Recycling news: 2017

Industry news Participation Still Low for Materials Facilities Data The post Participation Still Low for Materials Facilities Data appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 20 Feb 2017 Industry news Charging for carrier bags to be mandatory in Spain from 2018 - bbia.org.uk BBIA (Bio-based and Biodegradable Industries Association) · 20 Feb 2017 Industry news Grundon grant boosts café culture The post Grundon grant boosts café culture appeared first on Grundon . Grundon Waste Management · 20 Feb 2017 Council news images/brand/logo.png - Malvern Hills District Council Malvern Hills Council · 19 Feb 2017 Council news images/brand/logo.png - Malvern Hills District Council Malvern Hills Council · 19 Feb 2017 Council news images/brand/logo.png - Malvern Hills District Council Malvern Hills Council · 19 Feb 2017 Council news Pay Online - Worcester City Council Worcester Council · 19 Feb 2017 Council news Planning - Wychavon District Council Wychavon Council · 19 Feb 2017 Council news images/brand/logo.png - Malvern Hills District Council Malvern Hills Council · 19 Feb 2017 Council news Worcester City Council - Official Website - Worcester City Council Worcester Council · 18 Feb 2017 Industry news London scrap metal fire brought under control An investigation has been launched following a large blaze at a scrap metal yard in East London yesterday (17 February). The London Fire Brigade was called to T&N Hill Waste Services Ltd on Ives Road in Canning Town shortly before 3pm. A total of 58 firefighters from crews at Plaistow, Poplar, Millwall, Shadwell and Whitechapel … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Feb 2017 Industry news Veolia completes CHP installation at Rose Hill AD plant Veolia has been awarded a contract to design and manage a 520kWe biogas-fired CHP energy plant on behalf of Rose Hill Recycling in Gloucestershire. The CHP plant is fuelled using biogas derived from mixed food waste collected from across the Cotswolds which is generated from Rose Hill’s anaerobic digestion pant. The CHP unit will make … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Feb 2017 Industry news The Week in Waste – 17 February VIDEO: In this weekly news round-up video sponsored by Bollegraaf, we report on progress towards packaging recycling targets. Also, we report on two major appointments in the waste and recycling sector in London. The Week in Waste is sponsored by Bollegraaf Recycling Solutions. letsrecycle.com News · 17 Feb 2017 Industry news Redbridge seeks residual waste restriction Resource London has claimed there are currently ‘no incentives’ for the London borough of Redbridge to increase its recycling rate under a joint 25-year waste treatment contract it is signed up to as part of the East London Waste Authority. The observation comes as the London borough has announced it is seeking to restrict the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Feb 2017 Industry news Murder of environmental lawyer in Philippines sparks outrage The murder of an environmental lawyer in the Philippines has provoked outrage in a country where environmental activists are increasingly targeted. Mia Manuelita Cumba Masacariñas-Green was shot dead on Wednesday 15 February after her car was ambushed by two men on motorbikes in the Filipino capital Bohol. Masacariñas-Green, 49, was driving her three young children […] Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 17 Feb 2017 Industry news Hundreds of thousands of plastics pellets found on UK beaches It was a cold February morning on the outskirts of Edinburgh and Anke Bremer was digging through sea grass. “The beach was pretty cold and a bit barren, for a while we couldn’t find anything,” she recalls. For twenty minutes Bremer and five others in her group scoured the beach, until they found what they […] Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 17 Feb 2017 Industry news News in Brief (16/02/2017) With news on: DJB wins Sheffield Wednesday contract; Axion launches FPP service; East Cambs adopts recycling mascot, and; EMCOR joins duty of care campaign. DJB wins Sheffield Wednesday recycling contract Sheffield recycling company DJB Recycling Limited, has announced a two-year contract with Sheffield Wednesday Football Club to handle waste on behalf of the Club. The … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Feb 2017 Industry news Ikea launches kitchen range using recycled plastic bottles Plastic bottles recycled from households in Japan are being used in a kitchen range sold by the household goods and furniture giant Ikea. The company’s Kungsbacka kitchen range, which is available in Ikea stores from this month uses a plastic ‘foil’ produced from PET – polyethylene therephalate – bottles, which is used as a coating … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Feb 2017 Industry news Agency warns landowners over illegal waste dumping The Environment Agency has urged landowners in the North East of England to be vigilant, after 600 bales of residual waste were found dumped on a premises in County Durham last week (10 February). Officers from the Agency and Durham Police attended the scene, on a former foundry in Tow Law, after being alerted to … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Feb 2017 Industry news Bridgend to extend Kier collections contract Bridgend county borough council is to extend is collections contract with Kier by seven years, with household residual waste restrictions expected to be rolled out from June. The Welsh authority has chosen to renew its relationship with the contractor in a bid to achieve savings and meet the Welsh Government’s 70% recycling target in 2024. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Feb 2017 Council news BLAENAU GWENT COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL Report to The Leader and Members of the Executive Committee Report Subject Guidance on the - democracy.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk Blaenau Gwent Council · 16 Feb 2017 Industry news Frontrunner for Trump science advisor post agreed not to disclose fossil fuel funding The rumoured frontrunner for the role of Donald Trump’s scientific advisor is a prominent climate sceptic who was previously caught in an undercover Unearthed investigation agreeing to conceal fossil fuel funding of his research. Professor William Happer, a Princeton University physicist, met with Donald Trump in January to discuss the role of science advisor and says he will accept it […] The … Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 16 Feb 2017 Industry news Plastic waste: Ministers cut recycling targets after industry lobbying A little reported cut in UK recycling targets came after heavy lobbying from the plastics industry – according to documents lodged as part of a consultation on the move. The documents also suggest recycling efforts across the UK are under pressure with some local authorities cutting back on recycled waste collections. The UK government quietly […] Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 16 Feb 2017 Global Joint Declaration for an ambitious EU industrial strategy The declaration is signed by 125 Associations Europe is the cradle of the manufacturing industry and has been at the forefront of industrial revolutions and technological innovations. The industry directly employs over 34 million people across all Member States, in supply chains comprising hundreds of thousands of SMEs and larger suppliers. It also indirectly accounts […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 15 Feb 2017 Council news myAberdeenshire - Aberdeenshire Council Aberdeenshire Council · 15 Feb 2017 Industry news Teignbridge collection worker suffers chest injury Teignbridge district council has launched an investigation after one of its waste collection crew workers suffered a chest injury yesterday (14 February). Emergency services were called to Oak Tree Grove, Shaldon, at around midday to reports of a male casualty with a chest injury. The Devon council has confirmed the incident involved a vehicle and … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Feb 2017 Industry news Shanks Van Gansewinkel merger gets green light Shanks has received all necessary approvals from the Netherlands competition authorities for its proposed merger with Van Gansewinkel Groep BV, the Group confirmed today (15 February). This follows receipt of approval from the relevant competition authorities in Belgium on 25 January, and means that Shanks can proceed with the merger. It is expected that the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Feb 2017 Industry news Vehicle and plant news round-up (15/02/2017) With news on: LKM’s shredder investment; William Tracey opts for Volvo loading shovel; FCC takes delivery of trailer fleet, and; Andigestion upgrades vehicle fleet. UNTHA installs RS150 shredder for LKM Shredder manufacturer UNTHA has installed its largest four-shaft shredder – the RS150 – on behalf of Sittingbourne waste firm LKM Recycling. LKM handles materials including … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Feb 2017 Industry news Chinese customs action on waste imports anticipated Chinese customs authorities look set to place a renewed focus on imported scrap materials, as part of an initiative dubbed ‘National Sword 2017’ – which has vowed to target ‘foreign garbage smuggling’. The scope of the ‘National Sword’ initiative has yet to be fully detailed, but a translation of a news post on the Chinese … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Feb 2017 Policy & government The Queen on the application of The Durham Company Limited (trading as Max Recycle) v The Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs and HM Treasury: [2016] UKUT 0417TCC Upper Tribunal Tax and Chancery decision of Mr Justice Warren on 19 September 2016. GOV.UK · 15 Feb 2017 Global ETS: on the right track but pitfalls remain Following today’s vote at plenary on the Emissions Trading System the Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) is overall encouraged by the compromise text reached. There is much in the agreement that the industry can be positive about, retaining many of the key components of the compromise text agreed the Environment committee (ENVI) stage. […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 14 Feb 2017 Industry news Liverpool opts against food waste collection in recycling drive Liverpool city council has opted not to introduce separate food waste collections in its bid to boost recycling levels, due to a lack of regional infrastructure to process the material. A report to be considered by the council’s cabinet on Friday (17 February) advises collections of food waste are ‘not currently cost effective’. The measure … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 14 Feb 2017 Policy & government TPD6050 - Manufacture: Destruction of refuse and rejected or returned tobacco product GOV.UK · 14 Feb 2017 Industry news Lords Committee in Brexit waste export warning Restrictions or tariffs placed on exports could limit the trade in waste derived fuels and other materials from the UK to Europe, a House of Lords Select Committee has claimed today (14 February). The Lords’ EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee delivered its report today titled Brexit: environment and climate change exploring the potential impact of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 14 Feb 2017 Industry news ACP praises PRN ‘value’ following packaging data Data suggesting the UK’s packaging recycling and recovery rate rose by nearly 800,000 tonnes in 2016 shows the value of the PRN system, the Advisory Committee on Packaging (ACP) has claimed. The ACP – a Defra-appointed body which advises the government on packaging recycling – suggests that the provisional 2016 tonnages show that packaging recycling … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 14 Feb 2017 Industry news Egbert Taylor Group announces netBin partnership Egbert Taylor Group has announced a strategic partnership with software developer FarSite Communications, for distribution of its netBin software system. The netBin fill-monitoring system measures container capacity using sensors and issues a warning to the user when a container is reaching capacity. Egbert Taylor Group, which has traditionally been known for its iconic steel containers, … Read… letsrecycle.com News · 14 Feb 2017 Council news Issue details - Tower Hamlets Council Tower Hamlets Council · 14 Feb 2017 Industry news Why the European Parliament’s approach to recycling targets is wrong Roy Hathaway, European policy adviser at the Environmental Services Association (ESA) offers his view on proposals to change the way that recycling is measured across Europe. The Environment Committee of the European Parliament has been applauded for adopting an amendment to the European Commission’s Circular Economy Package that would set a 70% recycling target for … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 14 Feb 2017 Industry news Congo forest: Norwegian government concern about new logging concessions The Norwegian government says it is taking “very seriously” evidence that the Democratic Republic of Congo is issuing new logging licenses after agreeing a $200million initiative to prevent deforestation. The news comes despite a moratorium on new logging licences being in place in the country since 2002. The Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) aims to […] Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 14 Feb 2017 Industry news Analysis: How China’s heavy industries became ‘too big to fail’ 2016 was supposed to be the year when China truly cracked down on steel overcapacity. The government set targets to eliminate up to 150 million tonnes of steelmaking capacity over the next few years, more than the total capacity of any other country in the world. Instead, it ended up playing whack-a-mole. For almost every […] Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 14 Feb 2017