Recycling news: 2014

Policy & government Going electric CCC analysis shows that the UK needs 60% of new cars and vans to be electric by 2030 to meet our 2050 climate change targets, but with this figure currently at less than 1%, there are big public perception barriers to overcome. Climate Change Committee · 11 Nov 2014 Industry news LWARB agrees new investment strategy Recycling and waste management businesses will be able to secure investment funds from the London Waste & Recycling Board (LWARB) for the first time under a new investment strategy to be unveiled tomorrow (November 12). The Board – which provides a strategic steer over waste in the capital and distributes funds – has agreed a … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Nov 2014 Industry news WRAP in discussions over Courtauld 2025 The Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has revealed that discussions have begun over the next stage of the Courtauld Commitment, the voluntary agreement to reduce waste across the grocery supply chain. ‘Courtauld 2025’ will follow on from the third phase of the scheme for retailers and manufacturers which launched in May 2013 and runs … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Nov 2014 Industry news POWERDAY LAUNCHES AMATEUR BOXING BURSARIES Powerday is delighted to announce a new bursary programme developed with the London Amateur Boxing Association as part on their ongoing partnership. London is recognised as being amateur boxing’s mo... Powerday · 11 Nov 2014 Industry news Herts to ask Veolia for alternative to Hatfield EfW Hertfordshire county council is to ask Veolia for an alternative residual waste treatment option after its plans for a large-scale energy from waste facility near Hatfield were controversially rejected by Eric Pickles. DCLG minister Mr Pickles decided not to uphold Herts county council’s planning for the plant near Hatfield in August following an inquiry lasting … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 Nov 2014 Industry news McAulay: ‘recycling market yet to reach maturity’ Viridor chief executive Ian McAulay has warned that there is likely to be some consolidation amongst waste management and recycling firms before the market for recyclable material reaches maturity. Mr McAulay was speaking to letsrecycle.com ahead of the official opening of the firm’s £12.5 million plastics sorting facility in Rochester, Kent, for which he cut … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 Nov 2014 Industry news #Secondhandfirst Week 17 – 23 NOVEMBER 2014 WHAT IS #SECONDHANDFIRST? Join the fashion reuse charity TRAID for a week of events, workshops... TRAID · 10 Nov 2014 Industry news WRAP brought in to boost London recycling rates The London Waste and Recycling Board announced today (November 10) that it is looking to join forces with resource efficiency body WRAP to help drive up recycling rates in the capital. The Board – which manages an investment fund to improve waste management in the capital – has already worked with the Waste & Resources … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 Nov 2014 Industry news Sterecycle fined £500,000 over ‘preventable’ worker death Failed autoclave specialist Sterecycle (Rotherham) Limited has been found guilty of corporate manslaughter and fined £500,000 following the death of an employee at the firm’s plant in South Yorkshire in January 2011. 42-year-old worker Michael Whinfrey died as a result of head injuries sustained during an explosion at the firm’s 100,000 tonnes-per-year capacity waste processing … Read More The … letsrecycle.com News · 10 Nov 2014 Industry news The Good, The Bad and the Spudly The Good, The Bad and The Spudly is a new consumer facing microsite by INCPEN. We’re working to help people understand that contrary to popular belief, packaging helps to prevent waste and is a positive net benefit to the environment. View our Microsite now! INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 9 Nov 2014 Industry news Welsh minister backs country-wide collections blueprint Welsh resources minister Carl Sargeant has championed the waste collections blueprint as the ‘starting point’ for boosting recycling in all local authorities across Wales. In a positive address to the Welsh Assembly this week (November 4), Mr Sargeant argued that the blueprint – which would see all councils in Wales use the same colour container … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 7 Nov 2014 Industry news Making Wood Work Training Programme Glasgow Wood Recycling, with funding by the National Lottery through the BIG Lottery Fund, is delighted to be recruiting three new posts, each offering three year contracts, to deliver its innovative new training programme. Community Wood Recycling · 7 Nov 2014 Industry news Viridor opens £12.5 million plastics sorting plant VIDEO REPORT: Waste and resources management firm Viridor officially opened its £12.5 million plastics sorting facility at Rochester, Kent at an unveiling ceremony yesterday (November 6). Local authority and plastics industry delegates were shown around the plastics recycling facility (PRF) on the Medway City industrial estate, which Viridor believes is one of the most sophisticated … Read More… letsrecycle.com News · 7 Nov 2014 Industry news ESA warns councils not to breach procurement law Local authorities looking to achieve value for money for their waste and recycling services should ‘unquestionably’ tender on the open market, the Environmental Services Association (ESA) has suggested. And, ESA – the waste sector trade body – warned that local authorities should take ‘careful steps’ not to breach procurement law if considering to enter ‘cooperative … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 7 Nov 2014 Industry news Check before you chuck and stop wasting food with this free printable You know all about my passion for reducing food waste by now. It seems such a no-brainer to me as it’s so simple to tackle. If you don’t waste food you save money as well as helping preserve all the valuable resources that are embedded in food such as water and fuel for transportation. And… Zero Waste Week · 7 Nov 2014 Industry news Agency dual-use WEEE ruling now in effect The Environment Agency has told WEEE reprocessors and producer compliance schemes to ensure that any dual-use WEEE is now counted as ‘consumer WEEE’ in line with the Department for Business’ revised ruling on classifications. letsrecycle.com News · 7 Nov 2014 Industry news CSG Win Hampshire Waste Equipment Maintenance Contract Cleansing Service Group (CSG) has been appointed by SSE Enterprise Contracting, a leading supplier of multi-discipline mechanical and electrical services, to deliver waste equipment maintenance services for schools and other sites owned by Hampshire County Council. SSE Enterprise Contracting currently delivers a range of mechanical and electrical services for the council and has appointed CSG [… CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 7 Nov 2014 Industry news Edinburgh collection overhaul generates recycling boost A new recycling service for households in Edinburgh has seen the amount of waste sent to landfill drop 30% since it was introduced earlier this year, the city council has indicated. An overhaul of waste and recycling collections in the city began in September 2014, when almost 20,000 households switched to a new service aimed … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Nov 2014 Industry news Emission levels to be discussed at air quality event More top policy and science experts from across government and industry have been confirmed to speak at the forthcoming National Air Quality Conference in London on November 26. Hosted by letsrecycle.com sister title airqualitynews.com, the conference will give delegates the opportunity to discuss the latest developments, exchange information and learn from best practice in the … Read More The … letsrecycle.com News · 5 Nov 2014 Industry news Reclaimed Appliances (UK) enters administration Waste electronics reprocessing firm Reclaimed Appliances (UK) Ltd has been placed in administration, with the firm’s director blaming ‘tough trading conditions’ for the company’s demise. Company director and founder Robert Truscott has also established a new company, Reclaimed Appliances (EU), through which he has told letsrecycle.com that he intends to continue trading. A petition was … Read M… letsrecycle.com News · 5 Nov 2014 Industry news News in brief With news on; Veolia invests in cycling safety; DS Smith publishes white paper; Firewalls installed at Essex MBT; Tradebe acquires two UK firms, and; Viridor opens first solar park on closed landfill Veolia invests £1m in cycling safety Waste management firm Veolia is investing £1 million on improving cycling safety by fitting audible and … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Nov 2014 Industry news TRAID Photography Collective #2 Tyrone Williams Second episode for our TRAID Photography Collective project: a select group of photographers were asked to choose clothes from one... TRAID · 5 Nov 2014 Industry news West Norfolk extends Material Works’ waste contract King’s Lynn and West Norfolk borough council has granted a three-month extension to its contract with Material Works to develop a facility capable of recycling 35,000 tonnes of residual and food waste each year. The Chester-based firm first signed the conditional deal to treat the borough’s black-bag waste in December 2012, but progress has been … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Nov 2014 Industry news Scotland 2012 data shows decline in waste arisings The amount of waste generated in Scotland fell by more than 2 million tonnes between 2011 and 2012, new figures released by the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) indicate. The waste statistics recorded by SEPA’s Waste Discover Data tool show the amount of waste generated, recycled, recovered and disposed across all areas in Scotland for … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Nov 2014 Policy & government National Audit Office finds evidence of under-investment in flood risk management The latest value for money audit by the government’s spending watchdog finds good value being achieved with the money… Climate Change Committee · 5 Nov 2014 Industry news CATTLEGATE FARM COMPOSTER OFFICIALLY OPENS Powerday is delighted to announce the official opening of the Cattlegate Farm composting facility which took place this week. This site located in North London on Cattlegate Farm, Potters Bar is lice... Powerday · 5 Nov 2014 Industry news Boomeco invests £3m in Avonmouth site Refuse-derived fuel (RDF) and wood recycling company Boomeco has invested £3 million in its Avonmouth site in Bristol in a bid to ensure that all waste is securely contained on the premises. In the past six months, the company has purchased specialised equipment including a state-of-the-art SID hook shredder, an automatic PAAL baling press with … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Nov 2014 Industry news Willen Biogas opens North London composting facility VIDEO REPORT: An open windrow composting facility that will treat some 25,000 tonnes of green waste each year from businesses in and around London has officially opened in Enfield. The Willen Biogas green waste facility, based at Cattlegate Farm on the border with Hertfordshire, was made possible by £7.5 million in funding from the Green … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Nov 2014 Industry news Parliamentary committees provide a useful route map Dr Gev Eduljee, external affairs director at SITA UK, takes a look at two Parliamentary committee reports and finds they offer potential guidance to both Defra and the next government. The Government’s response to the Environmental Audit Committee’s Inquiry Growing a Circular Economy: Ending the Throwaway Society contains the now-familiar mixture of mild ambition and … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Nov 2014 Industry news Viridor retains North Lanarkshire recycling contract Waste management firm Viridor has been awarded a two-year contract to process commingled dry recyclables on behalf of North Lanarkshire council. The renewal, which is worth almost £3 million with options for extension, will see Viridor separate and process 30,000 tonnes of plastics, paper, card and cans from 130,000 households per year. In addition, the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Nov 2014 Industry news Revised glass PRN targets laid before parliament The revised packaging waste targets for glass have been laid before parliament by resource minister Dan Rogerson and are due to officially come into force on November 24. The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 bring measures first outlined by the government in March 2014 (see letsrecycle.com story) to cut the targets for … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Nov 2014 Industry news Hinckley and Bosworth reacts to loss of recycling credits Hinckley and Bosworth borough council looks likely to consult on charging residents for garden waste collections from 2015/16 in response to an anticipated £350,000 cut in funding from Leicestershire county council. Hinckley and Bosworth council operates the free in-house fortnightly collections of garden waste from households in the borough in brown wheeled bins, before sending … Read More The… letsrecycle.com News · 4 Nov 2014 Industry news Allerton Park EfW gains £183m backing North Yorkshire and York councils have secured a combined investment of more than £183 million towards the proposed Allerton Park energy-from-waste (EfW) project from the European Investment Bank and the UK Green Investment Bank, it was announced today (November 9). The European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide £150 million for the planned waste facility near … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2014 Industry news IPCC report underlines importance of recycling A report hailed as ‘the most comprehensive assessment of climate change ever undertaken’ has underlined the importance of reducing food waste and improving material efficiency in industry in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) study, produced by hundreds of scientists and published yesterday (November 2), claims that human influence on … Read … letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2014 Industry news Government cool on recycling VAT incentive The government has again rejected calls to introduce tax breaks for recycled products but has hinted it may consider an ‘offset’ from the PRN regime for packaging producers using recycled materials in their goods. The willingness to look at the PRN regime and offsetting was signalled in the government’s response to an Environmental Audit Committee’s … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2014 Industry news Realising your PR potential Ahead of letsrecycle.com’s upcoming ‘Realising your PR potential’ webinar, Austen Lees – managing director of Sirius Comms – discusses changing attitudes to PR in the waste and resource management sector, the opportunity it presents and some key considerations when developing a PR capability. Whilst the recycling and resource management industry has perhaps been slightly slower … Read More The … letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2014 Industry news Deadline extension likely for West Norfolk plant Time is running out for King’s Lynn & West Norfolk council’s contractor Material Works to deliver on a deal signed two years’ ago to construct a facility to treat the borough’s residual waste. But, the deadline for the black bin waste project may be extended tomorrow by the council, with Material Works revealing it is … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2014 Industry news Peel signals partnership with BWV on Cheshire EfW Peel Environmental has signed a ‘memorandum of understanding’ with plant specialist Babcock & Wilcox Volund (BWV) to develop its Ince Resource Recovery Park in Cheshire. The £500 million eco-park, which is to be developed as a joint venture between Peel and Covanta Energy, will be located on the south bank of the Manchester Ship Canal … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 31 Oct 2014 Industry news Hitachi Zosen Inova to bring Swiss AD technology to UK Japanese energy-from-waste technology supplier Hitachi Zosen Inova has announced the acquisition of anaerobic digestion plant specialist Axpo Kompogas – a deal that will see the AD supplier enter the UK market for the first time. Swiss-based Axpo Kompogas has designed and built more than 70 AD facilities in Germany, France and Switzerland, as well as … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 31 Oct 2014 Industry news GIB invests £200m in waste projects in first two years More than £200 million has been invested by the Green Investment Bank in waste projects since the Bank opened for business two years ago. The initiative, which was set up with around £3 billion of government funding in 2012, identified waste as one of its priority sectors – with a specific team set up within … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 31 Oct 2014