Recycling news: 2019

Global Total Corbion’s new plant in Thailand produces low carbon footprint PLA François de Bie, Senior Marketing Director at Total Corbion PLA In September 2019, Total Corbion PLA, a 50/50 joint venture between Total and Corbion, officially inaugurated its 75,000 tons per year PLA (Poly Lactic Acid) bioplastics plant in Rayong, Thailand. The new facility produces a broad range of Luminy® PLA resins from [...] European Bioplastics News · 31 Oct 2019 Global New German Packaging Law: European Bioplastics demands complete implementation Bioplastics are a key driver for new developments in the plastic industry. The innovative materials play a key role in the transition to a circular economy, where fossil raw materials are substituted by renewable resources, and resource efficiency is at the forefront. The new German Packaging Law (VerpackG), which only came into effect in [...] European Bioplastics News · 31 Oct 2019 Global Join the Pipe: Dutch start-up attacks plastic pollution with tap water in stylish Bio PE bottles How can people be tempted to drink tap water instead of spring water out of single use bottles in order to help reducing plastic waste? The Amsterdam based disruptive innovator Join the Pipe has the answer and used it for a very successful and at the same time sustainable development project. By installing bottle [...] European Bioplastics News · 31 Oct 2019 Global EUBP Job vacancy: EU Regulatory Affairs Officer in Brussels (full time) We are currently looking for a Brussels-based full-time EU Regulatory Affairs Officer who will support our regulatory affairs unit and working group. The Regulatory Affairs Officer will acquire, assess, distil, and disseminate relevant information to members cover-ing all areas of legislative interests. This will involve the gathering of relevant information, the development of common [...] European Bioplastics News · 31 Oct 2019 Global Member portrait: Department of Agrobiotechnology (IFA-Tulln) Ass.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Norbert Mundigler, Head of Institute of Natural Materials Technology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna In each issue of the Bioplastics Bulletin, we present five facts about a member of European Bioplastics. This month, Ass.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Norbert Mundigler, Head of Institute of Natural Materials Technology, shares [...] European Bioplastics News · 31 Oct 2019 Global News in brief: October 2019 Consultation: UK Environmental Agency to revise standard rules sets for biowaste treatment On 21 October, the British Evironmental Agency (EA) initiated an official consultation for the revision of standard rules sets for biowaste treatment. In this regard new consultation guidelines were published. The emphasis of the consultation lies on the reduction of plastic packaging [...] European Bioplastics News · 31 Oct 2019 Industry news Is there anything to be scared of at Halloween? The chemical cocktail that haunts Halloween Fidra · 31 Oct 2019 Industry news Securing power should be a cross-party priority this election As heat and transport are being electrified, and coal and much nuclear capacity are due to come offline, parties should be debating how to bring forward new generation in the next parliament. REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 31 Oct 2019 Industry news Reconomy acquires Advanced Waste Solutions Outsourcing specialist Reconomy has completed the acquisition of Dorset-based waste management solutions provider Advanced Waste Solutions Ltd (AWS) for an undisclosed fee. Dorset-based AWS describes itself as a waste solutions company that offers “huge variety of services to remove all types of waste including skips of all sizes through to road sweepers and toilet hire”. It … Read More The pos… letsrecycle.com News · 31 Oct 2019 Industry news Dorset looks to preserve cross-border HWRC use Dorset council is set to spend £405,000 ensuring that its residents have access to Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) outside of the county. The proposal for the investment comes after neighbouring Hampshire county council announced plans to charge non-residents £5 to use its Somerley HWRC from April 2020. (see letsrecycle.com story) The Somerley site is … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 31 Oct 2019 Industry news Halloween news round-up (31/10/19) With news on; Oxford blames pumpkins for November food waste spike; Try second hand costumes this Halloween, says Zero Waste Scotland; Tewkesbury warns residents about Halloween plastic waste; ReFood urges action on pumpkin waste, and; Warwickshire offers pumpkin waste advice. Oxford blames pumpkins for November food waste spike Pumpkins are to blame for a November … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 31 Oct 2019 Industry news Why HS2’s groundwater impacts are under scrutiny - ENDS Report ENDS Report · 31 Oct 2019 Council news TEIGNBRIDGE DISTRICT COUNCIL EXECUTIVE THURSDAY 31 OCTOBER 2019 - democracy.teignbridge.gov.uk Teignbridge Council · 31 Oct 2019 Council news Household recycling - Fife Council Fife Council · 30 Oct 2019 Industry news Recycling policies face election uncertainty The move by MPs to yesterday overwhelmingly back a snap election has cast uncertainty over the future of policies governing waste and recycling. Last night, MPs voted for an election on December 12, which means that any parliamentary business – including the Environment Bill – will lapse when parliament dissolves next week. The bill would … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 30 Oct 2019 Industry news Villiers defends compliance scheme system Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers has been pressured to justify the existence of over 50 compliance schemes which MPs have claimed lead to less environmentally-friendly waste disposal practises. Whilst appearing before the Environmental Audit Committee yesterday (29 October), Ms Villiers was questioned by Anna McMorrin – Labour MP for Cardiff North – on the compliance arrangements … Read M… letsrecycle.com News · 30 Oct 2019 Global Stopping the problem at its source The plastic waste crisis cannot be solved by recycling alone, that is becoming increasingly clear. Every day, billions of tonnes of plastic is continually dumped into our oceans, in landfill sites or simply burnt, having devastating effects on our ecosystems and climate. We need to tackle the problem at its source, turning off the tap […] Zero Waste Europe · 30 Oct 2019 Global ISWA at IFAT India Mumbai 2019 – a Short Report on the Activities From 16th-18th October 2019 ISWA took part in IFAT India, Mumbai, hosting panel discussions, meetings and welcoming current and future ISWA members at its booth. ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 30 Oct 2019 Global Download the 3rd Landfill Operations Guidelines ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 30 Oct 2019 Industry news Making Sense of the Ofgem Guidance on Supplying Electricity to Chargepoints and EVs Negative emissions (sometimes also referred to as Greenhouse Gas Removals or GGRs) are achieved when we remove carbon dioxide from the earth’s atmosphere. REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 30 Oct 2019 Global ISWA Advances its Partnership with UNEP and Begins Preparation of the Global Waste Management Outlook II ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 30 Oct 2019 Industry news The Biosphere: Global limits of human habitability Here, Dr Steven Running dives into the questions of Net Primary Product and ongoing climate change, to illuminate what the global limits of the biosphere are. Open Access Government — Environment · 30 Oct 2019 Industry news Alupro Extends OPRL’s Materials Reach Alupro is joining OPRL’s guarantors to add aluminium packaging recycling to the partnership of paper and card, cartons and plastic packaging recycling organisations alongside local authority and brand and retailer recycling interests. The on-pack recycling labelling run by OPRL Ltd, the rapidly growing not-for-profit, embraces all packaging materials in a unified scheme understood and acted on … Alupro · 30 Oct 2019 Industry news Work-related ill health ‘impacts 4.5% of workers’ Statistics released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) today have shown that around 4.5% of workers in the waste industry suffered from work-related ill health in 2018/19. According to the body’s annual report, there were an estimated 6,000 work-related ill health cases (new or long-standing) in the sector, which is “significantly higher” than other … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 30 Oct 2019 Global ISWA and UN-Habitat Sign Agreement Concerning Waste Wise Cities Initiative ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 30 Oct 2019 Industry news Manchester contract boosts growth at Suez The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) waste contracts have helped to boost Suez’s financial results for the first nine months of 2019. The global waste management company today (October 30) posted its latest figures showing a “strong performance” during the period to September. Globally Suez made revenue of €13,127 million (£11,329m) with each division of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 30 Oct 2019 Industry news CHEM Trust urges UK Food Standards Agency to take action on PFAS chemical pollution CHEM Trust has written to the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) to urge action on harmful ‘Forever Chemicals’, PFAS. Our letter follows our recently published briefing on PFAS, a large family of over 4,000 perfluorinated chemicals to which people are being exposed via drinking water, food and consumer products. Our letter highlights important questions regarding […] CHEM Trust · 30 Oct 2019 Industry news Amey to meet union as Surrey strikes loom Amey is set to meet with union representatives on Friday in a last-ditch attempt to avert strikes by waste collectors in two Surrey districts next week. The utilities giant is hoping to come to an agreement with employees working in Elmbridge and Surrey Heath. Refuse collectors and street cleaners who are members of the GMB union … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 30 Oct 2019 Industry news Scotland Legislates On Single-Use Cup Charge The post Scotland Legislates On Single-Use Cup Charge appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 30 Oct 2019 Industry news Positive Progress Towards Targets Revealed in Provisional Q3 Packaging Data The post Positive Progress Towards Targets Revealed in Provisional Q3 Packaging Data appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 30 Oct 2019 Council news Visit Love Clean Streets and start reporting today - Rushmoor Borough Council Rushmoor Council · 30 Oct 2019 Policy & government Research for Parliament: preparing for a changing world This document builds on POST's previous publication, Topics of Interest 2018 (POSTbrief 27). The subjects are listed under under six category headings based on the drivers of change identified in POSTnote 500: demographic change and healthcare; social and cultural trends; geopolitical and governance challenges; environmental pressures and climate change; resource security and sustainability; an… POST (Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology) · 29 Oct 2019 Industry news Environment Bill ‘needs to continue’ despite election The environment secretary Theresa Villiers has said the Environment Bill needs to continue regardless of when parliament dissolves for a general election. The comments come as an early election in December looks likely as the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn today backed the proposal. Ms Villiers was speaking during the bill’s second reading in parliament yesterday … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Oct 2019 Industry news Tradebe receives permit for healthcare waste plant Tradebe has been granted an environmental permit for a waste treatment facility in Bellshill, near Glasgow, which will process nearly 25,000 tonnes of healthcare waste a year. The plant is being developed under a 10-year contract between NHS Scotland and Tradebe Healthcare, the healthcare arm of Spanish-owned waste management business Tradebe. Awarded in February 2019 … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Oct 2019 Industry news UK and EU prepare for single use plastic bans Single use plastic products are no longer just being discouraged – both the UK and the European Union are set to make some of these products illegal. As Defra produces draft legislation banning plastic straws, cotton buds and stirrers and the EU continues work on its SUPs directive, Lucy Pegg examines the details of the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Oct 2019 Industry news Veolia hails ‘twice as efficient’ EfW Energy from waste facilities can be twice as efficient as conventional power plants and could help the UK to avoid an impending ‘energy crisis’. That is the message from recycling and energy giant Veolia which this week (October 28) launched a report entitled ‘Keeping the Lights on: Operating without fossil fuels’. Introducing the report, Veolia … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Oct 2019 Policy & government Landmark Environment Bill moves forwards Environment Bill passes second reading by MPs unopposed and will now progress to Committee stage. GOV.UK · 29 Oct 2019 Industry news Halkali-Kapikule railway breaks ground - KHL Group Demolition & Recycling International (KHL) · 29 Oct 2019 Industry news Evidence shows glass in Deposit Return Schemes drives increase in plastic - British Glass British Glass news · 29 Oct 2019 Industry news What scares us most about Halloween? Waste You don’t need ghost stories or horror films to make Halloween scary. Here’s a scary fact for you: 83 million plastic bottles worth of plastic are used to make Halloween costumes alone. That’s 2,000 tonnes of plastic waste that doesn’t even include the props, the decorations, tricks or treats. Got you worried? So how can […] Planet Patrol · 29 Oct 2019