Recycling news: 2014
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Recycle your Christmas
Now the festivities are over and you’ve taken a New Year’s Resolution to reduce your landfill waste (You have, right?) it’s time to get into good habits. And what better way to start than recycling your Christmas? From cards to wrapping paper there’s plenty you can do to keep things out of the bin: Cards:…
Zero Waste Week · 6 Jan 2014
Industry news
HSE appoints new head for waste team
Head of Health and Safety Executives North West Scotland and Northern England division Rick Brunt to lead organisations waste team
letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jan 2014
Industry news
Carpet recycling target met two years early
New figures from Carpet Recycling UK show 107,000 tonnes of material was diverted from landfill in 2013, a 21% increase on the previous year
letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jan 2014
Industry news
LARAC chair Joy Blizzard steps down
Joy Blizzard, chair of the Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee since 2009, steps down to take up secondment opportunity
letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jan 2014
Industry news
Pickles ‘bin bible’ backs weekly waste collections
Measures including reward schemes must be used alongside weekly collections, government report recommends
letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jan 2014
Industry news
DCLG publishes weekly collections guidance
Departments bin bible aims to dispel myths over weekly collections of waste
letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jan 2014
Industry news
Planning consent granted for Belfast EfW plant
Engineering firm Bombardier Aerospace to receive energy from gasification plant, which will process 120,000 tonnes of RDF per year
letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jan 2014
Industry news
Infrastructure capacity
SITA UK's Dr Gev Eduljee says more nuanced data is needed in the debate over waste arisings
letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jan 2014
Policy & government
New government guidance on weekly bin collections
Guidance for councils on weekly bin collections published.
GOV.UK · 4 Jan 2014
Industry news
ISO Standards awarded to Industrial Services
We are delighted to announce our Industrial Services Team has successfully delivered benchmark standards. These are reflected in the attainment of our Integrated Management System (IMS) which satisfies the requirements of ISO 14001 (Environmental Management System Standard), ISO 9001 (Quality Management System Standard) and OHSAS 18001 (Health, Safety and Welfare Management System Standard).
Augean · 3 Jan 2014
Industry news
Collection services coping despite severe weather
Few disruptions to waste and recycling collections in the west of England, Wales and Scotland despite severe weather warnings
letsrecycle.com News · 3 Jan 2014
Industry news
News in Brief
With news on: Liverpool HWRC planned; changes to waste carrier licences; whisky waste progress; health and safety at Wastecycle; and, HSE advice
letsrecycle.com News · 3 Jan 2014
Industry news
letsrecycle survey now open
We want to hear your thoughts on how to shape the website over the coming year
letsrecycle.com News · 3 Jan 2014
Industry news
Staffordshire councils seek joint recycling contract
Councils in the county will decide next Thursday (January 9) whether to join procurement process for recovery of dry recycling
letsrecycle.com News · 3 Jan 2014
Industry news
Shanks completes sale of C&I business to Biffa
Biffa completes acquisition of the Groups UK solid waste business for 9.5 million as process to sell Blochairn and Kettering MRFs is underway
letsrecycle.com News · 3 Jan 2014
Industry news
Viridor takes control of Somerset AD plant
10m Bridgwater anaerobic digestion plant to be fully operating soon as Viridor formally takes over from construction contractor Monsal
letsrecycle.com News · 2 Jan 2014
Industry news
RBS helps refinance FCC Environment for 381m
Spanish firm FCC completes refinancing of UK subsidiary with support from British and Spanish banks
letsrecycle.com News · 2 Jan 2014
Industry news
RDF company director jailed over waste storage
Director of Refuse Derived Fuel Ltd, Robert McNaughton, has started a six month prison sentence for failing to clear waste from Midlands site
letsrecycle.com News · 2 Jan 2014
Industry news
Lincolnshire warns districts of TEEP requirements
EXCLUSIVE: County council warns collection authorities to consider impact of TEEP guidelines on commingled collection services
letsrecycle.com News · 2 Jan 2014
Policy & government
ELLA Learning Alliance on Climate Resilient Cities - Discussion 9: Low Carbon Development Strategies
This discussion, moderated by low-carbon expert Enrique Rebolledo, from Mexico, focused on city level low-carbon development initiatives
GOV.UK · 1 Jan 2014
Policy & government
HMRC forms
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) forms and associated guides, notes, helpsheets and supplementary pages.
GOV.UK · 1 Jan 2014