Recycling news: 2016
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Redbridge Council · 9 Aug 2016
Industry news
Restoration of historic glasshouse grows into horticultural training programme
The post Restoration of historic glasshouse grows into horticultural training programme appeared first on Grundon .
Grundon Waste Management · 8 Aug 2016
Industry news
Tortoise rescued by Westminster refuse staff
Refuse staff at Veolia and Westminster city council– including secretary Jarno Stet – helped reunite a resident with her 90-year-old tortoise after the animal had climbed into a bag of garden waste.
letsrecycle.com News · 8 Aug 2016
Industry news
Time to take plastics recycling to greater heights?
Stuart Foster, chief executive of plastics recycling body Recoup outlines future areas of action for government needed to support the plastics sector. From uncertain post Brexit impacts on markets and legislation, company acquisitions and reprocessor administrations, to intensifying packaging scrutiny, collection system reviews, and continued lack of investment in consumer education; plastics r…
letsrecycle.com News · 8 Aug 2016
Industry news
Environcom’s Stourbridge WEEE site hit by fire
Firefighters tackled a blaze at Environcom’s waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) processing site at Stourbridge yesterday afternoon (August 7).
letsrecycle.com News · 8 Aug 2016
Industry news
Surrey council to introduce HWRC charges
Surrey council is to charge residents for the disposal of ‘non-household’ waste at nine of its 15 household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) from next month.
letsrecycle.com News · 8 Aug 2016
Industry news
Composition of Litter in Scotland
We surveyed the same 120 sites in four areas of Scotland that we did in 2014, and compared the results of the composition and breakdown of litter. See the results and our report below:
INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 7 Aug 2016
Industry news
Dust: Not only a nuisance, but also a source of hazardous chemicals
We spend up to 90% of our time indoors – in our homes, our offices or at school. However, studies show that indoor air can be more polluted and therefore worse for our health than air outdoors, as indoor air and dust can contain a number of worrying harmful chemical pollutants. Children, particularly babies and toddlers playing on floors, […]
CHEM Trust · 6 Aug 2016
Council news
Find a school - Torbay Council
Torbay Council · 6 Aug 2016
Council news
Food safety - Torbay Council
Torbay Council · 5 Aug 2016
Industry news
Shanks quashes reports of ‘huge’ Manvers fire
Shanks Group has downplayed local press reports of a “huge blaze” at its recycling facility run on behalf of the Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham Waste Partnership (BDR).
letsrecycle.com News · 5 Aug 2016
Industry news
The Week in Waste – 5 August 2016
Take a look at the ‘Week in Waste’ video report. In this week’s report by letsrecycle.com, sponsored by Biffa, we report on Thérèse Coffey’s appointment as waste and resources minister. The video report comes as letsrecycle.com continues to develop its coverage of recycling news, to serve the growing demands of our audience of up to … Read More
letsrecycle.com News · 5 Aug 2016
Council news
Council Tax - Torbay Council
Torbay Council · 5 Aug 2016
Industry news
Summer of sport is the focus of new game from Every Can Counts
Drinks can recycling programme Every Can Counts has launched a new game to get users of social media across Europe to think more about recycling. The new game, #Olympican, has a sporting theme and tasks players to sprint along a running track jumping hurdles and collecting as many empty drinks cans as possible within […]
Alupro · 5 Aug 2016
Industry news
News in Brief (05/08/2016)
With news on: Welsh First Minister visits DS Smith; Biffa launches new trucks; Calderdale to open reuse shop; Valpak and Keenan Recycling recognised Welsh First Minister visits DS Smith First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones, has visited DS Smith’s Caerphilly site to find out about challenges facing the recycling industry. Matthew Prosser DS Smith UK … Read More
letsrecycle.com News · 5 Aug 2016
Global
Cutting the Crap: How to increase resource efficiency in the european personal care retail sector
The post Cutting the Crap: How to increase resource efficiency in the european personal care retail sector appeared first on Changing Markets .
Changing Markets Foundation · 5 Aug 2016
Global
Weniger ist mehr: Ressourceneffizienz im europäischen drogeriehandel
The post Weniger ist mehr: Ressourceneffizienz im europäischen drogeriehandel appeared first on Changing Markets .
Changing Markets Foundation · 5 Aug 2016
Policy & government
Our natural land: part of the solution to tackling climate change
Natural land is one of our key resources. It provides a wide range of goods and services – food, timber, clean water, energy, wildlife habitats, carbon storage, flood management as well as green spaces vital for our physical and mental health and other recreation activities. While some of these benefits can be valued in monetary terms, others have no market value, which makes it all the more im…
Climate Change Committee · 5 Aug 2016
Industry news
Gate fees and exchange rate ‘putting pressure’ on RDF exports
Movement in exchange rates and rising gate fees for the treatment of refuse derived fuel (RDF) may be putting UK-based exporters of the material under financial pressure, senior industry figures have warned.
letsrecycle.com News · 5 Aug 2016
Industry news
Minister tours recycling plant ahead of report
Thérèse Coffey has paid her first visit to a recycling facility as resources minister, ahead of a ‘cross-cutting’ government report on how the UK can derive value from waste. The Defra minister, who was officially handed the waste brief on Monday, yesterday visited Veolia’s Integrated Waste Management Facility in Southwark, London, which she described as … Read More
letsrecycle.com News · 5 Aug 2016
Industry news
Co-op celebrates 10 years of Legal Services - Co-operative Group
Co-op media newsroom · 5 Aug 2016
Industry news
Salvation Army trials textile bank sensors
The Salvation Army is trialling monitoring technology in a proportion of its donation banks in a bid to reduce collection costs and oversee filling behaviour. The trial is aimed at enabling the charity’s network of collectors to empty the banks in the most efficient way possible. One of the largest textile reuse and recycling operators … Read More
letsrecycle.com News · 4 Aug 2016
Industry news
WRAP revises paper and wood packaging forecasts
Long-awaited estimates for the amount of paper and wood packaging likely to be recycled by 2020 have been published by WRAP today (4 August). The Wood Flow and Paper & Card Flow reports, which have been delivered in partnership with compliance scheme Valpak, provide forecasts on how much material has been placed on the market … Read More
letsrecycle.com News · 4 Aug 2016
Council news
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Hastings Council · 4 Aug 2016
Industry news
Fife to study results of collection reduction trial
A Fife council analysis of ongoing recycling collection trials has claimed the volume of dry recycling has increased while material sent to landfill has fallen from participating households. Launched at the end of September 2015, the year-long trials involve 4,000 households in two trial areas: Markinch and Coaltown of Balgonie, and Thornton and Stenton. In … Read More
letsrecycle.com News · 4 Aug 2016
Industry news
Bradford skip firm to pay £27,000 for waste offences
A skip firm in Bradford has been ordered to pay £27,420 following prosecution proceedings brought by the Environment Agency (EA).
letsrecycle.com News · 4 Aug 2016
Council news
Book a slot at the tip (recycling centre) - Torbay Council
Torbay Council · 4 Aug 2016
Council news
Tivoli Allotments - Hastings Borough Council
Hastings Council · 4 Aug 2016
Council news
School term and holiday dates - Torbay Council
Torbay Council · 3 Aug 2016
Council news
Pension age council tax support - Torbay Council
Torbay Council · 3 Aug 2016
Council news
Dropped kerbs and crossovers - Torbay Council
Torbay Council · 3 Aug 2016
Council news
Search for a planning application - Hastings Borough Council
Hastings Council · 3 Aug 2016
Industry news
Recycling – Issue 4 Autumn 2016
The post Recycling – Issue 4 Autumn 2016 appeared first on The Recycling Association .
The Recycling Association · 3 Aug 2016
Industry news
News in Brief (03/08/2016)
With news on: Northern Ireland minister hails waste figures; Recycling scheme rewards residents; MFGF supports for Not-for-Landfill campaign; Bournemouth council aims for plastic record, and; Andigestion provides Boddington with fertiliser Bournemouth aims for plastics recycling record Bournemouth borough council and plastics recycling campaign Pledge4Plastics are teaming up to create the large…
letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2016
Council news
Track an application - Hastings Borough Council
Hastings Council · 3 Aug 2016
Industry news
Defra calls for 2016 WEEE fee proposals
Guidance has been issued for organisations seeking to submit proposals for a waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) compliance fee methodology that will help to determine how the fee is set for 2016. And, Defra has set a 30 September deadline for compliance schemes and other stakeholders to deliver proposals for a potential fee methodology … Read More
letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2016
Industry news
Waste World Cup 2016 approaches
2016 has been a year dominated by footballing underdogs – with Leicester City’s inspirational victory in the Premiership and Portugal triumphing in the Europe Championship.
letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2016
Council news
Hastings Allotments - Hastings Borough Council
Hastings Council · 3 Aug 2016
Industry news
Wirral council weighs up food waste collection
Wirral council has launched a six-week consultation for residents on proposals to change domestic waste collection to best accommodate a new food waste service. Residents are being asked to comment on two options — either to keep existing 240-litre green residual waste bins but change to three weekly collection, or replace the existing bin with … Read More
letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2016
Policy & government
Employee Training for Small Quantity Generators - pca.state.mn.us
Minnesota PCA · 3 Aug 2016