Recycling news: 2022

Global Civil society 2nd letter to Danone regarding their methane emissions The post Civil society 2nd letter to Danone regarding their methane emissions appeared first on Changing Markets . Changing Markets Foundation · 14 Dec 2022 Global Civil society 2nd letter to Danish Crown regarding their methane emissions The post Civil society 2nd letter to Danish Crown regarding their methane emissions appeared first on Changing Markets . Changing Markets Foundation · 14 Dec 2022 Global Civil society 2nd letter to Arla regarding their methane emissions The post Civil society 2nd letter to Arla regarding their methane emissions appeared first on Changing Markets . Changing Markets Foundation · 14 Dec 2022 Global Re: CSOs Response to ADB Private Sector Operations Department Letter on 7 November 2022 regarding “VIE: Binh Duong Waste Management and Energy Efficiency Project” (Project Number: 56118-001) 14 December 2022 Dear Director Mark Kunzer,Transaction Support Division of Private Sector Operations Department Thank you for the response letter dated 7 November 2022. However, we found it fails to […] GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 14 Dec 2022 Industry news Reconomy Group’s CEO to stand down in January Telford-based waste and resource management services provider Reconomy Group announced today (14 December) that its CEO is to stand down after nearly 13 years in the role. Paul Cox, 54, who first joined Reconomy as operations director in 1999, will transition to the role of founder director on the group’s board in January 2023. In … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 14 Dec 2022 Industry news Biffa to begin commissioning of £16m Redcar expansion Biffa will begin commissioning of a third HDPE line at its plastics recycling plant in Redcar next month, adding up to 24,000 tonnes of capacity to the facility. The £16 million line will process post-consumer recyclable HDPE milk and juice bottles, transported in bulk from Biffa’s materials recycling facilities (MRFs). Biffa said the plant equipment … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 14 Dec 2022 Industry news 92% of the UK’s Marine Protected Areas do not have full protection from destructive fishing Ninety-two per cent of the UK’s so-called Marine Protected Areas do not have site-wide protection against the most destructive types of fishing, a Greenpeace UK report reveals. The report, ‘All At Sea: How government inaction makes a mockery of UK marine protection’, also reveals that in 2021 alone, vessels with bottom towed gear spent an […] Greenpeace UK · 14 Dec 2022 Industry news December 2022 regional meeting Wood Recyclers from around the country have met at Oxford Wood Recycling in Abingdon for their regional meeting. Community Wood Recycling · 14 Dec 2022 Industry news EfW better than landfill for plastics, WRAP finds WRAP has published its ‘plastic waste hierarchy’ report, which it says shows that landfill has “consistently the worst environmental burdens” for plastics than any other method of disposal. The charity also said the banning the export of plastic waste would lead to a “backlog” of material in the UK, instead suggesting a “phased” rollout of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 14 Dec 2022 Global World Plastics Council elects new Chairman | Benny Mermans (Chevron Phillips Chemical) succeeds Jim Seward (LyondellBasell) BRUSSELS / WASHINGTON / DUBAI (14 December 2022) Following a meeting of the World Plastics Council’s (WPC) Executive Committee, Mr.… Plastics Europe · 14 Dec 2022 Industry news Velocys awarded nearly £30 million in government funding Fuels technology company Velocys has announced that its subsidiary Altalto Immingham Ltd has been awarded government funding for its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project as well as for e-fuels collaboration with partners. Velocys said that both grants came from the UK’s Department for Transport’s ‘advanced fuels fund’. The company explained that its subsidiary was awarded … Read More The pos… letsrecycle.com News · 14 Dec 2022 Global One-third of EU countries have not yet introduced any measures to reduce energy demand – New analysis Measures adopted by governments to reduce gas and electricity consumption vary widely across Europe and seem insufficient to meet the EU’s energy-saving targets, a new analysis […] European Environmental Bureau · 14 Dec 2022 Council news Pay your Canterbury Connected BID - Canterbury City Council Canterbury Council · 14 Dec 2022 Policy & government Lift-off for new launch technology with UK Space Agency funding The UK Space Agency has announced £2.7 million for 13 early-stage technology projects across England, Scotland and Wales to support the satellite launch sector GOV.UK · 14 Dec 2022 Global Packaging Europe: 4evergreen launches recyclability evaluation tool for fibre-based packaging The 4evergreen alliance has released the beta version of its Fibre-Based Packaging Recyclability Evaluation protocol, with the tool as a whole expected to create an improved and standardised framework for evaluating the recyclability of packaging products in Europe. 75 experts from across the fibre-based packaging value chain... 4evergreen (fibre packaging alliance) · 14 Dec 2022 Council news Garden waste collections - Canterbury City Council Canterbury Council · 14 Dec 2022 Council news Costs - Lambeth Council Lambeth Council · 14 Dec 2022 Council news Find somewhere to park - Canterbury City Council Canterbury Council · 14 Dec 2022 Policy & government CAR/L/1095612 - MOWI Scotland Limited: Hellisay MPFF CAR Application - Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) SEPA (Scottish Environment Protection Agency) · 14 Dec 2022 Policy & government Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 5: administrative strike prices methodology note This sets out the methodology used to determine the administrative strike prices for the fifth allocation round (AR5) of the Contracts for Difference scheme. GOV.UK · 14 Dec 2022 Policy & government Annual Report 2021–22 - Green Industries SA Green Industries SA · 13 Dec 2022 Industry news Released RPS 259 – Collecting, storing and upgrading biogas from on-farm manure and slurry This RPS applies to: collecting and storing biogas from manure or slurry lagoons and tanks on a farm at the place of production upgrading this biogas to biomethane This RPS only applies to slurry and manure produced by agriculture consisting of: waste code 02 01 01: sludges from washing and cleaning milking parlours or livestock housing waste code 02… ADBA (Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association) · 13 Dec 2022 Global Parlamento Europeo se libera del comercio de residuos plásticos con una prohibición total a este tipo de exportaciones Fuente: Rethink Plastic, Bruselas, 01/12/2022 En una decisión histórica, la Comisión de Medio Ambiente del Parlamento Europeo (ENVI por sus siglas en inglés) votó a favor de prohibir las exportaciones […] GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 13 Dec 2022 Council news Pay your council tax - Canterbury City Council Canterbury Council · 13 Dec 2022 Industry news REA welcomes BEIS’s release of new hydrogen policy publications REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 13 Dec 2022 Industry news Recycleye wins coveted National Recycling Award We are very proud to confirm that Recycleye has been recognised in the Equipment – Innovation category at the prestigious MRW National Recycling Awards 2022 in London.... Recycleye news · 13 Dec 2022 Policy & government OPG annual report and accounts 2020 to 2021 Report and accounts showing who paid for Office of the Public Guardian and how those funds were spent. GOV.UK · 13 Dec 2022 Policy & government Covert Human Intelligence Sources code of practice 2022 Guidance on the use of Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS) by public authorities under Part II of RIPA 2000. GOV.UK · 13 Dec 2022 Industry news WEEE recycling missing targets but ‘in right direction’, says EU Many of Europe’s producer responsibility organisations for WEEE (waste electrical and electronic equipment) met in Brussels last week and heard how recycling rates were not where they could be, but going “in the right direction”. The organisations (PROs) from across Europe, including Repic from the UK, gathered for a conference and annual meeting at the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 13 Dec 2022 Industry news From pollution to resolution: Why Cop15 needs to tackle chemical use to address biodiversity loss As nations discuss the future of life on Earth at COP15 Fidra makes the case for addressing chemical pollution and living within our limits. Fidra · 13 Dec 2022 Global EucoLight published an interview of our president in The Parliament Making the circular economy a reality for lighting products In a recent interview, EucoLight president highlighted the goals and the achievements of the association since its creation in 2015 and emphasised the challenges that its members will face in the near future. Priorities that guided EucoLight’s choices from its beginning are still a reference point […] L'articolo EucoLight published an … EucoLight · 13 Dec 2022 Global Civil society has the right to have a say in Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction This month, Civil Society Europe and the EEB held the High-Level Conference on RebuildUkraine & Civil Dialogue where civil society came together to try to better understand its role in the reconstruction platform as well as how to foster participation in civil dialogue. There is now a need to reiterate that civil society has a right to participate in the discussion surrounding Ukraine’s post-wa… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 13 Dec 2022 Industry news OPINION: ‘Sensor-based sorting driving advances in e-scrap recycling’ Terence Keyworth, segment manager for metal recycling at Tomra Recycling Sorting, looks at how the latest advances in sensor-based sorting are providing new opportunities for E-scrap recyclers. OPINION: According to the UN’s Global E-scrap Monitor 2020, global e-scrap will reach 74 million metric tons (Mt) by 2030, making it the fastest growing waste stream in … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 13 Dec 2022 Industry news The implications of late data submissions on the PRN market In this article, Martin Hyde, sustainability and public affairs manager at Alupro, explains the inextricable link between PRN demand and fluctuating prices, and discusses why late data submissions have such an adverse impact on the market. The PRN system has operated as a closed, value-driven market since the initial introduction of the Producer Responsibility (Packaging […] Alupro · 13 Dec 2022 Industry news Inspiring businesses to cut their waste The post Inspiring businesses to cut their waste appeared first on Keep Wales Tidy . Keep Wales Tidy · 13 Dec 2022 Policy & government £102 million government backing for nuclear and hydrogen innovation in the UK UK government announces new funding for nuclear and hydrogen technologies. GOV.UK · 13 Dec 2022 Industry news Hanson to acquire Mick George as sales of regional firms continue Building materials company Hanson UK has announced plans to acquire the Mick George Group subject to competition authority approval. Cambridgeshire-based Mick George is one of the biggest construction and demolition (C&D) waste processors in the UK, with annual revenues of around £220 million. The company operates four C&D material recycling facilities, eight waste transfer stations, … Read Mor… letsrecycle.com News · 13 Dec 2022 Council news Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) - Lambeth Council Lambeth Council · 13 Dec 2022 Council news Primary school admissions for next academic year - Lambeth Council Lambeth Council · 13 Dec 2022 Global Press Release｜4evergreen alliance launches landmark industry tool to assess fibre-based packaging recyclability Brussels, December 12 2022 – Today the 4evergreen alliance publishes the beta release of its Fibre-Based Packaging Recyclability Evaluation Protocol, part one for standard mills. This landmark tool will help the entire value chain enhance and harmonise how it evaluates the recyclability of existing and... 4evergreen (fibre packaging alliance) · 13 Dec 2022