Recycling news: 2014

Industry news TRAID Photography Collective #4 Laurence Von Thomas Photographer and editor Laurence Von Thomas shot for our TRAID photography collective project focusing on Dalston High Street and its... TRAID · 16 Dec 2014 Industry news Plastics ECO Ltd rises from ashes of ECO Plastics Ltd Stricken recycling firm ECO Plastics was placed into pre-pack administration prior to its business and assets being acquired by investor Aurelius last week, it has emerged. And, while creditors of ECO Plastics are currently being contacted by administrators at Grant Thornton LLP, a new separate company trading as Plastics ECO Ltd has been set up … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Dec 2014 Industry news Ideal Waste Paper enters liquidation Kent-based waste paper and recycling business Ideal Waste Paper Company Limited has been placed into liquidation. Nicholas O’Reilly from Moorfields Corporate Recovery issued a note to creditors last week (December 10) advising that he and Simon Thomas had been appointed joint liquidators for the family-run company on November 28. Founded over 40 years ago, Ideal … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Dec 2014 Industry news Waste firm seeks legal case against VAT exemptions A dispute over whether local authorities should be exempt from paying VAT on trade waste collections could go to the courts, after an application for Judicial Review was submitted earlier this month. Under current rules established by Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in 2011, councils are exempt from paying value added tax on commercial … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Dec 2014 Industry news Palm oil plantation crime drives illegal logging in Indonesia - eia-international.org Environmental Investigation Agency · 16 Dec 2014 Industry news In memory of Theo Colborn Theo Colborn was a visionary who worked tirelessly to protect the public from chemicals with hormone disrupting properties. She desperately tried to alert the world to the problems associated with exposure of the unborn child to countless hormone disrupting chemicals in every day household products. Her brilliance was in piecing together the evidence to portray […] CHEM Trust · 15 Dec 2014 Industry news Refashion Day TRAID Education were invited along to the Makerversity in Somerset House to join Hubbub for their Refashion Day. photo credit:... TRAID · 15 Dec 2014 Industry news Queen’s Park Student Talks Upcycling Following another successful upcycled hat making project at Queen’s Park Community School, Year 10 student Grace McKinlay offers an insight... TRAID · 15 Dec 2014 Policy & government Claim Landfill Tax credits How to claim Landfill Tax credits if you take part in the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF) scheme. GOV.UK · 15 Dec 2014 Industry news ‘No plans’ to outsource waste collections in Birmingham Birmingham city council has insisted it has ‘no plans’ to outsource its waste collection service in the wake of fierce criticism over the way the service is managed. The Labour-controlled local authority, which is the largest in England, currently operates an in-house waste collection service for over one million residents. However, the service came under … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Dec 2014 Policy & government Landfill Tax manual Public access to Landfill Tax guidance used internally by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). GOV.UK · 15 Dec 2014 Global Don’t bin it! Europe needs the waste package 80% of Europeans want their country to waste less and an ample majority wants Europe to recycle more whereas business leaders warn about rising resource prices and need for increasing resource efficiency. So far the European Union was responding to this need with the Circular Economy package which was promising to create jobs and economic […] Zero Waste Europe · 15 Dec 2014 Industry news AWM workers offered support in wake of incident A Bradford-based waste and recycling firm has highlighted the importance of offering workers support, after the body of a premature baby boy was found at one of its sites. Associated Waste Management was commenting after an inquest held on Friday (December 12) into the death of the unidentified infant – who was found on a … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Dec 2014 Policy & government Community ownership in action Meeting the UK’s climate targets will require a steady expansion in the supply of low-carbon electricity, for example… Climate Change Committee · 15 Dec 2014 Industry news Food and plastics recycling ‘confusing’ householders Confusion over the collection of plastics and food waste is a major barrier to recycling at home, according to new research from the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP). Published on Friday (December 12), WRAP’s latest ‘Barriers to recycling at home’ report identifies uncertainty felt by householders when new materials – in particular plastics and … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Dec 2014 Industry news Councils back compost feedstock quality drive Local authority bodies have thrown their support behind a new best practice guide designed to help councils and composters reduce plastics and other physical contaminants in feedstock for composting. The Feedstock Quality Package from the Renewable Energy Association’s (REA) Organics Recycling Group sets out how composters and local authorities can work together to improve the … Read More The p… letsrecycle.com News · 15 Dec 2014 Industry news LC Waikiki selects PLM for product development - Just Style Just Style · 15 Dec 2014 Council news Application for street naming and numbering - eforms.dacorum.gov.uk Dacorum Council · 15 Dec 2014 Industry news LONDON ABA’S CHRISTMAS UPDATE It is that time of year again and we reflect on what has happened and what difference we have made as individuals and organisations. Well Santa came very early for a number of London Amateur Boxing Cl... Powerday · 15 Dec 2014 Industry news New National Accounts Manager for CSG Waste Management Specialists Cleansing Service Group (CSG) has appointed David Tafner (43) to the position of National Accounts Manager. David brings a wealth of experience to CSG having spent over six years in the drainage and waste industry, and 10 years in operations management. Working throughout the UK from the company’s headquarters in Fareham, Hampshire, […] CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 15 Dec 2014 Council news Pay your Council Tax - West Suffolk Council West Suffolk Council · 14 Dec 2014 Policy & government Magnox nuclear sites: strategic review of timing and sequence of reactor dismantling Review of benefits of dismantling reactors at one or more Magnox nuclear sites on a shorter timescale than currently assumed. GOV.UK · 14 Dec 2014 Council news Planning and building regulations - West Suffolk Council West Suffolk Council · 13 Dec 2014 Industry news Parliament passes Welsh landfill tax powers Wales has come a step closer to setting its own landfill tax from April 2018, after legislation containing devolved powers cleared the final hurdle at the House of Commons on Wednesday (December 10). The landfill tax powers are included in the Wales Bill – which devolves a range of tax and borrowing powers to Wales … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 12 Dec 2014 Industry news ECO Plastics acquired by investor Aurelius Struggling plastic bottle recycling firm ECO Plastics has been acquired by pan-European investor Aurelius, it was announced this morning (December 12). However, as a result of the acquisition, Coca Cola Enterprises (CCE) has “decided not to continue” with its ‘Continuum Recycling’ joint venture with ECO Plastics, with CCE instead entering into a “long-term agreement” to … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 12 Dec 2014 Industry news Veolia champions circular resource model Waste and resources firm Veolia has today (December 12) published a report outlining how it is implementing a ‘circular economy’ business model across all of its operations. The report includes practical examples of initiatives that the firm has put into place, which it believes demonstrate its commitment to the circular model. Veolia claims that 20% … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 12 Dec 2014 Industry news Are there safer alternatives to Bisphenol A in thermal paper? The French government has proposed that there should be a ban on the use of hormone disrupting chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) in thermal paper (e.g. till receipts) – but industry is now arguing that the alternatives are less well understood. Since the French Government’s proposal for an EU wide ban on BPA in thermal paper, which […] CHEM Trust · 11 Dec 2014 Industry news V&A Creative Quarter 2014 TRAID Education returned to the Victoria and Albert Museum to teach students about the benefits of ethical fashion, and to... TRAID · 11 Dec 2014 Industry news TRAID Photography Collective #3 Sumeja Tulic Photographer and human rights advocate Sumeja Tulic shot images for the TRAID photography collective project. The shoot took place in... TRAID · 11 Dec 2014 Industry news LWARB pumps £1.25m into Reuse Network The London Reuse Network has received a £1.25 million cash injection from the London Waste and Recycling Board (LWARB) today, in order to grow its service offerings and ‘retail presence’. The investment comes after LRN exceeded its reuse and recycling targets for a third consecutive year, and will be used to fund London Reuse Ltd … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Dec 2014 Industry news Leaked EU document signals end of circular economy plans EXCLUSIVE: Draft documents outlining the European Commission’s work programme for 2015 confirm that policy proposals to update waste legislation are to be dropped. The documents, seen by letsrecycle.com today (December 11), confirm that the Commission, under the leadership of the new President Jean-Claude Juncker, intends to remove pending proposals that ‘do not match our objectives … Read More… letsrecycle.com News · 11 Dec 2014 Industry news IQ impacted for children of pregnant women exposed to higher levels of phthalates New research has found that the children of women exposed to higher levels of certain phthalate chemicals when pregnant have lower IQ at seven years old. The research, published in the journal PLOS One, looked at the levels of phthalates (a commonly used group of chemicals) in the urine of 328 mothers late in their […] CHEM Trust · 11 Dec 2014 Industry news Serco in talks to sell waste arm Support services giant Serco is currently in talks to sell its waste services arm as part of a funding strategy to reduce debt across its operations. The Environmental Services arm was identified as ‘non-core’ to the future of the Group in November, along with its Leisure business and the majority of is private sector business … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Dec 2014 Industry news HMRC makes further changes to LOI testing regime Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has set out further changes to the loss on ignition testing regime, as a result of responses to its consultation on landfill tax. Feedback to the consultation, which was published yesterday (December 9), highlighted a number of issues surrounding the consistency and scope of how the LOI test would … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Dec 2014 Industry news Europe awaits crunch decision on circular economy proposals BREAKING: Uncertainty surrounds the future of the European Commission’s circular economy policy package, with strong suggestions from Brussels that the measure could be scrapped today (December 11). The policy package was put together under the stewardship of the former Environment Commissioner Janez Potocnik and includes plans to increase targets for the recycling of municipal to … Read More T… letsrecycle.com News · 11 Dec 2014 Industry news Agency to confirm separate collection approach Councils and waste collection companies are to be asked to supply information on their collection arrangements by the end of March 2015, as part of the Environment Agency’s efforts to police separate collection legislation. With the new legislation coming into force on January 1, the Environment Agency is finalising a briefing note to stakeholders in … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Dec 2014 Policy & government Wales Bill completes Parliamentary stages Stephen Crabb: "a significant step forward on the path towards a lasting devolution settlement" GOV.UK · 10 Dec 2014 Policy & government Tax deposits and bonds Tax and duties HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) can ask for a security on, how long they can keep it and what to do if you disagree. GOV.UK · 10 Dec 2014 Industry news Hayler named executive director at ESA Waste industry trade body the Environmental Services Association (ESA) has announced that economist Jacob Hayler will assume the role of executive director, when current director general Barry Dennis retires at the end of the year. Mr Hayler, 36, has been with the ESA for just under 10 years and will take up the new position … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 Dec 2014 Industry news Every Can Counts promotes recycling on Christmas Truck Tour Drinks can recycling programme Every Can Counts is currently supporting this year’s Coca-Cola Christmas truck tour in a new recycling initiative developed in partnership with Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE). Volunteers from CCE and Every Can Counts will engage with members of the public about recycling whilst they are queuing to claim their free sample of Coca-Cola […] Alupro · 10 Dec 2014