Recycling news: 2016

Policy & government The agreement between the Welsh government and the UK government on the Welsh government’s fiscal framework On Monday 19 December, the Welsh and UK governments agreed a new fiscal framework for the Welsh government. GOV.UK · 20 Dec 2016 Industry news Merry Christmas from Clarity The post Merry Christmas from Clarity appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 20 Dec 2016 Industry news Suez updates heat map of local authority recycling A heat map providing the most up to date statistics for local authority recycling across the UK has been unveiled by waste management firm Suez. The analysis, which has been conducted by Suez with Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners, shows the latest datasets for England and Wales (2015/16), Scotland (2015) and Northern Ireland (2014/15). The colour … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Dec 2016 Industry news Clarity Celebrates Staff Achievements The post Clarity Celebrates Staff Achievements appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 20 Dec 2016 Industry news Drop in England Household Recycling Rates The post Drop in England Household Recycling Rates appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 20 Dec 2016 Industry news Waste Sent to Landfill Will Be Taxable Unless Expressly Exempt The post Waste Sent to Landfill Will Be Taxable Unless Expressly Exempt appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 20 Dec 2016 Industry news Leading MPs demand British Gas owner Centrica stop funding climate change denial Britain’s biggest energy company has come under fire from leading MPs over its donations to a climate change denying think tank in the US, revealed by Unearthed last week. Caroline Lucas, leader of the Green Party, has written to Centrica – which owns British Gas – to demand it stop funding the Texas Public Policy Foundation […] Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 20 Dec 2016 Research & science Green Labs contest: A certified success A contest spurred several MIT labs to reduce waste and hazardous materials and conserve energy and water. MIT News — Recycling topic · 19 Dec 2016 Industry news LARAC and Recycling Association reject weight-based targets LARAC and the Recycling Association have voiced disappointment over falling recycling rates, claiming that weight-based targets should be reviewed. And, LARAC’s chief executive Lee Marshall has called for more funding and support for local authorities in order to successfully achieve recycling targets. The Recycling Association called for “quality first ahead of quantity” and questioned … Read … letsrecycle.com News · 19 Dec 2016 Industry news Somerset approves three-weekly collection scheme Councils within the Somerset Waste Partnership have agreed to proposals to change to three-weekly refuse collections and expand recycling collections in 2017. The Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) voted in favour of the new ‘Recycle More’ scheme last week (16 December). Residents in Mendip, Sedgemoor, South Somerset, Taunton Deane and West Somerset district councils will all … Read More The post… letsrecycle.com News · 19 Dec 2016 Industry news New ‘Leave Your Cap On’ campaigns extend coverage to over 2 million households ­­­­­­­­­­­­Alupro’s ‘Leave Your Cap On’ campaign, which encourages residents to recycle aluminium screw tops along with the glass bottles on which they came, has recently launched in four local authorities. The latest campaigns, in Oxford and Berkshire, mean the number of bottle banks across the UK now promoting the recycling message has reached 5,443, taking […] Alupro · 19 Dec 2016 Policy & government Fiscal framework for the Welsh Government agreed New fiscal framework for the Welsh Government has been agreed between the UK and Welsh governments. GOV.UK · 19 Dec 2016 Industry news Regain creditors agree CVA package West Yorkshire-based plastics compounding and recycling firm Regain Polymers has agreed a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) with creditors, meaning it has avoided going into administration. Suppliers to the business were contacted last month after the company had sought to reach a debt settlement due to an ‘unbearable level of debt owed from historic developments’. A … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Dec 2016 Industry news Welcome to our New Website The waste-to-energy and recycling industry is constantly evolving for the better. At Powerday we’re at the centre of this drive for greater responsibility and transparency, investing in the future o... Powerday · 19 Dec 2016 Industry news ESA chairman pledges ‘agile’ response to Brexit ESA will seek to work more closely with government to address challenges presented to the waste sector by the UK’s exit from the European Union, the organisation’s new chairman has said. In his first major interview since being elected as the chairman of the Environmental Services Association (ESA), Stewart Davies – chief executive of the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Dec 2016 Industry news Amazon: Brazil slashes funding for Indigenous agency, delays dam decision Funding for the agency responsible for protecting Brazil’s Indigenous peoples has been slashed, according to the United Nations Special Rapporteur (UNSR) on the issue. Speaking to Unearthed, Victoria Tauli Corpuz – UNSR for Indigenous rights – said federal funding for the department, the National Indian Foundation (Funai), has all but dried up, leaving staff overworked […] Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 19 Dec 2016 Global Letter to the European Commission President Juncker and First Vice-President Timmermans: Concerns on the potential discontinuation of EU Ecolabel product groups We, European paper manufacturers, retailers and wholesalers, consumer organisations and environmental NGOs, are writing to share our concerns about the possible removal of a number of EU Ecolabel product groups[1] which we understand the Commission is considering. In our view, such a unilateral and unexpected consideration would be premature, given the ongoing Fitness Check of […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 18 Dec 2016 Council news Contact details - High Peak Borough Council Staffordshire Moorlands Council · 17 Dec 2016 Industry news Insurance - Co-operative Group Co-op media newsroom · 17 Dec 2016 Industry news Lord Victor Adebowale, MA, CBE (Cross Bench) - Co-operative Group Co-op media newsroom · 17 Dec 2016 Council news Neighbourhood planning - Staffordshire Moorlands District Council Staffordshire Moorlands Council · 16 Dec 2016 Industry news The Week in Waste – 16 December 2016 VIDEO: In this weekly news round-up video, we digest the latest household waste and recycling figures. Also, we report on the top performing local authorities in England for recycling. letsrecycle.com News · 16 Dec 2016 Industry news POWERING AHEAD INTO 2017! Welcome to Powerday's winter newsletter. Read how your waste is powering the future and how we have been evolving at Powerday with our re-brand. Read Mick’s thoughts on 2016 and other news in thi... Powerday · 16 Dec 2016 Industry news Wheelabrator closes on North Wales EfW plant Wheelabrator Technologies has announced it has reached financial close for a 200,000 tonnes per annum energy recovery facility in Flintshire, North Wales. The facility will treat waste on behalf of five Welsh local authorities – Conwy county borough council, Denbighshire county council, Flintshire county council, Gwynedd council and the Isle of Anglesey county council. With … Read More The post… letsrecycle.com News · 16 Dec 2016 Industry news News in Brief (16/12/2016) With news on plans by Brighton & Hove to increase recycling rates; compliance accreditation for Ubico; a construction firm buying shares in Wastewise, and; the development of a new circular economy standard. Construction group buys share in Wastewise East Yorkshire-based recycling and waste management firm Wastewise has announced that construction group Ashcourt is to become … Read More The pos… letsrecycle.com News · 16 Dec 2016 Council news Report It - Thurrock - Thurrock Council Thurrock Council · 16 Dec 2016 Industry news Suez ‘significantly improves’ Calderdale collection service Calderdale council has reported a “significant” improvement in its waste collection service from contractor Suez following a number of teething problems over the summer. The progress was discussed by councillors and council officers at a meeting of Calderdale council’s Economy & Environment Scrutiny Panel last night (December 15) at which representatives from Suez were also … Read More The post… letsrecycle.com News · 16 Dec 2016 Industry news Defra scientist looks at waste collection models EXCLUSIVE: An official scientific report into how the UK can derive value from waste will highlight pay as you throw style solutions, Defra’s chief scientific advisor Professor Ian Boyd has indicated. The study, ‘From Waste to Resource Productivity’, is to be published by January 2017 and consists of 13 evidence chapters – including a sub-report … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Dec 2016 Council news Planning Portal. - Comment on an application - Cotswold District Council - Cotswold District Council Cotswold Council · 16 Dec 2016 Policy & government Call for Evidence: Welsh Carbon Budgets The Committee on Climate Change has been asked by the Welsh Government to provide advice on Welsh emissions targets and is seeking evidence to help with that task. Climate Change Committee · 16 Dec 2016 Industry news Eunomia examines impact of Brexit on RDF market Uncertainty over exchange rates following the Brexit vote may make the export of refuse-derived fuel (RDF) less attractive to some operators and increase incinerator demand in the UK. That is one of the possibilities discussed in the latest bi-annual study by consultancy Eunomia into the residual waste market, which also predicts that under a “worst … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Dec 2016 Industry news Return of the smog: heavy industry threatens Beijing’s pollution fight On Thursday Beijing issued the first air pollution “red alert” of the year, as forecasts anticipate several days of heavy pollution in the capital. As residents brace themselves for an approaching wall of smog, it is becoming apparent that China’s significant progress on air quality has stalled. It follows the government’s decision to unleash a […] Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 16 Dec 2016 Industry news Kent recycling firm secures £1.8m funding from HSBC Greenbox Recycling, a waste management and skip hire company based in Ashford, Kent, has completed the purchase of its previously rented premises with a £1.8 million funding package from HSBC. The recycling company, which has been operating in Ashford since 2011, has used a commercial mortgage loan of £640,000 to acquire its previously rented yard. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Dec 2016 Industry news ‘New funding streams needed’ to tackle recycling drop Waste businesses and councils are calling for increasing involvement from manufacturers to fund the recycling of their products, in a bid to reverse the first ever decline in the UK’s household recycling rate. According to official statistics released by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs today (15 December), the UK’s recycling rate decreased … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Dec 2016 Industry news Our Co-op - Co-operative Group Co-op media newsroom · 15 Dec 2016 Industry news About us - Co-operative Group Co-op media newsroom · 15 Dec 2016 Industry news North West - Co-operative Group Co-op media newsroom · 15 Dec 2016 Policy & government Cwestiynau’r cais am dystiolaeth ar gyfer darparu cyngor i Lywodraeth Cymru (In Welsh) Mae’r Pwyllgor ar Newid Hinsawdd wedi cael cais gan Lywodraeth Cymru i ddarparu cyngor ar y targedau allyriadau hyn ac mae’n gofyn am dystiolaeth i’w helpu yn y dasg honno. Climate Change Committee · 15 Dec 2016 Industry news East Riding of Yorkshire jumps into recycling top ten East Riding of Yorkshire council has leapt nine percentage points to achieve the second best recycling rate among English collection authorities in 2015/16, figures published by Defra confirm today (15 December). However South Oxfordshire has retained the top spot for a third year running, with the authority achieving a combined recycling, composting and reuse rate … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Dec 2016 Council news - Cheltenham Borough Council Cheltenham Council · 15 Dec 2016