Recycling news: 2022

Industry news Safety first as Grundon invests in state-of-the-art electric forklifts The post Safety first as Grundon invests in state-of-the-art electric forklifts appeared first on Grundon . Grundon Waste Management · 29 Jun 2022 Industry news Debate around pizza boxes rumbles on SPECIAL REPORT: Barbora Vaclavova takes a closer look at pizza boxes, a particularly controversial item of packaging. Pizza boxes. Two words to make any recycling officer shudder, recalling a long list of complaints and confusion. Amongst recyclers, it is known that food contamination makes material unrecyclable. However, when it comes to used pizza packaging, the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jun 2022 Policy & government Learn, experience, and have fun in new immersive Sellafield exhibit New Sellafield exhibition, including a virtual tour of the site, to open at the Beacon Museum in Whitehaven. GOV.UK · 29 Jun 2022 Industry news Enva officially opens Ash Recycling Plant MHAIRI BLACK, MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South, has officially opened Enva’s new £1.5 million Ash Recycling Plant in Paisley, Scotland. This unique facility treats up to 20,000 tonnes a year of fly ash from biomass and Energy from Waste (EfW) facilities. The ash, which would previously have been destined for disposal in hazardous landfill... Skip & Waste Magazine · 29 Jun 2022 Global Faster, smarter, cleaner: getting to net-zero without nuclear and gas Clean and just energy transition without nuclear and gas is a political and ecological necessity, backed by scientific evidence and economic sense. META (European Environmental Bureau) · 29 Jun 2022 Industry news MPs call for kerbside collections of soft plastics The Conservative MP for Thornbury and Yate has called for the introduction of kerbside collections for ‘soft plastics’ “in South Gloucestershire and across the country”. Luke Hall issued his plea during a debate in House of Commons this week (27 June), where he described lightweight soft plastics such as crisp packets, bread bags and chocolate … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jun 2022 Industry news Electric refuse vehicles to hit the streets of Exeter from July ELECTRIC refuse vehicles are set to start work in Exeter, providing local residents with cleaner air and reduced noise. Starting from July 1st the vehicles of electric refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) will help the city achieve its target of being carbon neutral by 2030 by producing zero emissions. Comprised of three Dennis Eagle eCollect 27t... Skip & Waste Magazine · 29 Jun 2022 Council news The definitive map - Milton Keynes Council Milton Keynes Council · 29 Jun 2022 Industry news Altilium Metals Announces a Strategic Partnership with Tatton Consulting, an award-winning Innovation and Grants Consultancy Altilium Metals Ltd has formed an alliance and has received investment from Tatton Consulting, R&D Grant Consulting Company of the year 2022. Tatton has a strong market leading position in supporting the UK’s most innovative and disruptive SMEs identify, apply for, and win grants and tax credits to innovate and grow. Altilium Metals has this [...] Altilium news · 29 Jun 2022 Research & science Home | Discover Education - Springer Nature Link Circular Economy and Sustainability (Springer) · 29 Jun 2022 Council news Apply for Council and other social housing - Cheshire West and Chester Council Cheshire West and Chester Council · 29 Jun 2022 Council news Young people's service - Cheshire West and Chester Council Cheshire West and Chester Council · 29 Jun 2022 Council news Make a payment - Cheshire West and Chester Council Cheshire West and Chester Council · 29 Jun 2022 Council news Direct debit - Cheshire West and Chester Council Cheshire West and Chester Council · 29 Jun 2022 Council news Huntingdonshire Development Plan - Huntingdonshire.gov.uk Huntingdonshire Council · 29 Jun 2022 Council news See or comment on planning applications - Cheshire West and Chester Council Cheshire West and Chester Council · 29 Jun 2022 Council news How to book your marriage or civil partnership - Cheshire West and Chester Council Cheshire West and Chester Council · 29 Jun 2022 Council news Elective home education - Cheshire West and Chester Council Cheshire West and Chester Council · 29 Jun 2022 Council news Your Bus (Community transport) - Cheshire West and Chester Council Cheshire West and Chester Council · 29 Jun 2022 Council news How to view an application - Cheshire West and Chester Council Cheshire West and Chester Council · 29 Jun 2022 Council news School term and holiday dates - Cheshire West and Chester Council Cheshire West and Chester Council · 28 Jun 2022 Council news Planning and building control - Cheshire West and Chester Council Cheshire West and Chester Council · 28 Jun 2022 Council news About business rates - Cheshire West and Chester Council Cheshire West and Chester Council · 28 Jun 2022 Council news Domestic abuse - Cheshire West and Chester Council Cheshire West and Chester Council · 28 Jun 2022 Council news Free school meals - Cheshire West and Chester Council Cheshire West and Chester Council · 28 Jun 2022 Policy & government Current programmes will not deliver Net Zero As the UK prepares for a winter of extraordinary fuel bills, the Government has recommitted to Net Zero. The urgency of moving away from fossil fuels, securing energy supplies and cutting carbon emissions has never been clearer, but a new Progress Report by the independent Climate Change Committee (CCC) finds major failures in delivery programmes towards the achievement of the UK’s climate goal… Climate Change Committee · 28 Jun 2022 Council news Special education needs (SEN) - Cheshire West and Chester Council Cheshire West and Chester Council · 28 Jun 2022 Council news Northwich Library - Cheshire West and Chester Council Cheshire West and Chester Council · 28 Jun 2022 Council news Pay a parking or bus lane fine - Cheshire West and Chester Council Cheshire West and Chester Council · 28 Jun 2022 Council news Our Museum and Art Gallery is now open for longer - Horsham District Council Horsham Council · 28 Jun 2022 Council news Neston Library - Cheshire West and Chester Council Cheshire West and Chester Council · 28 Jun 2022 Policy & government Local Government Association annual conference 2022: Secretary of State's speech Speech by Secretary of State Michael Gove MP at the Local Government Association’s annual conference 2022. GOV.UK · 28 Jun 2022 Industry news Agency highlights scale of 2021 PRN non-compliance The Environment Agency has confirmed that seven direct registrants failed to meet their 2021 packaging obligations through acquiring PRNs. This compares with just two direct registrants failing to comply across the previous three years. The level of PRN non-compliance last year is thought to be down to the high price of PRNs towards the end … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jun 2022 Industry news CMA ‘overstated position of Company Y’ in Veolia/Suez probe The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been accused of “overstating” the market share of a firm providing MRF services to local authorities, in its provisional ruling into Veolia’s takeover of Suez. The remarks came in a response published by the CMA yesterday (27 June) submitted to it by an unnamed company referred to as … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jun 2022 Global Welcome to our latest Silver Member – MVW Lechtenberg & Partner ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 28 Jun 2022 Council news Report it - Cheshire West and Chester Council Cheshire West and Chester Council · 28 Jun 2022 Industry news Guernsey could charge residents per bag of recycling Guernsey could charge residents 25p per bag of recycling under proposals aimed at meeting a deficit in the island’s waste budget. Guernsey Waste, a State-owned trading body which manages the island’s waste services, is funded by a household standing charge and a ‘pay-as-you-throw’ system, which sees residents pay for stickers for bags for residual waste. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jun 2022 Industry news Major UK acquisition for US firm IMPACT Environmental Group (IEG) has acquired Duraflex, the brand behind Chesterfield-based Container Components Europe. It is the US firm’s second acquisition in the UK since acquiring Egbert H. Taylor & Co Ltd in November 2021. The decision to purchase Duraflex is part of IEG’s global strategy to build a comprehensive waste solutions organisation that caters... Skip & Waste Magazine · 28 Jun 2022 Industry news Defra names candidate for Environment Agency chair The Environment Secretary has selected Alan Lovell as the Government’s preferred candidate for Chair of the Environment Agency, succeeding Emma Howard Boyd. According to a statement from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the current Interserve chair was selected following a “rigorous” process conducted in accordance with the ministerial governance code on … Read Mo… letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jun 2022 Global Going forward: IBA in the circular economy On June 9, ESWET held the kick-off meeting of its newly established Working Group on Incineration Bottom Ash (IBA) with... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 28 Jun 2022