Recycling news: 2014

Industry news Chemicals in food packaging: a can of worms? (updated 29th Jan 2015) Back in July, a report from the Food Packaging Forum highlighted that many hazardous chemicals are used in food contact packaging – and we wrote a letter to EU Health Commissioner Borg expressing our concerns about the situation. The Commission has since stated that it is soon to start a study of this issue at the EU’s Joint Research Centre (JRC). On […] CHEM Trust · 22 Oct 2014 Industry news Julie Hill to be new chair of WRAP Former Green Alliance director and circular economy expert, Julie Hill, has been appointed as chair of the Waste & Resources Action Programme to succeed Peter Stone who will retire at the organisation’s board meeting next month. Ms Hill takes up the post as the organisation prepares for a reshaping of activities. WRAP is making progress towards becoming a charity … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Oct 2014 Industry news Torfaen to roll out ‘skinny bins’ in 2015 Councillors in the South Wales borough of Torfaen approved plans yesterday (October 21) to reduce the bin capacity available to households for residual waste, after residents disapproved of plans for a monthly refuse collection system. A consultation was launched in June on three proposed options aimed at reducing the amount of residual waste generated and … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Oct 2014 Industry news MPs put Defra under pressure over waste policy Defra’s decision to ‘step back’ from implementing any new policies around waste and recycling is likely to jeopardise progress towards the 50% by 2020 EU recycling targets, MPs have warned. The warning came in a report on Waste management in England, compiled by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, which took evidence from industry … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Oct 2014 Industry news LATEST KELP CANDIDATES PASS CSCS WITH FLYING COLOURS The latest intake of KELP candidates passed the Construction Skills Certificate Scheme (CSCS) test with flying colours last week despite a tougher two-tier system being introduced this summer. The eig... Powerday · 21 Oct 2014 Industry news Major Award for Cleansing Service Group Customer Woodham Services, an independent forecourt business in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, has been named Best Site in Northern England in the Forecourt Trader of the Year Awards. Recognising businesses with high operating standards and entrepreneurial skills, becoming the awards Forecourt Trader of The Year is one of the highest accolades for any petrol retailer. Over […] CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 21 Oct 2014 Industry news Get Your Knit On Last Thursday TRAID Dalston kept their doors open a little later to help everyone with their Winter wardrobe. On hand... TRAID · 21 Oct 2014 Industry news News in brief With news on; SITA Sembcorp begins EfW construction; Nick Clegg visits Axion; FEAD calls for waste shipment data action; Ricardo-AEA wins OPRL contract, and; UKCM secures four-year Birmingham bin contract SITA Sembcorp begins construction of £200m EfW Construction has begun on consortium SITA Sembcorp’s £200 million energy-from-waste facility at the Wilton International site on … Read More The … letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2014 Industry news New Plans to Deregulate Domestic Sewage Systems Over the last few months the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) have been consulting on making changes to the regulations on domestic sewage systems in England. DEFRA has set out a clear objective of extending its risk-based approach to permitting. It represents a new focus on environmental permitting that will only be required […] CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 21 Oct 2014 Policy & government How food businesses must dispose of food and former foodstuffs How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste. GOV.UK · 21 Oct 2014 Industry news Gwynedd begins three-weekly collection switch Gwynedd council in North West Wales has begun its transition from a fortnightly to a three-weekly collection scheme for residual waste, with a new collection timetable coming into effect from yesterday (October 20). The Plaid Cymru-led council claims that the change from fortnightly waste collections will help to increase participation in its dry and food … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2014 Policy & government Zero carbon buildings are becoming a reality The UK’s buildings have the reputation of being old, draughty and expensive to heat. Fortunately, this has been… Climate Change Committee · 21 Oct 2014 Industry news Cambridgeshire councils agree waste service merger Cambridge city and South Cambridgeshire councils have agreed to merge their waste teams and create a joined-up collection service wholly-owned and operated by the two authorities. In a move the authorities hope will save as much as £700,000 within three years, South Cambridgeshire’s cabinet unanimously voted on favour of the merger on Thursday (October 16), … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2014 Industry news Pickles publishes ‘streamlined’ waste planning policy An updated and more “streamlined” waste planning policy has been published by the government, which is likely to make it more difficult to develop waste facilities on green belt land. Published by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) last week (October 16), the ‘National Planning Policy for Waste’ has been noted in the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2014 Council news Pizza Express - 41 High Street, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1LQ - Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Kingston upon Thames Council · 21 Oct 2014 Industry news TRAID Photography Collective #1 Will Grundy Over the next two months, TRAID will release a series of photographs in collaboration with exciting UK based photographers. The... TRAID · 20 Oct 2014 Industry news Investigation into Cawleys’ driver death Waste management firm Cawleys has expressed its shock after a driver employed by the company died in Watford after becoming trapped under a waste collection vehicle. Police are investigating after the man, who has yet to be identified, became trapped under the vehicle he had been driving at Woodside Leisure Park on the morning of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2014 Policy & government Landfill fires: review and investigation of deep-seated fires within landfill sites A study reviewing the occurrence of landfill fires in the UK and the practical solutions that have been employed to deal with them. GOV.UK · 20 Oct 2014 Industry news Jane’s tomato and courgette chutney Brief description of Recipe This recipe is brilliant for using up a glut in the garden. You can use courgettes that have turned into marrows and it’s a great way to make use of green tomatoes. This year, as we have so many courgettes, I have also made some courgette chutney, using this recipe as… Zero Waste Week · 20 Oct 2014 Industry news WISH fire guidance caters for ‘overlooked’ sectors Guidance detailing what measures waste operators can take to prevent fires has been finalised by the Waste Industry Safety & Health (WISH) Forum today (October 20), after a second round of consultation with industry members. The final version of the fire control guidance – which applies to waste sites where more than 50 cubic metres … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2014 Industry news Biogen wins Leicestershire food waste contract Biogen has been awarded a five-year contract to treat household food waste at its Warwickshire AD facility on behalf of Leicestershire county council. The council has agreed to send its food waste to Biogen’s £10 million Merevale anaerobic digestion plant in Atherstone, which is due to be completed in September 2015. The contract, which officially … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2014 Policy & government Crucial step towards fiscal devolution The UK Treasury and Secretary of State for Wales have met with the Welsh Government in a landmark step towards greater fiscal devolution. GOV.UK · 20 Oct 2014 Industry news Are EU laws on chemicals – like REACH – being properly enforced? Last Tuesday I spoke at a Chemical Watch conference in Brussels as part of a day of presentations and discussion about enforcement of EU chemical laws like REACH. As I emphasised in my presentation, REACH is supposed to provide a high level of protection for human health and the environment. This won’t happen if companies can dodge […] CHEM Trust · 20 Oct 2014 Industry news Commission clarifies view on commingling EXCLUSIVE: The European Commission has offered some insight into its thinking behind the separate collection laws, signalling that only “compatible dry waste” should be collected commingled. The comments come in discussions between the spokesman for European Environment Commissioner Janez Potocnik and letsrecycle.com. The Commission has indicated to letsrecycle.com that glass should preferably … letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2014 Council news Your housing options | Finding somewhere to live - Thurrock Council Thurrock Council · 20 Oct 2014 Industry news Waste exports ‘similar to paper and plastic exports’ The export of residual waste, as refused derived fuel, to the European Continent was both defended and criticised at the LARAC Conference last week, with a top consultant seeing waste exports as similar to the export of materials for recycling. At a plenary session with three waste sector panellists, run by LARAC chair Andrew Bird, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2014 Industry news Waste industry defends long-term contracts The waste management industry has broadly defended long term infrastructure contracts in the face of some concerns from the Public Accounts Committee. The support for longer term arrangements came in a debate at last week’s LARAC conference in Nottingham which looked at the rationale for long term contracts in light of the PAC concern. The … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2014 Industry news Carrier bag levy comes into effect in Scotland Retailers in Scotland will charge 5p for each single-use carrier bag distributed in shops from today (October 20), following in the footsteps of Wales and Northern Ireland in implementing a charge. The measure, which has been championed by the resource body Zero Waste Scotland, is aimed at reducing the number of single-use bags that are … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2014 Industry news £1 Million Overhaul For CSG’s Flagship Hazardous Waste Facility Waste managers Cleansing Service Group (CSG) have announced a £1 million infrastructure improvement investment programme at the UK’s largest hazardous waste treatment and recovery facility at Cadishead, near Manchester. The 16-acre site, a key component in CSG’s national facilities portfolio, has been in use for 95 years and began life as home to the Lancashire […] CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 19 Oct 2014 Council news What’s On - cmis.norwich.gov.uk Norwich Council · 17 Oct 2014 Industry news Plea for better council compost quality Contamination in compost feedstock is “getting worse”, according to the Organics Recycling Group (ORG), which has drawn up a number measures aimed at councils and composters to try and tackle the problem. Jeremy Jacobs, technical director of the ORG – part of the Renewable Energy Association (REA) – said that the “biggest culprit” of contamination … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Oct 2014 Industry news Veolia’s Herts EfW in PFI withdrawal blow Veolia’s plan to build an energy-from-waste facility in Hertfordshire was dealt a further blow today (October 17), as Defra opted to pull £115 million in PFI credits from the project. The decision comes after communities secretary Eric Pickles decided not to uphold planning consent for the Hatfield plant in August, which if completed would treat … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Oct 2014 Industry news Oxford recycling officer triumphs at LARAC 2014 A former recycling officer at Oxford city council and a partnership reuse project in Durham were among the winners at the Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC) Celebration Awards 2014 in Nottingham on Wednesday evening (October 15). Organised by letsrecycle.com, the awards ceremony took place at the East Midlands Conference Centre and recognises the achievements … Read More The p… letsrecycle.com News · 17 Oct 2014 Industry news BIS to change dual use WEEE definition from 2016 The definition of household and non-household WEEE is to be amended from 2016, the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills has informed compliance schemes and electronics manufacturers. The amendment comes after the UK’s definition of household and non-household WEEE – crucially ‘dual use’ items such as PCs, which could conceivably be used in business or … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Oct 2014 Policy & government Minerals Guidance on the planning for mineral extraction in plan making and the application process. GOV.UK · 16 Oct 2014 Council news planning portal - Simple - Horsham District Council - Horsham District Council Horsham Council · 16 Oct 2014 Industry news Councils urged to exercise caution in TEEP tests A leading expert on the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations has warned that some local authorities may be carrying out assessments over their legal standing on separate collections incorrectly. Peter Jones, senior consultant at Eunomia Research and Consulting was among the authors of the Waste Regulations Route Map, a tool for local authorities to help … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Oct 2014 Policy & government WA7 4QF: Environmental permit issued View the permit issued for Randle Landfill Site, Runcorn under the Industrial Emissions Directive. GOV.UK · 16 Oct 2014 Policy & government LG52 7DG: Environmental permit issued View the permit issued for Wingmoor Farm Landfill (West), Cheltenham under the Industrial Emissions Directive. GOV.UK · 16 Oct 2014 Policy & government National planning policy for waste This document sets out the government's detailed waste planning policies. GOV.UK · 16 Oct 2014