Recycling news: 2021

Industry news Get to know our volunteers; Sue Abbott We have amazing people in the Repair Cafe Wales Family As part of a series on getting to know our volunteers, we’ve set a series of questions and our amazing volunteers have answered them ‘virtually’ for us. Next up in the series is Sue Abbott, a volunteer at the Ferryside Repair Cafe : Q. ... Repair Cafe Wales · 29 Nov 2021 Industry news GGCS named as Approved Certification Scheme for evidencing green gas supply REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 29 Nov 2021 Council news Fireworks - South Derbyshire District Council South Derbyshire Council · 29 Nov 2021 Industry news Council-owned firm awarded £468,000 after contract dispute A recycling company brought in-house by Neath Port Talbot council has been awarded more than £460,000 after a dispute with Essex-based waste company James Heys & Sons. The ruling was handed down by His Honour Judge Keyser following a hearing between 11-20 October 2021 in the High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts in Wales. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Nov 2021 Industry news MPE EA WG meeting minutes, 10th November 2021 The post MPE EA WG meeting minutes, 10th November 2021 appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 29 Nov 2021 Global Policy-makers must stop illegal online trade of Mercury cosmetics A joint call by the EEB alongside a number of businesses, consumers and civil society organisations demands the Digital Service Act (DSA) to have unambiguous rules and tackle illegal rogue traders. The toxic trade of often illegal skin-lightening products containing mercury is a global crisis. This is likely to only worsen with skyrocketing demand, as many people of colour are under the pressur… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 29 Nov 2021 Industry news Opinion: Unblocking the road to plastic recycling Recycling’s fundamental road blocks start with communication, writes a correspondent on behalf of Brunel University and NEXTLOOPP on the views and work of Professor Edward Kosior of Nextek and Nextloopp and Dr Lesley Henderson of Brunel University London. Boris Johnson’s recent comments that recycling plastic materials “doesn’t work” has potentially added further complexity to the … Read More T… letsrecycle.com News · 29 Nov 2021 Industry news COP26 Summit: What about waste? The post COP26 Summit: What about waste? appeared first on Reconomy . Reconomy · 29 Nov 2021 Industry news Growth in e-commerce underpins strongest year at Anthony’s Goods - Associated British Foods Associated British Foods news · 29 Nov 2021 Industry news Sims Metal’s Dunkirk site suffers second fire this year Scrap metal recycler Sims Metal has suffered a second large fire in less than a year at its waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) recycling site in Dunkirk, Nottinghamshire. Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service says it was called to a “significant” scrap metal fire at the Harrimans Lane site at 7.22pm on Saturday (27 November). … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Nov 2021 Industry news £12 million funding for planting trees across England Over a quarter of a million trees are to be planted across England in an urban greening project towards natural regeneration awarded as part of National Tree Week. Open Access Government — Environment · 29 Nov 2021 Industry news Marshall reflects on time at LARAC The outgoing chief executive of the Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC) spoke with letsrecycle.com’s Joshua Doherty, where he reflected on his time with the organisation and what’s next. Lee Marshall was appointed LARAC’s chief executive in 2013 and will leave his current role on Wednesday, 1 December, to become director of policy and external … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Nov 2021 Industry news Clarity Environmental strengthens planet commitment as it joins ‘Buy an Acre’ programme The post Clarity Environmental strengthens planet commitment as it joins ‘Buy an Acre’ programme appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 29 Nov 2021 Global ESWET bets on the uptake of Hydrogen and CCUS in Waste-to-Energy ESWET established two Working Groups with experts from the sector, one on carbon capture, utilisation and storage technologies (CCUS) and... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 29 Nov 2021 Industry news Pudsey turns to waste management with Powerday and Hill Group Family-owned waste management and recycling company Powerday teamed up with house builders Hill Group to support this year’s Children in Need appeal, collectively raising more than £16,000 for the charity. Powerday and Hill Group reveal Pudsey skip The teams at Hill Group and Powerday worked hard to decorate a 16-yard skip in Children in Need […] Wood Recyclers Association · 29 Nov 2021 Council news Thurrock Climate Change Action Plan - Thurrock Council Thurrock Council · 29 Nov 2021 Research & science Recycling of Lithium-Ion Batteries—Current State of the Art, Circular Economy, and Next Generation Recycling - research.chalmers.se Chalmers University of Technology News · 29 Nov 2021 Industry news Grundon and Viridor withdraw Ford EfW plans Grundon and Viridor have withdrawn their planning application for an energy from waste (EfW) plant in West Sussex. However, Ford EfW director Philip Atkinson says a new application will be submitted to West Sussex county council in the near future to help address the “urgent need” for an EfW plant in the area. The announcement … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Nov 2021 Council news Wigan Borough markets application form - Wigan Council Wigan Council · 29 Nov 2021 Industry news Sustainable separation processing with Anthony Marrett - EMR Group EMR Metal Recycling news · 29 Nov 2021 Council news Report another tenants untidy property - Wigan Council Wigan Council · 29 Nov 2021 Policy & government UK impact startups raise £2 billion to solve the world’s greatest challenges Half the UK’s impact unicorns are based outside London, including in Bristol, Sheffield and Horsham GOV.UK · 29 Nov 2021 Council news Free Period Products - Powys County Council Powys Council · 28 Nov 2021 Council news Report possible benefit fraud - Blaenau Gwent CBC Blaenau Gwent Council · 28 Nov 2021 Council news Hazardous Waste Collection - City of London Corporation City of London Council · 28 Nov 2021 Council news Agar Grove - Camden Council Camden Council · 27 Nov 2021 Council news EHC Hub - Salford City Council Salford Council · 27 Nov 2021 Council news Bin collection days - South Ayrshire Council South Ayrshire Council · 27 Nov 2021 Industry news Twinings - targeting the fast-growth health and wellbeing customer segment - Associated British Foods Associated British Foods news · 26 Nov 2021 Industry news REA welcomes £20m investment into Britain’s tidal power REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 26 Nov 2021 Industry news COP-26 Did it deliver? Was COP26 ‘real action on coal, cars, cash and trees’ as Boris Johnson says or was it all ‘blah blah blah’ as Greta Thunberg says? After months of anticipation and two weeks of heart-wrenchi... Powerday · 26 Nov 2021 Industry news Seabird conservation: following food from fishing boats As seabirds’ food security is threatened by human activity, new research in Ireland has found that birds with tracking devices have been follow fishing vessels for food. Open Access Government — Environment · 26 Nov 2021 Industry news NI recycling rate drops but target hit Northern Ireland’s household recycling rate fell by 0.2 percentage points to 50.9% in 2020/21, but the country still hit its 50% target for the year. The annual local authority statistics report is published by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), and measures the household waste collected councils. This is the first annual report to include data from … Read Mor… letsrecycle.com News · 26 Nov 2021 Industry news EU inquiry into Veolia/Suez deal progresses Veolia and Suez have this week (23 November) submitted proposals to the European Commission linked to receiving approval for Veolia’s acquisition of Suez. Documents published by the European Commission’s competition body on 9 November show that it received an initial “notification of a proposed concentration” on 26 October from the two companies. The Commission said … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Nov 2021 Industry news 4 of the biggest deals you should know about this Black Friday For Black Friday, here’s a breakdown of some of the big deals made at COP26 for the climate and environment. Because there’s no planet BOGOF. Greenpeace UK · 26 Nov 2021 Industry news EU shipment rules to impact RDF, Defra official advises Exporters of refuse derived fuel (RDF) in the UK are likely to be impacted by revisions to EU waste shipment regulations and should begin to engage with European trade associations and officials. The head of international waste shipments at Defra, explained at the RDF Conference in London yesterday (25 November), that while the revisions won’t … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Nov 2021 Global EU Projects at Ecomondo ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 26 Nov 2021 Global MARTIN News – Several orders in Germany, La Réunion, and China 1) Magdeburg, Germany – Order for the supply of a combustion system with integrated fluidized-bed incineration After successful negotiations, a... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 25 Nov 2021 Industry news Graveson hails sector for resilience during pandemic The chairman of the Environmental Services Association (ESA), Gavin Graveson, has praised the waste workforce for its “professionalism and resilience” during the Covid-19 pandemic. In the ESA’s Annual report, which details its progress over the past year, Mr Graveson’s foreword begins by thanking the sector for its hard work, which “enabled [the sector] to maintain … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Nov 2021 Industry news Embracing the unfamiliar Rather like our response to the global pandemic which has delayed it, I do have hope that COP26 could be the catalyst for significant change. Resource Futures · 25 Nov 2021