Recycling news: 2017

Industry news Where We Operate Around the World - Diageo Diageo news and media · 9 Aug 2017 Industry news South Wales Wood owner in court over wood fire THE owner of a recycling company has denied six charges in connection with a fire involving 20,000 tonnes of wood chippings at Alexandra Docks, in Newport, South Wales. The fire started in November 2015 and raged for two months, sending smoke and a foul smell across Newport and further afield. Dennis Burke of Curwen Terrace, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 9 Aug 2017 Industry news Media Centre - CIWM - CIWM CIWM (Chartered Institution of Wastes Management) · 9 Aug 2017 Council news Moving House - Blaenau Gwent CBC Blaenau Gwent Council · 8 Aug 2017 Industry news Dump landfill and increase the profitability of your business Dr Hugh McCoach, Principal Consultant, discusses the reasons why modern businesses should be using alternative disposal routes to landfill. Valpak · 8 Aug 2017 Council news Contact us about council tax - London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Hammersmith and Fulham Council · 8 Aug 2017 Council news Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council | Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council - Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council Causeway Coast and Glens Council · 8 Aug 2017 Policy & government The hidden problem of overheating Every year for the past four years, the Adaptation Sub-Committee (ASC) of the Committee on Climate Change has recommended to the Government that more should be done to address the growing risk of overheating in homes and other buildings. But overheating is not generally seen as a big issue compared to other climate risks, such as flooding. Why should the Government, and the public, care about o… Climate Change Committee · 8 Aug 2017 Industry news Scrapyard Challenge Receives Cash Boost to Help Restore Rare Habitat The post Scrapyard Challenge Receives Cash Boost to Help Restore Rare Habitat appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 8 Aug 2017 Industry news Kerbside carton collection hits ‘66% coverage’ Trade group the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE) UK has reported that local authorities collecting cartons for recycling from the kerbside has hit 66%. However, ACE UK was unable to give an indication of the actual UK recycling rate for cartons. According to ACE UK, 66% is a milestone in terms of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 8 Aug 2017 Industry news Reuse milestone for Scotland’s circular economy Scotland’s cabinet secretary for the environment, Roseanna Cunningham, today (8 August) highlighted the importance of reuse of products and materials to keep them out of landfill and in high-value use for longer. Ms Cunningham’s comments came as she visited Scotland’s first re-use hub, Blythswood Care in Dingwall. It was also announced today that there are … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 8 Aug 2017 Council news TLP Part 2: Detailed Policies 2014-2029 - Tandridge District Council Tandridge Council · 8 Aug 2017 Industry news Incinerator study finds ‘low levels’ of pollutants The first part of a major government-funded study into the health effects of emissions from energy-from-waste plants has been published, suggesting that incinerators emit a ‘low level’ of air pollutants. Details of the study were published in the Environmental Science & Technology Journal earlier this summer. The work was funded by Public Health England (PHE) … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 8 Aug 2017 Industry news Did climate change cause this massive wildfire in Greenland? A wildfire which blazed in Greenland earlier this summer was likely exacerbated by our changing climate. Satellite images show a fire in west Greenland burned for more than a week, with the first sighting on July 31st. Local media reports say smoke from the blaze, 90 miles northeast of the small town of Sisimuit, has […] Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 7 Aug 2017 Industry news The Natural Capital Protocol: one year later We know that the implementation of the Protocol is still in relative infancy, but the momentum behind it has been considerable, and in its first year, already it has become the standard approach for businesses looking to understand their impacts and dependencies on natural capital, says Mark Gough, Executive Director at the Natural Capital Coalition . Aldersgate Group · 7 Aug 2017 Industry news Explore Cumbernauld Freegle - Freegle Freegle · 7 Aug 2017 Industry news Taurus Celebrates The Forest’s Foil Recycling Success Taurus Crafts, based in Lydney, are celebrating because with the help of local residents they have saved over two tonnes of aluminium foil from landfill in the past year. The foil, collected through the bright yellow recycling banks sited around the Forest of Dean is processed by volunteers at Taurus Crafts. The project is supported […] Alupro · 7 Aug 2017 Industry news Appointment news round-up (07/08/2017) With news on: Scottish Government’s head of waste moves to Brexit unit; Eunomia’s head of natural economy; and, Tom Richardson joins Ellgia. Scottish Government’s head of waste moves to Brexit unit Circular Economy leader, Gabby Pieraccini, Head of Zero Waste at Scottish Government, moves on after three years to take new position in Scottish Government’s … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 7 Aug 2017 Industry news ESA criticises Eunomia waste study as ‘flawed’ The UK’s waste management industry trade association has dismissed a report by consultancy Eunomia into residual waste treatment capacity as ‘flawed’. Other reactions to the study, which predicts an overcapacity of energy from waste plants, include one from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which said it recognised the need for a mix … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 7 Aug 2017 Industry news 10 top tips for reducing food waste I’m often asked for my top 10 tips on reducing food waste, so here you have them. The big number one tip has to be… Buy less food! Try to think of each shopping expedition as one where you will buy the minimum amount of food to get by rather than one where you are… Zero Waste Week · 7 Aug 2017 Industry news Recycling Lives wins Sellafield metals contract Waste and recycling company, Recycling Lives, has won a contract to recycle metal from the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria. Recycling Lives is to open two new sites in the county to facilitate the contract with nuclear decommissioning company Sellafield Ltd, which it said will also provide jobs and training opportunities. The company will also … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 7 Aug 2017 Industry news Gove urged to look ‘up the waste hierarchy’ Research firm Eunomia today called on the environment secretary, Michael Gove, to focus on the higher stages of the waste hierarchy rather than energy from waste, as he prepares a new resource strategy. The call came as a study by the consultancy, which specialises in resource policy, claimed to show that the UK is heading … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 7 Aug 2017 Council news Early Years News & Updates! - Nottingham City Council Nottingham Council · 6 Aug 2017 Council news What's on - Maidstone Museum Maidstone Council · 6 Aug 2017 Policy & government The rapidly changing arctic environment Event on 14 September 2017. POST and NERC are jointly hosting an event to launch a new Arctic report specifically designed for policy and decision makers on Thursday, September 14th from 11:00 - 13:00. POST (Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology) · 6 Aug 2017 Council news Find a home - West Suffolk Council West Suffolk Council · 5 Aug 2017 Industry news Home CORPORATE in Company Training - CIWM CIWM (Chartered Institution of Wastes Management) · 4 Aug 2017 Industry news The Week in Waste – 4 August 2017 VIDEO: In this weekly news round-up video, we report on the launch of a fund to help promote the recycling and reuse of waste electrical equipment – requests are due in by the end of September. Plus, we note that the packaging waste targets are on course to be met in 2017. letsrecycle.com News · 4 Aug 2017 Policy & government Migrants and Housing Migration is often cited in public debate as a significant factor in the demand for UK housing. This POSTnote provides an overview of available research on migrants and housing. It examines definitions and data sources on migration and its implications. It also outlines the possible impact of migrants on housing, including variation by tenure type, migrant characteristics and region. Finally, i… POST (Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology) · 4 Aug 2017 Council news Mitcham Road: Greengrocers, - Merton Memories Photographic Archive Merton Council · 4 Aug 2017 Industry news LGA unveils flytipping research for councils The extent of flytipping and its impact on the budgets of local authorities in England has been highlighted in research published this week by the Local Government Association. The data shows that the North West region suffers notably from flytipping with a total of 143,451 incidents of flytipping reported in 2015/16. But, London is likely … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Aug 2017 Policy & government Charitable recycling company wins Sellafield contract ‘Recycling Lives’ will recycle metal from the nuclear site, offering jobs and training opportunities at a new depot in Workington. GOV.UK · 4 Aug 2017 Industry news Farm subsidies: Major UK recipient linked to aid controversy One of the biggest recipients of direct farm subsidies in the UK is discreetly controlled by a Malaysian tycoon who acted as a middleman in one of this country’s biggest aid controversies, an Unearthed and Private Eye investigation has revealed. The South Pickenham Estate Company, which farms some 6,500 acres around South Pickenham Hall, in […] Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 3 Aug 2017 Industry news Recycling – Issue 7 Autumn 2017 The post Recycling – Issue 7 Autumn 2017 appeared first on The Recycling Association . The Recycling Association · 3 Aug 2017 Industry news Councils invited to bid for WEEE funding Producers and retailers of electrical equipment have this week launched a £665,000 fund to support projects, led by local authorities, which will deliver increased levels of re-use and recycling of waste electrical equipment. Proposals are now being sought from local authorities working with partner organisations for initiatives which are “innovative, sustainable and which aim to … Read More Th… letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2017 Industry news Birmingham seeking ‘quick’ resolution to strike Birmingham city council says it is seeking to resolve the dispute with its refuse and recycling workers ‘sooner rather than later’, as litter piles up across the city. In a statement released today (3 August), the local authority said that discussions continue to take place with Unite, the trade union representing the crews, in an effort to … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2017 Policy & government Green policies made up 9% of typical household energy bill in 2016, CCC analysis shows Policies to tackle climate change – including measures to shift towards a low-carbon electricity system and improve the energy efficiency of UK homes – account for just 9% of the typical ‘dual fuel’ household energy bill, independent analysis by the CCC shows. Climate Change Committee · 3 Aug 2017 Global EucoLight survey shows consumers struggle to identify different types of waste lamps These are the findings of a survey conducted by the market research institute GfK on behalf of EucoLight across Spain, Portugal, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Romania The main difficulties encountered concern differentiating energy-saving lamps from LED lamps and how to recycle them. EucoLight, the European Association for lighting WEEE compliance schemes, has conducted a […] L'articolo E… EucoLight · 3 Aug 2017 Industry news Diversion tactics Achieving a goal of zero waste-to-landfill should be high on the agenda for all companies, but what does this actually mean? letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2017 Industry news Waste World Cup 2017 to support WasteAid UK The 2017 Waste World Cup – the waste industry’s premier football tournament – will be supporting the charity WasteAid UK, to help raise funds for waste services in developing countries. Taking place at Northampton University on Friday 1 September, this year marks the 15th anniversary of the mixed-gender waste industry football tournament. Over 250 visitors … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2017