Recycling news: 2016

Industry news Top Defra waste official to leave in April The top Defra official with overall responsibility for recycling and resource management, Dr Colin Church, is to leave the department in early April. Dr Church is understood to be leaving the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs as well as the civil service altogether, after a career where he has held a number of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jan 2016 Industry news Director to pay £33,000 for waste site permit breach The director of a waste firm which went into liquidation in 2013 has been ordered to pay £33,000 in fines and costs after having pleaded guilty to breaching an environmental permit for the operation of a site in Bedfordshire. Simon Lupson, director of Wood Recycling Services, was sentenced at Luton Crown Court on Friday (22 … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jan 2016 Industry news Chemicals in food contact materials: A gap in the internal market, a failure in public protection Food packaging, factory equipment, food utensils – almost everything we eat has been in contact with one or more of these items. The EU’s laws should ensure that chemicals used in these materials are safe, but they do not go far enough and contain holes. These holes – for example a lack of harmonised rules […] CHEM Trust · 26 Jan 2016 Industry news News in brief (26/01/2016) With news on: B&M bag levy donation; Luxus and Polypipe apprenticeship scheme; food waste reduction coalition; Poundland expands Helistrat’s £4 million waste contract, and; Grundon announces partnership with Oxford Food Bank. Poundland expands Helistrat recycling contract Retailer Poundland has extended waste management company Helistrat’s waste and recycling services contract to include an add… letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jan 2016 Industry news Veolia looks again to Hoddesdon for EfW plant Veolia has submitted initial proposals to Hertfordshire county council for the potential development of a new energy from waste facility to fulfil its £800 million waste contract with the authority, originally signed in 2011. The plant would replace plans put forward around five years ago for the development of a 380,000 tonnes per year capacity … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jan 2016 Industry news How safe is our seafood? Our oceans and seas have been polluted over time with a number of contaminants, from litter and plastic waste to an array of man-made chemicals which have caused numerous problems for many wildlife species. So considering these pollutants, how safe is the fish, shellfish and other seafood we eat? Globally over 1 billion people rely on […] CHEM Trust · 25 Jan 2016 Industry news Is large-scale gasification viable? It’s green, flexible, and readily available. So why is large-scale thermal gasification slow to take off? Tom Goulding reports. On an industrial site in North East England, work has been underway on a single project with two of the largest waste gasification plants ever conceived for the UK. With a combined throughput capacity of 700,000 … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jan 2016 Industry news Contamination sees Derbyshire Dales scrap bring sites Derbyshire Dales council has agreed to terminate its contract for the running of bring sites for dry recyclables with contractor HW Martin, after it was claimed that high contamination levels were making the service unviable for the company. HW Martin will pay the council compensation of £20,000 to end the contract which it has held … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jan 2016 Industry news Appointments round-up (25/01/2016) With news on: Paul Brown appointed Scottish managing director; Gwendoline Riou joins European packaging organisation EUROPEN, and; VEKA announces commercial director appointment Viridor appoints Scottish managing director Waste firm Viridor has appointed a new regional managing director to oversee its operations in Scotland. Paul Brown, who will serve as Viridor’s Scottish Regional managing dir… letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jan 2016 Policy & government FCIM101030 - Where CDF offer is made up to 29 June 2014: general: taxes covered by COP9 GOV.UK · 25 Jan 2016 Industry news POWERDAY AD COLLABORATION NEARS COMPLETION The new Willen Biogas anaerobic digestion plant in North London has entered the commissioning phase and is expected to be fully operational shortly. 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Powerday · 25 Jan 2016 Council news Planning - lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk Lisburn and Castlereagh Council · 24 Jan 2016 Policy & government AGL2500 - Operational assurance overview: Environmental Taxes Unit of Expertise GOV.UK · 22 Jan 2016 Policy & government AGL6400 - Scientific referrals: Records of referrals GOV.UK · 22 Jan 2016 Policy & government AGL2100 - Operational assurance overview: Record keeping requirements for aggregates operators GOV.UK · 22 Jan 2016 Industry news EAC chair steps down prompting fresh election Labour’s Huw Irranca-Davies leaves Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee after just seven months at the helm letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jan 2016 Industry news Aluminium beverage can recycling at new record high More than 7 out of 10 aluminium beverage cans remain in the European Circular Economy Brussels, 21 January 2016: The overall recycling rate for aluminium beverage cans in the European Union, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland increased by 1.8% to a new record level of 71.3% in 2013. European Aluminium considers this result an important milestone […] Alupro · 22 Jan 2016 Industry news The Week in Waste – 22 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 the increase in flytipping of white goods highlighted by one local authority, reflect on the challenges in the plastics market and catch up on some other news from the waste management sector. The … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jan 2016 Industry news Anglesey considers three-weekly collections Council officers in Anglesey have recommended introducing three-weekly refuse collections from October to help the authority meet the Welsh Government’s 70% recycling target. The proposal, which would cost just over £500,000 to implement, will be considered at a meeting of the Isle of Anglesey county council’s executive next week (25 January). The capital would be … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jan 2016 Industry news TEEP assessments lead to little change in waste collections The advent of TEEP regulations has not heralded a shift towards separate collections by councils, with the majority of England’s recyclable material collected commingled, data gathered by the Environment Agency suggests. This was among the findings of a survey carried out by the Agency to assess whether local authorities are meeting their requirements under the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jan 2016 Industry news GMWDA in warning over £2.5m budget overspend Councillors in Greater Manchester have been warned that spending on the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (GMWDA) contract is likely to exceed budget for 2015/16 by as much as £2.5 million. In October, the Authority first noted that it may be on course to exceed its proposed c£170 million spend for the year. This warning … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jan 2016 Research & science Home | Veterinary Research Communications - Springer Nature Link Circular Economy and Sustainability (Springer) · 22 Jan 2016 Industry news Yorwaste wins £1.5m recycling contract Council-owned waste firm Yorwaste is to transfer and process up to 30,000 tonnes of recyclables on behalf of four local authorities in North Yorkshire. The three-year contract, worth an estimated £1.5 million, will see Yorwaste handle paper, cardboard, glass, cans and plastic bottles collected from households in the districts of Harrogate, Craven, Humbleton and Richmondshire. … Read More The po… letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jan 2016 Council news The Housing Register - Camden Council Camden Council · 21 Jan 2016 Industry news Recovered paper sector stays stable The recovered – or waste – paper sector has started the New Year with steady demand from China for used cardboard which is helping to add stability to the sector. And, in contrast to metals and plastics, overall, the recovered paper sector was relatively stable in 2015 apart from a short-term fall in the value … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jan 2016 Industry news FCC to almost double Eastcroft EfW capacity FCC Environment is to almost double the capacity of its 170,000 tonnes-per-year Eastcroft energy from waste plant in Nottingham. Under plans agreed unanimously by Nottingham city council yesterday (20 January), an additional 140,000 tonnes of throughput will be developed via the installation of a third boiler line at the site. The line had previously been … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jan 2016 Industry news Kier and Unite reach settlement over BANES contract dispute A pay dispute between Kier and its waste collection crews in Bath and North East Somerset has ended following successful talks with the trade union Unite this week. Kier presented a revised pay offer to union members on Tuesday (19 January), which was accepted. The agreement brings an end to industrial action which had lasted … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jan 2016 Research & science Home | Educational Psychology Review - Springer Nature Link Circular Economy and Sustainability (Springer) · 21 Jan 2016 Industry news Balance needed over EU policy, says Stewart Recycling minister Rory Stewart has told the Environmental Audit Committee that it is important to strike a balance between what was expected at EU and regional levels in terms of environmental matters. And, turning to Scotland and the Scottish Government’s own Zero Waste agenda – which include targets that surpass those set by the EU … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jan 2016 Council news Register of HMO Licence Applications and HMO Licences - Aberdeen City Council Aberdeen City Council · 21 Jan 2016 Industry news Lambeth council trials wheeled bins for recycling Around 2,000 households in the Herne Hill area of Lambeth are to receive green bins for commingled recycling in place of existing clear sacks, as part of a two month trial by the London borough. Councillors made the decision in December 2015 to pilot the use of bins as they believe it will make it … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jan 2016 Industry news Municipal waste services: in or out? Dr Adam Read of environmental consultancy Ricardo Energy & Environment examines the issues around private and public sector-run waste services, in the wake of January’s Remunicipalisation Conference. Since the 1980s there has been a need for local authorities to contract out their waste management services, or to test their in-house provision against the market. We … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jan 2016 Industry news Hills to sign Wiltshire waste services contract Hills Waste Solutions is to take full control of Wiltshire council’s waste and recycling services under a new eight-year contract due to begin in August 2017. The contract award, which was decided at a meeting of the council cabinet yesterday (19 January), around 18 months after it had drawn up a shortlist of bidders for … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jan 2016 Industry news Plastics recyclers face export ‘challenges’ Plunging oil prices and depressed demand for scrap from the Far East are causing concern amongst plastics recyclers, as the sector looks to recover from what was described as a ‘difficult’ year in 2015. Businesses collecting plastic scrap have historically been heavily dependent on export markets – particularly China – to take a significant proportion … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jan 2016 Industry news NLWA workshops to encourage clothing reuse The North London Waste Authority (NLWA) has teamed up with behaviour change charity Hubbub to run a campaign aimed at encouraging people to reuse and repair old and unwanted clothing. The campaign will see a series of events launched across north London over the last two weekends of January (23-24 January and 30-31 January) which … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jan 2016 Industry news Council warns over rise in fridge fly-tipping Rules governing the depollution of end of life fridges and freezers appear to be a factor in an increased number of the white goods being fly-tipped, according to one local authority in the West Midlands. Lichfield district council has noted that 2015 saw an increase in the number of fridges and freezers being left on … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jan 2016 Policy & government New/extended marine SPAs: Suggested approach to Reg 35 advice - Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru / Natural Resources Wales Natural Resources Wales · 20 Jan 2016 Industry news Kent gains over £100,000 for fresh recycling drive The Kent Resource Partnership has received more than £100,000 to fund plastics and metal recycling communications across 11 local authority areas. Over £70,000 has been secured via WRAP’s ‘Increasing Communications through Local Authorities’ fund – and a further £40,000 from private sector organisations. The WRAP money will be used to support communications to over 300,000 … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jan 2016 Industry news Circular Economy speakers grilled amid food waste frustration Voluntary agreements have a role to play in ensuring businesses limit or recycle food waste in England, representatives from WRAP and the European Commission have insisted. WRAP chief executive officer Dr Liz Goodwin considered that while targets would help “sweep up the laggards”, she was reluctant to back legislating on the mandatory reduction of food … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jan 2016 Industry news Heavy rainfall leads to odour problem at Path Head landfill Waste management company Suez has said it is making ‘good progress’ in tackling odour emissions at its Path Head Landfill site, near Gateshead. Problems have arisen at the site following an accumulation of surface water caused by heavy rainfall over the course of the last month. The site has been closed to any incoming waste … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jan 2016