Recycling news: 2022

Industry news “Green” energy giant Drax pays out $3 million to settle toxic pollution claims Campaigners accuse UK government of “subsidising environmental racism” The company that runs Drax power station has quietly agreed to pay out $3.2m to settle air pollution claims against its wood pellet factories in the United States’ deep south. Documents obtained by Unearthed, show that late last month the company agreed two settlements of $1.6m apiece […] Greenpeace UK · 26 Sept 2022 Research & science Proteomic Analysis of the Inflorescence Stem Mechanical Strength Difference in Herbaceous Peonies (Paeonia lactiflora Pall.) - ACS Publications ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (ACS) · 26 Sept 2022 Industry news Drax accused of driving ‘environmental racism’ after further pollution claims against wood pellet mills in US deep south The post Drax accused of driving ‘environmental racism’ after further pollution claims against wood pellet mills in US deep south appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 26 Sept 2022 Industry news Join the world’s biggest climate change relay! The post Join the world’s biggest climate change relay! appeared first on Keep Wales Tidy . Keep Wales Tidy · 25 Sept 2022 Industry news Soaring PRN prices highlight importance of national reform According to half-year data published by the Environment Agency in August, the UK continues to report impressive aluminium packaging recycling volumes. Indeed, more than 72,319 tonnes were collected for recycled in the period January-June. Over 70% (50,361) came through kerbside and HWRCs, while 20,313 came through incinerator bottom ash (IBA) recovery and 1,375 via other […] Alupro · 25 Sept 2022 Global Increased energy and raw material security vs. European objectives obaly21 – 25 September 2022 – On September 22, 2022, the international conference in Prague brought together representatives of industry, waste managers, ministries, Czech and European legislators. “The waste recovery segment offers many solutions in today’s crisis. However, it is necessary to reduce the still massive landfilling and set a readable and long-term stable framework […] FEAD (European Waste Management Association) · 25 Sept 2022 Research & science The wasted potential of urban household waste: a practice approach for identifying issues and opportunities for circularity - WUR eDepot Wageningen University & Research News · 25 Sept 2022 Council news Making a Complaint to the City of London Housing Division - City of London Corporation City of London Council · 24 Sept 2022 Council news Tourist Accommodation Retention Supplementary Planning Document - Lewes and Eastbourne Councils Eastbourne Council · 23 Sept 2022 Industry news Map — Store Locator - Costa Costa Coffee media centre · 23 Sept 2022 Industry news Contact Us - FCC Environment FCC Environment UK · 23 Sept 2022 Policy & government Ground Floor Flat, 31 Livingstone Road, Southampton, Hampshire, SO14 6WL: CHI/00MS/F77/2022/0031 Southern Region, Mr R Brown FRICS (Chairman), Mr J Reichel BSc MRICS and Mr M Woodrow MRICS on 12 August 2022 GOV.UK · 23 Sept 2022 Industry news REA responds to the Government’s ‘mini-budget’ REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 23 Sept 2022 Policy & government Northside Fleet Limited v The Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs : [2022] UKUT 00256 (TCC) Upper Tribunal Tax and Chancery decision of Judge Jonathan Richards and Judge Nicholas Aleksander on 22 September 2022 GOV.UK · 23 Sept 2022 Industry news PR Committee meeting Agenda, 11th October 2022 The post PR Committee meeting Agenda, 11th October 2022 appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 23 Sept 2022 Industry news Agenda General Line Sector meeting, 5th October 2022 The post Agenda General Line Sector meeting, 5th October 2022 appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 23 Sept 2022 Industry news Presentation Food Contact Regulatory Review, 18th August 2022 The post Presentation Food Contact Regulatory Review, 18th August 2022 appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 23 Sept 2022 Industry news Presentation Env, H&S meeting 18th August 2022 The post Presentation Env, H&S meeting 18th August 2022 appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 23 Sept 2022 Industry news Minutes Env, H&S 18th August 2022 The post Minutes Env, H&S 18th August 2022 appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 23 Sept 2022 Industry news Slovakia’s DRS highlighted at RWM Letsrecycle Live The RWM and Letsrecycle Live shows saw industry experts and officials speak about the latest issues in the sector, with the Slovak Minister of Environment, Jan Budaj, opening a session on Slovakia’s implementation of a deposit return scheme (DRS). After introducing the session, Mr Budaj took a tour of the exhibition, looking at a variety … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Sept 2022 Industry news Circular economy experts call for ‘national materials data hub’ Experts on net zero have called on the government to set up a “national materials data hub” to “drive investment in the circular economy”. During the RWM and Letsrecycle Live trade shows at the NEC, Birmingham, on 14 September, Jacob Hayler, executive director of the Environmental Services Association (ESA), chaired a panel discussion on the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Sept 2022 Policy & government 24 Edward Parker Road, Bristol, BS16 1QE: CHI/00HD/HMF/2022/0002 Southern Region, Judge Tildesley OBE, Mr J Reichel and Mr M Jenkinson on 1 July 2022 GOV.UK · 23 Sept 2022 Industry news Biffa issues trading update as takeover deadline looms Biffa issued a short update ahead of its annual general meeting today (23 September) saying it “continues to trade in line with the board’s expectations for the financial year to 31 March 2023”. The waste management company is currently the subject of a takeover bid from US private equity firm Energy Capital Partners, with a … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Sept 2022 Global Japan’s plastic waste exports - and how to slow them down Globally, the enforcement of the Basel Convention Plastic Waste Amendments has been unclear, as members of Break Free From Plastic have highlighted in a panel presentation at the last Basel Convention meeting. Similar questions surround Japan’s plastic waste exports, including whether the country has transposed the Basel Convention rules into local laws, and how it […] Break Free From Plastic · 23 Sept 2022 Industry news How the mini-budget could impact the sector While there was no specific mention of waste in the ‘mini-budget’ unveiled by Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng this morning (23 September), some elements of it could have an impact on the sector. The ‘Growth Plan 2022’ document published soon after the Chancellor’s speech in parliament outlines a number of measures the government will take to grow … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Sept 2022 Industry news RWM & Letsrecycle Live – launching our novel hybrid vehicle Earlier this month, we headed to RWM & Letsrecycle Live in the NEC in Birmingham where we unveiled our first-of-its-kind hybrid vehicle. RWM & Letsrecycle Live is one of the largest events on the calendar for the waste, resource and environmental services sector. Created to accelerate the transition to a more environmentally friendly planet, it is the […] Keenan Recycling · 23 Sept 2022 Global Ahead of a Winter Energy Crisis, the EU Needs to Cut Plastic Production BRUSSELS – As the EU faces a looming gas shortage, EU countries are looking to consumers to shoulder the brunt of reductions and are pursuing deals to secure new fossil fuel supplies. At the same time, policymakers are leaving the plastics and petrochemicals sector — the single largest driver of the increase in global oil […] Break Free From Plastic · 23 Sept 2022 Global CMA CGM Group Urged to Abandon Plastic Bricks, Support Plastic Bans and Zero Waste Systems Instead On 15 September 2022, CMA CGM renewed their three-year partnership with the Plastic Flamingo (PLAF) to continue production of construction materials made from plastic sachet waste and riverine plastics. This partnership pledges to tackle river and land-based plastic pollution, yet investing in plastic bricks, planks, and boards is a step in the wrong direction. Downcycling, […] Break Free From Plastic · 23 Sept 2022 Industry news Coca-Cola bottlers call for ‘five nation approach’ to DRS Coca-Cola Pacific Partners, the main bottling franchise for the Coca-Cola Company, has called for a “five nation approach” to the UK’s deposit return scheme (DRS) amid concerns over how different systems would work together. All four UK nations have announced that they will introduce a DRS for beverage containers by 2025, with the Scottish scheme … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Sept 2022 Industry news Veolia to ‘transform’ paper waste into poultry bedding Veolia says it hopes to meet a quarter of the UK demand for poultry bedding with the introduction of a product made using waste from the paper industry. Veolia says its organics team developed ‘Agribed’ to support the welfare of chickens and turkeys. The production process takes discarded fibre from pulping processes at paper and … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Sept 2022 Industry news ADEPT raises ‘serious’ cost concerns about POPs rules The Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT) says it has “serious concerns” about the Environment Agency’s guidance on upholstered waste domestic seating. After an investigation found large levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in seating textiles and foams, the Agency warned councils that they must incinerate all upholstered waste domestic seati… letsrecycle.com News · 23 Sept 2022 Industry news Turkish Aluminium Industry and Aluminium Düsseldorf 2022 - Aluminium International Today Aluminium International Today · 23 Sept 2022 Industry news Torres Strait Islanders win historic human rights legal fight against Australia - ClientEarth ClientEarth · 23 Sept 2022 Council news Council tax support - Redbridge Council Redbridge Council · 23 Sept 2022 Council news Pay your Council Tax - Southampton City Council Southampton Council · 22 Sept 2022 Council news Garden waste collections - terms and conditions - Torbay Council Torbay Council · 22 Sept 2022 Global Will the EU support a green recovery for Ukraine from the ashes of war? An insider’s perspective: Andriy Andrusevych, Senior Policy Expert at EEB member “Society and Environment”, a resource and analysis center in Ukraine, and EEB Board Member for Ukraine, shares his vision for a green post-war recovery. The European Union, its people and civil society stood up for Ukraine firmly since the very beginning of the Russian invasion on 24 February this year. “I stand he… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 22 Sept 2022 Policy & government Review of the Year 2021/22 - Creating a clean and safe environment for future generations A summary of the progress we made in tackling one of the world's most complex decommissioning challenges in 2021/22 GOV.UK · 22 Sept 2022 Industry news RECOUP HIGHLIGHT HOW SUPPLY CHAIN COLLABORATION CAN SOLVE RECYCLABILITY CHALLENGES The post RECOUP HIGHLIGHT HOW SUPPLY CHAIN COLLABORATION CAN SOLVE RECYCLABILITY CHALLENGES appeared first on RECOUP . RECOUP · 22 Sept 2022 Industry news Less than a week to go until the Collection Conference Next week will see local authorities, service providers and policymakers come together at the Collection Conference in Warwick, to debate the challenges of waste and recycling collections across the UK. Celebrating its fifth anniversary, letsrecycle.com’s one-day London Conference will take place in the luxurious sky suite at the British Motor Museum in Warwick. It comes … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Sept 2022