Recycling news: 2019

Global EU HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT DISCUSS MULTI-ANNUAL BUDGET EXPRA · 20 Dec 2019 Industry news Evidence on textile-derived microfibres A scoping report from WRAP sharing existing evidence on the extent of microfibre shedding from UK clothing over the life cycle. Resource Futures · 20 Dec 2019 Global PACKAGING WASTE AND SUSTAINABILITY FORUM EXPRA · 20 Dec 2019 Global EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES NEW EUROPEAN COMMISSION EXPRA · 20 Dec 2019 Global TAMIR (ISRAEL) PROMOTION OF SIMPLE AND CLEAR INFORMATION FOR SORTING TO THE PUBLIC EXPRA · 20 Dec 2019 Global PAKOMAK (NORTHERN MACEDONIA): SMARTBIN – A REVERSE VENDING MACHINE THAT WILL OPERATE AS PART OF ECOMAC – AN INCENTIVE SYSTEM THAT REWARDS PEOPLE EXPRA · 20 Dec 2019 Global ISWA EVENT IN BRUSSELS DISCUSSES THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY 2.0, DECEMBER 5, BRUSSELS EXPRA · 20 Dec 2019 Global WORKSHOP ON COLLECTING AND MAXIMISING GLASS RECYCLING THROUGH EPR, DECEMBER 12, BRUSSELS EXPRA · 20 Dec 2019 Global EKOPAK (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA) INITIATIVES EXPRA · 20 Dec 2019 Global EXPRA GENERAL ASSEMBLY, NOVEMBER 27, ROTTERDAM EXPRA · 20 Dec 2019 Policy & government Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative: payments report, 2018 The fifth report of payments and data related to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). GOV.UK · 20 Dec 2019 Global ECOEMBES (SPAIN) INITIATIVES EXPRA · 20 Dec 2019 Global Introduction by the Managing Director With the end of this year so close we can take a look back at the very busy times we had with the numerous challenges but also opportunities, arising from the revised waste legislation, and especially the respective acts clarifying the details as how and where to measure recycling, how to define in a fair and transparent manner average loss rates, etc. EXPRA · 20 Dec 2019 Policy & government National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme - Waste Authority WA WA Waste Authority · 20 Dec 2019 Policy & government Charitable Recyclers Rebate - Waste Authority WA WA Waste Authority · 20 Dec 2019 Global FOST PLUS (BELGIUM) BETTER SORTING OF WASTE OUTSIDE THE HOME? FP JOINS EFFORTS WITH BRUSSELS AIRPORT COMPANY EXPRA · 20 Dec 2019 Global GREEN DOT NORWAY IS DEVELOPING A NEW TOOL TO SHOW HOW PACKAGING CHOICES AFFECT RECYCLABILITY EXPRA · 20 Dec 2019 Industry news Ferrybridge Multifuel 2 ‘fully operational’ Ferrybridge Multifuel 2 (FM2) – the 675,000 tonne per year capacity energy from waste plant in West Yorkshire – entered full commercial operation yesterday, 19 December. The £325 million facility was developed jointly by Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) and Wheelabrator Technologies under the name of Multifuel Energy. The plant was designed and built by … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Dec 2019 Council news Caerphilly - Caerphilly County Borough Council Caerphilly Council · 20 Dec 2019 Industry news Zac Goldsmith to remain at Defra Former Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith will remain in his ministerial role at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) after being awarded a life peerage. This comes despite losing him his seat in Richmond Park to Lib Dem Sarah Olney in last week’s election, and follows the elevation of fellow Conservative Nicky Morgan … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Dec 2019 Industry news What happened in Madrid at COP25? As UN climate negotiations came to an end last week, we round up what really happened at the 25th climate conference in Madrid (COP25) and who the key players were. Open Access Government — Environment · 20 Dec 2019 Industry news Equipment news round-up (20/12/19) With news on: Scottish retailers help design reverse vending machine; BooBoo Plant Hire buys remote-control compact loader; mobile eddy current separator bought by Steelage Czech Republic; Bywaters adopts software management system in bid to go paper-free. Scottish retailers help design reverse vending machine Equipment manufacturer TOMRA has designed a machine following feedback from Scottish … letsrecycle.com News · 20 Dec 2019 Industry news Investigation into Hitchin metal fire launched Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue has launched an investigation into the causes of a fire at a scrapyard in Hitchin yesterday (20 December). Firefighters were called to the yard, owned by Metal & Waste Recycling Ltd, at 5.28am yesterday and fought the blaze for more than eight hours, before it was eventually put out shortly after … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Dec 2019 Industry news Keenan Is Dreaming Of A Green Christmas MINCE PIES AT CAROL CONCERTS, FESTIVE MENUS AT OFFICE PARTIES AND TURKEY UPON TURKEY WITH THE FAMILY; CHRISTMAS IS A TIME FOR OVER INDULGENCE AND IT’S NOT JUST THE BATHROOM SCALES THAT SUFFER THE AFTER-EFFECTS, IT’S THE ENVIRONMENT TOO. In 2017, it was estimated that Brits throw away around 54 million platefuls of food every […] Keenan Recycling · 20 Dec 2019 Industry news Londoners urged to recycle Christmas trees London Councils – the local government association for Greater London – is encouraging residents to recycle, rent or replant their Christmas trees over the festive period. The association released a statement yesterday, December 19, saying that Christmas trees often get fly tipped over the winter months and many local authorities are offering drop-off sites in … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Dec 2019 Global Hitachi Zosen Inova – Ferrybridge Multifuel 2 Handed Over to Client After 3 years of construction, the Ferrybridge Multifuel 2 Energy-from-Waste plant has successfully completed its commissioning phase and has been... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 20 Dec 2019 Industry news EuRIC calls for ‘textile strategy’ The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) has called for “an ambitious strategy on textiles” which will include extended producer responsibility legislation and incentives to boost end markets. The call was made by the EuRIC’s newly created Textiles Recycling Branch, and called on the European Commission to introduce a strategy to “render textiles circular throughout the … Read M… letsrecycle.com News · 20 Dec 2019 Global New orders for delivery of total plant and grate systems from MARTIN Lu’an II, China Order for delivery of total plant Our licensee, Chongqing Sanfeng Covanta Environmental Industry Co., Ltd., has been... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 20 Dec 2019 Council news Parking day passes for multi-storey car parks - Horsham District Council Horsham Council · 20 Dec 2019 Council news Castle parking - South Holland District Council South Holland Council · 20 Dec 2019 Policy & government Future biosecurity risks Event on 21 Jan 2020. Join POST in partnership with the APPG for Future Generations for a roundtable discussion with Government officials, leading academics and other stakeholders. The event will brief parliamentarians on biosecurity threats such as natural pandemics, outbreaks of emerging human infectious diseases and intentionally created infectious agents. POST (Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology) · 19 Dec 2019 Research & science Alzheimer's & Dementia - Wiley & Sons Journal of Industrial Ecology (Wiley) · 19 Dec 2019 Global Green groups question Government’s sinister moves to lift the ban on incineration (Quezon City, Philippines, December 16, 2019) — Environment groups today lambasted the Philippine government’s moves to lift the anti-incineration provisions of the Clean Air Act and Ecological Solid Waste Management Act. On November 13, the bills amending these laws passed at the committee level in Congress to make way for thermal waste-to-energy facilities, which are […] Break Free From Plastic · 19 Dec 2019 Global BFFP U.S. shares the biggest victories of 2019! Diane Wilson, San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper, Seadrift, Texas: “In 2016 a small ragtag team of Waterkeeper volunteers began collecting evidence on Lavaca Bay of illegally discharged pellets and powder from Formosa Plastics, a 2500 acre plastic giant located in Point Comfort, Texas. Four years later the small group won a record-breaking lawsuit and settlement […] Break Free From Plastic · 19 Dec 2019 Industry news Thinking PRNs – Angus Macpherson OPINION: Angus Macpherson, managing director of the Environment Exchange, looks at what is ahead for the Packing Recovery Note (PRN) market in the new year. As the 2019 compliance year draws to a close, it is worth considering not only the traumas of this year but also what the Packing Recovery Note (PRN) has achieved. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Dec 2019 Global CNIM hands over the Beddington waste-to-energy plant to Viridor On 1st July 2019, CNIM transferred operation of the waste-to-energy plant located in Beddington, Croydon (UK), to its customer, VIRIDOR.... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 19 Dec 2019 Industry news Amey fined by Cambridgeshire council Waste management company Amey has been fined half a million pounds by Cambridgeshire County Council for sending too much of the region’s biodegradable waste to landfill. The target for biodegradable waste to be sent to landfill, set at 48,808 tonnes per year, was exceeded by 29%. A Cambridgeshire County Council spokesperson said: “The £500,000 is … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Dec 2019 Industry news A Day in the Life of an Account Manager The post A Day in the Life of an Account Manager appeared first on Reconomy . Reconomy · 19 Dec 2019 Industry news ELV firm fined for ‘unauthorised operation’ Hampshire-based End of Life Vehicle recycler, Christopher Ball & Son, has been fined £3,600 and ordered to pay a further £30,000 in costs for “conducting unauthorised operations on a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)”. According to a statement from Defra this morning, Christopher Ball, the director of the company, pleaded guilty at Basingstoke Magistrates’ … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Dec 2019 Industry news Help keep the Bed Maker Apprenticeship relevant and fit for purpose We fought hard to have a level 2 Apprenticeship for the Bed Industry included in the Furniture Manufacturer Standard but we now need as many members as possible to respond to this consultation to ensure it continues to deliver for employers and apprentices. It will only take a few minutes of your time and to […] National Bed Federation · 19 Dec 2019