Recycling news: 2016

Research & science Home | AI & SOCIETY - Springer Nature Link Circular Economy and Sustainability (Springer) · 16 Mar 2016 Research & science Home | Current Psychology - Springer Nature Link Circular Economy and Sustainability (Springer) · 16 Mar 2016 Industry news Budget 2016: Packaging targets and landfill changes confirmed The Treasury has confirmed that the packaging recycling target for plastics is to be reduced from its current level, whilst also outlining plans to press ahead with changes to the Landfill Communities Fund. Measures affecting waste and recycling include: Standard and lower rates of landfill tax to increase in line with RPI from April 2017 … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Mar 2016 Policy & government Reform of the Landfill Communities Fund changes The tax information and impact note applies to landfill operators registered for Landfill Tax and organisations with projects funded through Landfill Communities Fund. GOV.UK · 16 Mar 2016 Policy & government Landfill Tax: increase in rates This tax information and impact note applies to businesses registered with HM Revenue and Customs for Landfill Tax. GOV.UK · 16 Mar 2016 Industry news London councils to target commercial waste work London local authorities are to be encouraged to join a new partnership organisation – LBWR – which will help them win commercial waste contracts in the capital. More details about the work of London Business Waste & Recycling (www.lbwr.co.uk) were given last week to the annual London Conference on recycling. Delegates heard that by running … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Mar 2016 Industry news Appointments round-up (16/03/2016) With news on; Environment Agency appointments; Augean announces new non-executive director; Plevin appoints group operations manager; WRA members retain Board positions, and; Dairy UK appointment Environment Agency makes key appointments The Environment Agency has appointed two new executive directors this week to oversee key areas of its remit. Harvey Bradshaw has been confirmed by the … Read … letsrecycle.com News · 16 Mar 2016 Industry news Presona launches touchscreen baler control system Baler manufacturer Presona has announced the launch of its Premi 2.0 Control System, a touchscreen control technology that will be fitted as standard on its LP Series of balers. The system will allow recycling plant operators and managers the ability to monitor, manage and switch operations using an ‘intuitive’ screen interface, the company says. Housed … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Mar 2016 Industry news News in Brief (15/03/2016) With news of: Advice on recycling value; Telford HWRC savings; LOWMAC contract, and; Chambers investment Councils seeking advice on increasing recycling revenue Local authorities are seeking independent advice to extract more value from household waste, Axion Consulting has claimed. The resource recovery consultancy claims that more councils are looking to waste evaluation services to find … Re… letsrecycle.com News · 15 Mar 2016 Industry news Hazardous Waste Regulations Update From 1 April 2016, premises in England will no longer need to register as hazardous waste producers with the Environment Agency (EA) and the format of the unique consignment note code will also change. Premises Registration – How will it affect you? How will the new consignment note numbers work? A completed consignment note must […] Augean · 15 Mar 2016 Industry news Budget to bring plastics and glass targets decision Compliance schemes and reprocessors are eagerly anticipating the government’s decision to amend plastic and glass packaging recycling targets, which is expected to be announced in tomorrow’s Spring Budget. The plastics target, which presently stands at 52% for 2016, is set to rise to 57% for 2017 as per target levels agreed in 2011. However, proposals … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Mar 2016 Industry news Waste industry braced for Spring Budget Reductions to the Landfill Tax Communities Fund and tighter rules on waste fines disposal are dominating the waste industry agenda ahead of the Chancellor’s Spring Budget tomorrow (16 March). And, the anaerobic digestion (AD) sector is also calling for more funding to be made available for a five-year ‘innovation programme’ to showcase the renewable technology … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Mar 2016 Industry news Courtauld 2025 sets 20% food waste reduction target The latest phase of the voluntary grocery sector sustainability scheme – the Courtauld Commitment – was unveiled today with signatories agreeing to a 20% reduction in food and drink waste arisings in the UK over the next decade. Spearheaded by WRAP on behalf of the UK government and devolved administrations, the voluntary agreement brings together … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Mar 2016 Industry news Boots Opticians Launches Clever Eye Check Storybook to Help UK Families Ensure Their Children Are Seeing Clearly - boots-uk.com Boots UK media centre · 15 Mar 2016 Policy & government Maintain high Scottish ambition to tackle climate change and deliver 61% emissions reduction by 2030, says CCC The Scottish Government should maintain its high ambition pathway towards greenhouse gas emissions reductions of at least 80% by 2050 compared to 1990 levels, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) says today. Climate Change Committee · 15 Mar 2016 Industry news Neil Grundon Blog: Like father, like son The post Neil Grundon Blog: Like father, like son appeared first on Grundon . Grundon Waste Management · 15 Mar 2016 Industry news Herts accepts Veolia’s revised EfW plan Hertfordshire council has today (14 March) accepted in principle a revised project plan put forward by Veolia for the treatment of the county’s residual waste. The alternative proposal, approved by Hertfordshire’s cabinet includes plans for an energy from waste facility at Rye House in Hoddesdon on land owned by Tarmac Aggregates. Veolia will now begin work … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 14 Mar 2016 Industry news FCC close to signing Edinburgh & Midlothian EfW contract Councillors in Edinburgh will this week make a final decision on proposals to award FCC Environment with a 25-year residual waste treatment contract, involving up to 135,000 tonnes of waste per year. The company was originally lined up as the preferred bidder for the contract in late 2014, which involves the design, development and operation … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 14 Mar 2016 Industry news News in Brief (14/03/2016) With news of: Change of date for Recycle Week; Tesco food waste drive; Lichfield waste appeal, and; Bryson safety award. Recycle Week moved in light of EU Referendum Recycle Week 2016 has been moved and will now run between 12 to 18 September, coinciding with the RWM Conference and Exhibition organisers have announced. The 2016 … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 14 Mar 2016 Industry news ‘Recycling Rules’ will seek to answer bottle cap question A communications initiative aimed at clearing common areas of confusion around recyclable materials is expected to be unveiled by WRAP this summer – part of ongoing work to improve consistency of collections. Speaking at the London Conference on Thursday (10 March), WRAP officials confirmed that the charity is engaged in work to help inform councils … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 14 Mar 2016 Industry news Justice official named as Church’s Defra replacement Ministry of Justice official Shaun Gallagher has been named as the replacement for Defra’s outgoing head of recycling and waste policy, Dr Colin Church, who is leaving the role this month. Dr Church announced his intention to leave the Department, where he holds the title director of resource, atmosphere & sustainability, in January, and is … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 14 Mar 2016 Global EU Bioenergy Sustainability Criteria The sustainable forest management framework has evolved and strengthened over time balancing a market based demand for wood products and bioenergy with the other environmental and climate functions of the forest. More recently, the EU policy framework to support the use of energy from renewable sources has led to a strong increase of bio-energy use […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 13 Mar 2016 Council news Penalty notices for school non-attendance - Kirklees Council Kirklees Council · 13 Mar 2016 Council news Councillors - Newport City Council Newport Council · 12 Mar 2016 Council news - East Lindsey District Council East Lindsey Council · 12 Mar 2016 Industry news Veolia guarantees St Alban’s recycling prices St Alban’s City and District Council has decided to take-up the offer of a recycling materials sales service with Veolia as part of a new eight-year contract with the waste management firm. The decision by the authority, which preferred Veolia to the Hertfordshire Waste Partnership as a route for material sales, comes after the waste company offered … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Mar 2016 Industry news ‘Tougher sentencing’ call over waste crime VIDEO REPORT: A nationwide waste services brokerage is calling for tougher sentences to be handed down to illegal operators – as it continues to clear a 90,000 tonne waste mountain in Manchester. UK Waste Solutions Ltd has also expressed fears that the government’s drive to cut red tape from waste legislation could open “a can … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Mar 2016 Industry news The Week in Waste – 11 March 2016 Take a look at the ‘Week in Waste’ video report. In this week’s report by letsrecycle.com, sponsored by Biffa, we report from the London Conference in Central Hall, Westminster where Tom Goulding interviews WRAP Director, Marcus Gover. Also we report on the latest developments on landfill tax fines, following discussions between the waste industry and HMRC. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Mar 2016 Policy & government DN15 6UW, Longs Steel UK Limited: environmental permit issued View the permit issued for Crosby North Landfill, Scunthorpe under the Industrial Emissions Directive. GOV.UK · 11 Mar 2016 Council news - Chelmsford City Council Chelmsford Council · 11 Mar 2016 Industry news Recycling consistency drive ‘not a diktat’ A drive to improve recycling consistency in England is “not a diktat” for how local authorities should behave, WRAP director Marcus Gover has insisted. Speaking to delegates at letsrecycle.com’s London Conference (10 March), Mr Gover offered an update on the resource charity’s work on behalf of Defra to examine ways to improve consistency of recycling … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Mar 2016 Industry news Defra slims down Duty of Care guidance A revised code of practice setting out how waste producers and companies handling waste materials can meet their ‘Duty of Care’ to deal with it responsibly, has been published today (11 March). The document, which covers England and Wales, provides guidance for those who produce, carry, keep, dispose of, treat, import or have control of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Mar 2016 Industry news Critical Raw Material Closed Loop Recovery Project First phase Der Beitrag Critical Raw Material Closed Loop Recovery Project erschien zuerst auf United Kingdom (EN) . ERP UK (European Recycling Platform) · 10 Mar 2016 Industry news Monmouthshire approves kerbside glass separation trial A “robust” six-month recycling trial involving 7,500-8,000 Monmouthshire households has been approved by the council that will see glass separated from other dry recyclables at the kerbside. This ‘twin stream’ option would see glass extracted and sent directly to the market for further treatment, while other dry recyclables are sent to a materials recycling facility … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 Mar 2016 Industry news Don’t scrap food waste collections OPINION: Dean Hislop, chief executive of organic waste treatment firm Tamar Energy offers his view on local authority food waste collections. Local authorities around Britain are under unprecedented pressure to save money and find ways to spread diminishing budgets across a wide range of services, without decreasing the service level provision. It would seem an … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 Mar 2016 Industry news Fife continues four-weekly collection trial A Scottish council pioneering the collection of residual waste from households on a four-weekly basis has reported further progress on its reduced collection frequency trial, as it considers whether to roll out the system across the borough. Fife council in the east of the country has been piloting the scheme to collect residual waste every … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 Mar 2016 Industry news Fine issued in Oswaldtwistle waste dumping case A Lancashire businessman has been ordered to pay a total of £47,000 for allowing controlled waste to be illegally deposited at a site in Oswaldtwistle near Accrington, and another in Liverpool. The culmination of a legal process spanning four years, Arthur Morgan was fined £17,500 and ordered to pay a contribution of £30,000 towards the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 Mar 2016 Industry news Welsh Landfill Disposals Tax to take effect in 2018 The Welsh Assembly has approved plans for the devolution of control over Landfill Tax from Westminster by April 2018, with the passing of landmark taxation laws this week (8 March). Under the plans, control over Stamp Duty and Landfill Tax will be devolved to the Welsh Government – the first Welsh taxes in 800 years. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 Mar 2016 Industry news ECOPlastics changes name to Evolve Polymers Hemswell-based plastic bottle recycling firm ECOPlastics Recycling Ltd has re-branded as Evolve Polymers, as it seeks to re-establish itself as one of the major players in the UK plastics recycling industry. According to a statement, Evolve Polymers claims that it will seek to build ‘long term partnerships’ with the UK waste industry and “further the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 9 Mar 2016 Council news View and comment on a planning application - Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council Basingstoke and Deane Council · 9 Mar 2016