Recycling news: 2021

Industry news WRAP predicts ‘renaissance’ of instore clothing takebacks Resources charity WRAP has predicted that the in-store takeback of clothing will undergo a “renaissance” when lockdown restrictions are lifted. As a result, the charity has published a best practice guidance for retailers in order to deliver an “effective” retailer-led collection scheme for post-consumer clothes. Currently, WRAP says that around 2% of people chose to … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Feb 2021 Policy & government Sustainable reuse of tyres in coastal engineering A project examining the options for reusing rubber vehicle tyres in port, coastal and river engineering. GOV.UK · 17 Feb 2021 Industry news The priorities to increase global climate ambition Open Access Government spoke to Oliver Bolton, CEO of Earthly about the priorities to increase global climate ambition in line with the Paris Agreement. Open Access Government — Environment · 17 Feb 2021 Industry news Never More Needed than Right Now We add our voice to the #NeverMoreNeeded campaign is asking the Prime Minister to set-up an Emergency Relief Fund #RightNow. Reuse Network · 17 Feb 2021 Industry news MPE EA WG meeting minutes 18 November 2020 The post MPE EA WG meeting minutes 18 November 2020 appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 17 Feb 2021 Industry news MPE EA WG meeting minutes 10 July 2020 The post MPE EA WG meeting minutes 10 July 2020 appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 17 Feb 2021 Industry news MPE EA WG meeting minutes 30 January 2020 The post MPE EA WG meeting minutes 30 January 2020 appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 17 Feb 2021 Industry news MPE Environment WG meeting minutes 27 October 2020 The post MPE Environment WG meeting minutes 27 October 2020 appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 17 Feb 2021 Industry news MPE Environment WG meeting minutes 26 May 2020 The post MPE Environment WG meeting minutes 26 May 2020 appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 17 Feb 2021 Industry news MPE Environment WG meeting minutes 4 February 2020 The post MPE Environment WG meeting minutes 4 February 2020 appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 17 Feb 2021 Council news RBWM Borough Local Plan Examination - Stage 2 Matter 6 - consult.rbwm.gov.uk Windsor and Maidenhead Council · 17 Feb 2021 Global 188 Environmental Groups Call for an end to Single Use Products, as the United Nations Environment Assembly gets set to discuss sustainability For Immediate Release: February 17, 2021 – As government representatives from 193 member states prepare to discuss “Strengthening Actions for Nature”[1], 188 environmental groups from around the world are calling on them to change the systems that support production of polluting single-use products. Break Free From Plastic · 17 Feb 2021 Global 188 groups say it’s time to ‘make the throw-away go away’ Before the 1950s and 60s, the majority of the products we produced and consumed were built to last. Milk bottles made of glass were returned and sterilized for re-use, restaurants offered ceramic plates and stainless-steel cutlery and the plastic bag was yet to be invented. Break Free From Plastic · 17 Feb 2021 Industry news Making new products from urban organic waste streams: De Clique - Ellen MacArthur Foundation Ellen MacArthur Foundation — News · 17 Feb 2021 Industry news ‘Cut VAT on recycled materials,’ say MPs VAT reductions to encourage the use of recycled materials and repair services would help the UK ‘grow back better’ after Covid-19, according to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee (EAC). The EAC, which is a powerful cross-party committee, regularly reports on a range of environmental matters to government. It published a report today (17 … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Feb 2021 Council news Building Control Services - East Riding of Yorkshire Council East Riding of Yorkshire Council · 16 Feb 2021 Industry news Cawleys partners with Coventry battery centre Luton-based waste management company Cawleys announced today (16 February) it has become the waste and recycling partner for the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) in Coventry. The £130 million UKBIC is a publicly funded 18,500 square metre battery development facility, due to become fully operational later this year. The facility allows organisations in the UK … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Feb 2021 Policy & government Engineering materials in flood and coastal defences This project produced a manual about how to use timber to build flood defences, including the different types of timber available and responsible sourcing. GOV.UK · 16 Feb 2021 Industry news Will the UK stand firm on the environment when negotiating new trade deals? REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 16 Feb 2021 Industry news Reconomy achieves value with sustainability targets Waste management company Reconomy has published its Sustainability Review, which reports on its progress against social, environmental and business targets in the year 2019/20. Despite the challenges of the pandemic, the Telford-based business, which includes compliance group Valpak in its group, said it continued to “focus on delivering outcomes for communities” and in doing so … Read More The… letsrecycle.com News · 16 Feb 2021 Industry news ‘Zero waste’ creates more jobs, GAIA says Zero waste strategies provide “significantly” more jobs than “disposal-based systems”, according to a report published today (16 February) by international environmental alliance GAIA. The report, titled Zero Waste and Economic Recovery, has the support of anti-incineration campaign group UKWIN. It suggests the increased employment opportunities offered by zero waste strategies are on top of th… letsrecycle.com News · 16 Feb 2021 Industry news TR meeting minutes 13 February 2020 The post TR meeting minutes 13 February 2020 appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 16 Feb 2021 Industry news GLTF meeting minutes 23 September 2020 The post GLTF meeting minutes 23 September 2020 appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 16 Feb 2021 Industry news GLTF meeting minutes 8 July 2020 The post GLTF meeting minutes 8 July 2020 appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 16 Feb 2021 Council news Banning Order Procedure for Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council 2019 Introduction - Blackburn Council Blackburn with Darwen Council · 16 Feb 2021 Industry news Inquest to open into Carlisle recycling fatality An inquest is to be opened next Tuesday, 23 February, into the death of an employee at International Rubber and Tyre Recycling, Carlisle, earlier this month. On 3 February, Brian Tuddenham, 57, died in an incident involving a fork lift truck at the company, which is based on the Kingmoor industrial estate, Carlisle. Cumbria Cororner’s … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Feb 2021 Global PlasticsEurope’s fluoropolymer product group is joined by three new members for 2021 The Fluoropolymers Product Group is happy to announce three new members have joined the coalition of Europe’s leading fluoropolymers producers… Plastics Europe · 16 Feb 2021 Global B&W Environmental Awarded $13 Million Contract to Supply Clean Energy and Water Treatment Technologies for Waste-to-Energy Plant in Europe Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) (NYSE: BW) announced today that its B&W Environmental segment will design, supply and install a flue... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 16 Feb 2021 Industry news Paper Round installs compostables sorting line London-based recycling and waste management company Paper Round has announced the commissioning of a new “compostables specific” sorting line at its materials recycling facility (MRF) in Purfleet, Essex. The line will be specially installed to sort compostable waste, such as containers, cutlery and cups, produced by sustainable packaging company, Vegware. Paper Round collects the compostable … … letsrecycle.com News · 16 Feb 2021 Industry news Cromwell Polythene ups Alfreton bag making capacity Cromwell Polythene says it has invested in new machinery and upgraded existing equipment at its Alfreton site to increase its capacity for film extrusion and bag making. Leeds-based Cromwell says it can now produce another two million plastic recycling and waste bags from recycled and virgin film per week. The latest additions to the Derbyshire … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Feb 2021 Global Trilateral webinar on measuring recycled content Given increasing interest from legislators around the world on mandating recycled content in products and packaging, Reloop hosted a private webinar to bring the knowledge gained from the European Commission's work on this subject. This presentation is from Joe Papineschi and Simon Hann from Eunomia Research and Reloop Platform · 16 Feb 2021 Industry news Pandemic adds to fall in newsprint production The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the decline in the production of newsprint and other graphic grades in Europe, but in contrast packaging grades have jumped in demand. The trends are revealed in provisional figures for 2020 released by Cepi, the European organisation which represents the Europe’s paper industry, as well as the UK. The numbers … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Feb 2021 Policy & government COVID-19 in pregnant women and newborn babies The body of research investigating the effects of Coronavirus infection on pregnancy is growing. What is the available evidence? How does COVID-19 affect pregnant women and their babies? Is the virus transmitted between mothers and babies? Are some women and babies at greater risk than others? POST (Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology) · 15 Feb 2021 Industry news Councils consult on replacement HWRCs Consultations for replacement household waste and recycling centres (HWRCs) are underway at Lincolnshire and Suffolk county councils. Lincolnshire county council will consider proposals for a £2 million HWRC in Tattershall, Horncastle, which could reportedly save the council up to £287,000 a year if approved. In a report, set to go before members of the Environment and Economy … Read More The p… letsrecycle.com News · 15 Feb 2021 Industry news Food Comms meeting minutes 19 May 2020 The post Food Comms meeting minutes 19 May 2020 appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 15 Feb 2021 Global WOW! Taskforce Welcomes a New Coordination Team member ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 15 Feb 2021 Global Video – How do we manage non-recyclable waste? In 2019, Europeans generated around 220 million tons of municipal waste. Slightly more than half of this amount – 116 million tons –... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 15 Feb 2021 Industry news Greener Aluminium - Aluminium International Today Aluminium International Today · 15 Feb 2021 Industry news Our sustainable approach to supporting the NHS during the pandemic The coronavirus pandemic has put a spotlight on healthcare waste management. Throughout a difficult year working on the frontline, Bywaters continues to offer a dynamic approach centred around sustainability. Bywaters · 15 Feb 2021 Industry news Apprenticeship week backed by waste sector National Apprentice Week 2021 ran from 8 to 14 February – Robyn White takes a look at programmes across the sector, as the demand for green jobs increases. Despite the difficulties caused by the pandemic, waste and recycling businesses have again supported National Apprenticeship Week. Enthusiasm was strong, including from waste and resources business Veolia. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Feb 2021