Recycling news: 2024

Policy & government Report 09/2024: Collision at Aviemore station on the Strathspey Railway Collision at Aviemore station on the Strathspey Railway, 29 September 2023. GOV.UK · 5 Sept 2024 Industry news Bywaters’ Summer Internship Programme Bywaters’ summer internship programme empowers young talent with green skills, contributing to sustainability in London and aligning with global goals. Bywaters · 5 Sept 2024 Policy & government Report 09/2024: Collision at Aviemore station on the Strathspey Railway RAIB has today released its report into a collision at Aviemore station on the Strathspey Railway, 29 September 2023. GOV.UK · 5 Sept 2024 Industry news CarTakeBack Scrap Car Price Update – August 2024 CarTakeBack has released its latest update on scrap car prices for August 2024, revealing a slight shift in the market. ATF Professional · 5 Sept 2024 Industry news AVOID THE ENERGY PRICE INCREASE! Aldi shoppers EXEMPT from impending £149 energy price increase With energy bills set to rise by 10%, equivalent to £149 when the new price cap is introduced next month, families up and down the country will be looking for ways to cut everyday spending in order to account for this cost. Thankfully, as revealed by consumer champions Which? this week, shoppers can beat the […] Aldi UK Press Centre · 5 Sept 2024 Industry news ALDI CASTS ITS NET ON BRITISH SEAFOOD INDUSTRY WITH BIGGEST INVESTMENT YET Aldi has invested more than £45 million in the British seafood industry over the past 12 months. This increased investment is part of the UK’s fourth-largest supermarket’s ongoing commitment to championing Great British quality and supporting more UK suppliers. This includes Aldi’s Scottish supplier, Thistle, which has been supplying the supermarket for more than 20 […] Aldi UK Press Centre · 5 Sept 2024 Industry news St Thomas’ Hospital reuses lights and adds intelligence in major upgrade The NHS Trust responsible for St Thomas’ Hospital in London has reused and upgraded luminaires on the site. Trojan Lighting […] Recolight · 5 Sept 2024 Industry news Plastic Overshoot Day arrives Plastic Overshoot Day, which marks the moment when the amount of plastic produced exceeds the existing capability of waste management systems, arrives today (5 September). Circular Online (CIWM) · 5 Sept 2024 Policy & government Investigating variability in landfill methane emissions using air quality monitoring data This project took existing measurements of methane concentrations around a landfill and used these data in computer models to estimate methane emission rates. GOV.UK · 5 Sept 2024 Industry news BREAKING: Unilever HQ blockaded by Greenpeace in plastic pollution protest Activists and climbers shut down the entrances to Unilever’s London HQ with giant Dove products and a subverted ‘Dead Dove’ logo IMAGES: https://media.greenpeace.org/collection/27MZIFJBMBJ4G Greenpeace UK activists have shut down the entrances to Unilever’s HQ in Central London today following the firm’s ongoing failure to tackle their overwhelming plastic pollution and its recent sustainabilit… Greenpeace UK · 5 Sept 2024 Council news Register to vote - Staffordshire Moorlands District Council Staffordshire Moorlands Council · 5 Sept 2024 Council news BLAENAU GWENT COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL Report to Chair & Members of Planning Committee Report Subject Appeal Update Report – - democracy.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk Blaenau Gwent Council · 5 Sept 2024 Industry news What’s the pull for non-alcoholic draught beer? - Just Drinks Just Drinks — sustainability · 5 Sept 2024 Council news Suicide and self harm - Barnet Council Barnet Council · 4 Sept 2024 Industry news Costa Coffee announces trial of in-store coffee pod recycling with Podback 142 Costa Coffee stores across the UK will provide free coffee pod drop-off points and Podback recycling bags as part of a five-month trial. Trial locations include 133 Costa Coffee stores in Tesco and nine Costa Coffee High Street stores in Swindon. The trial makes Costa Coffee the first UK coffee chain to collaborate [...] INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 4 Sept 2024 Industry news M&S removes more than two million additional pieces of plastic packaging Marks & Spencer (M&S) has removed more than two million of additional plastic units from its food packaging, in line with its target to remove one billion plastic units by 2027/28. edie — Circular Economy tag · 4 Sept 2024 Industry news A fifth of the world’s plastic garbage is either burned or littered Patchy garbage collection services result in more than 50 million tonnes of unmanaged plastic waste each year, and the majority of this is incinerated New Scientist — Environment · 4 Sept 2024 Global FEVE expands team with the strategic appointment of Max Kemp as Senior Manager, Energy Policy FEVE (European Container Glass Federation) · 4 Sept 2024 Industry news Why two major oil and gas projects are falling apart – and what comes next The proposed Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields have suffered a big setback after the government decided not to defend them against a legal challenge. Here’s what you need to know. Greenpeace UK · 4 Sept 2024 Industry news East Ayrshire council dedicates £10m to waste management overhaul In a recent meeting, East Ayrshire council agreed on a £10 million investment in waste services, following a comprehensive review of its waste management services. The investment will take waste services from a current £2 million overspend position to achieving a reoccurring £1.7 million annual saving. The new model will allow the service to recover … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Sept 2024 Council news Resilient Schools Programme - Barnet Council Barnet Council · 4 Sept 2024 Policy & government Mr S Flemming v 21 Six Ltd: 1403097/2022 Employment Tribunal decision. GOV.UK · 4 Sept 2024 Industry news Study: Converted commercial UK properties may be unsuitable homes due to overheating New research has revealed that nearly 90,000 commercial properties in the UK, which have been converted into residential spaces under the recent relaxation of planning legislation, are at risk of overheating and becoming uninhabitable. edie — Circular Economy tag · 4 Sept 2024 Global PFAS-studie stelt dubbele beoordeling voor The post PFAS-studie stelt dubbele beoordeling voor appeared first on FEAD - European Waste Management Association . FEAD (European Waste Management Association) · 4 Sept 2024 Industry news Recycleye opens Resource HQ Recycleye has unveiled Resource HQ – it’s new facility which is set to house full-scale production of its AI-powered sorting system range. Recycleye’s growth since 2019 has meant that its existing facility in Waterloo was over capacity for delivering customer orders and executing demonstration tests. Having expanded into sectors such as WEEE and C&D sectors … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Sept 2024 Industry news Recycleye unveils new facility – Resource HQ Recycleye has unveiled its new facility, named Resource HQ, to house full-scale production of its AI-powered sorting system range.... Recycleye news · 4 Sept 2024 Industry news Amended Restoration Schemes The Planning and Environmental Protection Committee of Peterborough City Council granted consent on the 3rd September to allow the amendment of the restoration profiles for Cooks Hole Quarry and Thornhaugh Landfill Site to form one integrated landform across both sites. The scheme will result in a substantial gain in biodiversity across the site with reinstated […] Augean · 4 Sept 2024 Industry news A new chemical romance? How closer UK-EU collaboration could benefit the environment This year, CHEM Trust will be co-hosting a fringe event at the Labour Party Conference in partnership with SERA, (Labour’s Environment Campaign), ‘A new chemical romance? How closer UK-EU collaboration could benefit the environment?’ Time: 4-5pm Date: Sunday 22nd September Venue: The Labour Climate and Environment Hub, secure zone, ACC, Liverpool Chair: Will Hutton, political economist and jour… CHEM Trust · 4 Sept 2024 Industry news Join Traid’s Closet Clear-out Challenge This September we’ve launched our biggest campaign to date – Traid’s Closet Clear-out Challenge! Backed by a host of well-known... TRAID · 4 Sept 2024 Global Human stool study challenges common assumption that food & beverage packaging is the source of ingested microplastic Plastics Europe is collaborating closely with the scientific community to better understand the possible impacts of microplastics. In 2022, it… Plastics Europe · 4 Sept 2024 Global Strategic Dialogue: Farmers and NGOs reach historic consensus calling for a fair and sustainable transition for EU food and farming The new report published today [1] marks the end of seven months of debate between stakeholders (including green NGOs, consumer groups, farmers’ unions and industry actors […] European Environmental Bureau · 4 Sept 2024 Industry news Cory announces partners for its riverside CCS project Cory has announced a partnership with Shell Catalysts and Technologies and Technip Energies on its planned carbon capture and storage (CCS) project. Its proposed project will use Shell’s CANSOLV* CO2 Capture System to capture the CO2 emitted at its Riverside 1 and Riverside 2 energy-from-waste (EfW) plants in Southeast London. Once complete, the project will … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Sept 2024 Industry news Encyclis carbon capture plant granted approval Encyclis has announced that its plans to build a carbon capture plant to absorb CO2 emissions from the Protos Energy-from-Waste facility have won the approval of the local planning authority. Cheshire West and Chester council’s planning committee are said to have unanimously resolved to grant approval, subject to the completion of a Section 106 legal … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Sept 2024 Global Eco Expo Asia 2024: Unveiling New Energy Innovations for a Carbon-Zero Future Eco Expo Asia 2024 is set to return from 30 October – 2 November at the AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong, promising to be a premier event for sustainability and green technology in the Greater Bay Area. This year’s edition will introduce a brand-new “New Energy and Energy Efficiency” zone, demonstrating the fair’s commitment to advance […] Global Recycling · 4 Sept 2024 Industry news Seven ways to transform your house into an ecohome As a cutting-edge eco house training facility opens in Wiltshire, how to transform your home into a sustainable haven – and what it might cost Positive News · 4 Sept 2024 Industry news Successful ISO recertification trio for Silverlake Following rigorous audits by the British Assessment Bureau, a process which takes place every three years, Silverlake Automotive Recycling [Silverlake] is proud to have been recertified for the ISO standards 9001, 27001 and 14001. ATF Professional · 4 Sept 2024 Industry news Costa Coffee announces in-store coffee pod recycling trial Costa Coffee has announced it will trial coffee pod recycling in 142 stores across the UK. Circular Online (CIWM) · 4 Sept 2024 Industry news OPINION: ‘The surge in UK textile donations: Is the industry bursting at the seams?’ Mohammed Patel, business development manager at the Textile Recycling Association, questions whether the growing volume of textile donations reveals the deeper issue of fast fashion’s unsustainable cycles. UK textile banks and charity shops are experiencing an unprecedented surge in donations, with volumes increasing from twice to nearly four times the normal amount. While this highlights … Rea… letsrecycle.com News · 4 Sept 2024 Council news Caerphilly Active Travel Lansbury Park & Van Road - Caerphilly County Borough Council Caerphilly Council · 4 Sept 2024 Industry news Major step forward for carbon capture pathfinder project at Protos ERF - Biffa Biffa · 4 Sept 2024