Recycling news: 2015

Industry news Broxbourne braced for waste collection changes A new household waste collection system will be rolled out across Broxbourne from next week in a bid to reduce the cost of sending refuse to landfill. From Monday (October 5), residents in the Hertfordshire borough will see their purple sacks replaced with 180-litre wheeled bins for residual waste – which will be collected fortnightly … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 1 Oct 2015 Industry news Scottish MRF code comes into effect Scottish materials recycling facility (MRF) operators are required to measure the quality of the recyclable material that they receive and sort from today (October 1). The requirements, which are a part of the Waste (Recyclate Quality) (Scotland) Regulations 2015, mirror similar legislation in place in England and Wales, which have been in effect for 12 … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 1 Oct 2015 Industry news Scotland sees minor recycling growth in 2014 Scotland’s councils recycled and composted 42.8% of the country’s household waste in 2014 – an increase of just 0.6% from the previous year’s performance, official data published today (September 30) suggests. The figures come 12 months after it was revealed that nine of Scotland’s 32 local authorities had missed the Scottish Government’s target to recycle … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 30 Sept 2015 Industry news Multi-million pound investment to fuel Keenan expansion A family-owned composting business in eastern Scotland has announced the injection of around £2.2 million in finance from the Business Growth Fund, as it seeks to expand its operation across Scotland. Keenan Recycling, which is headquartered in New Deer in Aberdeenshire, announced the BGF funding on Monday (September 28), and is seeking to secure a … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 30 Sept 2015 Industry news Southend set for Veolia collection handover Veolia is due to begin waste and recycling collections in Southend-on-Sea next week, under a new contract believed to be worth up to £150 million. The arrangement, which is set to turn for 15 and a half years, also includes street cleaning, graffiti removal, operation of the Essex borough’s HWRCs and construction of a waste … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 30 Sept 2015 Industry news Biffa acquires PHS chemical waste business Waste management firm Biffa has today (September 30) announced the acquisition of PHS Group’s Chemical Treatment arm in a move to expand its hazardous waste business. The sale includes the Group’s Chemical Waste business in Burscough, Stevenage and Atherstone, De-Pack in Loughborough, Recyclite in Attleborough and Spill Control in Tamworth. The acquisition will see an … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 30 Sept 2015 Industry news MRF regulations ‘a work in progress’ Jakob Rindegren, recycling policy advisor at the Environmental Services Association (ESA) discussess the latest raft of data released through the materials recycling facility (MRF) regulations. This October the requirements in the MRF Regulations will have been in force for a year. This includes the sampling of input and output material according to set weights and … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 30 Sept 2015 Industry news McCarthy slams government’s record on food waste Labour’s shadow environment secretary, the anti-food waste campaigner Kerry McCarthy, has slammed the government’s record on issues around waste, as well as its work on air quality and flooding. The Bristol West MP was appointed to the shadow Defra post following the election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the opposition this month. In her … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Sept 2015 Industry news MSP calls for Dumfries to suspend recycling rollout An MSP for South Scotland has called on Dumfries and Galloway council to suspend the rollout of its new five-bin collection system – which is more than £400,000 over budget. Scottish Parliament member Jim Hume has urged the council to ‘rethink’ its position following the revelations, which were issued in a report presented to the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Sept 2015 Industry news Refuse workers at risk from ‘unsafe’ air pollution Trade union GMB has reiterated its calls for improved design of collection routes and local air quality monitoring in order to protect frontline refuse workers exposed to ‘unsafe’ levels of traffic pollution in the UK. The union yesterday (September 28) published its own analysis of the government’s 2015 air quality data, showing that levels of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Sept 2015 Industry news Scottish councils seeking ‘consistent’ waste policies Scottish councils are being encouraged to sign up to a recycling collections charter with the aim of establishing ‘consistency’ amongst collection strategies for each of the country’s 32 local authorities. Work on the charter is being led by the Zero Waste Taskforce, a joint initiative between the Scottish Government, the Confederation of Scottish Local Authorities … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Sept 2015 Industry news Gent Fairhead seeks further variation for Essex plant The developer of an estimated 1.4 million tonne capacity energy recovery centre in Essex has applied to change the design and size of its facility, which would include increased throughput of waste-derived fuel. Gent Fairhead & Co. submitted a planning variation to Essex county council at the end of July requesting changes to the size … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Sept 2015 Industry news Producer responsibility and recycling on ISWA agenda Jeff Cooper of the International Solid Waste Association reports from its recent annual congress in Antwerp, Belgium The International Solid Waste Association’s Annual Congress was held in the City of Antwerp in early September 2015. Thanks to the strange portfolio of responsibilities of the Antwerp vice-mayor Philip Heylen, which includes both waste management and cultural … Read More The post… letsrecycle.com News · 28 Sept 2015 Industry news New chief executive appointed at Environment Agency Sir James Bevan has today (September 28) been announced as the new chief executive of the government’s environmental regulatory body the Environment Agency. Following a “competitive recruitment process”, Sir James has been chosen as the replacement for Paul Leinster, who left the chief executive role on Friday (September 25) after 17 years at the Agency. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Sept 2015 Industry news Viridor and Shanks anticipate financial progress Energy from waste operations are expected to yield financial benefits for Viridor in the first half of 2015/16 despite commodity market pressure, parent firm Pennon Group has announced today (September 28). And, Shanks Group has also posted a pre-trading update suggesting its municipal division has made ‘good progress’ over the first half of the year. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Sept 2015 Industry news Consent order for North London ERF to be submitted Members of the North London Waste Authority (NLWA) have approved the submission of plans for the replacement energy recovery facility, to be located at the Edmonton EcoPark near Tottenham. On Friday (September 25), the Authority approved the submission of an application for a Development Consent Order for the facility – a planning application for infrastructure … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Sept 2015 Industry news Leading the Transition to a Circular Economy | Ellen MacArthur Foundation - Ellen MacArthur Foundation Ellen MacArthur Foundation — News · 26 Sept 2015 Industry news Vehicle and plant round-up (25/09/15) With news on; Ecogen baler purchase; RVS rolls out RediTruck service; Samson Containers skips in Scotland; Tana ‘smart’ drum screen, and; Hambleton council awards fleet contract Ecogen Recycling in baler capacity boost Ecogen Recycling Ltd has increased throughput of its Hampshire-based operations by installing a new automatic 50-tonne press force baler. The machinery, supplied … Read More The … letsrecycle.com News · 25 Sept 2015 Industry news Councils continuing to ramp up PTT collections Councils are continuing to make progress to increase collections of waste plastics, recycling body Recoup has claimed, including an increase in the number of local authorities collecting PTT for recycling. The comments were made by Recoup chief executive Stuart Foster at the organisation’s annual conference and AGM in Peterborough yesterday (September 24). Mr Foster also … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Sept 2015 Industry news ACN Europe celebrates paper export milestone A waste paper exporter has celebrated shipping its millionth container of recyclables from Europe to the Far East. American Chung Nam BV (ACN Europe) celebrated the milestone at the ECT Euromax terminal in Rotterdam, Holland, earlier this month. The firm, which was founded in 2000 by US-based ACN, exports paper and plastics from over 20 … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Sept 2015 Industry news The Week in Waste – 25 September 2015 Take a look at the ‘Week in Waste’ video report. In this week’s report by letsrecycle.com, sponsored by Biffa, we aim to give you a snapshot of the news in the world of recycling and waste management. This week we report on two big tax stories, including raids on waste sites in the North East … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Sept 2015 Industry news MRF operators ‘must comply’ with data reporting Concerns over waste operator compliance have been raised following publication of the latest quarterly data for materials recycling facilities (MRFs) in England and Wales today (September 24). Resource Association chief executive Ray Georgeson queried why just 85 MRFs in England submitted data on their input and output tonnages for January to March (Q1) 2015 – … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Sept 2015 Industry news NWH Group acquires DJ Laing’s waste operations Edinburgh-based NWH Waste Services Ltd has acquired the business and assets of DJ Laing’s waste management operations in Dundee for an undisclosed sum. Both parties have signed an agreement which will see the waste recycling business continue to trade as DJ Laing Waste Management “for an interim period” after it transfers to NWH during October. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Sept 2015 Industry news Fife launches four-weekly collection trial A pilot scheme to collect residual waste every four weeks has been launched by Fife council – the first trial of its kind in the UK. And, a separate trial to monitor the impact of three weekly refuse collections on households in the Scottish district has also been set up. The trials started yesterday (September … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Sept 2015 Industry news Landfill reduction to feature in EU circular package Early indications from Brussels regarding the Circular Economy package ‘mark 2’ suggest that it will contain a big focus on reducing the use of landfill. Alongside the measures to reduce landfill there will be a push for more energy recovery but slightly less emphasis on recycling. The overall recycling target is likely to be reduced … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Sept 2015 Industry news Storage Boost for CSG’s Oil Recovery Programme Construction of a huge new storage tank capable of holding 800 cubic metres of Recovered Fuel Oil (RFO) is nearing completion at waste management company Cleansing Service Group’s (CSG) hazardous waste treatment facility at Cadishead, near Manchester. The £150,000 bespoke tank has been manufactured on site, with seven sections being welded together before the 10 […] CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 23 Sept 2015 Industry news Cardiff bin fall injures MGB sub-contractor A delivery operative involved in distributing wheeled bins to households in Cardiff has been taken to hospital after an estimated 100kg stack fell on him this morning (September 23). The worker, who was described by police as a delivery driver, was taken to the University Hospital of Wales with head and neck injuries following the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Sept 2015 Industry news UK EfW overcapacity ‘a myth’, claims Biffa report The prospect of the UK energy from waste (EfW) capacity outstripping the tonnage of residual waste available for treatment is ‘a myth’, according to a report published by waste management firm Biffa, today (September 23). ‘The Reality Gap: UK residual waste treatment capacity – making sense of the arguments’, was published by the High Wycombe-based … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Sept 2015 Industry news Hounslow to bring waste collections in-house Hounslow council has confirmed plans to bring its waste and recycling collections in-house from October 2016 – as part of a wider overhaul of the service which could include an end to kerbside sorting. The West London borough voted to bring collections back under local authority control at a meeting of the council’s cabinet yesterday … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Sept 2015 Industry news Committee examines volatility in PRN system Reducing the volatility in the PRN system rather than scrapping it altogether is the current focus of the government’s Advisory Committee on Packaging, according to ACP chair Phil Conran. Speaking about his committee’s work in assisting government with the development of packaging waste policy, Mr Conran said that the focus was on ensuring that the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Sept 2015 Industry news Fourteen arrested in landfill fraud dawn raids An investigation into a suspected £78 million landfill tax fraud has seen 14 people arrested across the North East of England and Yorkshire this morning (September 23). The early morning raid was conducted by 180 officers from Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) with support from the Environment Agency and local police forces. The teams … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Sept 2015 Industry news Innovations on display at RWM 2015 A number of new innovations and products were on display at last week’s RWM exhibtion at Birmingham’s NEC, letsrecycle.com offers you a round-up of some of the highlights. Dennis Eagle launches two new narrow vehicles Vehicle manufacturer Dennis Eagle celebrated the launch of not one but two new waste collection trucks at RWM this year. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Sept 2015 Industry news Agency attempts to simplify PRN accreditation Moves by the Environment Agency to streamline the ‘onerous’ PRN accreditation process have been broadly welcomed by figures in the waste and recycling sector. However, some have raised concerns that changes relating to accreditation for paper PRNs have been rushed through and may make it harder in some respects to issue PRNs. Late last month, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Sept 2015 Industry news Defra pulls final round of Waste Prevention Fund Defra has axed the final round of its Innovation in Waste Prevention Fund, claiming it is unlikely to generate any fresh ideas on how to prevent waste. The £800,000 fund, coordinated by the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP), had been set to run in three phases over two years to promote waste prevention and … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Sept 2015 Industry news Interim results – six months ended 30 June 2015 We are pleased to announce our interim results: Group financial highlights From continuing operations and excluding exceptional items Operational highlights and strategic developments Outlook I am pleased with the Group’s performance in the first half of the year, where we delivered double digit growth in Group revenue and pre-tax profit, along with continued improvement in […] Augean · 22 Sept 2015 Industry news Blackpool ‘should have charged’ VAT on collections Blackpool council is awaiting ‘further guidance’ from HMRC on whether to backdate VAT on trade waste collections it should have charged to clients outside of its local boundary. In a letter seen by letsrecycle.com, Blackpool commercial waste manager John Paul-Lovie wrote to one of the council’s customers in June announcing that the council ‘should have … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Sept 2015 Industry news Stobart signs supply contract for Teesside biomass plant Stobart Energy has won a contract to supply around 250,000 tonnes of waste wood fuel per year to a Teesside biomass plant in what is likely to be seen as a further boost to the UK’s waste wood sector. The fourteen year agreement, with energy firm Eco2 and investment partner Temporis Capital, is the second … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Sept 2015 Industry news AWM and Suez to retain Calderdale contracts Calderdale council has today (September 21) announced that it is to renew its waste and recycling collection and treatment contracts which were due to expire next year. Suez will continue to collect waste and recyclables on behalf of the West Yorkshire-based authority until 2024, while Associated Waste Management (AWM) will process the council’s non-recyclables into … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Sept 2015 Industry news Little appetite for strict RDF standard at RWM Environment Agency and waste industry officials expressed little appetite for a ‘strict’ RDF treatment standard and agreed exports of the material are showing signs of levelling off, during an RWM panel session last week. Speaking during a panel discussion on the future of RDF export at the annual Birmingham exhibition on Wednesday (September 16), senior … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Sept 2015 Industry news Suez opens £18 million SRF facility in Rugby Recycling and waste management firm Suez has officially unveiled its new £18 million Rugby solid recovered fuel (SRF) production facility, which will feed the UK’s largest cement kiln next door. Owned and operated by Suez, the Rugby SRF plant has been two years in development in partnership with cement manufacturer Cemex, with the two firms … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Sept 2015