Recycling news: 2022

Global UN declares right to a healthy environment: can the EU keep up? The UN has finally recognised the right to a healthy environment as a universal human right. In a year that has seen people’s basic needs threatened and violated by climate disasters across the globe, the EEB urges the EU to guarantee this right for all, write Ruby Silk and Margarida Martins. From heatwaves in Europe leading to droughts and wild fires, to the flooding of Pakistan which has disp… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 7 Sept 2022 Industry news September’s Skip Hunk is a real smooth operator HE’S a smart dressed man, so look out for your daughters. It’s Skip Hunk Owen Hoult, of KCM Waste Management in South Yorkshire. Hi! Nice to see you dressed up for the occasion. Introduce yourself.I’m Owen Hoult, I’m 22 and I work for KCM Waste Management. Tell us what you do there.I’m an HGV Technician:... Skip & Waste Magazine · 7 Sept 2022 Industry news Tetra Pak aims to convince councils to collect cartons Tetra Pak says it wants to convince local authorities and ‘packaging recovery organisations’ to mandate the collection of cartons for recycling with all other packaging for “liquid food”. Switzerland-based carton manufacturer Tetra Pak issued its call in its annual sustainability report for 2022 on 23 August. It has done so amidst controversy over retailers switching … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 7 Sept 2022 Industry news For September, chirpy Skip Chick Kirsty is a ray of sunshine SHE’S a whizz behind the wheel – if you catch her drift! Meet Skip Chick Kirsty Harrison of CB Skips in Salisbury. Greetings! Who do we have here?I’m Kirsty Harrison, I’m 28 and I work at CB Skips, Salisbury, as Senior Administrator. Pleased to meet you – now tell us more.I’ve worked there for three... Skip & Waste Magazine · 7 Sept 2022 Industry news HML Recycling operate Bunting magnetic separators EFFECTIVE metal separation is one of many important processes in HML Recycling’s specialist metal recycling operation in Accrington, UK. HML has installed Bunting Permanent Overband Magnets in their cable recycling process, and a Metal Separation Module on a new line for recycling perfume bottle tops. Bunting is one of the world’s leading designers and manufacturers of... Skip & Waste Magazine · 7 Sept 2022 Industry news Amazon fires in September’s first week surpass those registered for whole month last year São Paulo, 7 September 2022 – 16,698 fire hotspots were registered in the Amazon just in the first week of September, according to the Brazilian Space Agency (INPE), almost as many registered in the entire month of September last year (16,742 hotspots). Photos and videos of the fires and smoke are available in the Greenpeace […] Greenpeace UK · 7 Sept 2022 Industry news Defra cracks down on lead-acid battery evidence The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has moved to clarify what constitutes a ‘sealed’ battery in a bid to address concerns around the high collection levels for portable lead-acid batteries. Large producers of portable batteries are required to join a battery compliance scheme and contribute to the costs of meeting the 45% … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 7 Sept 2022 Policy & government Mr I Repeta v Waste Recycling London Ltd: 3302615/2022 Employment Tribunal decision. GOV.UK · 7 Sept 2022 Industry news Ranil Jayawardena appointed Environment Secretary Ranil Jayawardena has been named as the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in the first cabinet of the new Prime Minister, Liz Truss. MP for East Hampshire, Mr Jayawardena was first elected in 2015 and was previously Minister for International Trade, from May 2020 to September 2022. He will succeed George … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 7 Sept 2022 Industry news Greenpeace UK prepares for second boulder drop in the South West Deeps Marine Protected Area Greenpeace UK is preparing to return to the South West Deeps (East) Marine Protected Area to extend the protective boulder barrier they created on 1 September. Tomorrow (Thursday 8 September) activists and crew will load eight more boulders onto Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise, which is currently docked in Poole Quay in Dorset. Bottom-trawling is a […] Greenpeace UK · 7 Sept 2022 Council news Bristol expands free electric van loan scheme with new taxis - Bristol City Council City of Bristol Council · 7 Sept 2022 Industry news RECTIFI: EMR and Tata Steel UK partner with Aggregate Industries, Darlow Lloyd and Swansea University to cut 5 million tonnes per year of CO2 with new recycled materials - EMR Group EMR (European Metal Recycling) · 7 Sept 2022 Industry news Press release confirming Altilium Metals award in the recycling category of UK Government’s APC’s Scale-up Readiness Validation (SuRV) competition Under this 18 month program a mixed stream of battery chemistries will be processed and samples will be provided to Imperial College, London for the manufacture of batteries to validate the performance of recycled material compared to virgin raw material. This technical validation will increase the confidence in use of recycled material in new cell [...] Altilium news · 7 Sept 2022 Industry news Zero Waste Week 2022 – Day Three Today is all about Litter. You might ask what that’s got to do with Refill and Reuse. We feel there’s an important connection. What if everything we make that we don’t consume, by which I mean eat or drink, was part of a true circular economy? Let’s take a look at what circular economy really… Zero Waste Week · 7 Sept 2022 Council news Parking fines - Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) - South Tyneside Council South Tyneside Council · 7 Sept 2022 Global Fixfest 2022 Brussels: thank you, merci, bedankt! On Friday the 30th of September, the Right to Repair Campaign organized the policy session “European Right to Repair still loading ⌛️”, which launched Fixfest. We focused on how policy developments in Europe can make repair easier, cheaper and more accessible for everyone. Right to Repair Europe · 6 Sept 2022 Council news Cost of Living Hub West Lothian - West Lothian Council West Lothian Council · 6 Sept 2022 Council news Make a Council Tax payment - South Tyneside Council South Tyneside Council · 6 Sept 2022 Council news Cotswold Climate Investment - Cotswold District Council Cotswold Council · 6 Sept 2022 Council news View all job vacancies - South Tyneside Council South Tyneside Council · 6 Sept 2022 Council news South Tyneside Council management structure - South Tyneside Council South Tyneside Council · 6 Sept 2022 Policy & government Various Properties at Quayside Drive and Colne View, Colchester, CO2 8GQ: CAM/22UG/LSC/2021/0043 Eastern Region, Tribunal Judge S Evans, Mr Gerard Smith MRICS FAAV and Mr John P Francis QPM heard on 22 to 24 June 2022 GOV.UK · 6 Sept 2022 Industry news Fidra’s Approach to Supporting Sustainability Transparency needs to be common practice to achieve best practice. Fidra · 6 Sept 2022 Industry news EA faces calls to delay sofa POPs rules EXCLUSIVE: The Environment Agency is facing calls to delay the enforcement of regulations on upholstered waste seating such as sofas, which order their incineration. Councils have expressed confusion at the guidance and say they will be unable to implement the required changes in time, particularly for bulky waste collections if soft furnishings must be separated … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Sept 2022 Global Webinar Repair and copyright: Overcoming the invisible barriers to repair – 14 September – Online Webinar – Repair and copyright Overcoming the invisible barriers to repair Wednesday 14 September, 14:00 – 15:30 CEST Please Register Here With e-waste being the fastest […] European Environmental Bureau · 6 Sept 2022 Council news Book a slot - South Tyneside Council South Tyneside Council · 6 Sept 2022 Global EU gas and electricity prices. Urgent EU actions are needed – Joint industry Letter to the European Commission European energy intensive industries call for immediate and impactful action at European level. Against the background of the State of the Union address of 14 September and ahead of the Extraordinary Energy Council of 9 September, we call on the European Union to urgently introduce EU-wide measures aimed at limiting the price of natural gas and […] FEVE (European Container Glass Federation) · 6 Sept 2022 Global Joint letter on energy prices by energy intensive industries to the Czech Presidency of the EU Council Read full statement here. CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 6 Sept 2022 Global Joint letter by energy intensive industries to European Commission President von der Leyen Read full statement here. CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 6 Sept 2022 Council news Overview - South Tyneside Council South Tyneside Council · 6 Sept 2022 Council news Contact information - South Tyneside Council South Tyneside Council · 6 Sept 2022 Council news Overview - South Tyneside Council South Tyneside Council · 6 Sept 2022 Council news Support to quit smoking - South Tyneside Council South Tyneside Council · 6 Sept 2022 Council news Children in entertainment - South Tyneside Council South Tyneside Council · 6 Sept 2022 Council news School admissions - South Tyneside Council South Tyneside Council · 6 Sept 2022 Council news Contact the Elections Office - South Tyneside Council South Tyneside Council · 6 Sept 2022 Industry news Recresco invests £5.5m in metal sorting technology Glass recycling company Recresco says it has invested around £5.5 million in metal sorting technology at its Ellesmere Port site in Cheshire. The company says it is installing shredders, X-ray fluorescence technology and briquetting machinery which will be operational by the end of September. Once the technology starts working, the machines will sort, shred and … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Sept 2022 Council news South Tyneside Youth Service - South Tyneside Council South Tyneside Council · 6 Sept 2022 Policy & government Energy Company Obligation, 2022 to 2026: innovation guidance Guidance for obligated suppliers, manufacturers and installers on the innovation measures, alternative methodology and data light measures routes available in the Energy Company Obligation (ECO4) scheme. GOV.UK · 6 Sept 2022 Council news Community energy planning - West Suffolk Council West Suffolk Council · 6 Sept 2022