Recycling news: 2021

Industry news Treasury predicts 40% jump in recycled plastic use The use of recycled plastic in packaging will jump by an estimated 40% once the plastics packaging tax has been introduced in April 2022, the Treasury has predicted. The considerable boom in the recycled content of plastic packaging was forecast by the Treasury in a policy paper published last week in relation to Budget 2021. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Mar 2021 Global Reloop and CRI comments on EPA consultation on recycling calculation Reloop has prepared a joint letter to the U.S. EPA with comments about the methodology it uses to calculate national recycling rates, and how this methodology might be improved. Reloop Platform · 11 Mar 2021 Policy & government EIC Accelerator - European Innovation Council Eurostat news · 10 Mar 2021 Council news Bin Request - East Ayrshire Council East Ayrshire Council · 10 Mar 2021 Council news School Enrolment - East Ayrshire Council East Ayrshire Council · 10 Mar 2021 Council news Education and Early Learning - East Ayrshire Council East Ayrshire Council · 10 Mar 2021 Industry news Opinion: ‘MRF glass delivers on quality and quantity’ With the right investment, materials recycling facility (MRF) glass delivers on quality and quantity, says Tim Gent, director of glass recycling company Recresco. OPINION: The effects of climate change and the environmental impact of human activity is now well known and this increased awareness has caused us to consider our behaviour as consumers: waste less, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 Mar 2021 Industry news Consultation launched on environmental principles The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has launched a consultation into five legally binding principles that will “protect the environment” in all future policies across government. Published today (10 March), the consultation will run until 2 June, and asks for responses to the five environmental principles and their application to the work of all government departments. Enviro… letsrecycle.com News · 10 Mar 2021 Industry news Response to the Draft Eco-design and Energy Labelling Regulations 2021 Our network of charities collects over 334,000 electrical appliances every year to repair, reuse and pass on to low-income households. Reuse Network · 10 Mar 2021 Industry news How do we ensure decarbonisation works for all? Matt Gwyn, Just Transition Strategic Engagement Lead at the World Benchmarking Alliance, reveals how we ensure decarbonisation works for everyone. Open Access Government — Environment · 10 Mar 2021 Industry news Manufacturers to provide spare parts for electricals Manufacturers will be required to make spare parts for electrical products available to consumers from “this summer”, the government announced today (10 March). Ministers are set to introduce rules for electrical products to tackle ‘planned obsolescence’ – a short lifespan deliberately built into an appliance by manufacturers, leading to “unnecessary and costly” replacements for the … Read More… letsrecycle.com News · 10 Mar 2021 Industry news Scotland to review DRS implementation date The Scottish government is to launch an ‘independent gateway review’ into the implementation date of its deposit return scheme (DRS). Initially planned for April 2021, the ‘go live’ date of a DRS in Scotland was last year postponed to July 2022, to allow businesses more time to prepare in light of the pandemic. However, speaking … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 Mar 2021 Industry news Producers and councils join forces on ‘public confidence in recycling charter’ INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 10 Mar 2021 Global New Article | Combined Voices and Efforts to Fight Food Waste and Loss The UNEP Food Waste Index report 2021 and the ISWA Global Assessment of Municipal Organic Waste Production and Recycling 2020 ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 10 Mar 2021 Council news Voting by Proxy - eastdevon.gov.uk East Devon Council · 10 Mar 2021 Industry news OPRL Becomes Accredited Living Wage Employer Click here to download the Press Release OPRL (On-Pack Recycling Label) · 10 Mar 2021 Industry news Hackney hopes fortnightly collections boost recycling Hackney council hopes that a switch to fortnightly collections for residual waste will help boost one of the lowest recycling rates in the country. Hackney council had a recycling rate of 28.3% in the 2019/20 financial year, below the national average of 45.5%. Residual waste collections at some properties in Hackney switched to every two … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 Mar 2021 Industry news Alice creates six-hole crazy golf course from rubbish A massive round of applause for Alice, aged 7, who is February’s gallery winner. Recycle for Greater Manchester · 10 Mar 2021 Global Celebrating Zero Waste in Asia Pacific As governments plan for the post-pandemic transition, the need to build more sustainable local economies, strengthen public health, and use resources efficiently is necessary now more than ever. Overwhelming evidence of the throwaway culture has shown that we must reevaluate how we handle our waste management systems, especially during such times of global upheaval where ordinary environmental … Break Free From Plastic · 10 Mar 2021 Council news Gloucester City Council - Gloucester City Council Gloucester Council · 10 Mar 2021 Council news Contact details - Cabinet - West Oxfordshire District Council West Oxfordshire Council · 10 Mar 2021 Global Hervé Millet, Director Climate & Production at Plastics Europe, speaking at global business summit on 10 March 2021 Hervé Millet, Director Climate & Production at Plastics Europe, will share his insights on Chemical recycling: A key enabler of… Plastics Europe · 9 Mar 2021 Industry news Staff absences hit local authority collections Collection services continue to be affected by staff absences, according to the latest survey results from the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT). Covering the week beginning 1 March, the results show 44% of responding local authorities reporting absences due to self-isolation, while 31% reported absences due to sickness. Absences due … Read More Th… letsrecycle.com News · 9 Mar 2021 Industry news Remove plastic from ‘waste for incineration’, says Eunomia Plastic must be removed from waste sent for ‘incineration’ to prevent the practice becoming more carbon intensive than landfill by 2035, according to environmental consultancy Eunomia. The consultancy says this should be achieved through mechanical pre-treatment or through better source separation of plastic waste for recycling. Eunomia offered its recommendations in a report titled Greenhouse … letsrecycle.com News · 9 Mar 2021 Industry news LWARB rebrands as ReLondon The London Waste and Recycling Board (LWARB) has changed its name to ReLondon as part of efforts to “simplify its branding”. The board explained that partners and collaborators did not feel that the name LWARB communicated what it does, and that its brands and programmes were “confusing and unclear”. For this reason, the board decided to “simplify its branding” and … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 9 Mar 2021 Industry news ESA slams Dispatches waste documentary The Environmental Services Association (ESA) has slammed the Dispatches documentary last night, claiming its focus on energy from waste “ignored the bigger picture”. The documentary, called The Dirty Truth About Your Rubbish, aired on Channel 4 last night and claimed that on average, 11% of material put out for recycling actually ended up being sent … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 9 Mar 2021 Global International Women’s Day 2021 International Women’s Day, is the perfect time to reflect on progress made, to call for change, and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women, who play an extraordinary role in their countries and communities. This year we decided not only to showcase our fantastic female campaigners but we also joined forces to […] Zero Waste Europe · 9 Mar 2021 Policy & government Luftgütemessstellen in Österreich - Umweltbundesamt Österreich Umweltbundesamt Austria · 9 Mar 2021 Industry news Polymer shortage in Europe ‘impacting production’ The trade association of European plastics converters, EuPC, says a raw material shortage and an increase in price is “seriously impacting” the production of plastic products in the EU. According to a statement from the association published yesterday (8 March), plastic converting companies across Europe are reporting difficulties in getting the necessary raw materials to … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 9 Mar 2021 Industry news Environmental Audit Committee publish response to e-waste report The post Environmental Audit Committee publish response to e-waste report appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 9 Mar 2021 Industry news The European Climate Pact Dimitris Dimitriadis, Member of the European Economic and Social Committee, Section for the Single Market, Production and Consumption, describes the European Climate Pact. Open Access Government — Environment · 9 Mar 2021 Council news Local Plan Review Evidence - Infrastructure - Swale Borough Council Swale Council · 9 Mar 2021 Industry news Amey’s Isle of Wight EfW further behind schedule Development of Amey’s Isle of Wight Energy from Waste (EfW) facility has fallen further behind schedule, with commissioning now due to be completed this summer. Construction of the 44,000 tonnes per year facility began in April 2017 on a site which previously held a gasifier operated Waste Gas Technology. It was initially due to complete … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 9 Mar 2021 Industry news Happy Mother's Day to Asda mums everywhere! - Asda Asda corporate newsroom · 9 Mar 2021 Industry news REA statement on Energy from Waste REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 8 Mar 2021 Global PlastiCircle Insights Webinar on 9 March at 10:00 CET PlastiCircle Insights Webinar: An Innovative approach of the Circularity of Plastics in the Automotive Sector on 9 March at 10:00… Plastics Europe · 8 Mar 2021 Global Waste-to-energy plant in Spain installs SICK technology for emission measurement SICK has made its own contribution to the new Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plant owned by the TERSA Group, a publicly-owned environmental management company. The plant... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 8 Mar 2021 Industry news On International Women’s Day, Dr Shanna Swan talks to CHEM Trust about her research on chemicals, fertility and reproductive health This International Women’s Day, CHEM Trust sat down with Dr Shanna Swan to discuss her research on chemicals, fertility and reproductive health, and her new book, Count Down. Shanna H. Swan, Ph.D., is one of the world’s leading environmental and reproductive epidemiologists and a Professor of environmental medicine and public health at the Icahn School […] CHEM Trust · 8 Mar 2021 Policy & government Scottish women entrepreneurs win national award for innovation Three of Scotland's leading female entrepreneurs have received UK Government backing to scale up their innovations. GOV.UK · 8 Mar 2021 Industry news UN and WRAP study finds 17% of food is wasted An estimated 17% of all food available to consumers across the world was wasted in 2019, according to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Food Waste Index Report 2021. Published last week (4 March), the report was launched in partnership with resources charity Wrap, and measured food waste on a global scale, looking at levels that occur from … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 8 Mar 2021