Recycling news: 2021

Industry news ‘Progress despite pandemic’, says FCC Environment FCC Environment reported an “outstanding response” to the Covid-19 pandemic in its 2020 Sustainability Report published this week. And, the company has set a target of setting no organic waste to landfill by 2030. In a foreword to the report, chief executive officer at FCC Environment, Paul Taylor, explained that as a state of emergency … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jul 2021 Industry news The Case for Local Food - Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming Sustain · 7 Jul 2021 Policy & government The Office for Environmental Protection - Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) Office for Environmental Protection · 7 Jul 2021 Policy & government Cookie policy - Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) Office for Environmental Protection · 7 Jul 2021 Industry news Stop UK’s rivers being used as open sewage dumping grounds England’s waterways are under serious threat from toxic pollutants. On the 7th July we cancelled a Planet Patrol paddleboarding clean up due to dangerous water quality conditions. Recent rainfall meant the local water companies storm drain had overflowed and raw sewage was released into the river. Other toxic pollutants come from various sources including: discharge […] Planet Patrol · 7 Jul 2021 Council news Miscellaneous licensing payments - Reading Borough Council Reading Council · 6 Jul 2021 Policy & government Life Sciences Vision The government and the life science sector’s plan to create a thriving sector, and tackle the major causes of death and disease. GOV.UK · 6 Jul 2021 Policy & government Local Government Association annual conference 2021: Secretary of State's speech Speech by Secretary of State Robert Jenrick MP at the Local Government Association’s annual conference 2021. GOV.UK · 6 Jul 2021 Industry news NEWS: Wirral youth in the zone to reduce, reuse and recycle! A Wirral charity is using the enthusiasm and passion of young people to help stop perfectly good food from going to waste. Based at The Hive on Bright Street, Birkenhead, Wirral Youth Zone has been running the Waste Not Want Not project for almost a year after receiving funding from the Merseyside Recycling & Waste - Continue Reading Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority · 6 Jul 2021 Global Call for application for the Blue Sky Young Researchers & Innovation Award is now open APPLY FOR BLUE SKY YOUNG RESEARCHERS AND INNOVATION AWARD EUROPE 2021 With this award, we aim to stimulate competition between students and young researchers carrying out projects in a wide range of activities relevant to forest-based science, products using forest- based raw materials, process improvements or other innovations throughout the value chain. The award is […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 6 Jul 2021 Policy & government £130 million upgrade set to unlock huge benefits for thriving North East After more than a million hours of work – around 60 per cent of that time coming from a local workforce – a £130 million junction improvement in the North East is complete. GOV.UK · 6 Jul 2021 Global Reusable packaging can bring significant environmental and economic benefits by 2030, report finds New report shows a reusable packaging target of 50% in key sectors could drastically reduce CO2 emissions, water consumption and waste. A reusable packaging target […] European Environmental Bureau · 6 Jul 2021 Industry news Have people’s perceptions to the environment really changed since COVID-19? The post Have people’s perceptions to the environment really changed since COVID-19? appeared first on Grundon . Grundon Waste Management · 6 Jul 2021 Industry news ‘Substantial’ fire at Bailey Waste Recycling in Belfast Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service says it remains on the scene of a “substantial” fire involving a “large” amount of waste paper at Bailey Waste Recycling’s site in Belfast. Bailey Waste Recycling is part of the Agnail Group, which handles around 12,000 to 15,000 tonnes of material each month. The fire service says it … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jul 2021 Industry news Lords call for 2023 introduction of DRS Members of the House of Lords debating the much-delayed Environment Bill have called for the deposit return scheme (DRS) to be introduced earlier than 2024. The Bill is currently passing through the House of Lords and remains on track to become law in the autumn. It provides for many of the policies laid out in 2018’s Resources … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jul 2021 Policy & government ME3 9ND, Slicker Recycling Limited: environmental permit issued - EPR/QP3138AA/V005 View the permit issued for Kingsnorth Oil Treatment Plant, Kent under the Industrial Emissions Directive. GOV.UK · 6 Jul 2021 Global What if software could make your phone impossible to repair? Join our webinar on part pairing - an increasingly common practice used by manufacturers of electronic products to control who can and can't perform certain types of repairs. Right to Repair Europe · 6 Jul 2021 Industry news The Shift in Recycling Flexibles Has Begun Publication/Website: Packaging News Click here to read the article OPRL (On-Pack Recycling Label) · 6 Jul 2021 Industry news Bed Industry Awards Return for 2021 The Bed Industry Awards – honouring the brightest and best enterprises in the bed market – are back for 2021, and the National Bed Federation (NBF) is seeking entrants from its members and supporting retailers. Following a year like no other and an NBF first with an alternative online ceremony in November 2020, the prestigious […] National Bed Federation · 6 Jul 2021 Global New EU environmental standards for chemical industry fall short of Green Deal ambition Progress towards air quality goals will be witnessed on new EU standards to prevent emissions from chemical installations (WGC BREF). However, the vague methodology set to […] European Environmental Bureau · 6 Jul 2021 Global Call to action: Tell the EU to eliminate mercury in light bulbs Eliminating all fluorescent bulbs from European markets would significantly reduce toxic mercury pollution, lower carbon emissions and save people and businesses billions of euros in energy […] European Environmental Bureau · 6 Jul 2021 Industry news Work begins on Leicestershire transfer station Work is underway on Leicestershire county council’s new waste transfer station at the Bardon Business Park, southeast of the town of Coalville, the local authority announced on 1 July. Planning permission for the facility was granted in November last year and the council hopes the site will open in 2022. It will handle both residual … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jul 2021 Global How does the EU treat its Municipal Waste? Download here the Fact sheet in Pdf. Data confirm that EU countries performing well with recycling prefer to send their... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 6 Jul 2021 Policy & government PAYE and Corporate Tax receipts from the banking sector: 2020 Statistics on PAYE Income Tax and National Insurance contributions, Bank Levy, Bank Surcharge, Corporation Tax and Bank Payroll Tax receipts from the banking sector. GOV.UK · 6 Jul 2021 Industry news Defra points to hierarchy ahead of Amazon meeting Recycling minister Rebecca Pow has highlighted the importance of the waste hierarchy and the circular economy after revealing that she is to meet with representatives of online retail giant Amazon. The meeting will come in the wake of an undercover investigation published by ITV News in late June which showed new and unused items including … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jul 2021 Industry news Meet Our New Joiner: Ester Batchelor ... Recycleye news · 6 Jul 2021 Industry news Asda Southgate changes its name in homage to England football manager - Asda Asda corporate newsroom · 6 Jul 2021 Council news housing - Cambridge City Council Cambridge Council · 5 Jul 2021 Council news City Homes - Cambridge City Council Cambridge Council · 5 Jul 2021 Industry news Europeans consider climate change as the single most serious problem facing the world A recent Eurobarometer survey has found that European citizens believe that climate change is the single most serious problem facing the world. Open Access Government — Environment · 5 Jul 2021 Industry news Green cleaning hacks The post Green cleaning hacks appeared first on Bristol Waste Company . Bristol Waste Company · 5 Jul 2021 Industry news People in Scotland’s oil capital covered a wind turbine blade in messages. Here’s what they had to say. After a few days touring northeast Scotland, the 42ft blade became Greenpeace's biggest ever petition. Greenpeace UK · 5 Jul 2021 Industry news Extended Producer Responsibility for the Construction Sector – what you need to know Matt Nichols, Divisional Director at Reconomy, discusses what Extended Producer Responsibility means for the construction and demolition industry. Valpak · 5 Jul 2021 Industry news UK narrowly misses 2020 battery target The UK narrowly missed the waste portable battery recycling target for 2020, though it has been suggested this could be down to an “administrative error”. Figures published late last month by the Environment Agency on the National Packaging Waste Database (NPWD) indicate that the UK’s portable battery compliance schemes collected a total of 17,728 tonnes … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jul 2021 Global Roadmap for the Progressive Closure of Dumpsites in Latin America and the Caribbean ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 5 Jul 2021 Industry news LARAC calls for ‘freedom’ over collection systems The Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC) has voiced concerns about the “potentially prescriptive nature” of the government proposals for collection systems. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) wants local authorities to collect recyclable waste streams separately from each other and residual waste, claiming this results in “higher quality” and higher p… letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jul 2021 Global Jean-Yves Daclin appointed general manager of PlasticsEurope France Jean-Yves Daclin, 53, is joining PlasticsEurope, the European plastics producers’ association, to head up its activities in France. As of… Plastics Europe · 5 Jul 2021 Industry news Pow pushes kerbside route for cartons, not DRS Recycling minister Rebecca Pow has reiterated that drinks cartons are unlikely to be included within the remit of Defra’s proposed deposit return scheme (DRS). Her comments came in response to a written Parliamentary questions from Conservative MP for High Wycombe, Steve Baker. He asked George Eustice, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jul 2021 Industry news Environment Agency warns about potential removal of incorrect PRNs and PERNs - Ecosurety Ecosurety · 5 Jul 2021 Industry news Leading housebuilder pushed for weaker climate targets The post Leading housebuilder pushed for weaker climate targets appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 5 Jul 2021