Recycling news: 2024

Council news Biodiversity: It’s Our Duty - Fermanagh & Omagh District Council Fermanagh and Omagh Council · 18 Oct 2024 Industry news International Repair Day 2024 International Repair Day 2024: Celebrating 15 Years of Global Repair, Collecting Data, and 3 years of RE:Make Newport! This October, Repair Cafe Wales is celebrating International Repair Day in a big way, extending the festivities throughout the entire month. With the theme of sustainability and community, this year’s celebration is particularly special as it ... Repair Cafe Wales · 18 Oct 2024 Council news Find your bin collection day - South Kesteven District Council South Kesteven Council · 18 Oct 2024 Council news FODC Climate Change and Sustainable Development - Home | Fermanagh & Omagh District Council: Climate Change - Fermanagh & Omagh District Council Fermanagh and Omagh Council · 18 Oct 2024 Council news Report a flood - Rutland County Council Rutland Council · 18 Oct 2024 Industry news Environment Agency research and development rules consultation The conclusion date for the EA consultation on the use of standard rule for low risk R&D at AD plants is rapidly approaching. We encourage any members with strong thoughts or experience in these matters to asses the proposals and make an individual response. Proposal on use of standard rules for low risk research and… ADBA (Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association) · 18 Oct 2024 Industry news DeBriefed 18 October 2024: IEA projects solar surge; US counts cost of hurricanes; Is global warming ‘accelerating’? Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate... Carbon Brief · 18 Oct 2024 Industry news Analysis: Solar surge will send coal power tumbling by 2030, IEA data reveals Global electricity generation from solar will quadruple by 2030 and help to push coal power... Carbon Brief · 18 Oct 2024 Industry news ESA report highlights issues arising from residential encroachment on waste facilities The Environmental Services Association (ESA) has today (Friday 18 October 2024) published a new report highlighting the detrimental impacts of building new housing too close to existing waste management facilities. […] ESA (Environmental Services Association) · 18 Oct 2024 Industry news Join our Board! It is an exciting time to be joining Repair Cafe Wales as we transition from a C.I.C to a C.I.O structure and as such are looking to bring greater charity expertise to our board. With a number of our current Directors' terms of office coming to an end we have several pending vacancies on ... Repair Cafe Wales · 18 Oct 2024 Policy & government Counterfeit vehicle parts How to identify and avoid buying fake car parts and how to report. GOV.UK · 18 Oct 2024 Industry news Developed countries failing to pay ‘fair share’ of nature finance ahead of COP16 The majority of developed countries are paying less than 50% of their “fair share” towards... Carbon Brief · 18 Oct 2024 Industry news Map — Store Locator - Costa Costa Coffee media centre · 18 Oct 2024 Policy & government Environmental taxes, reliefs and schemes for businesses Find out about green taxes for businesses - tax relief for becoming more energy efficient and schemes for off-setting your environmental impact. GOV.UK · 18 Oct 2024 Industry news NAWDO: ‘BBC EfW article fails to consider key issues’ The National Association of Waste Disposal Officers (NAWDO) has released a statement in response to the BBC’s article published on Tuesday (15 October 2024) about Energy from Waste (EfW). A BBC investigation found that EfW produces the same amount of greenhouse gases for each unit of energy as coal power. With the last UK coal … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Oct 2024 Industry news ALDI IS SELLING CHEAPEST SUPERMARKET PUMPKINS WITH SAVINGS OF UP TO 60% Forget tricks, Aldi is treating shoppers to the cheapest pumpkins around this Halloween, with prices starting from just 48p. What’s more, Aldi expects to sell almost double the amount of pumpkins in the North West compared to the North East, with shoppers in the North West area taking the top spot for pumpkin lovers in […] Aldi UK Press Centre · 18 Oct 2024 Industry news Recycle Week 2024 wrap up Letsrecycle.com looks at some of the campaigns that have been launched for national Recycle Week (14 to 20 October 2024). With campaigns from: Brighton and Hove city council, The Wolves FC, North Lincolnshire council, Hull city council and Reading borough council. Brighton and Hove city council highlights improvements to recycling Brighton and Hove city council … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Oct 2024 Industry news Webinar: Recycle Week Special Key Waste Streams Masterclass Are you managing your facility’s waste streams efficiently? In this Recycle Week masterclass, Bywaters' Sustainability Executive, Emmanuel Skoulides, and Auditel's Dave Carter offer expert guidance on handling Dry Mixed Recycling (DMR), General Waste, Food Waste, and more. Learn best practices, compliance tips, and strategies for achieving net zero. Bywaters · 18 Oct 2024 Industry news ‘Huge public enthusiasm’ for fixing revealed ahead of International Repair Day Around 190,000 electrical items have been saved by volunteer fixers at repair cafes in the last year Positive News · 18 Oct 2024 Industry news New publication highlights mixture effects in blood from pregnant women A new paper published in the scientific journal Science illustrates the widespread exposure of people to a whole range of problematic chemicals. The paper, Neurotoxic mixture effects of chemicals extracted from blood of pregnant women, demonstrates the potential for individual chemicals to be more harmful when acting together. Researchers from the Helmholtz-Centre of Environmental Research […] CHEM Trust · 18 Oct 2024 Industry news Suntory co-launches new water data platform to help tackle future scarcity risks Suntory Beverage & Food, in partnership with Nippon Koei and the University of Tokyo's School of Engineering, has launched the Water Security Compass - an online tool to assess and tackle future water scarcity risks. edie — Circular Economy tag · 18 Oct 2024 Council news Abandoned vehicles - Wychavon District Council Wychavon Council · 18 Oct 2024 Policy & government Decision for MOT Commercials Ltd and Jack Elliot Written decision of the Deputy Traffic Commissioner in the North West for MOT Commercials Ltd and Jack Elliot GOV.UK · 18 Oct 2024 Industry news Woolroom issues warning on mattresses being sent to landfill This National Recycle Week (14 to 20 October 2024), bed shop Woolroom has issued a warning on the number of mattresses being sent to landfill. According to the National Bed Federation, seven million mattresses are discarded in the UK every year, with an estimated 75% of these failing to be recycled, contributing significantly to the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Oct 2024 Global 💸 PROGRESS OR PARALYSIS? If you’re tired of reading “competitiveness” in every policy paper, you’re not alone. This ubiquitous buzzword can mean anything: both cooperation and competition, regulation and deregulation, intervention and free markets. It’s a jumble that the new EU Commission must untangle in its first 100 days by clarifying the new clean industrial roadmap. How will the EU be made more competitive, for wh… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 18 Oct 2024 Policy & government Mr J Townsend v Howard Kennedy LLP: 2301003/2023 Employment Tribunal decision. GOV.UK · 18 Oct 2024 Industry news 50% of reuse shoppers motivated by environment A survey has revealed that just under 50% of customers shopping at Suez’s reuse shops are motivated by environmental reasons. The research was published by Suez recycling and recovery UK and Keep Britain Tidy and aimed to understand the habits of customers using their reuse shops to buy second-hand items. The second biggest motivator was … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Oct 2024 Industry news ADBA Policy & Market Report | October 2024 “This has been an eventful year. We have a new Government, and we have also had a lot of activity at official level: consultations on policy changes concerning the AD sector. We have seen the large and very wide-reaching consultation on the future of biomethane support from DESNZ and two separate consultations on the carbon… ADBA (Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association) · 18 Oct 2024 Industry news WRAP recommends packaging ban on uncut fresh fruit & veg WRAP has recommended the UK Government ban all types of primary packaging on uncut fresh produce items sold in amounts less than 1.5kg. Circular Online (CIWM) · 18 Oct 2024 Industry news Urgent action needed to tackle growing litter crisis The post Urgent action needed to tackle growing litter crisis appeared first on Keep Wales Tidy . Keep Wales Tidy · 18 Oct 2024 Global Redemption revisits the PPWR Exploration of the EU’s groundbreaking Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). Reloop Platform · 18 Oct 2024 Council news Regulation Committee - Wigan Council Wigan Council · 18 Oct 2024 Industry news REA responds to comments on BECCS made by the Shadow Net Zero Secretary REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 18 Oct 2024 Policy & government Decision for PSM Recycling and HIAB Services Limited Written decision of the Traffic Commissioner for Wales for PSM Recycling and HIAB Services Limited GOV.UK · 18 Oct 2024 Industry news ALDI CONTINUES TO CUT DOWN ON PLASTIC PACKAGING Aldi is removing the plastic windows and trays from several of its savoury goods lines. The supermarket’s Specially Selected pies and quiches, as well as Crestwood frittatas and quiches, will now come in cardboard packaging, removing the need for plastic windows. Additionally, the plastic trays will be removed from its Crestwood twin slices and Crestwood […] Aldi UK Press Centre · 18 Oct 2024 Industry news Celebrating International Repair Day 2024 Circular Communities Scotland is proud to celebrate International Repair Day, an annual ‘celebration for everyone who makes repair happen in communities around the world’, on behalf of our Share and Repair Network. The Share and Repair Network works to support and represent repair initiatives across Scotland, helping to establish new repair projects, as well as [...] Circular Communities Scotland · 18 Oct 2024 Industry news WRAP calls for ban on fresh produce packaging In a new report, WRAP has called for the UK government to place a ban on primary packaging for whole, uncut fresh produce items sold in amounts less than 1.5kg. WRAP said that in the UK, 70% of all edible post farm-gate food waste comes from people’s homes, with fresh fruit and vegetables accounting for … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Oct 2024 Policy & government Free embedded battery product drop-off for South Australians - Green Industries SA Green Industries SA · 18 Oct 2024 Research & science Inequities blocking the path to circular economies: A bio-inspired network-based approach for assessing the sustainability of th - repository.tudelft.nl TU Delft News · 18 Oct 2024 Global New Partnership in African Metals Recycling The on the African continent active company Romco Group (headquartered in the UK) and Luxembourgian company Elemental Group form a partnership in the metal recycling industry on the continent. According to the joint press release, the alliance will accelerate and diversify Romco’s existing growth plans and reinforce its position as a key player in the […] Global Recycling · 18 Oct 2024