critical issue. Addressing this environmental concern, Lithuanian researchers have developed an innovative solution claiming that the benefits of pyrolysis can help reduce pollution. In 2022, Dr Samy Yousef, a researcher at Kaunas University of […] Global Recycling · 4 Aug 2024 Global In the spirit of the Olympics, it’s time for leading beverage companies and sport sponsors to come together and champion reusable packaging The Games will be the largest sporting event in history to serve beverages in reusable packaging, potentially replacing millions of single-use cups that would otherwise have been thrown away or littered. This is great news for the oceans because reusable packaging is one of the most effective ways to tackle the plastic pollution crisis. A […] Break Free From Plastic · 4 Aug 2024 Global Path to Easier Recycling of Solar Modules According to the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the use of femtosecond lasers to form glass-to-glass welds for solar modules would make the panels easier to recycle. The researchers conducted a proof-of-concept study. The welds would eliminate the need for plastic polymer sheets laminated into solar modules but make recycling more […] Global Recycling · 3 Aug 2024 Industry news How can we help? - Freegle Freegle · 3 Aug 2024 Council news Blue Badges - Orkney Islands Council Orkney Islands Council · 3 Aug 2024 Council news School Contacts - Orkney Islands Council Orkney Islands Council · 2 Aug 2024 Council news (Moving Traffic Restrictions) (Amendment 2) Order 2024 - Southampton City Council Southampton Council · 2 Aug 2024 Council news Occasional Licences - Orkney Islands Council Orkney Islands Council · 2 Aug 2024 Council news Orkney's Community Wind Farm Project - Quanterness - Orkney Islands Council Orkney Islands Council · 2 Aug 2024 Council news Local Flood Risk Management Plan - Orkney Islands Council Orkney Islands Council · 2 Aug 2024 Council news Learning and Development - Orkney Islands Council Orkney Islands Council · 2 Aug 2024 Council news The Hoy Centre - Orkney Islands Council Orkney Islands Council · 2 Aug 2024 Industry news Rising land under Antarctica could slow sea level rise Antarctica’s melting ice sheet is relieving pressure on the land beneath, allowing it to push upwards in a way that could slow sea level rise in coming centuries – but only if greenhouse gas emissions are low New Scientist — Environment · 2 Aug 2024 Council news Orkney Employability Partnership - Orkney Islands Council Orkney Islands Council · 2 Aug 2024 Council news The Orkney Community Plan Incorporating the Local Outcomes Improvement Plan - Orkney Islands Council Orkney Islands Council · 2 Aug 2024