Recycling news: 2017

Council news Council Tax & Benefits - Halton Borough Council Halton Council · 6 Jul 2017 Industry news Recycling Aluminium screw tops – you can leave your cap on! The post Recycling Aluminium screw tops – you can leave your cap on! appeared first on Alupro . Alupro · 6 Jul 2017 Industry news When is an aerosol empty and ready to recycle? The post When is an aerosol empty and ready to recycle? appeared first on Alupro . Alupro · 6 Jul 2017 Industry news David Drew MP to oversee waste and recycling for Labour EXCLUSIVE: Labour’s David Drew, MP for Stroud, has been appointed as a shadow DEFRA minister and is to oversee waste and recycling within his political brief. Mr Drew, who is one of 20 new MPs to join Labour’s front bench and takes the position of Shadow Farming & Rural Affairs Minister – he has been a Labour MP in … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jul 2017 Industry news AEB Amsterdam snaps up van der Meij The energy from waste firm, AEB Amsterdam, has announced the appointment of Herman van der Meij as its new business development and sales manager. Mr Van der Meij joins AEB after leaving Viridor Resource Management earlier this year, where he held the post of managing director. AEB is thought to be the world’s largest energy … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jul 2017 Industry news Lasting legacy of landfill The UK has 20,000 former landfill sites. Almost 50 million tonnes of industrial, commercial and domestic waste is sent to... Ward Recycling · 6 Jul 2017 Industry news Vanden expands with Cambridgeshire plastic facility Vanden Recycling has reached a ‘key milestone’ in the company’s expansion with the opening of a plastic processing facility for post-consumer material in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. The recycling company already collects and recycles scrap plastics nationwide, primarily from manufacturing, distribution and retail industries. These are then marketed back into the manufacturing sector, both in th… letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jul 2017 Industry news Waste sector fatalities soar in 2016/17 The number of workers in the waste and recycling sector fatally injured at work in the last year has more than doubled in comparison to 2015/16, according to the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) annual figures, released this week. The data, which is provisional, revealed that there were 14 fatal injuries to waste and recycling … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jul 2017 Industry news Agrivert completes PAS110 for AD plants Food waste recycler Agrivert has announced that it has gained PAS110 on both its new North London and South Wales AD facilities, located near St Albans in Hertfordshire and Bridgend in Wales. The company said that the PAS110 was achieved in “record time” from commissioning of the facilities. These sites complete Agrivert’s 5-strong network of facilities … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jul 2017 Industry news The Battle of Medway Hailed a Success Sponsored by Countrystyle Recycling, the ‘Battle of Medway’ was deemed a huge success. With Kent at the heart of the […] Countrystyle Recycling · 6 Jul 2017 Industry news Humans come out second best against efficient robot chemist - Chemistry World Chemistry World · 6 Jul 2017 Industry news How Pesticide Free Cotton Changes Lives This morning, the TRAID team had an incredibly motivational and inspiring talk from Tadesse Amera, Director of PAN Ethiopia. Tadesse... TRAID · 5 Jul 2017 Industry news Mach Tech features Polaris at North West Recycling VIDEO REPORT: Waste management and RDF processing business, North West Recycling was the venue last week for the official UK launch of the Polaris ‘one step waste shredder’ manufactured by Lindner. Work at North West Recycling near Carlisle includes the processing of material for RDF and SRF While the company has already achieved several sales … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jul 2017 Industry news Essex pair fined £175,000 over waste tipping Two men have been handed suspended 10-month prison sentences and ordered to pay £175,000 in fines and compensation to landowner, Cemex UK, after illegally tipping waste at two sites in Essex. In a trial brought against them by the Environment Agency on Friday 9 June, Patrick James Corbally Snr and Patrick Lee Corbally Jnr were found … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jul 2017 Industry news Recycling schemes for cups and cards move forward Progress on two separate recycling schemes has been reported this week: one for PVC store cards and a second for cup collections. A store gift card trial has seen one million PVC cards successfully recycled, resource recovery specialist Axion Consulting has announced. The RecoCard project, managed by Axion, saw the material recycled for use in … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jul 2017 Industry news Biffa strengthens North East role with O’Brien deal Biffa has acquired north east England waste management business O’Brien Waste Recycling Solutions Holdings Limited. Ian Wakelin, chief executive of Biffa, described the deal today (5 July) as another “value-creating acquisition” for the company. Biffa paid £35.2 million cash for O’Brien Waste Recycling Solutions Holdings Limited (O’Brien WRS) “with a further contingent consideration of up … Rea… letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jul 2017 Industry news From farm to store: How we grow and harvest our bananas - Asda Asda corporate newsroom · 5 Jul 2017 Industry news Analysis: How cutting coal could help improve China’s water woes The Chinese authorities could provide water for nearly 30 million people by the end of the decade by simply scrapping superfluous coal power capacity in water-stressed regions, according to a new analysis. Despite the historic reduction in China’s coal consumption since 2014, a huge number of new coal power plants are still in the pipeline in […] Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 4 Jul 2017 Industry news Yorkshire and Humber - adeptnet.org.uk ADEPT (Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport) · 4 Jul 2017 Policy & government Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture Agricultural practices can reduce water quality, degrade soils and cause biodiversity loss. This in turn can disrupt natural processes that support food production. Environmentally sustainable agriculture seeks to reduce environmental damage and restore such processes. This POSTnote summarises associated land management options, agricultural policies and the constraints imposed by a new trading… POST (Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology) · 4 Jul 2017 Policy & government Security of UK Food Supply This note outlines current UK trade in food and animal feed, examines the challenges raised to the security of UK food supply by withdrawal from the EU and analyses the policy options available for improving UK food security POST (Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology) · 4 Jul 2017 Industry news Identifying EDCs: EU Government experts adopt flawed criteria After years of delays, debates and continued exposure of people and wildlife to chemicals with hormone disrupting properties (EDCs), experts from EU governments voted this morning to support the latest Commission proposal defining criteria for identifying endocrine disrupters. In CHEM Trust’s view the criteria will not properly protect public health and the environment, as they […] CHEM Trust · 4 Jul 2017 Industry news Metal theft declining, says National Crime Agency EXCLUSIVE: Metal theft is continuing to decline, the National Crime Agency has said in its annual review of serious crime in the UK. Commenting in its National Strategic Assessment of Serious and Organised Crime 2017, published last week, the Agency said: “Available data indicates that metal theft continues to decline. However increases in lead prices … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jul 2017 Council news Conwy County Borough Council Environment, Roads & Facilities Reporting - Conwy County Conwy Council · 4 Jul 2017 Industry news Tamco container rental firm launched A new waste container rental company, ‘Tamco’, has been launched to give organisations the opportunity to rent ‘high quality’ bins instead of buying them. Taylor Asset Management Company (Tamco) has been launched with the aim of reducing the upfront capital cost of purchasing waste containers, the company explained. And, it said that it will also … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jul 2017 Industry news Viridor highlights Scotland’s ambition Viridor’s head of public affairs, Martin Grey, has praised Scotland’s circular economy approach as creating an environment which encourages future investment. And, the company’s director of regulatory affairs, Dan Cooke, has told an English audience that in order to achieve real progress the industry needs recognition of shared cross-sector goals and challenges. Mr Grey’s message … Read More Th… letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jul 2017 Industry news ‘Name and shame’ over food waste, says McCarthy ‘Naming and shaming’ of retailers is the way forward in terms of encouraging supermarkets to tackle food waste, Kerry McCarthy MP declared this week. Speaking at All-Party Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group (APSRG) food waste event in London yesterday (3 July), Ms McCarthy said: “At the moment figures are reported at an aggregate level and we … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jul 2017 Industry news J. Bryan goes, bounces back… - Demolition News Demolition News · 4 Jul 2017 Industry news Environment - adeptnet.org.uk ADEPT (Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport) · 4 Jul 2017 Industry news Oil giants admit potential spill could have 30% chance of hitting Amazon reef The controversial offshore oil drilling project in the mouth of the Amazon river could pose significant risk to the mysterious nearby coral reef, according to documents filed by Total and BP. The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for drilling blocks shared by the European oil giants claims there is an up to 30% chance that a […] Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 3 Jul 2017 Council news TDC Council Tax application for reduction for a person with a disability - Tandridge District Council Tandridge Council · 3 Jul 2017 Council news TDC Exemption reason - Tandridge District Council Tandridge Council · 3 Jul 2017 Industry news Corporate Partner Membership - adeptnet.org.uk ADEPT (Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport) · 3 Jul 2017 Industry news Events Calendar - adeptnet.org.uk ADEPT (Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport) · 3 Jul 2017 Global Ditching Plastic Bags: A Lesson from Africa By Zero Waste Europe guest blogger, Christopher Nicastro Ah, the dreaded plastic bag. We see them almost everywhere we go – outside our homes, on the side of the street, at the park, in the ocean. It’s a remnant, and token, of convenience at its worst. But the times, they are a changin’. Citizens and […] Zero Waste Europe · 3 Jul 2017 Industry news Who's Who - adeptnet.org.uk ADEPT (Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport) · 3 Jul 2017 Industry news Welcome to ADEPT - adeptnet.org.uk ADEPT (Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport) · 3 Jul 2017 Industry news WRAP looks to Wales success in annual report WRAP’s success in driving up recycling rates in Wales has been hailed by the charity’s chief executive Marcus Gover in its recently published annual report for 2016/17. And, making Wales the “3rd best recycling nation in the world” is given as the charity’s number one impact achieved, under the resource management category. In his introduction … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 3 Jul 2017 Industry news Membership - adeptnet.org.uk ADEPT (Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport) · 3 Jul 2017 Industry news LGA funding ‘brings delivery partners together’ Funding by the Local Government Association has brought delivery partners together on improving recycling levels and waste services generally, according to a review of the scheme. Known as the LGA’s Waste and Recycling Programme, the scheme provided grants in 2015 of about £20,000 to several local authorities in England on a competition basis. One of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 3 Jul 2017