Recycling news: 2017

Global STATUS OF TRIALOGUE ON THE WASTE LEGISLATION REVIEW EXPRA · 9 Oct 2017 Global EXPRA WORKSHOP ON EPR AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES– OCTOBER 17-18, LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA EXPRA · 9 Oct 2017 Global FIRST MEETING OF THE EU EXPERT GROUP ON FINANCING THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY EXPRA · 9 Oct 2017 Industry news Fashion Tech Lab Paris, October 2nd - Worn Again were 1 of 6 new sustainable technologies showcased at the Fashion Tech Lab launch. The event was hosted by Miroslava Duma and Stella McCartney at the Google Arts & Culture lab during Paris Fashion Week. Click the photo... Worn Again Technologies news · 9 Oct 2017 Policy & government Reducing security vulnerabilities at rail, bus and coach stations Information for local authorities on preventing terrorist attacks around rail, bus and coach stations. GOV.UK · 9 Oct 2017 Industry news Agency reaffirms ‘topsoil use’ for PAS100 compost The Environment Agency has issued fresh guidance on ‘manufactured topsoil’, which is likely to be of benefit to producers of compost to the PAS100 standard. The guidance, published on 6 October 2017, has been issued as ‘Regulatory Position Statement 190’ and clarifies issues around the “Use of manufactured topsoil”. It follows on from a similar … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 9 Oct 2017 Global Introduction by the Managing Director In order to provide more relevant and timely information, as well, as based on your positive feedback, we decided to move from quarterly to bi-montly publication of our Newsletter. I have the pleasure to share with you the first September/October 2017 EXPRA Newsletter. EXPRA · 9 Oct 2017 Industry news Fortress invests in £5m recycling facility Midlands-based Fortress Recycling and Resource Management has invested £5 million in a materials processing facility in Warwick. The facility on the Heathcote Industrial Estate has been operational for two weeks and allows for paper, cardboard, glass, plastics and aluminium cans to be sorted and recycled. Fortress’s investment in the processing facility has been supported by … Read More The pos… letsrecycle.com News · 9 Oct 2017 Industry news People news round-up (06/10/2017) With news on: Chris Oldfield retiring from UNTHA UK; Tsuji takes over at Hitachi CEO; MBA Polymer’s two managers; and Riverside’s service engineer Chris Oldfield retires as UNTHA UK chairman Chris Oldfield – chairman of waste shredding specialist UNTHA UK – has announced his retirement from the recycling industry following a career of almost 50 … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 9 Oct 2017 Industry news Call for Evidence on Deposit Return Scheme The post Call for Evidence on Deposit Return Scheme appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 9 Oct 2017 Industry news Procter & Gamble to launch ocean plastic bottle Multinational manufacturer Procter & Gamble has announced that it will sell a limited edition washing-up liquid bottle made from 100% recycled plastic and ocean plastic in 2018. The plastic bottle, branded as, ‘Fairy Ocean Plastic’, was created in partnership with American recycler TerraCycle and will be available to buy in 2018 to raise awareness of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 9 Oct 2017 Industry news Renewi Nederland: Een toonaangevend waste-to-product bedrijf - Renewi Renewi · 9 Oct 2017 Industry news #LiveMoreWithLess month – 9 days in How is your #LiveMoreWithLess month going? I admit it was tougher than I thought for the first week. I found myself going to buy something and had to stop and ask “Do I really need this?” And on a couple of occasions I’d come home with something before asking the question. ( A cafetiere to… Zero Waste Week · 9 Oct 2017 Industry news Archives for October 9, 2017 - Food Manufacture Food Manufacture · 9 Oct 2017 Industry news Engineering an Answer to Waste Management Burden Another rise in the Landfill Tax means that it now costs £86.10 to dispose of one ton of waste in one of the UK’s burdened landfill sites. Annual tax hikes, and other Government efforts to boost industrial recycling and materials reuse, have been designed to persuade companies to tighten up the way they manage their […] CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 8 Oct 2017 Council news How to Contact Us - Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council Tameside Council · 7 Oct 2017 Industry news Report: Prevent Marine Plastic Litter – Now! We were involved in producing this report from the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) Marine Litter Taskforce on how the global waste and resource management sector can better tackle marine litter. Resource Futures · 7 Oct 2017 Industry news ISWA marine litter report 7 October 2017 Our Principal Consultant, David Lerpiniere, has recently been involved in developing the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) Marine Litter Report. Resource Futures · 7 Oct 2017 Industry news WRAP cartons collections guidance 7 October 2017 Our work on the Cartons Collections Guidance forms part of WRAP’s work towards greater consistency says Ed Cook, Senior Consultant at Resource Futures, a key element being that all households will be able to recycle a common set of materials. Resource Futures · 7 Oct 2017 Council news External Funding - Torfaen County Borough Council Torfaen Council · 7 Oct 2017 Council news Adopted Local Development Plan - Pembrokeshire County Council Pembrokeshire Council · 7 Oct 2017 Council news School Transport - Pembrokeshire County Council Pembrokeshire Council · 7 Oct 2017 Council news LDP2 Evidence Base - Pembrokeshire County Council Pembrokeshire Council · 6 Oct 2017 Policy & government Mental Health Service Models for Young People This POSTnote describes some of the new models of Children and Young People Mental Health Services (CYPMHS) and examines the challenges to their effective implementation. POST (Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology) · 6 Oct 2017 Industry news Log in - Eco-Schools Scotland - Keep Scotland Beautiful Keep Scotland Beautiful · 6 Oct 2017 Industry news Equipment and services round-up (6/10/2017) With news of a new range of shredders from Blue Group; an efficient solution to recover aluminium from Fercell; and Seligo waste transaction platform launched. New range of Doppstadt shredders from Blue Group A new range of high speed shredders from Doppstadt has been unveiled for the UK and are described as having “more power … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Oct 2017 Industry news Powerday mobilises on huge fly tip site in West London Unfortunately, most people will have witnessed how fly tipping impacts local areas, particularly in secluded spots. But the fly tipping recently discovered just off the Colnbrook by-pass - close by to... Powerday · 6 Oct 2017 Council news Cheltenham Borough Council Standards Committee – 10th March 2006 Allowances for Independent Members – Survey of Neighbourin - Cheltenham Borough Council Cheltenham Council · 6 Oct 2017 Industry news Judges go bananas over banana skin curry Last weekend I was invited to take part in Low Carbon West Oxford’s ‘Ready, Steady, Cook’ style competition at their ‘Beet the Waste’ 10th anniversary celebrations at Tap Social in Oxford. My fellow competitors were cooking professionals, Christina from Relish and Sandra and Marie from Waste2Taste. I hadn’t realised that I was supposed to be… Zero Waste Week · 6 Oct 2017 Council news Statement of Accounts - Pembrokeshire County Council Pembrokeshire Council · 6 Oct 2017 Council news Refuse and recycling - Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council Tameside Council · 6 Oct 2017 Council news Online Payments - Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council Tameside Council · 6 Oct 2017 Council news Home - Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council - Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council Tameside Council · 6 Oct 2017 Industry news Ireland’s PandaGreen acquires WSR Recycling Irish waste business PandaGreen Ltd has made its second acquisition in the UK with the take-over of WSR Recycling, the businesses announced at the end of last week (6 October). The Cheshire-based company operating in north western England, will continue to be known as and trade as WSR Recycling, with services continuing as normal from … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Oct 2017 Industry news ERP marks 10 years with WEEE report The European Recycling Platform (ERP) UK has published a report to look back over the last 10 years of waste electrical and electronic equipment recycling (WEEE), since the UK WEEE Directive was introduced. It has also been 10 years since ERP started operating in the UK. ERP’s report looks at the decade which it said … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Oct 2017 Council news Licensing Act 2003 - Premises Licence Register as at 21:22 on 28 June 2026 - licensing.liverpool.gov.uk Liverpool Council · 6 Oct 2017 Council news Child employment - Pembrokeshire County Council Pembrokeshire Council · 6 Oct 2017 Industry news Fire Safety Comes First at CSG Flagship Site The tragic Grenfell Tower disaster has focused attention as never before on the critical, life-saving importance of fire safety procedures, whether in domestic or work premises. Industrial sites are rightly expected to maintain the highest levels of fire safety, and yet fire and rescue teams attend tens of thousands of fires in non-domestic buildings every […] CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 5 Oct 2017 Industry news Faulty brakes contributed to death of Cawleys’ driver The death of a Cawleys’ driver in 2014 after he became trapped under a waste collection vehicle he was operating, was recorded under a narrative verdict at an inquest which concluded today (5 October). The jury found that the death of the driver, Peter Coleman, 54, who was working alone, was caused by an accident … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Oct 2017 Global Mythen und Fakten zu Biokunststoffen aufgeklärt (German only) Biokunststoffe sind eine junge innovative Branche, die sich derzeit rasant entwickelt. Das wachsende ökologische Bewusstsein in der Bevölkerung sowie das Wissen um die Endlichkeit der fossilen Rohstoffe sind nur zwei der Faktoren, die ganz wesentlich zum Wachstum der Biokunststoffe beitragen. Immer mehr Unternehmen suchen nach innovativen Wegen, um der stetig steigenden Nachfrage nach nachhalti… European Bioplastics News · 5 Oct 2017