Recycling news: 2015

Industry news News in brief With news on; Pickles visits Havering; JWS wins Trafford Centre contract; FM1 nears completion; Probio Energy signs RDF deal; VEKA Recycling expands Midlands facility, and; over 2,000 businesses sign up to edoc Pickles praises recycling rewards scheme Secretary of State Eric Pickles has visited Havering to assess the progress of a DCLG-funded recycling rewards … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jan 2015 Policy & government BS13 8AF: Environmental permit issued View the permit issued for Yanley Landfill, Bristol under the Industrial Emissions Directive GOV.UK · 27 Jan 2015 Industry news BIS confirms it will set compliance fee BIS has today (January 27) confirmed to WEEE compliance schemes that it will be pressing ahead with its plans to introduce a compliance fee, and will reveal next week how the fee will be calculated. The announcement, from the Department for Business, comes ahead of the January 31 deadline for schemes to post their final … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jan 2015 Industry news GMB acts over waste worker pay disputes Refuse collection vehicle drivers in Brighton & Hove have resumed industrial action after talks between the council and the GMB trade union broke down again this month. This is one of two pay-related actions which could hit household collections, with GMB also calling a ballot for strike action over Kier’s handling of its May Gurney … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jan 2015 Industry news Kingston to make fortnightly recycling switch from 2016 Kington upon Thames council is to switch to a fortnightly household dry recycling collection service from 2016 in a bid to save around £4.2 million in service costs over the next seven years. The decision comes as part of a renegotiation with waste contractor Veolia, which could see the firm continue refuse and recycling collections … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jan 2015 Council news Community Infrastructure Levy Charging Schedule January 2015 - images.reading.gov.uk Reading Council · 27 Jan 2015 Industry news Court overturns planning refusal for Herts EfW The High Court has overturned a decision by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to refuse planning permission for Veolia’s proposed energy-from-waste plant in New Barnfield, Hertfordshire. In a judgement issued on Thursday (January 22), Mr Justice Holgate claimed the decision by Eric Pickles in July 2014 to refuse permission for the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jan 2015 Industry news Stobart wins its ‘largest ever’ waste wood fuel deal Stobart Group has won its ‘largest ever’ fuel supply contract after securing a 14-year, £110 million deal to supply waste wood to a biomass plant near Margam in South Wales. Announced today (January 26), the deal will see Stobart Energy source, process and supply 250,000 tonnes per annum of recovered waste wood to the Margam … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jan 2015 Industry news Edinburgh to launch flats recycling trials Two separate pilot schemes aimed at boosting recycling rates in flats and tenements are to be rolled out in Edinburgh next month. From February 2015, two regions of the city involved in the council-led trials will see bin capacity for recycling increase and a new commingling service for paper and packaging recyclables. Proposals to introduce … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jan 2015 Industry news Defra launches delayed batteries consultation Long-delayed proposals to change the guidance on the classification of waste portable batteries have been published, more than a year after an original consultation on the subject was scrapped. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has today (January 26) published its consultation on amendments to the guidance on the Waste Batteries and … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jan 2015 Global Gipuzkoa to save €250 million after scrapping the construction of the incineration plant 15/01/2015 Translated from article published by GHK – click here for original text in Spanish and Basque Although Gipuzkoa will have to pay the so-called SWAP, speculative products contracted by the former managers of the GHK (the Gipuzkoa Consortium for Waste Management), it will still have significant savings after stopping the construction of the incineration […] Zero Waste Europe · 26 Jan 2015 Policy & government Infrastructure Bill and UK energy mix The Committee on Climate Change has been asked to comment on aspects of the current Infrastructure Bill in its role as independent advisers to Parliament on climate budgets. Climate Change Committee · 26 Jan 2015 Industry news Safety advice for vehicles in waste-related activities Letter to the Editor – Sir, I was surprised to read your blog of 2nd January 2015 concerning safety advice for vehicles used in waste-related activities, in which you assert: What often appears not to follow is swift advice or action which might help prevent or reduce the likelihood of future incidents. The Waste … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jan 2015 Global The third phase of the Zero Waste Italy movement launched in Capannori The Zero Waste Italy national meeting took place in Capannori, in the Lucca province, on 3 and 4 January. Meetings and workshops focused on three main themes (empowerment, ZW start-ups and local enterprises, and composting) and attracted over 150 participants, including mayors, experts, artists and activists from over 12 Italian regions. Numerous innovation initiatives have […] Zero Waste Europe · 23 Jan 2015 Industry news Keeping up with TEEP New waste regulation in England requiring the separate collection of paper, plastic, metal and glass (from general waste and each other) came in to effect from January 1 2015. Jimmy Martin, chief executive of software developer AMCS Group, discusses the opportunities that the new regulations present and the sector’s ability to monitor compliance and evaluate … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jan 2015 Industry news Northern Ireland draws EfW link to stalling recycling Northern Ireland’s Environment Minister Mark H Durkan has expressed concern at a slowdown in the improvement in household recycling rates in the province, which has also seen an increase in the amount of waste sent for incineration. Figures published for July to September 2014 by the Department of the Environment yesterday (January 22) show that … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jan 2015 Industry news DCLG consults against HWRC charges Proposals preventing councils from charging residents to use household waste recycling centres have been unveiled by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). A public consultation document published yesterday (January 22) invites views on how HWRCs at risk of closure can remain open without local authorities resorting to charging residents for the service. An … Read More The … letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jan 2015 Industry news Ecotech optimistic despite challenging plastics market The chief executive of a newly established plastic bottle recycling firm – East London’s Ecotech – has expressed his belief that the firm can flourish despite challenging market conditions for UK plastics recyclers. Javed Mawji, spoke exclusively to letsrecycle.com, at the firm’s bottle recycling plant in Rainham, which has the capacity to process around 18,000 … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jan 2015 Industry news MEPs ‘puzzled’ by EU waste policy withdrawal MEPs and waste industry representatives criticised the European Commission for its withdrawal of the circular economy policy package at a hearing in Brussels yesterday (January 22). Having withdrawn the proposals from this year’s legislative agenda, the Commission this week outlined some of the areas it is likely to cover in its ‘improved’ package of waste … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jan 2015 Industry news Defra to consult on new anti-waste crime measures The government has given senior waste industry representatives an outline of its plans to consult on new regulations aimed at curbing waste crime at a meeting in Westminster this week (January 20). Hosted by resources minister Dan Rogerson and senior members of Defra’s waste team, joined by the Environment Agency and Treasury minister Priti Patel, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jan 2015 Industry news WRAP unveils Courtauld Phase 3 results WRAP has offered an update on the progress made during the latest phase of the voluntary grocery sector waste reduction scheme, the Courtauld Commitment, noting that there has been a slight increase in waste from manufacturing and retail. Published today (January 22), the results show that an estimated 4.5% reduction in the carbon impacts of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jan 2015 Industry news McIntosh calls for food waste taskforce The government should set up a ‘national taskforce’ to coordinate work on tackling the nine million tonnes of avoidable food waste produced each year, Efra committee chair Anne McIntosh MP said today (January 22). Mrs McIntosh, who chairs the select committee on the environment, also identified a lack of food bank distribution and public funding … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jan 2015 Industry news Waste director prosecuted for illegal Ghana WEEE exports The director of an East London recycling firm has received a 40-week suspended prison sentence following 11 failed attempts to illegally ship WEEE to Ghana. Moses Appiah, the 57-year-old sole director of Appiahdeep Company Ltd in Rainham, was sentenced at Barkingside Magistrates Court this week (January 19) after pleading guilty to 11 offences of transporting … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jan 2015 Policy & government More powers for Scotland - what happens next? The UK government has published draft legislation on the further powers for Scotland set out in the Smith Commission Agreement. GOV.UK · 22 Jan 2015 Policy & government More powers for Scotland - what happens now? The UK Government has published draft legislation on the further powers for Scotland set out in the Smith Commission Agreement. GOV.UK · 22 Jan 2015 Industry news Viridor retains South Lanarkshire council waste contract Viridor has been awarded a £4.3 million contract to collect, treat, and dispose of waste from council premises across South Lanarkshire. The four-year contract will see the waste firm provide refuse and recycling services to 355 premises including offices, depots, schools, libraries and day care centres on behalf of South Lanarkshire council. Viridor will be … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jan 2015 Industry news Falkirk to complete three-weekly collection switch Falkirk council is set to begin the final phase of its switch to a three weekly residual waste collection service, with the remaining 25,000 households in the borough to move from a fortnightly schedule in March. Properties in the Grangemouth, Falkirk and Lower Braes areas are the last to switch to the new timetable. The … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jan 2015 Industry news Bisphenol A – new EFSA assessment cuts safe exposure level, calls for more research (updated) The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) have today published the opinion of their CEF scientific panel [1] on the risks to public health related to the presence of bisphenol A (BPA) in foodstuffs. [See end of this blog item for a challenge to the EFSA assessment from the National Food Institute at the Technical University of Denmark] In […] CHEM Trust · 21 Jan 2015 Industry news Calling people of Leeds! Could you be the country’s newest wood recycling social entrepreneur? This is a life-changing opportunity to run your own green company and make a difference to the lives of disadvantaged people in your community. Community Wood Recycling · 21 Jan 2015 Industry news Defra appoints new members to packaging committee Defra has appointed ten members to its new Advisory Committee on Packaging, including Jonathan Short, the founder of the plastics recycling firm ECO Plastics and Andrew Bird, the chair of LARAC. Known as the ACP, the Committee is made up of representatives from different sectors affected by the Packaging Waste Regulations and advises Defra on … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jan 2015 Industry news Commissioning to begin at Plymouth CHP plant MVV Environment’s 245,000 tonne-a-year capacity waste incinerator in Plymouth will enter the final stages of development next week. With construction almost complete, commissioning is now due to begin at the Devonport Docks energy-from-waste plant – including delivery of the first waste load and the first export of electricity. Once operational, the combined heat and power … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jan 2015 Industry news WRAP highlights circular economy jobs potential More than 200,000 jobs could be created across Britain through the growth of the reuse and recycling sectors, according to a study published yesterday (January 20) by the Green Alliance and the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP). The report ‘Employment and the circular economy: job creation in a more resource efficient Britain’ claims that … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jan 2015 Industry news Responsible Packaging for Resource-Efficient Sustainable Supply Chains We presented at the BCMPA annual conference in January 2015. See our presentation below: INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 21 Jan 2015 Industry news Commission outlines scope of new circular economy plans The European Commission has outlined some of the areas it is likely to cover in its ‘improved’ package of policy measures on the circular economy, which it has reassured will be published in 2015. Last month the Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans revealed that the policy package drawn up by the former Environment Commissioner Janez … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jan 2015 Industry news News in brief With news on; Swindon Commercial Services rebrands; WRAP reveals retail food waste figures; Biffa extends landfill analytic contract with ALS; Bin producer Amberol unveils new website, and; Devon county council invites recycling bids Swindon Commercial Services rebrands Council-owned firm Swindon Commercial Services has been renamed as UK Public Power Solutions Ltd (PPS) to reflect … Read More … letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jan 2015 Industry news Cancelling Javelin Park EfW ‘could cost £100m’ Gloucestershire Liberal Democrat councillors have claimed that it could cost up to £100 million if the council were to end a long-term waste treatment contract with Urbaser Balfour Beattie. The £500 million contract between Gloucestershire council and the consortium of Spanish-owned waste management firm Urbaser and civil engineering firm Balfour Beatty was originally awarded in … Read More The… letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jan 2015 Industry news Top composting council shrinks green waste service England’s top performing council for organics waste recycling is to overhaul the way it handles residents’ garden and food waste, following concerns over the cost of treating the material. Three Rivers district council based in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, composted 43.35% of the household waste it handled in 2013/14 – almost 6% more than Rochford which claimed … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jan 2015 Policy & government YO12 4QA, Yorwaste Limited: Environmental permit application advertisement View the application submitted by Yorwaste Limited for Seamer Carr Materials Recycling Facility, Seamer. GOV.UK · 20 Jan 2015 Global Doosan Lentjes The waste-to-energy plant being built in Krakow, Poland by Krakowski Holding Komunalny S.A. has marked another significant construction milestone, with... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 20 Jan 2015 Industry news Video – You’re ‘avin a giraffe… - Demolition News Demolition News · 20 Jan 2015