Recycling news: 2023

Industry news REA Warmly Welcomes PM-Commissioned Geothermal Report REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 2 Jun 2023 Global Break Free From Plastic INC-2 Closing Statement An abbreviated version of this statement was read in the INC-2 closing plenary on June 2nd, 2023. UNESCO HQ by Satyarupa Shekhar, BFFP Asia Pacific Coordinator. Break Free From Plastic is a global movement of over 3000 organizations representing millions of people who share a common goal - a future free from plastic pollution. As […] Break Free From Plastic · 2 Jun 2023 Policy & government Ms A J Hibberd v Woodstock Town Council: 3300075/2022 Employment Tribunal decision. GOV.UK · 2 Jun 2023 Global Making Zero Waste Work with Waste Pickers Over the recent years, zero waste has become an important vision and action that defines how waste is managed. Zero waste is a game changer and an opportunity that plays an important role towards the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, which accelerates climate change. GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 2 Jun 2023 Industry news MEMBER PRESS RELEASE – Ekogea Concentrators installed at Nomansland Biogas MEMBER PRESS RELEASE – Ekogea Concentrators installed at Nomansland Biogas Ekogea has completed the commissioning of its award winning feedstock micronisation system at Nomansland Biogas Plant in Devon. The installation of Ekogea’s innovative Concentrator digestate de-watering technology has started, alongside Ekogea’s small-footprint H2e Waste Water Treatment system for grey-water polishing. T… ADBA (Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association) · 2 Jun 2023 Policy & government When someone dies in Lesotho Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK. GOV.UK · 2 Jun 2023 Industry news Finalists have been shortlisted for REA’s British Renewable Energy Awards 2023 REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 2 Jun 2023 Industry news Woman behind food sharing app wins entrepreneurial award Tessa Clarke, the co-founder of a food sharing app, has recently won the Bold Woman award from Veuve Clicquot in recognition of her exceptional entrepreneurial skills. She is the 51st woman to receive this prestigious award and was praised for her inspirational work in co-creating Olio, a platform that has helped over seven million people... Skip & Waste Magazine · 2 Jun 2023 Industry news Environment Agency publishes 2022 compliance monitoring and enforcement activity report The post Environment Agency publishes 2022 compliance monitoring and enforcement activity report appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 2 Jun 2023 Industry news Scotland granted exemption from the Internal Market Act for its Deposit Return Scheme The post Scotland granted exemption from the Internal Market Act for its Deposit Return Scheme appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 2 Jun 2023 Policy & government Civil Service Pay Remit guidance, 2023 to 2024 This guidance provides a framework within which all departments will set pay for 2023/24, and for departmental pay strategies and pay reporting GOV.UK · 2 Jun 2023 Council news Community Outreach Service - North East Derbyshire District Council North East Derbyshire Council · 2 Jun 2023 Industry news Bristol’s got its sparkle back! The post Bristol’s got its sparkle back! appeared first on Bristol Waste Company . Bristol Waste Company · 2 Jun 2023 Global Position Paper Net Zero Industry Act More Leverage for Circularity Needed in Net Zero Industry Act Plastics Europe · 2 Jun 2023 Industry news MRFs handling 4.2 million tonnes a year, Monksleigh finds A report on materials recovery facilities (MRFs) – also known as materials recycling facilities – has found there are 108 MRFs in Great Britain, which in total receive 4.2 million tonnes of material a year. The volume figures come as the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is promising to release its proposals on … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 2 Jun 2023 Global Tyres & Rubber Committee: Pyrolysis Building New Reputation as Complex, High-Investment Business Rubber recycling from tyres had been rendered difficult in the past because of competition from virgin but technological advances now meant that “the momentum is really changing”, insisted BIR Tyres & Rubber Committee Chairman Max Craipeau, CEO of China-based Greencore Resources Ltd, in his introductory remarks to the body’s latest meeting in Amsterdam on May […] Global Recycling · 2 Jun 2023 Global “The Challenge” Live: Sustainability: The Commercial Case “Show me the Money!” By Michael Lion, ITC Chairman and host of The Challenge: Lights – camera – action! It was time for another edition of “The Challenge”, the much-acclaimed live (and live-streamed) opening session at the latest BIR World Recycling Convention in Amsterdam. Anticipation was high for the appearance of the show’s regular Three Amigos, but regrettably, co-anchor […] Global Recycling · 2 Jun 2023 Global Plastics Europe views on claims made on products using mass balance To ensure transparency and market and consumer confidence, products’ names and claims shall reflect the chain of custody that has… Plastics Europe · 2 Jun 2023 Global Position Paper Circular Plastics Targets Plastics Europe supports the EU Green Deal objective of a climate neutral European economy by 2050. To contribute to that… Plastics Europe · 2 Jun 2023 Global Plastics Europe Feedback on Taxonomy Regulation Consultation – Delegated Act on transition to a Circular Economy Plastics Europe feedback on the technical screening criteria (TSC) for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as… Plastics Europe · 2 Jun 2023 Global Stainless Steel & Special Alloys Committee: Under-Threat European Stainless Steel Industry “No Longer Cost-Competitive” Early 2023 had brought an improvement in market conditions for Europe’s stainless steel sector following the low demand suffered in 2022, reported BIR Stainless Steel & Special Alloys Committee Chairman Joost van Kleef of Netherlands-based Oryx Stainless BV in his opening comments to the body’s latest meeting in Amsterdam on May 22. But as revealed […] Global Recycling · 2 Jun 2023 Industry news Appointments round-up (02/06/2023) With news of: retail specialist joins Valpak; a promotion at Recolight; a local authority officer joins Podback; and Enfinium appoints a non-exec Packaging expert Wilson joins Valpak Retail packaging expert Lorraine Wilson has joined Valpak, the UK’s largest compliance scheme. Valpak, which is owned by Reconomy Group, said that Ms Wilson “brings a practical knowledge … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 2 Jun 2023 Industry news Actions needed to boost textile recycling, BIR told Around 73% of used textiles are still destined for energy recovery or for landfilling whereas only 1% are recycled in a closed loop, the textiles division of the Bureau of International Recycling heard last week. And, the textiles industry is the fourth-largest CO2 emitter, according to Prof. Dr-Ing. Stefan Schlichter of Germany’s Institut für Textiltechnik. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 2 Jun 2023 Council news Apply for the Small Business Bonus Scheme or SBBS Transitional Relief - Renfrewshire Council Renfrewshire Council · 2 Jun 2023 Industry news Self-service oil app - Olleco Olleco · 2 Jun 2023 Council news Who we are and what we do - St Helens Borough Council St. Helens Council · 2 Jun 2023 Industry news Daniel Webb - Everyday Plastic Everyday Plastic · 2 Jun 2023 Global PH fisherfolk to corporations and governments: end single-use plastics, adopt a strong plastics treaty Manila — In celebration of National Fisherfolk Day on May 31, 2023, fishing communities and civil society organizations (CSOs) held a creative picket and protest calling on fast moving consumer goods (FMCGs) companies to stop using plastics in their product packaging, especially sachets. The groups, led by PANGISDA Pilipinas—a national organization of small-scale fisherfolk—also asked […] Break Free From Plastic · 2 Jun 2023 Industry news Freedom to breathe - Global Action Plan Global Action Plan · 2 Jun 2023 Industry news Newhurst EfW begins ‘full-scale operations’ “Full scale operations” have begun at the Newhurst energy from waste (EfW) facility, jointly owned by Biffa and Encyclis, formerly Covanta. The 350,000 tonnes per year capacity plant is seen as very significant for Biffa because it represents its first move into having a stake in large EfW infrastructure. The facility, near Shepshed in Leicestershire, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 1 Jun 2023 Industry news Alison Colclough - Everyday Plastic Everyday Plastic · 1 Jun 2023 Council news SEND Health Notification - Derby City Council Derby Council · 1 Jun 2023 Global Letter to the EU: Ban the destruction of perfectly functioning electronics! Most unsold electronic goods in Europe are allowed to become e-waste. We urge the EU to stop this environmental disaster. Right to Repair Europe · 1 Jun 2023 Industry news Last call for entries to CANtastic Recipe Competition Canned Food UK and British Nutrition Foundation launch recipe competition for Healthy Eating Week Canned Food UK has teamed up with the British Nutrition Foundation to launch the ‘CANtastic Recipe […] MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 1 Jun 2023 Industry news Agency classifies non-WEEE cables as ‘hazardous’ The Environment Agency has published a regulatory position statement (RPS) to waste operators accepting waste cable from construction and demolition work, after research found “at least 25%” of this material is hazardous. The RPS was published yesterday (31 May) and relates to “non-WEEE waste electrical and telecommunications cable from activities involving construction and demolition, end … Re… letsrecycle.com News · 1 Jun 2023 Industry news Absolut launches world’s first commercially available paper bottles for spirits Absolut has launched a version of its 500ml vodka housed in single-mould paper bottles, in what it claims is a global first. edie — Circular Economy tag · 1 Jun 2023 Industry news Lighting Workshops Quantifying Sustainable Resilience A new series of workshops on how calculate circular and carbon metrics for lighting products has been announced by Recolight. […] Recolight · 1 Jun 2023 Global Environmental Rights Action/ Friends of the Earth Nigeria | Zero Waste Management Model in Nigeria By Ubrei-Joe Maimoni Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has focused its efforts on promoting our zero-waste model more vigorously. The model has great appeal and enables the […] GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 1 Jun 2023 Industry news Provide your insight to the GGSS Annual Tariff Review As you may be aware, on 2nd May, DESNZ opened a call for evidence to inform the Green Gas Support Scheme’s (GGSS) 2023 Annual Tariff Review (ATR). The GGSS regulations allow tariffs to be increased or decreased on 1 October each year from 2022 to 2025. Tariffs can then reduce every quarter in between if… ADBA (Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association) · 1 Jun 2023 Global Calls for pause on green laws threaten EU’s future Attacks on the EU’s green agenda are increasing in intensity and frequency. Recent high-profile examples, including President of the European People’s Party (EPP) Manfred Weber, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, are evidence of a growing political strategy aimed at paralysing the pace of environmental legislative progress. Europe must stand firm and… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 1 Jun 2023