Recycling news: 2015

Industry news Air Products suspends TV2 gasification plant Air Products has suspended construction of a second gasification plant in Tees Valley in order to prioritise work on its further delayed TV1 facility. Based near Billingham, the Tees Valley 2 (TV2) facility was destined to process 350,000 tonnes of refuse-derived fuel per year when it opened in 2016. The plant secured planning permission from … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Nov 2015 Industry news CIWM calls on government to step in Government intervention is now necessary to end growing instability in recycling markets, the chief executive of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) emphasised today (November 5). Speaking at a session of the All-Party Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group (APSRG) in Westminster, the CIWM’s Steve Lee commented that there was no “magic fix” for recovered paper, … Read More T… letsrecycle.com News · 5 Nov 2015 Industry news EA using drone to monitor Manchester waste sites A drone fitted with heat detection technology is being used to monitor waste sites from the sky by the Environment Agency’s enforcement team – in the hope of helping to prevent fires in Manchester. Since summer 2015, the Agency has partnered with the Manchester Fire and Rescue Service to use its remote-controlled Aerial Imagery Reconnaissance … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Nov 2015 Industry news GIB commits £47m to Belfast EfW facility The Green Investment Bank (GIB) is to invest £47 million to finance what has been described as the largest of its kind energy from waste project in Northern Ireland. The facility, capable of processing up to 180,000 tonnes-per-year of household waste, will be located adjacent to Bombardier’s wing facility in Belfast’s Harbour Estate, and is … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Nov 2015 Industry news North Lanarkshire confirms glass collection deals North Lanarkshire council has awarded an 18-month contract to Alloa-based ACE Recycling Group CIC for the collection of glass bottles and jars from approximately 100,000 households in the region, the authority confirmed today (November 5). ACE Recycling Group currently collects glass from around 24,000 North Lanarkshire households as part of a trial separate glass recycling … Read More The post… letsrecycle.com News · 5 Nov 2015 Industry news SCAP 2020 makes slow progress on clothing waste Waste arisings from the clothing supply chained have remained ‘stable’ WRAP has claimed, in the two years since the launch of the Sustainable Clothing Action Plan (SCAP) 2020 targets. SCAP 2020 launched in June 2013 when WRAP identified key areas that could deliver reductions in the environmental impact of clothing, including: using lower impact fibres; … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Nov 2015 Industry news Sefton considers in-house recycling switch A Merseyside-based council will today (November 5) decide whether to switch from a kerbside sort to a commingled recycling collection system from July 2016. Sefton council is also to consider bringing its full recycling collection service in-house following the expiry of its contract with Palm Recycling next year. The move, which has been recommended by … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Nov 2015 Industry news Cholsey pupils enjoy outdoor learning thanks to Grundon The post Cholsey pupils enjoy outdoor learning thanks to Grundon appeared first on Grundon . Grundon Waste Management · 5 Nov 2015 Research & science Home | Supportive Care in Cancer - Springer Nature Link Circular Economy and Sustainability (Springer) · 4 Nov 2015 Industry news Morton: WEEE costs will react to commodity prices Producers of electrical goods could have to pay more to comply with rules governing the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) if commodity prices continue to drop, the head of a WEEE compliance scheme has suggested. The comments came from Philip Morton, chief executive of REPIC, in response to concerns about the reduced … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Nov 2015 Industry news Biomass plant still planned for Navitas site Navitas Environmental has defended the slow progress made in removing thousands of tonnes of waste wood piled high on its site in Hertfordshire. And, the company’s director, Andrew Beck, has also said he hopes work will start on a waste wood biomass plant in “the next few months”. Mr Beck, who heads up the biomass … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Nov 2015 Policy & government Why it’s sensible to stress test climate change adaptation plans The CCC's David Style explains why there is every merit in looking seriously at extreme high and low climate change projections to assess whether we are doing enough to adapt to climate change. The blog draws on key findings of a new research project on so-called H++ scenarios commissioned by the Adaptation Sub-Committee (ASC) as part of its work to inform the Government’s next climate change r… Climate Change Committee · 4 Nov 2015 Industry news REA petition calls for ‘mandatory’ food waste collections A petition to introduce mandatory separate collections of food waste across England has been launched by the Renewable Energy Association (REA). The organisation, which includes the Organics Recycling Group, represents anaerobic digestion operators and composters, is petitioning the Treasury to bring in the measures in line with Scotland and Wales. The REA is also looking … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Nov 2015 Industry news Court issues £65,000 fine for excavator fall death West Sussex waste management firm South Coast Skips Ltd has been fined £65,000 and ordered to pay £25,000 in costs after one worker died and another was left seriously injured when they fell from the bucket of an excavator. One of the company’s directors, Kevin Hoare, was also handed a 12-month prison sentence, suspended for … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Nov 2015 Policy & government Recovered appeal: Lillyhall Landfill Site, Joseph Noble Road, Lillyhall Industrial Estate, Workington, Cumbria (ref: 2224323 - 03 November 2015) Decision letter and Inspector’s Report for a recovered appeal. GOV.UK · 4 Nov 2015 Industry news Battery recycling costs expected to shoot up The cost of collecting and processing waste portable batteries is expected to increase to around £1,400 per tonne from 2016, as a result of changes to the way waste batteries are classified, Defra has claimed. Changes to the way that manufacturers and recyclers classify portable batteries are being brought in to bring the UK in-line … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Nov 2015 Industry news Oxford renews Viridor recycling contract Viridor has renewed its contract to process 16,000 tonnes of dry recyclables per year on behalf of Oxford city council in a deal worth up to £7 million. The arrangement, which will last for four years with an option to extend until 2023, includes the collection, onward transport and treatment of paper, card, cardboard, mixed … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Nov 2015 Research & science The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction, Second Edition - Springer Nature Link Circular Economy and Sustainability (Springer) · 3 Nov 2015 Industry news Low dividend likely for Eco Plastics creditors Businesses and councils owed money as a result of the collapse of plastic bottle recycling giant Eco Plastics are likely to receive around 2p for every £1 of debt, liquidators have revealed. In December 2014 German investment firm Aurelius moved in to acquire the plant and equipment used by Eco Plastics Ltd for around £7.9 … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2015 Policy & government Low Level Waste Repository achieves major milestone LLW Repository Ltd has submitted a far-reaching planning application which, if successful, will ensure the future of its site until 2050. GOV.UK · 3 Nov 2015 Industry news HSE records 11,000 waste sector injury and illness cases Employees in the waste sector reported 11,000 cases of work-related injuries and illnesses in 2014/15, according to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). In its Annual Report for Great Britain published last week (October 27), HSE reveals that there were 6,000 cases of work-related illnesses and 5,000 cases of workplace injuries in the waste sector … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2015 Industry news Suez awarded 8-year Maldon collection contract Maldon district council in Essex has today (November 3) announced the award of an eight-year household waste and recycling collection contact worth a total of £15 million to Suez. The deal will see the UK recycling and recovery division of Suez take over the collection of residual waste, recycling, food waste and garden waste from … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2015 Industry news Ecotech to spend £750,000 on Rainham plant expansion East London based PET plastic bottle recycling firm Ecotech has announced an investment in new machinery to increase the capacity of its recycling line by around 30% by the end of the year. The company is investing around £750,000 to upgrade the equipment at the £6.5 million plant, which will include a new grinder, centrifuge, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2015 Industry news 7 ways to reuse vegetable peelings Terrie wrote to me this week about disposing of vegetable peelings without a garden. She asked, “I do not have a garden and have lots of vegetable peelings -any ideas [my council does not take them for compost] “ I came up with a couple of ideas and asked our Facebook community – who, as… Zero Waste Week · 3 Nov 2015 Industry news FAQs - Greggs Corporate Greggs corporate media · 3 Nov 2015 Industry news Biffa stakes claim over landfill tax rebates A legal dispute has erupted between Biffa and Scottish waste firm Patersons over the distribution of landfill tax repayments claimed to be worth £2 million. The case, which was heard in the Scottish Court of Session on October 20, relates to a two-year period when Patersons Waste Disposal Ltd was constructing “fluff layers” over cells … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 2 Nov 2015 Industry news Blaenau Gwent defends new kerbside-sort service Blaenau Gwent county borough council today (November 2) responded to residents’ criticism of its new recycling service, as a residents’ petition to bring back the previous system closes in on its target of 2,500 signatures. The local authority in South Wales said its move from fortnightly to three-weekly, kerbside-separated collections – which began their roll-out … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 2 Nov 2015 Industry news Taylor Group takes over Bigbelly in UK Droitwich-based Egbert Taylor Group is to take over the sales and operations side of the Bigbelly brand of bins and containers in the UK. Egbert Taylor Group, which includes the Taylor and Sellers brands, revealed today that it has united with American firm Bigbelly Inc, “the architect of the world’s leading smart waste and recycling … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 2 Nov 2015 Industry news News in brief (02/11/2015) With news on; BBC food waste show; Natural Resources Wales gains new enforcement powers; FCC Buckinghamshire transfer station opens, and; West Dunbartonshire rolls out flats food waste recycling Celebrity chef to present BBC waste show Celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is to probe the nation’s food waste secrets in a new series airing on BBC … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 2 Nov 2015 Industry news Agency relying on Hertfordshire over Navitas wood The Environment Agency is still relying on the county council to ensure the voluntary removal of thousands of tonnes of waste wood piled high on a site in Hertfordshire – three years after the heap was abandoned. Nearly 10,000 tonnes of wood remains piled on Appspond Lane in St Albans, where Wood Recycling Services Ltd … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 2 Nov 2015 Research & science Home | Neurological Sciences - Springer Nature Link Circular Economy and Sustainability (Springer) · 31 Oct 2015 Council news Core Strategy Final Version with changes (November 2010) - West Suffolk Council West Suffolk Council · 30 Oct 2015 Industry news Glasgow bin lorry crash driver resigns before hearing The driver behind the wheel of the refuse collection lorry which struck and killed six people in Glasgow last December resigned from the council with immediate effect today (October 30). A spokesman for Glasgow city council confirmed that Mr Clarke was due to attend a disciplinary hearing earlier, but that the council received his resignation … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 30 Oct 2015 Industry news Councils call for pumpkin reuse this Halloween Authorities across the UK are urging residents to ward off the biggest demon of all this Halloween – food waste. From Scotland to the South Coast, councils are calling on householders to cook or recycle their pumpkins. The UK buys over one million pumpkins during October – around 90% of annual pumpkin sales. Once carved, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 30 Oct 2015 Industry news Q3 PRN figures impacted by wider macroeconomic trends Against a background of rising prices for plastic PRNs and PERNs, compliance scheme Valpak, with input from Valpak Consulting, takes a broader look at issues around the PRN and reasons that rising prices should be treated with caution. The latest figures for plastic PRNs have prompted a number of responses in the industry to … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 30 Oct 2015 Industry news Launch of licence for new Furniture Re-use Network product weight protocol The licence is agreed with and recognised by UK regulators who will be checking PWP licences whilst carrying out their inspections on UK reuse and recycling operations. Embargoed: Friday 30th October 2015 00:01 Launch of licence for new Furniture Re-use Network (FRN) product weight protocol (PWP) (Previously FRN Average Weights List). Details of the new Licence […] Reuse Network · 30 Oct 2015 Global Gearing up for Paris! Our calendar of zero waste activities December is going to be a very busy time for zero waste and climate justice groups who will be meeting in Paris. In the context of the Paris COP21 climate talks taking place during the first few weeks of December, Zero Waste Europe has teamed up with Zero Waste France, GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator […] Zero Waste Europe · 30 Oct 2015 Global ‘Incineradoras No, Zero Waste Madrid’ in action! Incineradoras No, Zero Waste Madrid is successfully paving the way for Zero Waste Municipalities in the area of Madrid, in Spain. Since this summer, thanks to the progressive political turn in many municipalities in the area, the network has been able to ally with alternative political parties and pass a motion in at least 4 […] Zero Waste Europe · 30 Oct 2015 Industry news Is it time to reinforce your corset with an old hanger? The other week I shared a post about recycling plastic hangers in Gloucestershire. Which is all well and good if you live in the county, but what if you live further afield? Thankfully our creative community came up with lots of ways to put old plastic hangers to good (re)use: What goes ’round, comes ’round… Zero Waste Week · 30 Oct 2015 Industry news Meet our Countrystyle Trade Department Meet our Countrystyle Trade Department, kitted out in new PPE and Countrystyle uniform. Countrystyle Recycling · 30 Oct 2015