Recycling news: 2017

Industry news Zero Waste Art from @ecothrifty Zoe lives in Brighton with her husband and their two children. In 2011, Zoe’s older child was due to start school and her younger was starting nursery. The idea of juggling her family’s needs with her own commute filled Zoe with dread. However she was comfortable with her eco friendly and organic lifestyle which she… Zero Waste Week · 15 Aug 2017 Industry news Employee injured at Viridor’s Wythenshawe MRF The Health and Safety Executive has launched an investigation after an incident at Viridor’s recycling site in Sharston, Greater Manchester on Sunday evening. In the incident a male employee was injured at the company’s Longley Lane materials recycling facility (MRF) in Sharston in the Wythenshawe area of south Manchester. In a statement, Viridor said it … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Aug 2017 Industry news BP plans to use coral harming chemical in event of oil spill near Amazon reef BP plans to use chemicals that kill off coral larvae in the event of an oil spill near a unique coral reef in the mouth of the Amazon river. The British oil giant intends to drill in the region in August 2018. The company’s environmental impact assessment (EIA), submitted to the Brazilian authorities for the […] Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 14 Aug 2017 Council news Council and democracy - Kirklees Council Kirklees Council · 14 Aug 2017 Industry news Young people and the low carbon transition Young people’s futures, including students’, depend upon a low carbon transition. The low carbon economy is not only likely to provide diverse and fruitful employment opportunities – it has to, argues Rob Young, Vice President for Society and Citizenship at the National Union of Students . Aldersgate Group · 14 Aug 2017 Research & science ChemRxiv: chemistry preprints - ChemRxiv ChemRxiv preprints · 14 Aug 2017 Industry news Cardiff to pursue new markets for cardboard Cardiff city council has announced it is to stop collecting garden waste with cardboard from the end of August 2017. The local authority said the changes had been implemented as ‘new markets’ had evolved for cardboard. According to a city council spokesman, the market value for cardboard has increased and as a result the council … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 14 Aug 2017 Industry news ‘Nervous’ Coventry opts for MRF contract extension Coventry city council has agreed to extend its existing MRF (Materials Recycling Facility) contract with Biffa for a further two years, to avoid the ‘risk’ of a less favourable deal. In a meeting earlier this month (1 August), the council’s cabinet was asked to approve a two-year extension of an existing contract with Biffa for … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 14 Aug 2017 Industry news Powerday backing Enfield Town FC for 2017/18 As part of our commitment to give back to the communities in London through sport, we’re pleased to announce our sponsorship of Enfield Town Football Club for the 2017/18 season in the Bostik League... Powerday · 14 Aug 2017 Industry news Powerday continues as main sponsor of London Irish Powerday renewed their principal sponsorship of both the London Irish professional and amateur clubs for the 2017/18 season. The curtain raiser proved a great first day back in the Aviva Premiership ... Powerday · 14 Aug 2017 Council news Tower Hamlets - forms - Tower Hamlets Council Tower Hamlets Council · 13 Aug 2017 Council news Information for businesses on funding, rates, support for your business, working with the council, and much more. - Ashford Borough Council Ashford Council · 12 Aug 2017 Industry news Discover Diageo | Diageo - Diageo Diageo news and media · 11 Aug 2017 Industry news Birmingham refuse crews to vote on more strike action Birmingham city council has accused Unite of ‘holding the city to ransom’ after the trade union announced a vote on further strike action. The union’s announcement is the latest step in a long-running dispute over proposed changes to working practices of the council’s refuse and recycling collection workers. In a statement released today (11 August), … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Aug 2017 Council news Planning Application: Z/04250/045/00 - planning.eastleigh.gov.uk Eastleigh Council · 11 Aug 2017 Industry news Mayor consults on 50% recycling by 2025 for London councils The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, today (11 August) officially proposed that London’s recycling target of 50% by 2020 be put back five years to 2025 for local authorities. And, he also declared incineration “undesirable, costly and an inefficient use of resources”. The UK has a national recycling target set by the European Union of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Aug 2017 Industry news China has a big overfishing problem China is catching an estimated four million tons of fish too young or small for human consumption every year, exacerbating the country’s over-fishing problem and potentially decimating fish stocks. A new report by Greenpeace East Asia found that the number of “trash fish”, the name given to fish with little or no market value, […] Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 10 Aug 2017 Council news Contact Us - Ashford Borough Council Ashford Council · 10 Aug 2017 Industry news The Beat of a Different Drum For decades, CSG subsidiary Willacy Oil Services has been one of the leading providers of specialist oil storage cleaning services in the UK. From their Flintshire headquarters, close to the huge Stanlow oil refinery, they quickly established a reputation as reliable exponents of oil recovery and sludge stabilisation – a reputation that soon spread to […] CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 10 Aug 2017 Industry news Killer whales under threat from persistent PCB chemicals, yet emissions continue PCBs (Polychlorinated Biphenyls) are a group of chemicals which were produced in large quantities by companies such as Monsanto, and were widely used in electrical equipment, sealants and paints. Their production was phased out in the mid 1980’s in Europe, and they are now banned by the global Stockholm convention, as they were found to be […] CHEM Trust · 10 Aug 2017 Industry news Man dies after West Midlands ELV plant fire A man in his 50s has died following a fire at a gasification and ‘advanced recycling’ facility for material from end-of-life vehicles (ELVs), run as part of a joint venture between EMR and Chinook Sciences. The incident at the Innovative Environmental Solutions plant at Oldbury in the West Midlands occurred early on Monday morning (7 … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2017 Industry news SEPA announces partnership to tackle waste tyres The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has announced a partnership with Entrepreneurial Scotland, to encourage businesses to find ‘environmental’ solutions for using waste tyres. According to the Agency, around 100 tyres are turned into waste every 15 minutes in Scotland and an ‘environmental solution’ is needed to ensure that they do not create a waste … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2017 Global Beyond the super worms: one simple step you can take to stop plastic pollution Plastic is a revolutionary material that lasts up to 100-500 years depending on its type. However, when we use this material to create something like a plastic bag, with an average life span on 25 minutes, we have a problem. Our oceans are heavily polluted and 80% of the marine litter is plastic. While the […] Zero Waste Europe · 10 Aug 2017 Industry news Marine litter – the plastics paradox? Polyethylene terephthalate, or ‘PET’, is a recycling success story. It’s one of the most widely recycled plastics. It is easy to identify and therefore separate from post-consumer waste streams. 99% of UK local authorities now collect plastic bottles as part of their recycling collections, up from 80% in 2008. And it is a good example of closed-loop recycling, with an estimated third of plastic… Resource Futures · 10 Aug 2017 Research & science Edgar Choueiri - Princeton Engineering Princeton Engineering News · 10 Aug 2017 Research & science Jaswinder Singh - Princeton Engineering Princeton Engineering News · 10 Aug 2017 Research & science Claire Gmachl - Princeton Engineering Princeton Engineering News · 10 Aug 2017 Research & science José Avalos - Princeton Engineering Princeton Engineering News · 10 Aug 2017 Research & science Derek Lidow - Princeton Engineering Princeton Engineering News · 10 Aug 2017 Research & science Minjie Chen - Princeton Engineering Princeton Engineering News · 10 Aug 2017 Research & science Niraj Jha - Princeton Engineering Princeton Engineering News · 10 Aug 2017 Research & science Science and Technology Job Fair - Princeton Engineering Princeton Engineering News · 10 Aug 2017 Research & science Chemical and Biological Engineering - Princeton Engineering Princeton Engineering News · 10 Aug 2017 Research & science News - Princeton Engineering Princeton Engineering News · 10 Aug 2017 Research & science Study Abroad - Princeton Engineering Princeton Engineering News · 10 Aug 2017 Industry news #PlanetPatrol featured on ITV News Lizzie was recently featured for #PlanetPatrol on ITV News. Link Planet Patrol · 10 Aug 2017 Industry news Tar sands pipeline companies oversee hundreds of oil spills The post Tar sands pipeline companies oversee hundreds of oil spills appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 9 Aug 2017 Global Sponsorship and visibility opportunities at European Paper Week 2017 This year is a special one for CEPI as we celebrate our 25th anniversary! This time we invite you to join us on a journey of discovery as we experience paper through the five senses – sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. We will also partner-up with RISI for the PPI Awards which will be […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 9 Aug 2017 Industry news Councils and waste firms must act over exports, ministers told Government was told today by the paper sector that local authorities and waste management companies are among those that must act to help ensure standards are met for the export of recyclables. The message to councils and waste firms came in letters from the Recycling Association and the Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) to four government … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 9 Aug 2017 Industry news Disputes continue in Birmingham and Doncaster Two disputes continue this week with trade union Unite accusing Birmingham city council and Suez – the contractor for Doncaster council – of seeking to make job cuts to their waste collection services. Birmingham city council has reported that ‘positive discussions’ are being held with Unite to resolve an ongoing dispute regarding changes to the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 9 Aug 2017