Recycling news: 2024

Industry news The Growth Duty on Ofwat: Impacts on freshwater pollution Wildlife and Countryside Link Briefing: February 2024 - Wildlife and Countryside Link Wildlife and Countryside Link · 28 Feb 2024 Policy & government Key Points toward Reconstruction and Revitalization - 除染情報サイト Japan Ministry of the Environment (English) · 28 Feb 2024 Industry news How Adidas is Innovating to Make Sportswear More Sustainable - Sustainability Magazine Sustainability Magazine · 28 Feb 2024 Global Malabon-Navotas Waste Workers’ Association (MaNaWWA): Meet Malabon and Navotas’ Waste Warriors Interview with MaNaWWA President Wilhelmina Magdaluyo by Dan Abril Emerging from the zero waste initiatives pioneered by Mother Earth Foundation (MEF) Philippines in the cities of Malabon and Navotas in […] GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 28 Feb 2024 Policy & government Future emissions targets must not be loosened At the end of a carbon budget, the Climate Change Committee must advise on the carry forward of any ‘surplus’, a facility which can be used to weaken later carbon budgets. Today the Committee has written to Minister Graham Stuart, congratulating the Government for meeting its legal obligations, but advising unequivocally that surplus emissions must not be carried forward to loosen later carbon … Climate Change Committee · 28 Feb 2024 Policy & government The Buckland Review of Autism Employment: Report and recommendations The Buckland Review of Autism Employment was launched in April 2023. This report contains the evidence the review team gathered and recommendations for action. GOV.UK · 28 Feb 2024 Policy & government Review of activities regulated by the Environment Agency, 2022 Environment Agency 2022 annual report on the environmental performance of regulated businesses in England and the work we do to regulate them. GOV.UK · 28 Feb 2024 Global Un año clave para el Tratado de plásticos: ¿Avanzando hacia metas ambiciosas o estancado en la mediocridad? El miércoles 6 de marzo desarrollaremos nuestra primera jornada informativa relacionada a las negociaciones del tratado de plásticos de este año Un año clave para el Tratado de plásticos: ¿Avanzando […] GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 27 Feb 2024 Industry news Hubbub announces appointment of new CEO - Hubbub Hubbub · 27 Feb 2024 Global International Zero Waste Month 2024 Last January 2024, over 200 GAIA members and allies took part in the International Zero Waste Month reaching a total of 300 events in 22 countries. GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 27 Feb 2024 Policy & government Minister for Defence Procurement speech at the International Military Helicopter Conference - 27 February 2024 Minister for Defence Procurement's speech on the New Medium Helicopter at the International Military Helicopter Conference. GOV.UK · 27 Feb 2024 Policy & government Annual Apprenticeship Conference 2024 speech Minister Robert Halfon's virtual speech to the Annual Apprenticeship Conference 2024 in Birmingham. GOV.UK · 27 Feb 2024 Council news - Blackburn Council Blackburn with Darwen Council · 27 Feb 2024 Industry news Emmaus joins call for the Chancellor to address ‘dire’ financial situation facing homelessness services Emmaus UK has joined 36 other leading homelessness charities to call on the Chancellor to urgently address the dire financial situation facing homelessness services. The open letter to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt urges... Emmaus UK · 27 Feb 2024 Industry news City Harvest Cooking: Valentine Warner’s Hot Pepper Prawns City Harvest Cooking: Valentine Warner's Hot Pepper Prawns. City Harvest's newest series welcomes guest chefs to cook with surplus food. City Harvest London · 27 Feb 2024 Policy & government Dr H Delmas v NHS England (formerly Health Education England): 3207917/2021 Employment Tribunal decision. GOV.UK · 27 Feb 2024 Industry news Enfinium’s ‘£800m’ plan for Ferrybridge carbon capture progresses Proposals from energy from waste (EfW) operator Enfinium to install carbon capture on the two incinerators at its Ferrybridge site have moved forward. In an update yesterday (26 February) the company said the plans — announced by Enfinium last year (see letsrecycle.com story) —have been directed to be a project of national significance by the secretary … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Feb 2024 Global Indonesia’s First Ever Policy to Ban Organic Waste in Landfills A significant step to comply with the Global Methane Pledge Contributed by YPBB In a significant and forward-thinking move, the West Java provincial government officially prohibited the disposal of organic […] GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 27 Feb 2024 Global Connections: Careful How You Calculate Urban Agriculture’s Carbon Intensity Peer-reviewed paper asserts that urban agriculture has six times the carbon intensity of conventional agriculture, which seem counterintuitive. BioCycle columnist takes a closer look. BioCycle · 27 Feb 2024 Global Living Compost Hubs App Goes International Living Compost Hubs App serves small- to medium-scale composting enterprises. BioCycle · 27 Feb 2024 Global Navigating Addition Of Food Waste To Yard Trimmings Composting Facility California Wood Recycling, dba Agromin, is expanding its Limoneira Ranch green waste composting facility in Santa Paula (CA) to process food waste. BioCycle · 27 Feb 2024 Global Recycled Household Food Scraps Get Animal Feed Distribution Green Light Mill Industries received formal approval in early February from the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) to distribute its recycled chicken feed ingredient in Washington State … BioCycle · 27 Feb 2024 Global Circular Economy For Cocoa Pods Approximately 75% of the cacao pod is discarded during the cultivation, harvesting and consumption of cocoa beans. BioCycle · 27 Feb 2024 Global New Georgia Composting Council The newly formed Georgia Composting Council (GACC) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the use and production of compost in Georgia. BioCycle · 27 Feb 2024 Global Metro Turnstiles Generate Renewable Electricity A pilot project in the summer of 2023 at the Miromesnil Metro Station in Paris converted six turnstiles into prototype mini turbines … BioCycle · 27 Feb 2024 Industry news Volkswagen partners with Ecobat for EV battery recycling The Volkswagen Group has partnered with Ecobat to collect and recycle electric vehicle batteries. The pair have worked together since 2014, as part of a contract which saw Ecobat collect lead acid batteries for trades part specialists. In 2021, Ecobat opened a diagnostics and disassembly centre in Darlaston. This sees the company collect EV batteries … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Feb 2024 Global European Parliament seals the deal on Nature Restoration Law Brussels/Strasbourg, 27 February 2024 Today, the European Parliament adopted the trilogue agreement on the Nature Restoration Law. They listened to the calls of over 1 million […] European Environmental Bureau · 27 Feb 2024 Global European Parliament seals the deal on Nature Restoration Law Today, the European Parliament adopted the trilogue agreement on the Nature Restoration Law. They listened to the calls of over 1 million citizens, businesses, scientists and […] European Environmental Bureau · 27 Feb 2024 Industry news NE Lincs secures £1.2m government funding for food waste North East Lincolnshire council has received £1.2 million in government funding to help with the introduction of food waste collections “by April 2026”. This will go towards procuring the bins and caddies needed to collect food waste through the council’s in-house service, and the vehicles to help collect them. The local authority launched a pilot … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Feb 2024 Industry news UK to establish world’s first UN-backed centre for circular economy research The UK will establish the world’s first United Nations-backed International Centre of Excellence on Sustainable Resource Management in the Circular Economy. Circular Online (CIWM) · 27 Feb 2024 Global The Biogenic carbon loop in the pulp and paper sector: an alternative to fossil carbon in other industries Download the document The Biogenic carbon loop in the pulp and paper sector: an alternative to fossil carbon in other industries. CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 27 Feb 2024 Industry news UN-backed centre for circular economy research to be launched The government has announced that it will establish the “world’s first” ‘international centre of excellence for sustainable resource management in the circular economy’. The centre will be backed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and recognise “British academic expertise” and research, supported by a combined contribution of £1.85 million from the participating institutions. … letsrecycle.com News · 27 Feb 2024 Industry news Veolia launches ‘UK first’ gas canister recycling scheme Veolia has announced the launch of the “first” processing lines for nitrous oxide canisters in the UK. The company said the system will process items in a safe way, aiming to stop the greenhouse gas impact caused through discharge of the gas, which is said to have nearly 300 times the warming power of carbon … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Feb 2024 Global Bio-waste separate collection takes off Although another country has recently touched down on the moon, down-to-earth issues like waste management continue to struggle to get off the ground of this planet — let alone reach another. An advancement in the world of waste is the EU’s recent mandate for the separate collection of bio-waste across all its Member States […] Zero Waste Europe · 27 Feb 2024 Council news Community engagement begins for five active travel projects across East Renfrewshire - East Renfrewshire Council East Renfrewshire Council · 27 Feb 2024 Council news Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council - Redcar and Cleveland Redcar and Cleveland Council · 27 Feb 2024 Council news View Response - Horsham District Local Plan 2023 - 2040 (Regulation 19) - Horsham District Council Horsham Council · 27 Feb 2024 Council news Bulky item collection availability - Mid Suffolk District Council Mid Suffolk Council · 27 Feb 2024 Policy & government UK to establish world’s first UN-backed centre for circular economy research Sustainable approaches to the circular economy and resource efficiency will be developed to enable the transition to a greener future GOV.UK · 27 Feb 2024 Policy & government Launching the Integrated Security Fund: An Address by Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG Integrated Security Fund Launch event at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). GOV.UK · 27 Feb 2024