Recycling news: 2019

Industry news EMR and Currys PC World launch schools recycling campaign Metal recycling business, EMR Metal Recycling, has partnered with the electrical retailer, Currys PC World, to launch a waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and metals recycling initiative in UK schools. ‘Recyclabots’, a free schools education programme aimed at Key Stage 2, has been launched to coincide with Recycle Week, to help schools and children … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Sept 2019 Industry news Regulating chemicals: is putting a price on health impacts unrealistic and misleading? If a chemical threatens health or the environment, shouldn’t it just be replaced by safer alternatives? Or should regulators try to calculate a ‘cost’ for this harm to health or the environment (e.g. the cost of someone getting breast cancer), and then compare this with any costs involved in replacing the chemical? You may think it […] CHEM Trust · 24 Sept 2019 Industry news ‘Misuse’ blamed for Malaysia plastic bag export A review carried out on behalf of Milton Keynes council has suggested that the local authority was not at fault over an incident that saw council-branded plastic recycling bags dumped at a site in Malaysia. Instead it is believed that the bags may have been used outside of the council’s own collection service – and … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Sept 2019 Industry news The Sargasso Sea Commission: High seas conservation Dr David Freestone and Professor Howard Roe explore how the Sargasso Sea Commission could be a new paradigm for high seas conservation. Open Access Government — Environment · 23 Sept 2019 Industry news Our fashion habit is out of control The negative impact of fast fashion is an issue that is close to my heart. I worry about it a lot… In fact, I even wrote a poem about it! We have a warped relationship with textiles. In the UK, we consume more new clothing than any other European country, send 11 million garments to landfill every week and many of us feel embarrassed to be seen in the same outfit multiple times! Resource Futures · 23 Sept 2019 Industry news Indonesian palm oil: “When we lost the forest, we lost everything” New research shows that Indigenous people in Indonesia are losing their ancestral land to palm oil plantations, in ongoing government sanctioned burnings of forest areas. Open Access Government — Environment · 23 Sept 2019 Industry news Palm opens paper separation plant Palm Paper has completed an £80 million investment to boost recycling and cut emissions at its recycled newsprint mill in Norfolk. The investment, which comes alongside the 10th anniversary of the 400,000 tonnes per year mill at King’s Lynn, has seen construction of a Paper Separation Plant and a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) facility. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Sept 2019 Industry news PM Boris Johnson awards £1 billion of aid funding to climate change scientists British scientists and innovators will be able to access £1 billion of aid funding to develop new technology targeted at tackling climate change in developing countries. Open Access Government — Environment · 23 Sept 2019 Industry news ‘We are a nation of recyclers’ With Recycle Week underway, Peter Maddox, director for WRAP UK, has some positive messages in the wake of research into public attitudes on recycling. OPINION: We are a nation of recyclers – and it’s not just me saying that. Our latest research on public attitudes to recycling has revealed three fascinating facts. More of us … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Sept 2019 Industry news WRAP reports increase in recycling participation Three in five UK households now report recycling extra items through their local authority recycling schemes, according to the latest findings published as part of WRAP’s Recycling Tracker survey. Over the past year 60% of homes have reported recycling one or more extra items which they did not previously recycle, whilst a quarter of respondents … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Sept 2019 Industry news Budweiser to remove plastic rings from can multipacks Beer maker Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I has announced that it will be removing plastic rings and film wraps from the packaging in its entire UK-produced canned beer range by the end of 2020. The manufacturer will be replacing the LDPE plastic rings, which are used to hold together multipacks of canned beers across lines including … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Sept 2019 Industry news Recycle Week 2019 has arrived! We are delighted to support Recycle Now’s annual campaign, Recycle Week. Now in its 17th year, Recycle Week aims to inspire people to recycle more items from all around the home. This year’s campaign is a real call to action – ‘Recycle. Its in our own hands’, a motto that reflects the purpose of our […] Alupro · 23 Sept 2019 Global How to beat incineration: a story from Portugal [vc_custom_heading text=”How to beat incineration: a story from Portugal ” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:60|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1568822266804{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}”] Susana Fonseca is a member of the Board of our member organisation ZERO in Portugal, an environmental NGO who works on promoting sustainability by demonstrating the links between en… Zero Waste Europe · 23 Sept 2019 Industry news Recycle Week 2019 round-up This week the UK is celebrating Recycle Week 2019 (23-29 September) – events and campaigns are being run across the country to encourage people to take recycling action into their own hands. letsrecycle.com has a round-up of Recycle Week news, featuring; Welsh government announce separate collection measures; Recycle Now urge action on contamination; Coca-Cola launches … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Sept 2019 Industry news FCC opens Millerhill EfW ‘ahead of schedule’ FCC Environment has officially opened the 155,000 tonnes-per-year capacity Energy from Waste (EfW) facility at Millerhill, near Edinburgh. The £142 million facility entered into operation in April this year, one month ahead of schedule and on budget. The plant – which will process 135,000 tonnes of household residual waste with a further 20,000 tonnes of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Sept 2019 Industry news How can a shed be good for your health? We recently worked with Health Awareness on the 2019 Urological Health campaign. A printed publication was enclosed within every copy of the Guardian newspaper this morning, and the content is available online at www.healthawareness.co.uk/urology. The campaign featured exclusive content from key thought leaders and industry voices about BPH, Erectile Dysfunction and Prostate Cancer. UK Men's Sheds Association · 23 Sept 2019 Industry news ADEPT/EA Flood Risk Emergency Plans for New Development - adeptnet.org.uk ADEPT (Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport) · 23 Sept 2019 Industry news Official opening of Millerhill Recycling and Energy Recovery Centre set to boost Edinburgh and Midlothian Councils’ Zero Waste targets - FCC Environment FCC Environment UK · 23 Sept 2019 Industry news Reading to fast-track food waste service Reading borough council is to consider plans to overhaul its waste and recycling system, with a proposal to introduce weekly food waste collections, having previously rejected the idea. A report submitted to the council’s policy committee ahead of a meeting on Thursday (26 September) details the plan to introduce a weekly food waste collection, as … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Sept 2019 Global We are growing! ChemRecEurope is delighted to welcome new member of the association. It is great to see our membership growing constantly. ARCUS Greencycling Technologies GmbH give our association an even more important voice in Europe. We are looking forward to working together with the new member on common goals”, states ChemRecEurope Secretary General, Mohammad Hayatifar. ARCUS Greencycling […] Chemical Recycling Europe · 22 Sept 2019 Global Chemical Recycling is part of the solution. On 20 September 2019, ChemRecEurope signed the Circular Plastics Alliance Declaration. Over 100 actors of the plastic value chain declared their commitment for action to increase the use of recycled plastic materials in final articles by contributing to improve collection, sorting and recycling schemes throughout the EU, whilst ensuring the functionalities of plastic products.ChemRecEurope is [… Chemical Recycling Europe · 22 Sept 2019 Council news Changing Places - Colchester City Council Colchester Council · 22 Sept 2019 Global Why is World Cleanup Day an important day in Tanzania? Roughly 40,000 people came together in one day collecting over 500 tons of trash from public spaces in over 16 regions in the country and gathering data on the waste found in community areas and along the country’s coastline. Despite the apparent success of the campaign, many people ask us why we continue to organize […] Break Free From Plastic · 21 Sept 2019 Industry news Curbing Our Plastic Problem (Bloomberg) The post Curbing Our Plastic Problem (Bloomberg) appeared first on Plastic Energy . Plastic Energy news · 21 Sept 2019 Global Break Free From Plastic conducts massive global “brand audit” actions (September 21, 2019) --- On World Cleanup Day today, Break Free From Plastic, the global movement working to stop plastic pollution for good, is highlighting the power of citizen action to hold corporate polluters accountable for the plastic pollution crisis. Through its #BrandAudit2019 initiative, members of the #breakfreefromplastic movement have collectively organized over 700 brand […] Break Free From Plastic · 21 Sept 2019 Global France - WEEE Forum WEEE Forum · 21 Sept 2019 Global PRESS RELEASE: EXPRA signs Declaration of the Circular Plastics Alliance Brussels, 20 September 2019. EXPRA, the Extended Producer Responsibility Alliance, proudly signed today the Declaration of the Circular Plastics Alliance. The signing ceremony, which took place in Brussels in the presence […] EXPRA · 20 Sept 2019 Global An Updated ISWA Membership Brochure is Available for Download ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 20 Sept 2019 Industry news Arctic expedition: Climate scientists to drift in sea-ice for a year The German Research Vessel Polarstern is headed for the Arctic to drift in the sea-ice for an entire year so that climate scientists can study Arctic climate change. Open Access Government — Environment · 20 Sept 2019 Industry news Recycle Week returns to spread waste awareness message Britain is ready to take action on recycling – that is the message the waste management industry will be promoting next week as it celebrates the 17th annual Recycle Week between 23 and 29 September. Events are being organised across the country by local authorities, waste management companies and industry bodies who are taking part … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2019 Industry news REA comments on CfD auction results The CfD announcement is a landmark moment for the industry, seeing offshore and remote island wind offering clean energy below the projected wholesale cost of electricity, a great achievement. REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 20 Sept 2019 Industry news Exported plastic waste returning to the UK Environment Agency officers are to investigate the contents of 42 containers of plastic waste that are being repatriated to the UK from Malaysia. This comes amid reports which have come to light this week that containers of ‘contaminated’ plastic waste will be returned from Indonesia to their countries of origin – including the UK. This … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2019 Council news Complaints Complaints are important to us as they allow us to learn from our mistakes and put things right when they have gone wrong. We're committed to dealing with complaints in a fair and impartial way. First time requests We won't class an issue as a complaint if you've never told us about it before, instead we'll treat this as a first time service request. If you're unhappy about a service we pr… Warrington Council · 20 Sept 2019 Industry news Scotland “reluctantly” pushes landfill ban to 2025 The Scottish government has admitted defeat in its aim to ban biodegradable municipal waste to landfill by 2021, announcing this week that the ban will be pushed back to 2025. This comes amid concerns from local authorities and waste management companies that the country is ill-prepared to meet the 2021 deadline. The ban on sending … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2019 Industry news Agency offers further extension on waste wood RPS The Environment Agency (EA) has extended a Regulatory Position Statement (RPS) on the use of mixed waste wood by a further ten months, to allow completion of a major project. The Waste Wood Classification (WWC) Project is being led by the Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA) and aims to ensure that waste wood in the UK … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2019 Industry news London Assembly assesses capital’s recycling rate Better provisions for flats and more food waste collections have been suggested as ways London could increase its “rubbish” recycling rate. The suggestions were made by the London Assembly Environment Committee, which was questioning Shirley Rodrigues – London’s deputy mayor for environment and energy – on the capital’s progress on recycling targets. Currently London lags … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2019 Policy & government Clean energy to power over seven million homes by 2025 at record low prices Twelve new renewable energy projects have won Contracts for Difference - enough to power over seven million homes at record low costs GOV.UK · 20 Sept 2019 Global The Story of Pontevedra Today, 20 September 2019, Zero Waste Europe’s Executive Director, Joan Marc Simon, is in Pontevedra, Spain, to present a new case study on the Spanish Province which established itself as a best practice example for bio-waste management. The publication, available in English and Spanish, is part of a collection of best practices published by Zero […] Zero Waste Europe · 20 Sept 2019 Policy & government Government announces over £10 million for 5 more coastal communities Five transformational projects along the Great British Coast have been awarded over £10 million from the government’s Coastal Communities Fund. GOV.UK · 19 Sept 2019 Industry news RPS for waste wood extended to 2020 The Environment Agency (EA) has extended a Regulatory Position Statement (RPS) on the use of mixed waste wood by a further ten months, to allow completion of a major project. The Waste Wood Classification (WWC) Project is being led by the Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA) and aims to ensure that waste wood in the UK […] Wood Recyclers Association · 19 Sept 2019