Recycling news: 2022

Council news Register for Council Tax - Lambeth Council Lambeth Council · 13 Dec 2022 Industry news Colas Ltd appoint Reconomy as UK waste management partner COLAS, a world leader in the construction and maintenance of transport infrastructure, has announced the appointment of Reconomy as its exclusive waste management partner in the UK. The decision to appoint Reconomy, and consolidate Colas’ waste management to a single supplier, follows a successful trial on the company’s National Highways Area 9 contract. This high-profile... Skip & Waste Magazine · 13 Dec 2022 Council news Pay Council Tax - Lambeth Council Lambeth Council · 13 Dec 2022 Policy & government Nuclear energy in the UK Nuclear electricity is a predictable and low-carbon part of the UK energy mix, currently providing 15% of the UK’s electricity. However, most existing nuclear power stations are set to close by 2030. The Government has an ambition to increase production of nuclear energy. One new nuclear power station is under construction (Hinkley Point C) and another (Sizewell C) has received planning consent… POST (Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology) · 13 Dec 2022 Industry news ‘Shifting perception’ of AD presents opportunity The benefits of anaerobic digestion (AD) plants are now “economical as well as environmental” because of the rise in cost of oil and gas, but operators still face barriers to investment. And, with predictions that high gas prices are here to stay in the coming years, there is now an opportunity for plant operators and … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 13 Dec 2022 Global Member States against strong EU rules to penalise environmental crimes Environmental NGOs, including Birdlife, Born Free, EEB, IFAW, Eurogroup for Animals, Humane Society International, and WWF voice their concerns over the Council’s position on the revision […] European Environmental Bureau · 13 Dec 2022 Industry news Guest Blog: The role of Geothermal in the green energy mix REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 12 Dec 2022 Industry news ‘How are we going to live?’ Families dispossessed of their land to make way for Total’s Congo offsetting project The post ‘How are we going to live?’ Families dispossessed of their land to make way for Total’s Congo offsetting project appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 12 Dec 2022 Industry news We can’t protect our climate without ocean action Steve Trent, CEO and Co-Founder of the Environmental Justice Foundation, argues that we can’t protect our climate without ocean action. Open Access Government — Environment · 12 Dec 2022 Industry news You can make a difference if you want to do so On 6 December 2022, staff from Cadent Gas visited Emmaus Leicestershire & Rutland to prepare Christmas gift boxes for companions. Claire Valentine and David Allsop spent the afternoon filling boxes... Emmaus UK · 12 Dec 2022 Industry news Lakeside Shopping Centre rings up top recycling award The post Lakeside Shopping Centre rings up top recycling award appeared first on Grundon . Grundon Waste Management · 12 Dec 2022 Industry news Essex firm becomes ‘UK’s first’ automated C&I sorter Essex-based Green Recycling has said it has become the “UK’s first” commercial and industrial materials recycling facility (MRF) operator to run without manual pickers, after installing Tomra equipment. In an announcement this afternoon (12 December), Tomra said that after installing four AutoSort machines with sensor-based technology in July, the company has now fully deployed previous … Read … letsrecycle.com News · 12 Dec 2022 Policy & government Built Estate contracts delivering improvements for Armed Forces one year on Innovation and collaboration have paved the way for success as the first of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation’s (DIO) £1.6bn Built Estate contracts reaches its one-year milestone. GOV.UK · 12 Dec 2022 Industry news Basildon to use reusable sacks for recycling Basildon borough council has approved plans to rollout reusable kerbside sacks for dry recycling collections as part of a wide range of changes. This is despite the majority of residents saying they were not in favour of the proposal during a consultation earlier this year. The Essex-based collection authority confirmed the move at a meeting … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 12 Dec 2022 Industry news FCC to install ‘solar park’ at Winterton landfill FCC Environment has partnered with Infinis to develop a solar park on its Winterton landfill site in Lincolnshire. Due to “energise” in 2023, the park will aim to generate around 4,300 megawatt hours (MWh) of energy each year – enough to power more than 1,300 homes. With rising energy prices, using landfill sites as solar … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 12 Dec 2022 Industry news New DGSA regulations: what do they mean for you? From the 1st of January 2023, any company involved in the transportation or handling of hazardous waste will require a Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor (DGSA). The reason your company may now need a DGSA is due to changes in ADR rules. ADR rules provide guidance on the transport and handling of products classified as ‘dangerous […] CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 12 Dec 2022 Policy & government DN22 8RB, FCC Recycling (UK) Limited: environmental permit issued - EPR/NP3538MF/V009 View the permit issued for Daneshill Landfill Site, Lound under the Industrial Emissions Directive. GOV.UK · 12 Dec 2022 Industry news Shire Aggregates’ major investment in 18 new Thompson tippers SHIRE Aggregates, part of the North East – based ReadyMix Group, is now benefiting from the arrival of 18 new 8×4 tippers, all featuring Thompsons’ market leading Loadmaster Lite bodywork. The new trucks mark a major investment by ReadyMix, which took over Shire as a dedicated aggregates business just over a year ago. Renewal of... Skip & Waste Magazine · 12 Dec 2022 Industry news Win £200 for charity with letsrecycle’s Christmas Competition Letsrecycle.com has today (12 December) launched its 2022 Christmas Competition, sponsored by Permiserv. This year the focus is on pictures from 2022 from across the sector. Can you answer the questions about the waste facility, the local authority, individuals and other topics in the 10 pictures below? The pictures have all featured in letsrecycle.com’s news … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 12 Dec 2022 Global Safe and efficient waste shipments: The way towards a circular economy Industrial Process News (IPN) – 12 December 2022 – The EU is strongly committed to achieving climate neutrality by 2050 and the transition to a circular economy is a prerequisite towards this objective. In this context, safe shipments of waste are key, as they enable the re-looping of valuable secondary raw materials back into the […] FEAD (European Waste Management Association) · 12 Dec 2022 Industry news HSE refreshes guidance on working in cold weather The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has refreshed its guidance to make it easier to find and understand advice on how to protect workers in low temperatures. The UK is in the grip of a spell of severe cold weather, with snow and ice warnings in place in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and parts of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 12 Dec 2022 Research & science 1.6.1 Introduction to Circular motion - TU Delft OpenCourseWare TU Delft News · 12 Dec 2022 Industry news EU Batteries to be the World’s Greenest Under New Rules Altilium Metals welcomes the political agreement reached by the European Parliament and the EU council on a new harmonised regulation for batteries and waste batteries. Chief negotiator Achille Variati stated “Our overall aim is to build a stronger EU recycling industry, particularly for lithium, and a competitive industrial sector as a whole, which is [...] Altilium news · 11 Dec 2022 Industry news Explore Oswestry Freegle - Freegle Freegle · 11 Dec 2022 Council news Look up a PCN - London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Richmond upon Thames Council · 10 Dec 2022 Industry news RIGHT NOW’- INCLUDING A RANGE OF COST SAVING OFFERS AND INITIATIVES TO HELP - Iceland Iceland Foods corporate news · 10 Dec 2022 Industry news ICELAND FOODS BACKS FOOD FOUNDATION’S CALL TO EXTEND PROVISION OF FREE SCHOOL MEALS IN ENGLAND • Iceland Foods has declared - Iceland Iceland Foods corporate news · 10 Dec 2022 Global Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All | On Human Rights Day 2022 We Reflect on our Fallen Heroes Bilateral and multilateral agreements between countries on environmental issues dating back to the 1800s. Previously, they focused primarily on the protection of fisheries and the conservation of flora and fauna. […] GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 10 Dec 2022 Council news The City of Southampton (Itchen Bridge Tolls) Order 2023 - Southampton City Council Southampton Council · 10 Dec 2022 Council news Login - East Riding of Yorkshire Council East Riding of Yorkshire Council · 10 Dec 2022 Industry news Altilium Metals continues business momentum growth with successful Crowdfunding campaign, achieving 110% of its target Altilium Metals aimed to raise £714,006 but exceeded its target and achieved 110% of this, resulting in £786,005 of investment at the end of the campaign from 410 new investors. Funds will be used the support the build out of its Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling Technology Centre and studies into its UK plant recycling battery [...] Altilium news · 10 Dec 2022 Global We are now plastic farmers Plastic waste exports can have catastrophic impacts on the environment and human rights, especially the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. Plastic waste ends up polluting water, contaminating air, and harming the health of people already facing poverty and marginalization. This is a terrible environmental injustice!” ~ Dr David R. Boyd, UN Special […] Break Free From Plastic · 10 Dec 2022 Council news Parks and green spaces - Islington Council Islington Council · 9 Dec 2022 Industry news It would be a mistake to lose momentum on green finance Josie Murdoch, Policy Principal at the Aldersgate Group investigates how the UK can accelerate progress on green finance. Aldersgate Group · 9 Dec 2022 Industry news Cory reaches financial close on Riverside 2 Cory has reached financial close on its second energy from waste (EfW) facility, the 650,000 tonnes per year capacity ‘Riverside 2’ plant in Belvedere, south east London. The facility will be located adjacent to its existing 750,000 tonnes per year capacity EfW plant and was estimated to cost upwards of £500 million when first announced … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 9 Dec 2022 Global Successful EUBP Conference: bioplastics industry set to engage with political stakeholders on upcoming legislation Berlin, 9 December 2022 – At the 17th annual European Bioplastics (EUBP) Conference, which took place on 6/7 December in Berlin, industry experts discussed the latest innovations in the bioplastics sector and drove the debate on most recent political developments. These included in particular the Commission’s first policy framework on innovative bioplastic materials as [...] European Bioplastics News · 9 Dec 2022 Industry news OPINION: ‘How to cut work-related injuries in the waste sector’ The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recently published data showing non-fatal injuries in the waste and recycling sector have fallen slightly year-on-year. In this opinion piece, Ben Henderson, head of product solution consulting at health and safety technology provider Intelex Technologies, explores how work-related injuries in the waste sector can be further reduced. In November, … Read Mor… letsrecycle.com News · 9 Dec 2022 Industry news 750,000 tonnes of plastic packaging goes uncaptured, RECOUP says Plastics recycling charity RECOUP estimates that 750,000 tonnes of post-consumer plastic packaging was not collected for recycling in the UK in 2021. RECOUP published the results of a survey of local authorities on household plastic packaging collection yesterday (8 December). The survey found that more than 200,000 tonnes of plastic bottles, 250,000 tonnes of plastic … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 9 Dec 2022 Industry news UK businesses missing out on £1,000s of savings in food waste recycling ON average, UK businesses are spending £50,862 every year on sending their food waste to landfill, but recycling food waste could save them £7,000 per year, according to new research from Keenan Recycling. As the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) Environmental Act is fast approaching, which plans to make it a legal... Skip & Waste Magazine · 9 Dec 2022 Industry news Host an innovation project at your AD site Two ADBA members are looking for an AD site to partner with for innovative projects. One member would like to test a product to enhance biomethane production from feedstock. The product could be used in your digester or by adding a pilot-digester to your plant (connecting the biogas output to your biogas line.) The trial would… ADBA (Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association) · 9 Dec 2022