Recycling news: 2019

Global ISWA Working Group on Communications and Social Issues Meets in London ISWA Working Group meetings are the perfect opportunity to discuss the workplans, initiate new projects, network with international peers and learn about waste management systems all over the world. ISWA???s Working Group on Communications and Social Issues were kindly invited by Adam Read (CIWM representative) to London for their Spring 2019 meeting. ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 23 Apr 2019 Industry news News in brief (23/04/2019) With news on: Unite strike called off in Wales; Andusia’s chemical waste arm bags clinical waste contact; South Ayrshire completes collection roll out; DS Smith trials recycled cardboard bird box. Unite strike called off in Wales Refuse workers on the Isle of Anglesey have voted to accept a pay increase offered by Biffa, which means … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Apr 2019 Industry news Pembroke port authority seeks permit for waste storage The Milford Haven Port Authority (MHPA) has made an application to Natural Resources Wales for an environmental permit to operate a waste storage and transfer station at Pembroke Dock. The Authority wants to allow businesses using the port to temporarily store waste on site, in the form of baled RDF and SRF and loose processed … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Apr 2019 Industry news Suez calls for ‘hybrid’ EPR system Suez has said that none of the four options set out in the government’s consultations on reforming the packaging producer responsibility system is “suitable in its entirety”. In a report released last week (18 April), the company said it instead favours a ‘hybrid’ model comprising the best elements from each option to “meet the desired … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Apr 2019 Council news Ageing population - Herefordshire Council Herefordshire Council · 23 Apr 2019 Industry news Love Food Hate Waste - RE3 Recycling FCC Environment UK · 22 Apr 2019 Policy & government OSSW FOI Responses Q1 2019 Responses to FOI requests issued in Q1 2019 GOV.UK · 22 Apr 2019 Industry news cleanupuk | Home - CleanupUK CleanupUK · 22 Apr 2019 Council news Your bin collection - Cheshire West and Chester Council Cheshire West and Chester Council · 22 Apr 2019 Council news Ageing well - Herefordshire Council Herefordshire Council · 22 Apr 2019 Council news Growing up - Herefordshire Council Herefordshire Council · 22 Apr 2019 Council news Elections and registering to vote - East Devon District Council East Devon Council · 22 Apr 2019 Council news Business and investment - eastdevon.gov.uk East Devon Council · 22 Apr 2019 Council news Community engagement - eastdevon.gov.uk East Devon Council · 22 Apr 2019 Policy & government Newborough National Nature Reserve and Forest, Anglesey - Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru / Natural Resources Wales Natural Resources Wales · 21 Apr 2019 Council news Council Tax - East Devon District Council East Devon Council · 21 Apr 2019 Council news Parking - East Devon District Council East Devon Council · 21 Apr 2019 Industry news Our facility - FCC Environment FCC Environment UK · 21 Apr 2019 Industry news Home Page - Millerhill - FCC Environment FCC Environment UK · 21 Apr 2019 Council news Contact details - Governance Committee - democracy.northdevon.gov.uk North Devon Council · 19 Apr 2019 Industry news Be a model producer – finding a way for fashion waste The Environmental Audit Committee has put forward recommendations for the Government to introduce a Producer Responsibility system for new clothing. With this in mind, clothing retailers and brand owners should look to implement clothing return schemes sooner rather than later. Emily Hare, Waste and Resource Traceability Manager, provides some guidance and advice in her latest Blog. Valpak · 18 Apr 2019 Policy & government 402 Ashmore House North, 40 Violet Road, London E3 3QQ: LON/00BG/LSC/2018/0057 Residential Property Tribunal Decision of Judge Donegan, Mr Jarero and Mr Piarroux on 03 April 2019 GOV.UK · 18 Apr 2019 Council news Councillor John Challinor - BCP Council Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council · 18 Apr 2019 Industry news Essex advised to reject second Rivenhall EfW plan EXCLUSIVE: Councillors on Essex county council’s development committee are being advised to reject planning permission for a second version of the Rivenhall waste management facility. And, Essex county council has today denied being in any breach of rules about publishing of local authority views during an election period. Chimney The planning refusal recommendation from chief … Read More The p… letsrecycle.com News · 18 Apr 2019 Industry news Kemsley paper mill set for carbon reduction measures Plans for a gas-powered combined heat and power (CHP) facility at the Kemsley paper mill in Kent have moved a step forward with the National Infrastructure Planning organisation this month sending its recommendation decision on the project to the Secretary of State. The CHP project, known as K4, is separate from the larger energy from … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Apr 2019 Industry news Have You Missed the Deadline for Direct Registration With the EA? The post Have You Missed the Deadline for Direct Registration With the EA? appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 18 Apr 2019 Industry news Putting Britain in the spotlight for mattress recycling on Earth Day TFR Group is helping the UK to lead the way on a global level by diverting bulky waste away from our already fit-to-burst landfill sites. Although plastic has lead the global eco-agenda for the past few years,... The Furniture Recycling Group · 18 Apr 2019 Industry news Three shortlisted for West of England residual contracts EXCLUSIVE: The West of England Partnership has shortlisted three companies for parts of a £21.2 million per annum residual waste treatment contract. Viridor, Suez and ETM Recycling Limited are all set to secure parts of the 10-year contract, which will commence on 1 April 2020, with an optional 10-year extension. Under the proposed contract, Viridor … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Apr 2019 Global The FoodWIN Food Waste festival: what are the solutions to effectively tackle food waste? “To waste or not to waste” should never be a question. Or so should have started the FoodWIN food waste festival taking place in Brussels on the 2nd of April. The festival started with a set of appalling figures that cannot be ignored: “One third of our food is wasted” “If food waste were a country, […] Zero Waste Europe · 18 Apr 2019 Industry news Sandwell council continues contamination work Sandwell council has emphasised its continued focus on education and communication with residents to drive up recycling rates and target contamination. Speaking to letsrecycle.com, Andrea Morris, customer engagement manager at the council, and Sofia Antoniou, regional campaigns manager at the council’s waste partner Serco, explained some of the challenges to increasing recycling for an urban … … letsrecycle.com News · 18 Apr 2019 Industry news Aberdeenshire to roll-out HWRC changes Aberdeenshire council has stated that changes to its Household Waste and Recycling Centres (HWRCs) – which were announced in its waste strategy – will be introduced this month. The changes see three sites with the lowest recycling rate – Gardenstown, Hatton and Whitehills – all close, with each of the remaining sites now open for … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Apr 2019 Council news Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council Corporate Directorate for Growth, Enterprise and Environment Development Management Redc - Redcar and Cleveland Redcar and Cleveland Council · 18 Apr 2019 Industry news Notts crews tackle Newark scrapyard fire Fire crews from across Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Leicestershire are currently dealing with a large industrial fire on Great North Road in Newark, reportedly involving 1,000 tonnes of scrap metal. Fire services were called to the Briggs Metals Limited site shortly before 11.51am this morning (17 April). According to Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service, a number … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Apr 2019 Global Nestlé’s plastic monster spews pollution at company’s U.S. headquarters Washington, DC – Greenpeace activists joined a 15-foot tall monster in a visit to Nestlé’s U.S. headquarters in Arlington, VA today (link to be updated with photo and video), delivering Nestlé plastic pollution gathered from streets, rivers, and beaches across the country and demanding that Nestlé take responsibility for the over 1.5 million metric tons of […] Break Free From Plastic · 17 Apr 2019 Industry news Cheshire ‘plastics-to-gas’ plant agreement signed PowerHouse Energy – the company behind a ‘waste plastics to gas’ technology – has signed a deal which will see its technology used at the Protos Energy Hub in Cheshire. PowerHouse announced the deal with Energy from Waste specialist Waste2Tricity today (17 April), which will see Powerhouse “provide planning and engineering design services” to the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Apr 2019 Policy & government Mr K McAllister v European Metal Recycling Ltd: 2501505/2018 Employment Tribunal decision. GOV.UK · 17 Apr 2019 Policy & government RM9 6QD, Neptune Contract Services Limited: environmental permit issued View the permit issued for Neptune Recycling, Dagenham under the Industrial Emissions Directive. GOV.UK · 17 Apr 2019 Industry news Fire-hit Westhampnett HWRC to partially reopen A fire-hit West Sussex HWRC site is to partially reopen from tomorrow (18 April), but plans are being drawn up for the long-term rebuilding of the facility. The fire at the Viridor-run HWRC site at Westhampnett, which was believed to involve over 500 tonnes of household waste, was extinguished last Thursday (April 9), having burned … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Apr 2019 Industry news Global conservationists have “core aims” but fight over solution Research reveals rifts within the global conservation movement, on economic approaches to protected areas, which makes the achievement of conservation goals difficult. Open Access Government — Environment · 17 Apr 2019 Council news Find out about your nearest children centre in Widnes - Halton Borough Council Halton Council · 17 Apr 2019