Recycling news: 2019

Council news Licensing Act 2003 - Premises Licence Register as at 07:23 on 4 July 2026 - Lancaster City Council Lancaster Council · 30 Sept 2019 Industry news TRA Supports Call to Eliminate Low-Grade End of Life Tyre Processing in the Indian Sub-Continent The Tyre Recovery Association welcomes the call by Indian campaigning body Social Action and Environment Group (SAPE) to ban dangerous forms of tyre reprocessing in India. Exports of waste tyres, in particular to India have grown exponentially in recent years to the point where they are seriously undermining domestic recovery capacity both in the… Tyre Recovery Association · 30 Sept 2019 Global In Latvia cotton swabs are the unfortunate star of the brand audit This was the second brand audit for Latvia. This year, we selected Daugavgriva, a beach that was identified as the second most contaminated beach in Latvia based on the number of waste units per square meter. After the cleanup, we collected the results and decided that this year, instead of focusing on cans and bottles, […] Break Free From Plastic · 30 Sept 2019 Policy & government Managing nuclear materials and spent fuels We need to ensure the safe, secure and cost-effective lifecycle management of nuclear materials and spent fuels. GOV.UK · 30 Sept 2019 Council news Business rates - Preston City Council Preston Council · 30 Sept 2019 Council news Council Tax - Preston City Council Preston Council · 30 Sept 2019 Industry news ‘Concerns’ raised over biodegradable plastics Speakers from across the plastics supply chain have explained that there is ‘concern’ in the industry with regards to biodegradable or compostable plastic packaging. However, in response, others have said that the material can be a success if systems incorporating it are implemented correctly. This was among the topics debated from a panel discussion at … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 30 Sept 2019 Industry news For the love of dustcarts As part of Recycling Week 2019, Countrystyle was excited to open its doors to Martin, a resident with the Kent […] Countrystyle Recycling · 30 Sept 2019 Industry news Taking recycling into our own hands 2018 saw a hugely successful Recycle Week campaign with many large corporations engaging with recycling over the week on social […] Countrystyle Recycling · 30 Sept 2019 Industry news Powerday enters partnership with Chelmsford Safety Supplies After an extensive tender process, Powerday has chosen Chelmsford Safety Supplies as the company's preferred supplier for PPE, clothing and supplies amongst other items. Shaun Howard, Health and Safe... Powerday · 30 Sept 2019 Industry news LARAC 2019: Let’s have a climate conversation OPINION: Ahead of the 2019 LARAC Conference and Awards this week, the event’s Platinum Sponsor, FCC Environment, says that the time is right to have a conversation on how local authorities can lead the response to the climate crisis. People are increasingly aware that decisions we make today will affect the future of our planet … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 30 Sept 2019 Industry news Clarity Joins The Big WEEE Debate At 2019 Conference The post Clarity Joins The Big WEEE Debate At 2019 Conference appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 30 Sept 2019 Industry news Testing Times Continue for the PRN Market The post Testing Times Continue for the PRN Market appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 30 Sept 2019 Industry news Focus On All Single Use Packaging – Not Just Plastic, Say MPs The post Focus On All Single Use Packaging – Not Just Plastic, Say MPs appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 30 Sept 2019 Industry news Report Forecasts Positive Growth of Lead Acid Batteries Market The post Report Forecasts Positive Growth of Lead Acid Batteries Market appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 30 Sept 2019 Industry news Clarity Cares sponsors 50km walk for Marie Curie The post Clarity Cares sponsors 50km walk for Marie Curie appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 30 Sept 2019 Industry news Government Strategy to Ban Single-Use Plastics in Ireland The post Government Strategy to Ban Single-Use Plastics in Ireland appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 30 Sept 2019 Industry news Council officers raise concerns over EfW capacity Local authority waste management officers have raised concerns about the lack of sufficient energy from waste capacity in the UK. The concerns come in the wake of Dutch Parliament plans to levy a 32 Euros per tonne tax on municipal waste sent by local authorities to the Netherlands from 1 January 2020 (see letsrecycle.com story). … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 30 Sept 2019 Industry news Biffa considers appeal over China export verdict Biffa Waste Services is looking to appeal a guilty verdict in a case relating to the export of mixed paper to China in 2015. The company was ordered to pay fines of £350,000 and costs totalling £240,000 at a sentencing hearing at Wood Green Crown Court on Friday (27 September) – having been found guilty … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 30 Sept 2019 Industry news A workshop looking at gaps between the EU laws on chemicals in food contact materials and REACH On April 29th, 2019, CHEM Trust organised a workshop to discuss gaps, overlaps and possible synergies between the EU’s main chemicals law REACH and the EU’s laws on chemicals in food contact materials (FCM). The workshop aimed to give government and EU regulatory experts on REACH and FCM an opportunity to discuss, and develop new insights into, […] CHEM Trust · 30 Sept 2019 Industry news Understanding the potato late blight pathogen: Key for sustainable control Didier Andrivon from INRA details why an intimate knowledge and understanding of the potato late blight pathogen and its evolution are key towards sustainable control. Open Access Government — Environment · 29 Sept 2019 Industry news Ricardo Salles met with European chemical and car giants The post Ricardo Salles met with European chemical and car giants appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 28 Sept 2019 Industry news Waste giant gets record fine for trying to illegally export paper to China The post Waste giant gets record fine for trying to illegally export paper to China appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 27 Sept 2019 Policy & government Waste giant forced to pay over £500,000 for exporting banned waste Following an investigation by the Environment Agency (EA), one of the UK’s largest waste management companies - Biffa Waste Services Ltd - has been ordered to pay a total of £599,912 for breaching waste exports regulations. GOV.UK · 27 Sept 2019 Industry news Plant-plant communication for sustainable pest management Velemir Ninkovic, Associate Professor at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), explores plant-plant communication for sustainable pest management. Open Access Government — Environment · 27 Sept 2019 Industry news Biffa to pay £590,000 over exports to China Biffa Waste Services has been ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £590,000 after having been found guilty of breaching waste export regulations over the export of mixed paper to China in 2015. The penalty, which includes a £350,000 fine and £240,000 in costs, comes at the conclusion of legal proceedings between the waste management … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Sept 2019 Industry news Grundon and Viridor announce new Energy from Waste facility proposals for West Sussex The post Grundon and Viridor announce new Energy from Waste facility proposals for West Sussex appeared first on Grundon . Grundon Waste Management · 27 Sept 2019 Industry news WEEE conference hears youth message on plastics The importance of practical ways in which the environment can be helped in terms of preventing plastics pollution in the seas, was raised by a young speaker at the annual WEEE conference in London this week. Delegates to the event, at Lord’s Cricket Ground, were addressed by 16-year-old Amy Meek from the campaign group Kids … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Sept 2019 Industry news Welsh government looks to boost commercial recycling The Welsh government has launched a consultation on regulations to require non-domestic properties to separate their recyclable materials from general waste. Under the proposals in the consultation – which runs until 13 December 2019 – companies or local authorities which collect waste would also be required to collect recyclable materials and keep them separate. Also … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Sept 2019 Policy & government Court orders former Northumberland recycling business to pay over £50,000 after breaching environmental regulations Company failed to finance the cost of waste electrical electronic equipment collection and treatment GOV.UK · 27 Sept 2019 Industry news How The Aldingbourne Trust helped save 300 tonnes of wood waste from landfill (Chichester Observer) The Aldingbourne Trust has been helping recycle wood waste by providing a safer, cheaper and more environmentally friendly alternative to skips. Community Wood Recycling · 27 Sept 2019 Industry news Viridor joins with Grundon for West Sussex EfW Viridor and Grundon Waste Management have today (September 27) outlined joint plans for an energy from waste facility in West Sussex. Plans are for the facility to be constructed at the Grundon-owned ‘Ford Circular Technology Park’ which is based in Ford, 10 miles west of Worthing. Grundon received planning permission in 2014 for a Technology … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Sept 2019 Industry news FM2 receives first RDF deliveries The FM2 multifuel plant at Ferrybridge, which has been developed by SSE and Wheelabrator, has received its first deliveries of refuse derived fuel (RDF) as the plant enters hot commissioning. Located on the same site as Ferrybridge Multifuel 1 in West Yorkshire, Ferrybridge Multifuel 2 power station will have the capacity to treat up to … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Sept 2019 Industry news District councils caution against Herts’ £1.5m cuts District councils in Hertfordshire have cautioned against £1.5 million of cuts to funding, which have been approved by the county council this week. Hertfordshire county council’s cabinet decided on 23 September to go ahead with proposed reductions to payments made to Waste Collection Authorities – the district councils within the county – by Hertfordshire county … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Sept 2019 Global EUBP proposes criteria and product examples for preferable use of compostable plastics The European Commission launched an initiative regarding a study on the ‘Relevance of biodegradable and compostable plastics in a circular economy'[1]. European Bioplastics welcomes the initiative, as scepticism amongst stakeholders towards the relevance of biodegradable certified compostable plastics usually stems from a vague notion about their characteristics (please also see corresponding E… European Bioplastics News · 26 Sept 2019 Global Event with MEP Bogovič underlines importance of bioplastics to achieve a circular economy from left to right: Eva Štraser (Evegreen/Bioplasticpot), Stephan Kabasci (Fraunhofer UMSICHT), Mariagiovanna Vetere (EUBP/NatureWorks), Franc Bogovič (MEP) , François de Bie (EUBP/Total Corbion PLA), Kristy-Barbara Lange (EUBP) On 24 September, European Bioplastics, together with MEP Franc Bogovič (EPP, Slovenia), held a working breakfast in the European Parliament on the role of bio-based [...] European Bioplastics News · 26 Sept 2019 Global 14th European Bioplastics Conference 3/4 December 2019 – Sneak Preview of confirmed speakers Join us at the 14th European Bioplastics Conference on 3/4 December 2019 at the TITANIC CHAUSSEE Hotel in Berlin, Germany, and secure your delegate ticket here. We are happy to announce our first confirmed keynote speakers: Enrico Nieddu (Merieux NutriSciences) talks about the safety assessment of food-contact bioplastics. Peter von den Kerkhoff (DuPont) will [...] European Bioplastics News · 26 Sept 2019 Global Member portrait: Indochine Bio Plastiques (ICBP) Amir Bin Abul Hasan Ashari, Managing Director, Indochine Bio Plastiques In each issue of the Bioplastics Bulletin, we present five facts about a member of European Bioplastics. This month, Mr Amir Bin Abul Hasan Ashari, Managing Director at Indochine Bio Plastiques, shares some information on the company: 5 facts about Indochine Bio [...] European Bioplastics News · 26 Sept 2019 Global This year’s Biotech Week 2019 sets new record Already in its 7th edition, the annual European Biotech Week celebrates biotechnology, an innovative and vibrant sector launched by the discovery of the DNA molecule back in 1953. With over 140 events taking place all over Europe during 23 and 29 September, this year’s event set a new record. National Association Members, together with [...] European Bioplastics News · 26 Sept 2019 Global Nova-Institute published open letter to JRC on comparability of bio-based and petrochemical polymers There are published standards for life cycle assessments (LCA) that provide guidance on how to compare different polymers fairly with regard to their environmental impacts. However, the rules still leave sufficient room for manoeuvre to specify the methods by which such comparisons are to be carried out. The fact that there is still a [...] European Bioplastics News · 26 Sept 2019