Recycling news: 2016

Industry news Iranian steelmaker SKS plans major expansion - Steel Times International Steel Times International · 2 Feb 2016 Industry news POWERDAY RECOGNISED AT HEATHROW SAFETY AWARDS 2016 Powerday was recognised at the recent Heathrow Safety Awards for the events they have held at the airport to raise awareness of cycling safety. Heathrow held its Annual Safety Awards at the Heston Hy... Powerday · 2 Feb 2016 Industry news Biffa invests in food waste transfer stations across the UK Waste management company Biffa is investing £1.5 million to create a network of five food waste transfer stations across the UK. The stations will be used to collect and sort food waste before it is sent to be treated at the company’s anaerobic digestion (AD) plants at Cannock Chase in Staffordshire, Wanlip in Leicestershire and … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2016 Industry news Appointments round-up (01/02/2016) With news on: Viridor’s Simon Catford to retire; Mandy Kelly joins ACE UK; Keenan appoints food waste collections manager; Clarity takes on new business development executive, and; Baroness Jenkin joins WRAP as trustee. Simon Catford to retire as Viridor’s HR director Waste and recycling management company Viridor has announced that Simon Catford, human resources and regulatory director, … Read… letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2016 Industry news JTA wins compliance fee bid again The Department for Business has today announced that the WEEE Compliance Fee proposal submitted by the Joint Trade Association has been approved for use under the WEEE system – two other rival bids were submitted. The fee is an alternative mechanism that compliance schemes and obligated business can use if they have insufficient recycling evidence … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2016 Policy & government Select a waste recovery or disposal method for your environmental permit How to choose a waste recovery or disposal method and assess its risks when applying for or changing your bespoke environmental permit. GOV.UK · 1 Feb 2016 Industry news Two years’ prison for illegal waste site operator in Halifax The owner of a Halifax skip hire firm has been jailed for two years for running an illegal waste site where treated waste wood was also being illegally burned. 65-year-old David Turner, of Farrar Mill Lane in Siddal, was sentenced last week (January 28) at Bradford Crown Court after admitting waste charges brought by the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2016 Research & science Home | Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science - Springer Nature Link Circular Economy and Sustainability (Springer) · 1 Feb 2016 Industry news Georgeson contrasts golden years to current picture The ‘golden years’ of recycling when recycling rates rose rapidly, in contrast to the picture in England today, have been highlighted in the annual Kit Strange Lecture in London. The lecture, “Golden years – recycling and resources, the past present and future” was delivered last week by Ray Georgeson MBE, consultant and chief executive of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2016 Industry news Belfast to launch segregated food waste collection pilot Belfast City Council is starting a weekly food waste collection pilot scheme in the areas of Stranmillis and Malone. The collections start tomorrow, 2 February, for 8 weeks and will see the areas move from a brown bin for commingled garden and food waste to separate smaller green food waste caddies, although residents are also … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2016 Industry news Careers - Mick George - Construction Industry Leaders - Mick George Mick George Group · 31 Jan 2016 Council news - Lancaster City Council Lancaster Council · 31 Jan 2016 Council news Parking - Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Kingston upon Thames Council · 31 Jan 2016 Industry news Investors - Greggs Corporate Greggs corporate media · 30 Jan 2016 Council news Election results - Meetings, agenda and minutes - Lancaster City Council - Lancaster City Council Lancaster Council · 30 Jan 2016 Industry news Food waste bill misses parliamentary slot The second reading of the Food Waste (Reduction) Bill missed its slot in the House of Commons today (29 January) due to an overrunning first bill and two urgent questions and now seems more likely to fail. The non-hearing of the bill is expected to come as a blow to Shadow Environment Secretary and Bristol … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jan 2016 Global Potential Contribution of Waste Management to a Low Carbon Economy Conference The Potential Contribution of Waste Management to a Low Carbon Economy Conference The Potential Contribution of Waste Management to a Low Carbon Economy Conference On January 12 2016, Zero Waste Europe, ACR+, and Zero Waste France held a conference; ‘The Potential of the Waste Sector to a Low Carbon Economy at the Committee of the […] Zero Waste Europe · 29 Jan 2016 Industry news The Week in Waste – 29 January 2016 Take a look at the ‘Week in Waste’ video report. In this week’s report by letsrecycle.com, sponsored by Biffa, we report on a potential boost for PRNs from mixed paper, and on the use of plastic bags in food waste collections. The video report comes as letsrecycle.com continues to develop its coverage of recycling news, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jan 2016 Policy & government The devolution of power to Wales Alun Cairns tells the Capita devolution conference in Cardiff that it is time to concentrate on delivery, not powers GOV.UK · 29 Jan 2016 Industry news Staffordshire to explore integrated waste service Councils within the Staffordshire Waste Partnership could take a step closer to integrating collection and disposal services this month in a bid to find future savings. The 10 authorities are due to sign a ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ which would provide greater security over how waste is collected and treated in the county. The decision would … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jan 2016 Industry news How to get to the route of zero waste in a consumerist society As one of her New Year’s Resolutions, Angela wants to stop bring stuff into the house, but it’s providing difficult. She wrote… “I’ve made several Zero Waste New Year’s Resolutions which I’ve had great success with, but one of them is proving difficult. I want to stop bring stuff into the house to start with,… Zero Waste Week · 29 Jan 2016 Industry news Resource model needs new boundaries, says Viridor Viridor has declared that current resource management systems in England are ‘no longer fit for purpose’ and is calling for a ‘new and ambitious model’ that moves beyond traditional local authority areas. And, as well as looking at boundaries in terms of operations in England, Viridor is also recommending a “shift in the country’s resources … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jan 2016 Industry news Biffa director dismisses waste ‘cartels’ accusation Biffa Municipal managing director Roger Edwards has slammed a councillor’s “disrespectful” comments on waste businesses, during a heated debate over how collections should be serviced. Steve Munby, Liverpool’s cabinet member for Neighbourhoods, was speaking at letsrecycle.com’s Remunicipalisation Conference in London yesterday (28 January) when the war of words erupted. The councillor claimed t… letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jan 2016 Policy & government Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd European Marine Site - Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru / Natural Resources Wales Natural Resources Wales · 28 Jan 2016 Industry news Labour to face off with government on food waste bill Defra has confirmed it will not be supporting mandatory measures to force business to reduce food waste under the Food Waste (Reduction) Bill, which is due to have its second reading in Parliament tomorrow (29 January). The Department has stated that it supports the general aims of the Bill to reduce food waste and distribute … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jan 2016 Industry news Untha launches mobile waste shredder Machinery manufacturer Untha has launched an electrically-driven mobile waste shredder, which the company claims is the first of its kind in the world. The XR mobil-e has the same design features as Untha’s static XR shredder, yet it has been updated to include an on-board auxiliary power pack in order to make it easy to … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jan 2016 Industry news EU report calls for clarity on separate collections A report compiled on behalf of the European Commission has called for greater clarity on what constitutes separate collections of recyclables and clear treatment standards for ‘high quality’ recycling. The report put together in 2015 by German consultancy BiPRO and the Copenhagen Resource Institute analysed the separate collection schemes in operation in each of the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jan 2016 Council news Councillors - Meetings, agenda and minutes - Lancaster City Council - Lancaster City Council Lancaster Council · 28 Jan 2016 Industry news Mixed papers to get PRN boost The recycling rate for packaging materials and the generation of paper PRNs is set to be boosted by alterations to the mechanism used for issuing PRNs for mixed papers. Mixed papers, primarily sourced from the household waste stream by local authorities through waste and recycling contractors, have always contained an element of packaging ranging from … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jan 2016 Policy & government Northern Ireland local authority collected municipal waste management statistics report: July to September 2015 This is a quarterly publication which reports provisional figures on the key measurements of local authority collected municipal waste for councils and waste management groups in Northern Ireland. GOV.UK · 28 Jan 2016 Policy & government Fifth carbon budget allows for greater ambition set out in Paris Agreement The Committee's advice to the Government on the level of the fifth carbon budget remains the same in light of the Paris Agreement, the CCC says today in a letter to The Rt Hon Amber Rudd, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. Climate Change Committee · 28 Jan 2016 Council news Audit Committee - Meetings, agenda and minutes - Lancaster City Council - Lancaster City Council Lancaster Council · 28 Jan 2016 Industry news Case Study: Estate Cleaners Leicester – Grundon cleans up at big events The post Case Study: Estate Cleaners Leicester – Grundon cleans up at big events appeared first on Grundon . Grundon Waste Management · 28 Jan 2016 Industry news RWUK to meet over price volatility How market risks and price volatility can be better-shared between contractors and councils are due to be discussed by Resources and Waste UK (RWUK) on Friday 28 January [see update below]. At a standard board meeting, RWUK board members will look how to take forward a report on managing the risk from secondary raw material … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jan 2016 Industry news Lee gives one year’s notice to CIWM Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) chief executive Steve Lee has given notice to the organisation that he is to leave at the end of 2016. Mr Lee, 57, is among the senior voices within the waste sector and has been at the helm of the Institution since September 2003 (see letsrecycle.com story). He joined … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jan 2016 Industry news Waste fire tests begin at Cory landfill site Fire tests have begun at Cory Environmental’s Barling landfill site, as part of ongoing work to establish how best to tackle waste management fires across a range of materials. The tests are being carried out by firefighters from the London Fire Brigade with the support of the Chief Fire Officers Association (CFOA). CFOA will study … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jan 2016 Industry news AD sector calls for flexibility on plastic bags VIDEO REPORT: Anaerobic digestion (AD) plant operators have spoken out in favour of allowing residents to present food waste in plastic bags, a move which they say could increase the capture rate for organic material. This follows concerns raised over the potential effect that the carrier bag charge might have on how residents present their … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jan 2016 Industry news BIS to approve WEEE compliance fee for 2015 The Department for Business (BIS) has confirmed that it will be setting a WEEE compliance fee for 2015, and will reveal next week the methodology that will be used to determine the level of the fee. The announcement from BIS comes ahead of the 31 January 2016 deadline for schemes to post their final waste … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jan 2016 Industry news Councils counting cost of MRF contamination The waste industry will address concerns that local authorities may have over contamination rates and potential increases in sorting costs at materials recycling facilities (MRFs). This was the message from the Environmental Services Association (ESA) in defence of MRF operators after criticism that costs for local authorities are increasing due to an industry crackdown on … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jan 2016 Council news Public Register Premises Search - Lancaster City Council Lancaster Council · 26 Jan 2016