Recycling news: 2013

Industry news Top 5 fixes of 2013 So hard to choose our favourite fixes of the year, after seeing hundreds of devices and working with their owners! We picked these together with our volunteer Restarters because they each have something to tell us about how we can revive electronics repair, and be more resilient, together. The Restart Project · 31 Dec 2013 Industry news 12 days of Christmas turkey strogonoff Christmas is a distant memory again, but the turkey sitting in the fridge reminds us of full bellies. Here’s a simple use-it-up supper based on a strogonoff recipe Zero Waste Week · 31 Dec 2013 Industry news UK Wood Recycling fire left to burn out Fire Brigade decides best option is to leave fire by Wilton biomass plant to burn itself out letsrecycle.com News · 31 Dec 2013 Industry news OBE for re-use sector’s Craig Anderson Furniture Re-use Network chief executive welcomes recognition for sector through awarding of OBE letsrecycle.com News · 31 Dec 2013 Industry news Scottish businesses prepare for new waste regs Businesses ready themselves for new waste regulations which come into force on January 1 2014, but some warn of need for strong enforcement action letsrecycle.com News · 30 Dec 2013 Industry news Flying the flag for Scotland As businesses across Scotland prepare for the introduction of new waste regulations in January 2014, Iain Gulland, director of Zero Waste Scotland, reflects on the progress made so far. letsrecycle.com News · 30 Dec 2013 Council news Home - South Ayrshire Council - South Ayrshire Council South Ayrshire Council · 27 Dec 2013 Industry news Agency responds to ‘whistleblower’ criticism Website Inside the Environment Agency purported to be written by Agency insider, criticises EAs current staffing and budgetary levels letsrecycle.com News · 24 Dec 2013 Industry news East Cambs moves to safeguard commingling EXCLUSIVE: Council report argues separate collections would not be 'technically, environmentally and economically practicable' letsrecycle.com News · 24 Dec 2013 Industry news SITA consortium signs 1.2bn Merseyside deal Waste management firm and bidding partners sign 30-year contract with Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority letsrecycle.com News · 24 Dec 2013 Policy & government Don’t increase your Christmas waste-line We now recycle more than we send to landfill. Keep this up over the holidays and ensure as much or your rubbish is recycled as possible. GOV.UK · 23 Dec 2013 Industry news Product news in brief With news on: SWM Recycling conveyor, Worsley Plant crushing bucket, Xtreme metal detector, UKWSL anniversary, and on; Macpresse letsrecycle.com News · 23 Dec 2013 Industry news Wiltshire collection crew and vehicle cuts expected County council plans to alter collection crew working hours, cut jobs and reduce the number of refuse vehicles in savings bid letsrecycle.com News · 23 Dec 2013 Industry news Devon awards glass and paper recycling contracts Paper firm Palm Recycling and glass recycler Berryman secure contracts worth combined total of 11m to four Devon authorities letsrecycle.com News · 23 Dec 2013 Industry news Defra launches waste guidance consultation Proposed amendments to guidance for waste management regulations launched for consultation by government letsrecycle.com News · 23 Dec 2013 Industry news WEEE export: an inconvenient truth Peter Hunt of WasteCare says more work is needed to stamp down on the illegal export of WEEE letsrecycle.com News · 23 Dec 2013 Policy & government Why pay farmers to protect birds? Decisions are due by the Government on the next round of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Specifically, Defra ministers… Climate Change Committee · 20 Dec 2013 Industry news North London seeking in-house waste service North London Waste Authority seeking to develop in-house-run EfW plant alongside existing facility in Edmonton to treat residual waste from boroughs in the area letsrecycle.com News · 20 Dec 2013 Industry news Transformational year for SITA UK VIDEO REPORT: David Palmer-Jones says good progress has been made on infrastructure but guidance from government could go a long way letsrecycle.com News · 20 Dec 2013 Industry news Celebrities back Christmas card recycling Stars encourage use of M&Ss Christmas card recycling scheme as Sainsburys increases coverage of initiative with FSC letsrecycle.com News · 20 Dec 2013 Industry news Christmas round-up With news on: Oxfordshire message; Viridor 'Twelve Days' festive film; BIU Group tree decorations; MRWA 'shop smart', and on; NI Christmas letsrecycle.com News · 20 Dec 2013 Industry news From mistakes to plastics at ISWA Jeff Cooper, chair of the UK section of the International Solid Waste Association, and a past president, reports on the recent ISWA congress held in Vienna letsrecycle.com News · 20 Dec 2013 Industry news European aluminium beverage can recycling at record level of 68% The overall recycling rate for aluminium beverage cans in the EU27 + EFTA countries increased to a new record level of 68% in 2011. If the collection of cans in the remaining European countries and Turkey is included this means that more than 25 billion cans are recycled in Europe annually. This represents a total amount of 365,000 tonnes of recycled aluminium, avoiding 3 million tonnes of gree… Alupro · 19 Dec 2013 Industry news Organised waste crime damaging N. Ireland Mills Report finds Northern Ireland is vulnerable to illegal waste dumping and calls for tougher regulations letsrecycle.com News · 19 Dec 2013 Industry news Northamptonshire assesses charge for HWRC use County council proposes review of service looking at the feasibility of charging for use and opening times in a bid to save 1 million over the next five years letsrecycle.com News · 19 Dec 2013 Industry news South Lanarkshire council fined in driver case Local authority forced to pay 50k after refuse vehicle operator suffered life-changing crush injuries letsrecycle.com News · 19 Dec 2013 Industry news Plain English communications award for Pendle Borough council only local authority to receive 2013 award for clear and well written material letsrecycle.com News · 19 Dec 2013 Policy & government Welsh Secretary publishes draft Wales Bill Legislation set to deliver ambitious package for Wales. GOV.UK · 18 Dec 2013 Industry news Defra stumped over future C&I waste volumes Colin Church admits government needs more reliable commercial and industrial waste data at House of Lords inquiry letsrecycle.com News · 18 Dec 2013 Industry news News in brief With news on; Scotland passes landfill tax; competency certificate deadline; WRAP electrical plan; SWR and ECA team up, and; Islington recycling letsrecycle.com News · 18 Dec 2013 Industry news Berryman fined after teenagers arm crushed Glass recycling firm 'sincerely regrets' incident which saw teenage temporary worker's arm drawn into glass separating machine in June 2012 letsrecycle.com News · 18 Dec 2013 Industry news Two explosions among catastrophic AD failures Environment Agency reiterates need for regulations after seven incidents at anaerobic digestion plants letsrecycle.com News · 17 Dec 2013 Industry news PDM to begin 6 million Doncaster AD expansion ReFood AD plant in Doncaster will double in size as result of expansion, which is due to start in January 2014 letsrecycle.com News · 17 Dec 2013 Industry news List of England’s waste projects published by Defra Department details projects which were used to inform its 2020 waste arisings and treatment capacity forecast letsrecycle.com News · 17 Dec 2013 Industry news APP wins permission for Tyseley gasification plant With the ETI competition deadline nearing, APP has site approval while Broadgreen also secures support in Sandwell letsrecycle.com News · 17 Dec 2013 Industry news Tomato firm looks to use heat from SITA EfW SITA UKs joint venture with Suffolk could heat giant commercial greenhouses for growing tomatoes letsrecycle.com News · 17 Dec 2013 Industry news Defra proposes amending glass recycling targets One month consultation lists options that would lower current target of 81% which could see PRN prices fall letsrecycle.com News · 17 Dec 2013 Industry news Bristol firm acts to boost skip separation levels VIDEO REPORT: Skip hire firms are assessing options over trommel fines processing one Bristol firm has acted to better sort material letsrecycle.com News · 16 Dec 2013 Industry news Ealing to roll out recycling incentives from 2014 West London borough allocates 700,620 from DCLG funding for non-weight based rewards scheme letsrecycle.com News · 16 Dec 2013 Industry news Bedfordshire abandons 25-year waste project Shortlisted bidders Viridor and New Earth Solutions/Remondis miss out as council ends procurement of 25-year residual and organic waste contract letsrecycle.com News · 16 Dec 2013