Recycling news: 2017

Industry news Tilbury sorting plant adds to URM portfolio Glass recycling giant URM, which includes the Berryman brand, has opened new sorting facilities at Tilbury. Beth Slow talked to Mark Wilson, chief executive of URM UK about the company’s investment and future vision. Mark Wilson, chief executive of URMUK, believes that focusing on quality and supply chain partnering is the way forward for the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Dec 2017 Industry news Low carbon mobility: a green growth opportunity Jonathan Murray, Policy and Operations Director at LowCVP, reviews the recent Government policy objectives that have delivered environmental benefits and growth within the automotive industry. Aldersgate Group · 5 Dec 2017 Council news Recycling & Bin Collection Dates - Ceredigion County Council Ceredigion Council · 5 Dec 2017 Council news Maps - Ceredigion County Council Ceredigion Council · 5 Dec 2017 Industry news Energy from waste catching recycling rate England’s recycling rate is starting to be closed on by the amount of waste material sent for recovery via energy from waste plants, with a gap of just 6.5% between the two figures. According to figures for all local authority waste released today by Defra in 2016/17, over the financial year 38.6% of waste was … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Dec 2017 Industry news East Riding ‘chuffed’ over recycling result East Riding of Yorkshire council has praised the hard work of its staff and residents after achieving the highest recycling rate of local authorities in England for 2016/17. The unitary authority achieved a recycling rate of 65.4% for the last financial year which was a slight drop from its 66.6% rate in 2015/16. However, the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Dec 2017 Industry news The growth of GBN Services GBN Services has never stood still. When managing director Garry Hobson joined the skip hire and recycling company in 1995, it was a small haulage firm based in Leyton with a turnover of £600,000. Today, the construction, commercial and household waste management specialist operates six recycling centres across London and the South East, employs … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Dec 2017 Industry news Area of protected land larger than California at risk from drilling under Trump The post Area of protected land larger than California at risk from drilling under Trump appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 5 Dec 2017 Industry news England recycling rate up – East Riding tops table England’s recycling rate, including composting, returned to growth in the financial year 2016/17 with a rise to 45.1% compared to 44.4% the previous financial year. [Note: the 44.4% figure has been amended from an earlier 43.9% figure which was for calendar year 2016]. But while top performing authorities were in the mid 60% levels for recycling … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Dec 2017 Council news - info.dumgal.gov.uk Dumfries and Galloway Council · 5 Dec 2017 Research & science Annals of Epidemiology - ScienceDirect.com Sustainable Materials and Technologies (Elsevier) · 5 Dec 2017 Industry news Clean Growth – A Grand Challenge Sarah Cary, Head of Sustainable Places at British Land, reviews the role of supportive government regulation for the real estate and construction sector. Aldersgate Group · 4 Dec 2017 Industry news Industrial Strategy and the UK supply chain for wind Dean Drinkwater, Managing Director at Hutchinson Engineering Ltd, emphasises the importance of support for SMEs in the government's Industrial Strategy. Aldersgate Group · 4 Dec 2017 Council news Domestic abuse advice and support - Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council Basingstoke and Deane Council · 4 Dec 2017 Industry news News in brief (4/12/2017) With news on: Viridor’s contract with Lewes; North Lincolnshire calls on residents to be vigilant; Roadvert encourages residents to love recycling; RiverRidge recognised at awards; and, Plastic bottle tree lights up Bognor. Viridor announces contract with Lewes council Viridor and Lewes district council have signed a new contract which will see the company’s Crayford Material … Read More The po… letsrecycle.com News · 4 Dec 2017 Industry news ‘How to’ videos The post ‘How to’ videos appeared first on Alupro . Alupro · 4 Dec 2017 Industry news Environment Agency consults on permitting charges The Environment Agency is consulting on changes to the way it issues permits, with a plan to levy charges on sites which require more regulatory effort. As part of the changes – which would come into force on 1 April 2018 – the Agency is proposing to introduce supplementary charges when issuing a permit requires additional assessments. The … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Dec 2017 Industry news Britaniacrest and Seneca win West Sussex RDF contract West Sussex county council is finally starting to move away from landfilling residual waste with the award of a five-year RDF export contract to the West Sussex Britaniacrest Seneca Partnership. The contract comes six years after the authority put on hold an RDF outlet procurement process. That procurement was delayed until this year in order … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Dec 2017 Industry news Get Involved - Keep Britain Tidy Keep Britain Tidy · 4 Dec 2017 Industry news Our History - Keep Britain Tidy Keep Britain Tidy · 4 Dec 2017 Industry news A regulatory framework for commercialisation of waste services Brian Mayne (Regional Director Wales) Resource Efficiency & Waste Management & SarahJane Widdowson (Business Area Manager- Waste Operations), Ricardo Energy & Environment take a look at issues surrounding the commercialisation of local authority waste services. Council commercialisation, municipal entrepreneurship, public sectorprofiteering, whatever title it goes by, in the face of ongoing red… letsrecycle.com News · 4 Dec 2017 Council news Community Council - IIS Windows Server - info.dumgal.gov.uk Dumfries and Galloway Council · 3 Dec 2017 Industry news Regulation and the UK waste sector – perfect partners? Dr. Adam Read, External Affairs Director at SUEZ, reviews environmental regulation within the waste sector. Aldersgate Group · 3 Dec 2017 Industry news Recycling – Issue 8 Winter 2017 The post Recycling – Issue 8 Winter 2017 appeared first on The Recycling Association . The Recycling Association · 3 Dec 2017 Council news - info.dumgal.gov.uk Dumfries and Galloway Council · 2 Dec 2017 Council news - info.dumgal.gov.uk Dumfries and Galloway Council · 1 Dec 2017 Global PRESS RELEASE: The Extended Producer Responsibility Alliance (EXPRA) extends its reach in Northern Europe New cooperation partner – The Icelandic Recycling Fund joins the EPR NetworkDuring its General Assembly meeting on 30 November, EXPRA, the umbrella organisation for packaging and packaging waste recovery and […] EXPRA · 1 Dec 2017 Industry news Agencies point to success in waste crime projects A project undertaken by the Environment Agency to tackle waste crime produced potential combined benefits of over £29 million, an evaluation has found. And, waste crime was also in the spotlight in Scotland this week, with the International Criminal Police Organization – INTERPOL – recognising two international initiatives to tackle environmental crime. The £29 million … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 1 Dec 2017 Policy & government PTM026000 - General principles: overview of payments GOV.UK · 1 Dec 2017 Policy & government Disclosing VAT and other indirect tax avoidance schemes (VAT Notice 799) Find out the rules from 1 January 2018 if you promote or use arrangements that are meant to give someone a VAT or other indirect tax saving or a tax deferral. GOV.UK · 1 Dec 2017 Industry news WRA briefs members on new EA requirements WRA briefs members over Environment Agency changes Wood Recyclers Association · 1 Dec 2017 Industry news Two more employment scheme delegates start at St George Two more construction employment scheme delegates started at St George’s One Blackfriars development last month. The award-winning scheme, run in partnership with social enterprise The Forward Trus... Powerday · 1 Dec 2017 Industry news The search for capacity clarity continues In the wake of publication by the ESA on residual waste capacity in the future, Stuart Hayward-Higham, technical development director for Suez UK, gives his thoughts on the need for policy progress with regard to capacity. So, another report on the residual waste capacity Gap in the UK has been published. This time, a report … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 1 Dec 2017 Council news NTS - Swale Borough Council Swale Council · 1 Dec 2017 Industry news Essex secures disposal routes for residual waste Essex county council and Southend-on-Sea borough council have awarded a major contract for the disposal of refuse derived fuel (RDF) and mixed residual municipal solid waste (MSW). Valued at between £73-200 million, the contract is split into five lots – and has been awarded to a number of waste management companies. These companies include Cory … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 1 Dec 2017 Global Veolia, a European company exporting trouble While the European Union (EU) is moving towards an ambitious circular economy with increased targets for waste prevention, reuse, and recycling, and demonstrated evidence of success in various cities walking the path towards zero waste, Veolia, a European company prefers to export the expansion of waste disposal technology to the dismay of local communities in […] Zero Waste Europe · 1 Dec 2017 Industry news Salt Marsh E-commerce - Charity Retail Association Charity Retail Association · 1 Dec 2017 Policy & government Finance Bill 2017-18 legislates for Autumn Budget tax changes The Finance Bill takes steps to help young people with the cost of living, crack down on tax avoidance and evasion, and protect the environment. GOV.UK · 1 Dec 2017 Policy & government Regulating the waste industry: evidence summaries Environment Agency statistics on the waste industry's environmental performance, pollution incidents and illegal waste. GOV.UK · 1 Dec 2017 Policy & government Waste crime interventions and evaluation Evaluating the effect of additional funding to the Environment Agency to tackle waste crime. GOV.UK · 1 Dec 2017