Recycling news: 2022

Industry news Scottish Cobbles - Mick George Mick George Group · 4 Mar 2022 Industry news Decorative Stones - Mick George Mick George Group · 4 Mar 2022 Global Europe’s emergency plan to break free from war-fuelling energy Russia’s war against Ukraine has increased urgency in the EU to phase out fossil fuels, starting with cutting off our dependency on Russia. This critical moment in Europe’s history allows no half-measures, nor more fossil alternatives. Accelerating the transition towards renewables is the only way forward to secure Europe’s energy independence and freedom. The European Union is imposing harsh e… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 4 Mar 2022 Industry news Bilingual Skip Hunk Ryan speaks the language of love HE’S in the hot seat – meet Skip Hunk Ryan Curtis of Norman Wenn Ltd. Hi, who do we have here?I’m Ryan Curtis, 29 and I work at Norman Wenn Ltd as a Machine Operative. How long have you worked there, and what do you do day to day?I’ve been there 10 years; I operate... Skip & Waste Magazine · 4 Mar 2022 Industry news Hot shot Hayley is a turtle-y fab Skip Chick SHE’S our non-stop hardworking Skip Chick. Meet Hayley Taroni, of H.W. Taroni Metals Ltd.Hello! Tell us about yourself.I’m Hayley Taroni, 34. I work at H.W. Taroni Metals Ltd. And what do you do there?I’m Finance and HR Director and Transport Manager. That sounds everso important. How long have you been there?Over 10 years. I run... Skip & Waste Magazine · 4 Mar 2022 Industry news RMAS calls for carbon-based incineration tax RESOURCE Management Association Scotland (RMAS) has called on the Scottish government for a progressive carbon-based tax on incineration to “drive energy efficiency improvements and improve carbon performance”. RMAS is the trade association for Scotland’s SME resource and waste management companies, and included the call in its response to a review of waste incineration. The Scottish... The pos… Skip & Waste Magazine · 4 Mar 2022 Industry news Solid tyre sustainability CONSTRUCTION companies are increasingly considering the environmental impact of their operations and this includes their machinery choices. Legislation has driven the development of clean engines – in the off-highway sector new machines must now be built with Stage V low emission engines. Of course, battery power is also now becoming more prominent as a power... Skip & Waste Magazine · 4 Mar 2022 Industry news TIRU to build and operate Perth EfW plant French energy from waste (EfW) specialist TIRU is to build and operate a £70 million facility near Perth on behalf of owners Binn Group and investment partners Iona Capital. TIRU, part of the French waste management company PAPREC, currently operates two EfW plants at Grimsby and Exeter and 18 further facilities across Europe, which range … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Mar 2022 Industry news News in brief (04/03/2022) With news on: FCC Group’s profits in 2021; Mick Balch to help Ukrainian refugees; Hamilton Waste & Recycling expands; Vehicle wrapping company certified; BMRA supports ClimateForce Expedition Antarctica; Vertas Environmental unveils new food waste recycling service FCC Group doubles net profits in 2021 Spanish FCC Group says it more than doubled net profits to €580million … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Mar 2022 Industry news Cadishead lab team lead the re-design their own workspace At CSG we have a regularly quoted saying – “it’s all about the people”. And that is never more true than when we are planning for the future of our business. It has even become one of our core values. After all, if our people are not fully engaged with the vision for CSG, how […] CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 4 Mar 2022 Industry news Council directors raise concerns over EPR delays The decision by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to delay implementation of a new funding and recycling system under a revised EPR structure has attracted more criticism from local government. Yesterday, letsrecycle.com revealed that Defra has said it is to stick with the current PRN packaging waste system for 2023 at … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Mar 2022 Industry news From London with Love The post From London with Love appeared first on City Harvest . City Harvest London · 4 Mar 2022 Industry news Northampton next town to face GMB waste strikes Northampton faces a bin collection strike after more than 70 refuse collectors, who work for Veolia and are members of the GMB union, turned down a pay increase of 2.5%. Veolia said negotiations are at an early stage but GMB claims workers are “furious” because West Northamptonshire council has increased Veolia’s funding “by 5.5%”, but the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Mar 2022 Industry news Webinar: Sorting plastic waste – An AI-driven success story Hear the results achieved by England’s first retrofittable AI-powered robotic waste picking system June 15 at 11.00am BST Virtual event Registration for the webinar is now closed, but a recording of the full event is available – click here to view on our You Tube channel. Our webinar covered the results achieved by FCC Environment and... Recycleye news · 4 Mar 2022 Industry news UN Plastics Treaty – Mura’s Response This week’s resolution from the UN Environment Programme is a vital step towards achieving a plastics neutral economy. Mura Technology news · 4 Mar 2022 Policy & government CH11100 - Record Keeping: What records must be kept: Legislation GOV.UK · 4 Mar 2022 Policy & government Suspended prison sentences for brothers who illegally stored waste at Shropshire site The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted two men who stored more than 26,000 cubic metres of waste illegally at a site on land next to the M54 motorway. GOV.UK · 4 Mar 2022 Industry news Soya giants lobbied against deforestation rules during COP26 The post Soya giants lobbied against deforestation rules during COP26 appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 4 Mar 2022 Council news Swimming - Wiltshire Council Wiltshire Council · 3 Mar 2022 Industry news Northern Ireland Waste & Resource, 23 June 2022 Join us at the Northern Irish Waste and Resource Management Conference 23 June 2022 ICC, Belfast Click here to arrange to meet us on the day Join us and the 200 delegates expected at the inaugural event in Belfast, hosted by Recycle NI and the CIWM Northern Ireland. The theme for the conference is how... Recycleye news · 3 Mar 2022 Industry news 6F2 - Mick George Mick George Group · 3 Mar 2022 Global EEB Statement Concerning the Russian Invasion of Ukraine – Adopted by the EEB Board on 3 March 2022 – The EEB strongly condemns the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine launched on 24 February […] European Environmental Bureau · 3 Mar 2022 Industry news LARAC warns of contract costs due to EPR delay The delay to the rollout of extended producer responsibility (EPR) could mean some councils will not introduce measures until 2030, the Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC) has warned. And, the committee’s chair, Cathy Cook, has called for Defra to rethink some of the proposals as the impact assessment carried out at the time “is … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 3 Mar 2022 Industry news Registration open for the London Conference The capital’s waste and recycling sector is gearing up for the 2022 London Conference, which celebrates its seventh anniversary this year, returning in-person after last being held in 2019. This year’s event takes place on 23 March at the Hallam Conference Centre, London. Among the discussed issues will be the potential impact of implementing the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 3 Mar 2022 Policy & government 12. Social HomeBuy This chapter provides details on the Social HomeBuy product and Homes England's requirements to be followed by Registered Providers. GOV.UK · 3 Mar 2022 Industry news Affordable Access to Bikes Project Announcement Circular Communities Scotland is delighted to announce our ‘Affordable Access to Bikes Project’, in partnership with and supported by Cycling Scotland. This project aims to progress recommendations made in Affordable Access to Bikes Report, published in October 2021, by working to remove barriers to bike reuse in Scotland. Research for the report was conducted by [...] Circular Communities Scotland · 3 Mar 2022 Industry news Two week collection strike looms in Wiltshire Collection services for waste and recycling in Wiltshire look set to be disrupted next week after GMB union rejected a revised pay offer from Wiltshire council’s contractor, Hills Municipal Collections. Notification has been given by the union that its members will strike for two weeks from Monday 7 March. The strike action comes at the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 3 Mar 2022 Industry news Organismal contributions to changing climate Zachary Senwo, PhD Professor, explores how organismal contributions can be used in the search for climate change solutions Open Access Government — Environment · 3 Mar 2022 Industry news How to help people affected by the Ukraine war The invasion of Ukraine by Russia has been condemned around the world, and people throughout the country are at risk. Here's how you can help. Greenpeace UK · 3 Mar 2022 Global We are making history: UN Environment Assembly agrees to negotiate a global plastics treaty The agreement is an unprecedented step forward to curb plastic pollution worldwide. Patrizia Heidegger reports from the UNEA conference room in Nairobi. The tension and excitement in the conference room are palpable. One and a half weeks of intense negotiations, often until the early morning hours, lay behind the delegates. Activists and advocates sit nervously in their chairs. They have come t… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 3 Mar 2022 Industry news No new EPR system for 2023, Defra says Extended producer responsibility (EPR) reforms will not be phased in from 2023, Defra has said, but the department stopped short of giving a date when it would be rolled out. This means the current Packaging Recovery Note (PRN) system will continue throughout next year and the government will bring forward a Statutory Instrument to set … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 3 Mar 2022 Council news Bradford Matrix of Need - Bradford Council Bradford Council · 3 Mar 2022 Industry news ADBA provides first glimpse of new working groups ahead of launch This week ADBA are pleased to announce that they are gearing up to launch their brand new member working groups. With previous working groups being held on a more ad-hoc basis, the revamped format will bring industry professionals together on a regular basis to explore key topics and strategically address industry issues. In the coming… ADBA (Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association) · 3 Mar 2022 Policy & government Financial risks of nature loss This online event on Thursday 17 March 2022 will brief parliamentarians on the evidence on the financial risks of nature loss and how they can be assessed. POST (Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology) · 3 Mar 2022 Industry news Churchill opens Viridor’s £317m Avonmouth plastics plant Recycling minister Jo Churchill officially opened waste management company Viridor’s polymer reprocessing facility at Avonmouth, near Bristol, today (3 March). Viridor says the Avonmouth Resource Recovery facility will cut UK plastic waste exports by around 8%. The company described the facility as a “UK first” as it co-locates the plastics reprocessing plant and an energy … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 3 Mar 2022 Industry news ArcelorMittal acquires John Lawrie Metals Multinational steel company ArcelorMittal has acquired the Scottish metals recycling company John Lawrie Metals Ltd. The deal for the British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA) member forms part of ArcelorMittal’s “decarbonisation strategy” and was completed on 28 February. John Lawrie Metals Ltd will continue to be run by its current management team including managing director Dave … Read Mor… letsrecycle.com News · 3 Mar 2022 Industry news Nigel Farage’s referendum on net zero – Greenpeace reaction Commenting on reports that Nigel Farage has called for a referendum on the UK government’s target to cut climate-wrecking emissions to zero by 2050, Greenpeace UK’s head of politics Rebecca Newsom said: “Our dependence on fossil fuels has been the lifeblood of Vladimir Putin’s regime. Thanks to weak political leaders who have allowed themselves to […] Greenpeace UK · 3 Mar 2022 Industry news Slate Chippings - Mick George Mick George Group · 3 Mar 2022 Industry news IPCC: Climate change policies are nothing without social justice The new IPCC report describes the financial commitment of high carbon-emitting countries – but are climate change policies enough to support justice and stop the crisis? Open Access Government — Environment · 3 Mar 2022 Industry news Building Sand - Mick George Mick George Group · 3 Mar 2022