Recycling news: 2016

Industry news Small investors complain as New Earth lenders seek exit “A lack of clarity” surrounds the future of New Earth Solutions Group – after its director this week admitted that senior lenders are looking to pull out of the waste and recycling business. And, small investors have made complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service over advice they received over investing in New Earth. In a … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 May 2016 Council news Check collection dates - Mid Devon District Council Mid Devon Council · 19 May 2016 Council news Report a missed collection - Mid Devon District Council Mid Devon Council · 19 May 2016 Council news Access to Information - Mid Devon District Council Mid Devon Council · 19 May 2016 Industry news Lochhead replaced in Scottish cabinet reshuffle Scotland’s First Minister Nichola Sturgeon has appointed a new Environment Secretary following the announcement that Richard Lochhead has stepped down from the role. The SNP MSP for Perthshire South and Kinross-shire, Roseanna Cunningham, will take over the front bench role within the Scottish Parliament from today (18 May), the Scottish Government has announced, having previously … Read More T… letsrecycle.com News · 18 May 2016 Industry news Final Q1 data eases glass packaging concerns Fears of a slow start for glass packaging recycling in 2016 have been alleviated, following publication of the final first quarter figures this week. The data, which has been published by the Environment Agency, shows how much packaging waste was recycled or exported between January and March this year – and gives an indication of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 May 2016 Council news Postal and proxy voting - Mid Devon District Council Mid Devon Council · 18 May 2016 Council news Current vacancies - Mid Devon District Council Mid Devon Council · 18 May 2016 Council news Street and house naming - Mid Devon District Council Mid Devon Council · 18 May 2016 Council news Recycling & rubbish - Mid Devon District Council Mid Devon Council · 18 May 2016 Council news Community safety - Mid Devon District Council Mid Devon Council · 18 May 2016 Council news Car parking - Mid Devon District Council Mid Devon Council · 18 May 2016 Council news Do it online - Mid Devon District Council Mid Devon Council · 18 May 2016 Industry news CSG prepares for ‘significant increase’ in APC residue Cleansing Service Group (CSG) has announced plans to ramp up the processing of incinerator Air Pollution Control (APC) residues at its Cadishead site, west of Manchester in anticipation of ‘significant growth’ in demand for the service. The company said that it has developed a process to handle the residue by blending it with non-hazardous liquid … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 May 2016 Industry news ‘Non target’ MRF input material remains at 14% The proportion of non-target recyclable material processed at MRFs in England and Wales remained broadly stable in the final quarter of 2015, data published today (17 May) by WRAP has suggested. Published on WRAP’s Materials Facility Reporting Portal this morning, the data charts the volume of ‘target’ and ‘non-target’ material received at registered MRFs from … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 May 2016 Industry news Ealing to make commingling switch in June Ealing council is to make its switch from a kerbside-sort to a commingled recycling collection system from next month (6 June), after changes to the authority’s waste collection contract were approved by councillors. Collections are currently carried out in the borough by contractor Amey – formerly Enterprise – which was awarded a 15-year contract by … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 May 2016 Industry news Javelin Park on course for summer construction start Construction work on Urbaser Balfour Beatty’s planned 190,000-tonnes-per-year energy from waste plant at Javelin Park in Gloucestershire is due to begin shortly, following a delay of more than three years. The plant is being built under a £500 million contract between Gloucestershire county council and a consortium of Spanish-owned Urbaser and civil engineering firm Balfour … Read More The post… letsrecycle.com News · 17 May 2016 Industry news Pair of Hampshire councils refuse Veolia ‘top-up’ fee Uncertainty surrounds the future of Veolia’s joint collection contract with two Hampshire councils – after the waste management company said it was ‘losing money’ on the arrangement. Basingstoke and Deane borough council and Hart district council awarded jointly a seven-year waste and recycling collection contract to Veolia in 2011. While Veolia already handled Basingstoke’s collections, the … … letsrecycle.com News · 17 May 2016 Global Why revamping recycling measurement is no simple task Since the European Commission unveiled its Circular Economy (CE) package last December, there has been significant discussion around the proposed legislation. And perhaps the most vexed topic to date has been how best to calculate recycling rates in the EU and whether to include reuse activities in that determination. Reloop Platform · 17 May 2016 Industry news Aberdeenshire driver dies following tipper van collision An Aberdeenshire council waste worker has been killed following a road traffic collision involving a local authority waste vehicle. Police Scotland has confirmed that the 48-year-old driver of a white Ford Transit tipper van, later named as Aberdeenshire council employee William Buchan, was involved in a collision with a Mercedes Vito panel van. The incident … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 May 2016 Industry news News in Brief (16/05/2016) With news on: MPs probe recycling policy; Veolia education landmark; Lincs HWRC opens; enitial monitoring deal, and; GPT contract award. MPs’ committee to examine Treasury recycling impact The Environmental Audit Committee is to lead an inquiry into HM Treasury’s contribution to meeting waste and recycling targets, as part of a wider look into the Department’s … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 May 2016 Industry news West Lothian cuts residual waste collection capacity West Lothian council in Scotland’s central belt has begun the roll-out of new ‘slimmer’ residual waste bins, in a bid to boost recycling and reduce residual waste. Starting this month, the council is exchanging the existing 240-litre grey bins for slim 140-litre containers. The roll out of the new containers began last week, and is … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 May 2016 Industry news Devon Contract Waste seals Wellington acquisition Exeter-based Devon Contract Waste has announced the takeover of Wellington Waste’s commercial division in Somerset. The deal sees the waste company acquire around 300 trade waste customers and contracts worth an estimated £220,000 from the skip-hire specialist. Established as a one-man operation by managing director Simon Almond in 1989, Devon Contract Waste provides commercial waste … Read Mor… letsrecycle.com News · 16 May 2016 Industry news US: Battle for value and volume growth hots up in mature market - Tissue World Magazine Tissue World Magazine · 16 May 2016 Industry news Aluminium International Today - Aluminium International Today Aluminium International Today · 15 May 2016 Industry news Video – Floyd Casey Stadium falls… - Demolition News Demolition News · 15 May 2016 Council news Environmental Health Services - Preston City Council Preston Council · 15 May 2016 Council news Environmental Health Report - Preston City Council Preston Council · 15 May 2016 Council news Conservation areas - Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council Basingstoke and Deane Council · 14 May 2016 Council news Declarations of interest by Councillor Simon Martin, 8 July 2025 - 19 July 2026 - Fareham Borough Council Fareham Council · 13 May 2016 Industry news The Week in Waste – 13 May 2016 Take a look at the ‘Week in Waste’ video report. In this week’s report by letsrecycle.com, sponsored by Biffa, we look at Covanta and Veolia’s plans for an energy from waste plant in Bedfordshire, and a report into recycling reward schemes. The video report comes as letsrecycle.com continues to develop its coverage of recycling news, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 13 May 2016 Policy & government Ring Of Gullion AONB - Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Northern Ireland Environment Agency · 13 May 2016 Industry news Conwy to begin three-weekly collection switch Conwy council in the north of Wales is to change over to a three-weekly residual collection regime from July – with some households likely to trial a four-weekly collection from the end of the summer. The details of the changes to the collection regime were finalised by Conwy’s Improved Recycling Task & Finish Group on … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 13 May 2016 Industry news Administrators brought in at Euro Closed Loop Recycling Euro Closed Loop Recycling, the company which was formed following the takeover of the Dagenham Closed Loop plastic milk bottle recycling facility, has been placed into administration. The news comes almost 12 months after Closed Loop – which was the biggest UK supplier of rHDPE for use in the manufacture of milk bottles – was … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 13 May 2016 Industry news EMR renews lease for Tilbury Docks facility European Metal Recycling (EMR) has signed a new 25-year lease with the Port of Tilbury to continue processing scrap at its Essex site. The Tilbury Docks facility is a key export hub for the metal recycler’s numerous London depots, handling over 1 million tonnes of UK-produced scrap iron and steel ever year. Around 42,000 tonnes … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 13 May 2016 Policy & government Overview of the Plan for Global Warming Countermeasures - env.go.jp Japan Ministry of the Environment (English) · 13 May 2016 Industry news Business model - Tesco PLC Tesco PLC newsroom · 13 May 2016 Industry news Covanta and Veolia to deliver long-awaited Rookery EfW Covanta’s plan to build an energy recovery plant in Bedfordshire finally look set to go ahead, after the US-based firm today (12 May) confirmed it is partnering with Veolia to deliver the facility. The first EfW to be approved under the Development Consent Order in 2011, the long-awaited Rookery South facility near Stewartby will process … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 12 May 2016 Industry news European Parliament study and draft MEP report confirm problems with EU laws on food contact chemicals The debate on the regulation of chemicals in Food Contact Materials – such as packaging – is starting to heat up, with a new study from the European Parliament’s Research Service (EPRS) echoing many of the criticisms that CHEM Trust made in our briefing on the subject. In addition, the MEP acting as a rapporteur on the European […] CHEM Trust · 12 May 2016 Council news Tennis courts in Wirral parks - Wirral.Gov Wirral Council · 12 May 2016