Recycling news: 2014

Policy & government Landfill Tax: compliance work in relation to lower rate This Tax Information and Impact Note is about Landfill Tax and compliance work in relation to lower rate. GOV.UK · 10 Dec 2014 Industry news Reuse projects get funding under Waste Prevention Programme The first 10 projects to receive funding under the Waste Prevention Programme for England have been announced by the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) today – a year after the initiative was first launched by Defra. Unveiled by WRAP in May, the £800,000 Innovation in Waste Prevention (IWP) Fund is being run in three … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 Dec 2014 Policy & government Finance Bill 2015: indirect taxes and excise duties The government has published draft indirect tax and excise duties legislation for technical consultation. GOV.UK · 10 Dec 2014 Industry news Yorwaste begins work on Ryedale recycling contract Yorwaste has started a two and a half year contract to handle, process and sell household dry recyclables on behalf of Ryedale district council. The deal, worth an estimated £250,000 over its life, will see the waste contractor receive paper, cardboard, plastic bottles and glass at its transfer station on Showfield Lane, Malton. Materials will … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 Dec 2014 Policy & government Landfill tax - liability of waste 'fines' Proposals for the new 'loss on ignition' test that will help landfill site operators determine the correct tax liability of fines. GOV.UK · 10 Dec 2014 Industry news Dorset aims to provide ‘highly efficient’ waste service The Dorset Waste Partnership has allayed fears that its recycling and refuse collection service will not be rolled out on schedule, following a delay in providing bins for residents in Weymouth and Portland. And, DWP remains confident that it can also meet the financial requirements of the project – after projecting an estimated £2 million … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 Dec 2014 Industry news Veolia to turn poor quality paper into pulp Veolia is to manufacture a pulp product out of poorer quality paper and cardboard from the household waste stream at a plant in Sheffield. The waste management company described the paper and card as being the non-recyclable component of the household waste stream at Southwark’s Integrated Waste Management facility and is expected to include lower … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 Dec 2014 Policy & government Low-carbon action in the power sector has already reduced emissions equivalent to taking 10 million cars off the road Committee on Climate Change finds that policies to support cleaner low-carbon electricity made up £45 of energy bills in 2013. Climate Change Committee · 9 Dec 2014 Industry news Elham Primary School pupil wins Christmas card competition Countrystyle Recycling surprised the winner of their school Christmas card competition by presenting the prizes during a whole school assembly. Countrystyle Recycling · 9 Dec 2014 Industry news Police investigate death following SITA UK vehicle collision Police in Essex are investigating after an 87-year old woman died in hospital following a collision with a SITA UK refuse collection vehicle last month. The incident occurred at Rydal Close, Hullbridge in the borough of Rochford at around 11.50 on the morning of November 4. The woman, who has been named as Hullbridge resident … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 9 Dec 2014 Industry news J&B Recycling gets £7.5m cash injection Teesside-based J&B Recycling has received £7.5 million in growth capital investment from the independent Business Growth Fund, in order to help expand its operations across the region. The company, which has an estimated annual turnover of £10 million, provides commercial waste and recycling collections in the North East – operating from two recycling facilities in … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 9 Dec 2014 Industry news ECO Plastics seeks buyer A buyer is being sought for the pioneering plastic bottle recycling business ECO Plastics after the company revealed that it has written off £2 million of its value due to tough trading conditions. The company, which handles around 140,000 tonnes-a-year of waste plastic bottles at its Hemswell bottle recycling plant in Lincolnshire, has been particularly … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 9 Dec 2014 Industry news Appointments round-up With news on; Taylor appoints chief executive; Countrystyle expands management team; Casepak makes two appointments, and; Imtech takes on sales director Taylor appoints Brendan Murphy as chief executive Bin manufacturer Taylor has announced the appointment of Brendan Murphy as the new chief executive of the company. He replaces David Williams in the post, after … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 9 Dec 2014 Industry news AWARD WINNING WEBSITE Powerday’s website has won two Web Marketing Association Awards for its designer Chris Curd Design. The awards for the construction and environmental industry categories acknowledge outstanding ach... Powerday · 9 Dec 2014 Industry news Waste industry outlines general election proposals Waste industry members have joined together in outlining a list of policy proposals for England’s main political parties to consider in the run up to the 2015 general election. A joint letter, dated December 4, was sent out to policy makers with a list proposals the industry would like to see included in each party’s … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 8 Dec 2014 Industry news Plastics recycling trial targets trigger tops An innovative plastics trial which will seek to establish whether corporate brands can help change recycling behaviour is being rolled out in Somerset and Gloucestershire. From December 2014 to March 2015, residents in the two areas will be able to separate and recycle the trigger tops and flip caps from their air and home care … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 8 Dec 2014 Industry news Beatson Clark increases capacity with amber glass furnace Glass packaging manufacturer Beatson Clark has increased its capacity to reprocess glass cullet with the opening of a new amber glass furnace at its site in Rotherham, Yorkshire. The company has replaced its former amber furnace with one which has a melting area which is more than 6m² larger and can produce around 200 tonnes … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 8 Dec 2014 Industry news Wakefield pursues commingled plans after TEEP test Wakefield council is pressing ahead with plans to introduce a fully commingled recycling service next year after concluding that the service will be in keeping with new separate collection requirements coming into force on January 1. The Yorkshire local authority is writing to residents this week explaining how from Spring 2014, they will no longer … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 8 Dec 2014 Industry news Brighton recycling firm to lose vehicle licence A Brighton-based waste firm is set to lose its licence to operate restricted goods vehicles over a ‘significant’ failure to tackle drivers’ hours infringements. KSD Environmental Services Ltd – which can legally operate 15 vehicles with 11 currently in possession – was told its licence would be revoked from January 17 2015 at a public … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 8 Dec 2014 Industry news WRAP has charity status confirmed The Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) is officially registered as a charity as from today (December 8 2014), following a successful application to the Charity Commission. The organisation hopes that the move will give it access to more sources of funding, after its budget from government has been cut in successive years. Funding for … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 8 Dec 2014 Industry news ASPRG report calls on government to support remanufacturing The Government must do more to ‘lift the regulatory burden’ on the remanufacturing sector, a report published by an independent committee concluded today (December 8). The conclusions were drawn by the All-Party Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group (ASPRG) and All-Party Manufacturing Group (APMG) in a 108-page report on its findings. It follows an eight month inquiry … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 8 Dec 2014 Industry news Medicines in the Environment: A Growing Threat to Wildlife and Drinking Water There is increasing evidence that human and veterinary medicines are damaging wildlife, a new report launched today by the environmental charity CHEM Trust shows. The report “Pharmaceuticals in the Environment: A growing threat to our tap water and wildlife” highlights that medicines [1] are polluting rivers and have harmed wild birds and fish. Other species too […] CHEM Trust · 7 Dec 2014 Industry news Agency seeking further evidence in CRT dispute The Environment Agency is seeking quality assurances from the Dutch producers of a concrete block product which uses some CRT glass imported from the UK. The Agency’s involvement follows concerns raised by some UK-based recyclers of glass from cathode ray tubes (CRT). In April 2014 a group of UK-based WEEE and cathode ray tube (CRT) … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Dec 2014 Industry news Wokingham to scrap amenity service over TEEP concerns A weekly refuse collection service in Wokingham is to be scrapped over concerns that it will not meet new waste regulations due to take effect from January 2015. The borough council has also highlighted safety concerns surrounding the amenity waste service, a Saturday-only scheme that has been in place for ‘many years’. Under the current … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Dec 2014 Industry news Stronger policy framework needed for circular economy DS Smith’s European commercial director Mat Prosser discusses the steps needed to drive the circular economy. We need a clear policy framework with relevant and specific Government support to make the step change toward a circular economy. And we need a stronger framework than we currently have; there is danger in simply leaving the market … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Dec 2014 Policy & government New long-term investment scenarios point to the need for much greater flood resilience On Tuesday, two much-awaited flood investment documents were published (see previous blog). Both Defra’s six-year Investment Plan and… Climate Change Committee · 5 Dec 2014 Industry news More than £8 million owed by two Yorkshire waste firms Two companies set up in the wake of the demise of autoclave operator Sterecycle Ltd have fallen into administration with combined debts of more than £8 million, resulting in more than 100 redundancies. Howard Smith and Jonny Marston of KPMG were appointed joint administrators of Leeds Recycling Limited and Waste Recycling and Diversion (WRD) Limited … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Dec 2014 Industry news Councils offered £700,000 for WEEE collection projects Local authorities are being offered £700,000 in funding for projects to increase the collection of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) under the latest phase of the Distributor Takeback Scheme (DTS). The Scheme, which was set up under the WEEE regulations in 2007, enables electronics retailers to meet their requirement to fund the collection of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Dec 2014 Industry news Environment Agency considers new rules on bioaerosols Organics waste operators may face fees of up to £6,000 to monitor bioaerosols in and around their sites, an Environment Agency research scientist advised yesterday (December 4). Dr Kerry Walsh, who outlined a proposed protocol update for sampling and monitoring of the potentially hazardous particles, was speaking at the 2014 Bioaerosols Conference in Solihull. Delegates … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Dec 2014 Global Zero Waste present in World Resources Forum in Peru In October of 2014 Zero Waste International Alliance (ZWIA)’s Chair Person, Mr. Richard Anthony, and Board Member Mrs. Ana Carvalho, organized, conducted, and presented a workshop for approximately 250 people at the World Resource Forum (WRF) in Arequipa, Peru. Presentations were also given by Mr. William Worrell of San Luis Obispo, and Ms. Colleen Foster, […] Zero Waste Europe · 5 Dec 2014 Industry news Going plastic free – 4 zero waste shampoo ideas Welcome to the fourth part of my ‘zero waste shopping list’ series. You’ve sniffed my pits and agreed plastic-free deodorants can work. We’ve taken a look at plastic free toothpaste and discovered 4 plastic free toothbrushes that you should consider. Today we’re going to enjoy healthy, shiny barnets WITHOUT creating any landfill – woohoo! Most… Zero Waste Week · 5 Dec 2014 Industry news Vella ‘supports’ circular economy EXCLUSIVE: Europe’s recently appointed Commissioner for the Environment, the Maltese politician Karmenu Vella, does not favour scrapping the Commission’s circular economy package letsrecycle.com has learned. The policy package was put together under the stewardship of the former Environment Commissioner Janez Potocnik and includes plans to increase targets for the recycling of municipal and pac… letsrecycle.com News · 4 Dec 2014 Industry news Q3 batteries data highlights lead acid disparity The latest waste battery recycling data shows that the proportion of lead acid batteries being used to meet EU targets is declining, but still makes up the majority of the tonnages collected by compliance schemes. The third quarter Portable Battery collection figures, published this week, show that the UK is on track to meet its … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Dec 2014 Industry news Tight control of cash helps DS Smith Paper recycling and mill giant DS Smith today reported revenues down 5% in the six months to 31 October 2014 but with an adjusted operating profit of plus 10%. At the same time, the company confirmed that cash flow control was one factor helping its performance. Group finance director, Adrian Marsh, said: “We have stepped … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Dec 2014 Policy & government CCC comment – 2014: A year of record-breaking temperatures Yesterday the Met Office reported that human influence is an important factor in possible global and UK temperature records. Early figures show 2014 is on course to be one of, if not the warmest, year on record both worldwide and for the UK. Climate Change Committee · 4 Dec 2014 Industry news Waste industry welcomes landfill tax ruling Waste industry members have welcomed the government’s latest stance on landfill tax, announced in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement yesterday (December 3). Under new proposals, a 12-month ‘grace period’ raising the loss on ignition threshold from 10% to 15% has been confirmed by the Treasury – which will give operators more time to comply when the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Dec 2014 Industry news Improvements in-store for Wrexham Co-operative following £340k investment - Co-operative Group Co-op media newsroom · 4 Dec 2014 Industry news Treasury confirms ‘grace period’ on landfill tax threshold A 12-month ‘grace period’ which offers waste operators 5% leeway on meeting a lower rate of landfill tax was confirmed by the Treasury in its Autumn Statement today (December 3). The amendment means that for one year from April 2015, trommel fines will only have to produce a loss on ignition (LOI) of 15% in … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 3 Dec 2014 Industry news Hormone disrupting chemicals: New FAQ & a chance to tell the EU to act! (updated) Today we are launching a new list of frequently asked questions (FAQ) about hormone disrupting chemicals (or endocrine disrupting chemicals – EDCs – to use the more technical term). The full list of questions & answers is here, examples include What are EDCs?, Is Hormone Disruption a new issue?, What sort of chemicals are Hormone Disrupters, what are they used for? […] CHEM Trust · 3 Dec 2014 Industry news WEEE schemes confident UK will meet 2014 target WEEE compliance schemes are confident that the sector will meet its target to collect 490,000 tonnes of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) throughout 2014. Data outlining the collection rates for the third quarter of the year (January to September) was published by the Environment Agency yesterday (December 2) and shows that a total of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 3 Dec 2014