Recycling news: 2024

Policy & government Freshwater habitat restoration This briefing outlines the evidence relating to the restoration of freshwater habitats in the UK and the key challenges to delivering this. POST (Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology) · 17 Jan 2024 Industry news EU Parliament signs off on anti-greenwashing legislation Members of the European Parliament have voted overwhelmingly in favour of implementing a new directive to ban businesses from making misleading or hard-to-understand green claims aimed at consumers. edie — Circular Economy tag · 17 Jan 2024 Policy & government 187 & 187a Dudden Hill Lane, London NW10 1AR: LON/00AE/LSC/2020/0325 Residential Property Tribunal Decision of Judge D Brandler and J Mann MCIEH on 20 August 2021 GOV.UK · 17 Jan 2024 Industry news Essex man handed 10-month jail term for running ‘illegal waste site’ The Environment Agency has announced that it has secured a jail term against an Essex-based man for running an “illegal waste site” near Tilbury, Essex. In a statement earlier today (17 January), the regulator explained that Mark James, of Fobbing Road, Corringham “ran an illegal waste site at an industrial estate at Chadwell St Mary … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jan 2024 Policy & government CMA wins appeal on legal challenge to overseas information requests The Court of Appeal agrees that companies outside the UK must provide information requested by the CMA – entirely dismissing legal challenges from BMW and VW. GOV.UK · 17 Jan 2024 Council news Medium Term Financial Plan 2024/25 to 2026/27 - Proposals - Derby City Council Derby Council · 17 Jan 2024 Policy & government National Policy Statement for natural gas supply infrastructure and gas and oil pipelines (EN-4) Planning guidance for developers of nationally significant natural gas supply infrastructure and gas and oil pipeline projects. GOV.UK · 17 Jan 2024 Council news Disabled Tax Exempt Vehicle (DTEV) parking permit - BCP Council Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council · 17 Jan 2024 Industry news Plug making green hydrogen a reality in Europe and beyond In late September, Germany and England joined forces to propel the industry forward with green hydrogen. Combined with series of other initiatives, Plug sees this declaration as an encouraging signal for the development of the green hydrogen sector. Open Access Government — Environment · 17 Jan 2024 Industry news Second straight fall in fly-tipping incidents but remain over 1 million Statistics published by Defra this morning (17 January) show that local authorities in England dealt with 1.08 million fly-tipping incidents in 2022/23, a decrease of 1% from the 1.09 million reported the previous year. This is the second consecutive year that the overall number has fallen, following a a 4% fall between 2020/21 and 2021/22 (see letsrecycle.com story). … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jan 2024 Global New EU law empowers consumers against corporate greenwashing The EEB welcomes the restriction of misleading green claims and labels, but urges action against barriers to repair Today, the European Parliament gave its final greenlight […] European Environmental Bureau · 17 Jan 2024 Council news Tenant Involvement - Tendring District Council Tendring Council · 17 Jan 2024 Global Joint statement on Green Claims The undersigned associations recognise that, given that consumers can only make more sustainable choices if they have access to reliable, comparable, and verifiable information, it is therefore crucial to ensure that claims made by traders are backed by sufficient evidence while products deliver the environmental benefits that they claim to have. Indeed, the transition to […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 17 Jan 2024 Industry news TFRGroup bring Sustainability and Recycling Expertise to INDX Furniture Following successful shows in 2023, which welcomed record visitor attendance, INDX Furniture is preparing to return to its West Midlands venue, Cranmore Park on Friday 19th January. Organised by Associated Independent Stores (AIS), the UK’s leading buying... The Furniture Recycling Group · 17 Jan 2024 Council news Disabled Facilities Grants - Tendring District Council Tendring Council · 17 Jan 2024 Industry news Trees and Woodlands - Wildlife and Countryside Link Wildlife and Countryside Link · 17 Jan 2024 Global Members publish Open Letter following pellet spill in Northern Spain Coastlines across Northern Spain in the region of Galicia, have been hit with an influx of plastic pellet bags that have washed up on shorelines, after a Maersk cargo ship passing through the Fisterra corridor lost six of its containers. #BreakFreeFromPlastic members and environmental organisations throughout the region have been closely monitoring the situation after […] Break Free From Plastic · 17 Jan 2024 Council news Elections & Voting - Tendring District Council Tendring Council · 17 Jan 2024 Council news Rubbish & Recycling - Tendring District Council Tendring Council · 17 Jan 2024 Council news Council Tax - Tendring District Council Tendring Council · 17 Jan 2024 Council news Benefits & Support - Tendring District Council Tendring Council · 17 Jan 2024 Council news Planning & Building Control - Tendring District Council Tendring Council · 17 Jan 2024 Council news Housing - Tendring District Council Tendring Council · 17 Jan 2024 Policy & government Amending The Bread and Flour Regulations 1998 and The Bread and Flour (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1998 Seeking views on proposals to update and amend provisions on the compositional requirements for bread and flour. GOV.UK · 17 Jan 2024 Industry news Suez to ‘repurpose’ buildings at Northumberland site to pave way for AD plant Suez had announced that as part of its construction plan for a £35 million anaerobic digestion plant in Northumberland, buildings at the existing site are being “dismantled and reassembled elsewhere”, rather than demolished. Suez was granted planning permission in July for a £35 million anaerobic digestion facility at a former landfill, composting and wood shredding … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jan 2024 Policy & government Fly-tipping statistics for England Annual incidents of fly tipping in England. GOV.UK · 17 Jan 2024 Global 4evergreen announces new chair and co-chair as alliance commits to renewed programme of circularity endeavours Brussels, January 17, 2024 – Today 4evergreen, Europe’s value chain alliance of over 110 members building a toolbox to propel fibre-based packaging towards a 90% recycling rate by 2030, appoints a new Chair and Co-Chair to lead the alliance. Chair Sarah Price, Director of Sustainability at... 4evergreen (fibre packaging alliance) · 17 Jan 2024 Global Greece Evihe info@evihe.com CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 17 Jan 2024 Global New NIR insights provide rigorous data for flexible packaging design and sorting – Sandra Beckamp, Institut cyclos‑HTP GmbH Sandra Beckamp, Managing Director at Institut cyclos-HTP GmbH, discusses how a unique and in-depth Near-Infrared (NIR) study showed how different designs of flexible packaging affect recognition and sortability. CEFLEX (Circular Economy for Flexible Packaging) · 17 Jan 2024 Policy & government Close your landfill site The standards you must meet to close your landfill site and move it into aftercare. GOV.UK · 17 Jan 2024 Policy & government Landfills for inert waste The environmental permitting requirements for landfills for inert waste and how to comply with your permit. GOV.UK · 17 Jan 2024 Policy & government Construction quality assurance (CQA) How to create a CQA plan, the CQA qualification requirements you need to meet and how to create a validation report. GOV.UK · 17 Jan 2024 Policy & government UK critical imports and supply chains strategy UK’s first critical imports and supply chain strategy aims to build resilient supply chains and safeguard critical imports GOV.UK · 17 Jan 2024 Policy & government People on low incomes urged to check if they can get £150 energy bill discount Eligible low income households urged to make sure they get £150 in Warm Home Discount before 29 February. GOV.UK · 17 Jan 2024 Research & science EDO European Drought Observatory - joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu EU Joint Research Centre (JRC) news · 16 Jan 2024 Global Reloop joins UK call for manifesto DRS promise to be kept Reloop joined the drinks industry and environmental charities to call on the UK Prime Minister to keep his party’s manifesto promise of including glass bottles in the UK's deposit return system. Reloop Platform · 16 Jan 2024 Global Metro Nashville Tests Residential Food Scraps Collection The Division of Waste Services within Metro Water Services, part of the metropolitan government in Nashville, Tennessee, initiated a pilot residential food scraps collection program for 750 single-family homes in October 2023. BioCycle · 16 Jan 2024 Research & science Peter Henderson - Princeton Engineering Princeton Engineering News · 16 Jan 2024 Industry news MEMBER PRESS RELEASE – Overhaul of digester mixing system delivers better biogas yields MEMBER PRESS RELEASE – Overhaul of digester mixing system delivers better biogas yields Following an extensive upgrade of its reception tank and digester mixing system, Eco Verde Energy (EVE) has put a once troublesome anaerobic digestion (AD) plant firmly back on track with encouraging new biogas yields. At Holton in Suffolk, England, which receives around… ADBA (Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association) · 16 Jan 2024 Industry news Building a Sustainable Future: The Zero Waste Index as a Catalyst for Change The post Building a Sustainable Future: The Zero Waste Index as a Catalyst for Change appeared first on Reconomy . Reconomy · 16 Jan 2024