Recycling news: 2024

Industry news Ministry of Justice launches Circular Economy strategy The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has published its circular economy strategy as part of its aim to reduce costs, protect the environment and be less wasteful. Circular Online (CIWM) · 24 Apr 2024 Industry news 19.4m food items thrown away a week, says Too Good To Go Too Good To Go has revealed that over 29% of UK residents admit to having thrown food away based on its best before for date. Research carried out by the app also highlighted that 19.4 million food items are being thrown away a week with those surveyed throwing away more food on Friday, Saturday and … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Apr 2024 Industry news Brown Recycling sends rejected pottery to Cauldon cement plant Aggregate Industries has partnered with Brown Recycling to recycle thousands of tonnes of broken and rejected pottery as its Staffordshire plant. Brown Recycling processes ‘pitcher waste’ – pottery that has been broken or rejected in the course of manufacture, crushing the waste it receives from ceramics companies such as Wedgewood, Steelite and Churchill, before delivering … Read More The post… letsrecycle.com News · 24 Apr 2024 Industry news A guide to clearing out your wardrobe There’s nothing more satisfying than having a thorough wardrobe clear out. And spring is one of the best times to... TRAID · 24 Apr 2024 Industry news Hilton UK hotels trial “zero-waste” menu The Hilton group has announced it has launched “zero-waste” menus at four UK hotels as part of its pilot scheme to mark Stop Food Waste Day (24 April). The hotel chain has said the menus will be available to guests for one month at its London Hilton on Park Lane, Hilton Manchester Deansgate, Hilton Metropole and … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Apr 2024 Industry news Scottish schools offered food waste education with King’s new scheme To mark Stop Food Waste Day (Wednesday 24 April), Jamie Oliver and Jimmy Doherty have collaborated for a new food waste campaign led by King Charles’ foundation. Teachers and schools in Scotland can apply for one of four places on the next edition of the King’s Foundations’ Food for the Future education programme. The aim … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Apr 2024 Industry news UN Plastic Treaty: Group call for corporate accountability tools to fight plastic pollution As the fourth round of negotiations for a UN Global Plastic Treaty begins in Canada, a group of global corporations and non-governmental organisations have united on corporate accountability tools to fight plastic pollution. Circular Online (CIWM) · 24 Apr 2024 Industry news Finalists have been shortlisted for REA’s British Renewable Energy Awards 2024 REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 24 Apr 2024 Global Putting Rights First in the Green Transition II Last week, the EEB, along with Amnesty, CATAPA and RAID, brought together environmental defenders from all over the globe to better understand how the green transition can be pursued while including communities and respecting their rights. As the EU’s impending due diligence legislation faces a crucial vote in Parliament today, the significance of this discussion is paramount, write Ruby Silk a… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 24 Apr 2024 Policy & government Ms E Nunn v G and M J Crouch & Son Ltd: 2601266/2021 and 2601643/2021 Employment Tribunal decision. GOV.UK · 24 Apr 2024 Industry news Slicker Recycling and Safetykleen team up for increased oil re-refinement Oil and management firms Slicker Recycling and Safetykleen Europe have announced a new partnership which they hope will drive a large increase in used oil being collected and re-refined. The two companies said the formal link up will see Slicker Recycling accepting and collecting “double” the amount of used oil from Safetykleen’s UK business. Although … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Apr 2024 Industry news Stop Food Waste Day 2024: A call to action for businesses The post Stop Food Waste Day 2024: A call to action for businesses appeared first on Grundon . Grundon Waste Management · 24 Apr 2024 Policy & government Windfarm Mitigation for UK Air Defence Stream 2 Phase 3 Up to £500,000 is available to develop innovative models to understand the effect of disparate technologies to reduce the impact of offshore windfarms on UK Air Defence GOV.UK · 24 Apr 2024 Industry news All Bahrain Articles - KHL Group Demolition & Recycling International (KHL) · 24 Apr 2024 Industry news Making sense of the maths - Chemistry World Chemistry World · 24 Apr 2024 Global Ghana and its Waste Management The Republic of Ghana is on the road to circular economy. In 2021, the West African country had more than eight million households. The daily produced quantity of solid waste was estimated at nearly 12,710 tons. Only ten percent of this amount was collected and treated appropriately. As of 2021, over 3.1 million households disposed […] Global Recycling · 24 Apr 2024 Industry news Danny Swygart Regional SHE Manager - EMR Group EMR (European Metal Recycling) · 24 Apr 2024 Policy & government Government launches new free business management course for small businesses Government has launched Help to Grow: Management Essentials, a new online training course for small business leaders. GOV.UK · 23 Apr 2024 Council news Event guidance and forms - Fareham Borough Council Fareham Council · 23 Apr 2024 Industry news Teaching Packs - Wastebuster Wastebuster · 23 Apr 2024 Industry news Ministry of Justice offers waste industry training to inmates In a report published yesterday (22 April), the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) outlined a set of initiatives aimed at establishing a circular economy within its estate. One of these initiatives is the creation of waste management units within prisons that currently employ close to 1,000 inmates who are tasked with sorting, repairing and recycling resources. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Apr 2024 Policy & government Food, diet, nutrition and cancer This POSTnote summarises associations between diet, nutrition and cancer. It describes the dietary and nutritional factors associated with cancer risk, and interventions for cancer prevention. POST (Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology) · 23 Apr 2024 Industry news Videos - Wastebuster Wastebuster · 23 Apr 2024 Policy & government Strategic Plan 2022-25 - Environmental Standards Scotland Environmental Standards Scotland · 23 Apr 2024 Policy & government Our corporate and governance reports - Environmental Standards Scotland Environmental Standards Scotland · 23 Apr 2024 Policy & government Our monitoring and analytical work - Environmental Standards Scotland Environmental Standards Scotland · 23 Apr 2024 Policy & government Our investigation work - Environmental Standards Scotland Environmental Standards Scotland · 23 Apr 2024 Policy & government What We Do - Environmental Standards Scotland Environmental Standards Scotland · 23 Apr 2024 Policy & government Our work - Environmental Standards Scotland Environmental Standards Scotland · 23 Apr 2024 Policy & government Access to information - Environmental Standards Scotland Environmental Standards Scotland · 23 Apr 2024 Industry news MPE Newsletter Q1 2024 The post MPE Newsletter Q1 2024 appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 23 Apr 2024 Industry news MPE Chrome Free WG, minutes of meeting 5 March 2024 The post MPE Chrome Free WG, minutes of meeting 5 March 2024 appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 23 Apr 2024 Industry news NRW pushes for action on odour at Withyhedge landfill Natural Resource Wales has announced it has taken further enforcement action at Withyhedge landfill in Pembrokeshire. It told the operator Resources Management UK (RML) to deal with the ongoing odour and landfill gas emission issues at the site. The NRW has issued site RML with a Regulation 36 Enforcement Notice which requires the operator to … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Apr 2024 Industry news Cireco Scotland Residue Line Case Study Cireco Scotland was looking to automate recovery of rolling PET and aluminium cans at Dunfermline MRF. The operations team automated with 3 robots.... Recycleye news · 23 Apr 2024 Policy & government M Boza v Verizon UK Ltd: 2204186/2022 and 2205748/2022 Employment Tribunal decision. GOV.UK · 23 Apr 2024 Industry news A failed application for judicial review reveals fatal flaws in the Climate Change Act This post is by Carina Millstone, executive director of Feedback. On 21 December 2023, the tribunal of the Court of Appeal, presided over by Sir Keith Lindblom, recent resignee of the Garrick Club, dismissed Feedback’s claim for judicial review of the government’s Food Strategy. Aside […] Green Alliance blog (Inside Track) · 23 Apr 2024 Global Pro-planet products: what’s in the new EU Ecodesign law (and what is not) Great news: Europe has a new Ecodesign law for sustainable products. Less great news: loopholes remain when it comes to destroying unsold devices, toxic substances, social due diligence, and wiggle room for online platforms to evade the law. Sonja Leyvraz, Bich Dao and Roberta Arbinolo report. With consumers increasingly concerned about sustainability and burning pressure from environmental cam… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 23 Apr 2024 Policy & government Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Draft Business Plan 2024 to 2027 for consultation The NDA Draft Business Plan sets out key activities and expected progress for all 17 of the NDA’s nuclear sites over the next 3 years. We want to hear from anyone who has a comment on any aspect of this document. GOV.UK · 23 Apr 2024 Industry news Bunting Attains Bronze EcoVadis Sustainability Medal Following the implementation of a series of sustainability initiatives, EcoVadis has awarded Bunting’s European operations a Bronze Sustainability Rating Medal. ATF Professional · 23 Apr 2024 Global Analysis of the adopted Directive on Common Rules Promoting the Repair of Goods After years of intense campaigning by right to repair advocates, EU lawmakers have finally agreed upon new repair rules. Read our full analysis of these new rules! Right to Repair Europe · 23 Apr 2024