Recycling news: 2019

Industry news Why HS2’s groundwater impacts are under scrutiny - ENDS Report ENDS Report · 31 Oct 2019 Industry news Recycling policies face election uncertainty The move by MPs to yesterday overwhelmingly back a snap election has cast uncertainty over the future of policies governing waste and recycling. Last night, MPs voted for an election on December 12, which means that any parliamentary business – including the Environment Bill – will lapse when parliament dissolves next week. The bill would … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 30 Oct 2019 Industry news Villiers defends compliance scheme system Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers has been pressured to justify the existence of over 50 compliance schemes which MPs have claimed lead to less environmentally-friendly waste disposal practises. Whilst appearing before the Environmental Audit Committee yesterday (29 October), Ms Villiers was questioned by Anna McMorrin – Labour MP for Cardiff North – on the compliance arrangements … Read M… letsrecycle.com News · 30 Oct 2019 Industry news Making Sense of the Ofgem Guidance on Supplying Electricity to Chargepoints and EVs Negative emissions (sometimes also referred to as Greenhouse Gas Removals or GGRs) are achieved when we remove carbon dioxide from the earth’s atmosphere. REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 30 Oct 2019 Industry news The Biosphere: Global limits of human habitability Here, Dr Steven Running dives into the questions of Net Primary Product and ongoing climate change, to illuminate what the global limits of the biosphere are. Open Access Government — Environment · 30 Oct 2019 Industry news Alupro Extends OPRL’s Materials Reach Alupro is joining OPRL’s guarantors to add aluminium packaging recycling to the partnership of paper and card, cartons and plastic packaging recycling organisations alongside local authority and brand and retailer recycling interests. The on-pack recycling labelling run by OPRL Ltd, the rapidly growing not-for-profit, embraces all packaging materials in a unified scheme understood and acted on … Alupro · 30 Oct 2019 Industry news Work-related ill health ‘impacts 4.5% of workers’ Statistics released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) today have shown that around 4.5% of workers in the waste industry suffered from work-related ill health in 2018/19. According to the body’s annual report, there were an estimated 6,000 work-related ill health cases (new or long-standing) in the sector, which is “significantly higher” than other … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 30 Oct 2019 Industry news Manchester contract boosts growth at Suez The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) waste contracts have helped to boost Suez’s financial results for the first nine months of 2019. The global waste management company today (October 30) posted its latest figures showing a “strong performance” during the period to September. Globally Suez made revenue of €13,127 million (£11,329m) with each division of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 30 Oct 2019 Industry news CHEM Trust urges UK Food Standards Agency to take action on PFAS chemical pollution CHEM Trust has written to the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) to urge action on harmful ‘Forever Chemicals’, PFAS. Our letter follows our recently published briefing on PFAS, a large family of over 4,000 perfluorinated chemicals to which people are being exposed via drinking water, food and consumer products. Our letter highlights important questions regarding […] CHEM Trust · 30 Oct 2019 Industry news Amey to meet union as Surrey strikes loom Amey is set to meet with union representatives on Friday in a last-ditch attempt to avert strikes by waste collectors in two Surrey districts next week. The utilities giant is hoping to come to an agreement with employees working in Elmbridge and Surrey Heath. Refuse collectors and street cleaners who are members of the GMB union … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 30 Oct 2019 Industry news Scotland Legislates On Single-Use Cup Charge The post Scotland Legislates On Single-Use Cup Charge appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 30 Oct 2019 Industry news Positive Progress Towards Targets Revealed in Provisional Q3 Packaging Data The post Positive Progress Towards Targets Revealed in Provisional Q3 Packaging Data appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 30 Oct 2019 Industry news Environment Bill ‘needs to continue’ despite election The environment secretary Theresa Villiers has said the Environment Bill needs to continue regardless of when parliament dissolves for a general election. The comments come as an early election in December looks likely as the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn today backed the proposal. Ms Villiers was speaking during the bill’s second reading in parliament yesterday … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Oct 2019 Industry news Tradebe receives permit for healthcare waste plant Tradebe has been granted an environmental permit for a waste treatment facility in Bellshill, near Glasgow, which will process nearly 25,000 tonnes of healthcare waste a year. The plant is being developed under a 10-year contract between NHS Scotland and Tradebe Healthcare, the healthcare arm of Spanish-owned waste management business Tradebe. Awarded in February 2019 … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Oct 2019 Industry news UK and EU prepare for single use plastic bans Single use plastic products are no longer just being discouraged – both the UK and the European Union are set to make some of these products illegal. As Defra produces draft legislation banning plastic straws, cotton buds and stirrers and the EU continues work on its SUPs directive, Lucy Pegg examines the details of the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Oct 2019 Industry news Veolia hails ‘twice as efficient’ EfW Energy from waste facilities can be twice as efficient as conventional power plants and could help the UK to avoid an impending ‘energy crisis’. That is the message from recycling and energy giant Veolia which this week (October 28) launched a report entitled ‘Keeping the Lights on: Operating without fossil fuels’. Introducing the report, Veolia … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Oct 2019 Industry news Halkali-Kapikule railway breaks ground - KHL Group Demolition & Recycling International (KHL) · 29 Oct 2019 Industry news Evidence shows glass in Deposit Return Schemes drives increase in plastic - British Glass British Glass news · 29 Oct 2019 Industry news What scares us most about Halloween? Waste You don’t need ghost stories or horror films to make Halloween scary. Here’s a scary fact for you: 83 million plastic bottles worth of plastic are used to make Halloween costumes alone. That’s 2,000 tonnes of plastic waste that doesn’t even include the props, the decorations, tricks or treats. Got you worried? So how can […] Planet Patrol · 29 Oct 2019 Industry news Expanding horizons – environmental legislation With the UK set to leave the European Union , Christie Fawke advises businesses to find out what environmental legislation is in place when looking to expand retail horizons and outlines how Valpak can help businesses to comply overseas. Valpak · 28 Oct 2019 Industry news Contract and charging changes at Richmond upon Thames West London borough Richmond upon Thames is to start charging residents on a weight basis for DIY waste from 2 December 2019, partly because the authority’s budget is being hit by DIY disposal costs. A minimum fee of £41 will be imposed. And, the council is also in the throes of appointing a new contractor … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Oct 2019 Industry news Ward Investing £1.25million in new Liebherr material handlers Multi-award winning, metal and waste recycling specialist, Ward, has invested £1.25 million in four new material handlers from global construction... Ward Recycling · 28 Oct 2019 Industry news Glass DRS ‘best for planet and consumers’ The inclusion of glass in Scotland’s proposed Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) is best “both for the planet and for consumers”, says Zero Waste Scotland. The comments come in response to heavy criticism from the glass industry over the material being part of an upcoming DRS. Trade association British Glass claims including glass could push up … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Oct 2019 Industry news Councils spend over a million pounds on reuse furniture! In less than 3 years the Circular Communities Scotland Reuse Consortium has provided approximately 11,000 items of quality reuse furniture, equating to over 500 tonnes diverted from landfill. Four local authorities are currently purchasing from the Consortium, using their Scottish Welfare Fund or other Council budgets to support people in need by providing essential household [...] Circular Communities Scotland · 28 Oct 2019 Industry news Warnings that glass DRS will push plastic use Including glass bottles in a forthcoming Scottish Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) could push up the use of plastic drinks containers, the glass sector trade association British Glass has warned. The organisation has reported that DRS schemes in Germany, Finland and Croatia which include glass have led to brands and consumers favouring plastic packaging for products. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Oct 2019 Industry news Vehicle news round-up (24/10/19) With news on; Macpac gets cash injection from Michelin; Grundon expands Bristol fleet; Hambleton introduces electric vehicles, and; Smiths Ltd recycles its fleet. Macpac gets cash injection from Michelin A County Antrim-based refuse body manufacturer is expanding following a £40,000 cash injection from Michelin Development. Macpac Refuse Bodies builds and fits specialist units to waste … Read M… letsrecycle.com News · 28 Oct 2019 Industry news Degrowth and the Green New Deal - The Ecologist The Ecologist · 28 Oct 2019 Industry news Recycle | Cup Movement - Keep Scotland Beautiful Keep Scotland Beautiful · 27 Oct 2019 Industry news Cup Movement® - Keep Scotland Beautiful Keep Scotland Beautiful · 27 Oct 2019 Industry news British butterflies and moths at risk from climate change Scientists speak out on why climate change impacts the decline of British butterflies and moths, such as Silver-studded Blue and High Brown Fritillary butterflies. Open Access Government — Environment · 25 Oct 2019 Industry news N. Ireland hits 50% target 18 months early Northern Ireland’s councils have exceeded a 50% recycling rate – hitting their 2020 target 18 months early. Data for July 2018 to June 2019 shows that households in the region are recycling and composting more waste than ever before, recording an exact rate of 50.4%. The landfill rate has continued to fall in response, falling … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Oct 2019 Industry news ISWA Congress in Bilbao 2019 Pay as you throw; the public walking into waste collectors; plastics in the sea; and reducing needs to reduce resource use: all these and more were on the agenda of the latest ISWA Congress, as reported by Jeff Cooper, a former ISWA and CIWM president. The 29th ISWA Congress took place at the Euskalduna Congress … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Oct 2019 Industry news The Metal Drum Company The post The Metal Drum Company appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 25 Oct 2019 Industry news Sonoco Metal Packaging – Food The post Sonoco Metal Packaging – Food appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 25 Oct 2019 Industry news Surrey scraps HWRC wood charge plans Surrey county council is set to scrap plans to charge for construction wood at its household waste and recycling centres (HWRCs). And, the council will also halt the planned closure of four facilities and instead seek savings through other means, including “the implementation of initiatives to reduce waste volumes further”. Cost saving The proposals had … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Oct 2019 Industry news Girlguiding calls on government to support its #PlasticPromise campaign Almost half a million Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, Rangers and volunteers across the UK are calling on the government to join their #PlasticPromise campaign. Open Access Government — Environment · 25 Oct 2019 Industry news One year with the Jewellery Quarter Business Improvement District! - First Mile First Mile · 25 Oct 2019 Industry news Key factors inhibiting businesses from changing the way they use plastic Justin Robinson, Development Manager at EarthWatch, explains the Group's findings on why businesses often struggle to change the way they use plastic. Aldersgate Group · 24 Oct 2019 Industry news Clean Streets heroes celebration event The post Clean Streets heroes celebration event appeared first on Bristol Waste Company . Bristol Waste Company · 24 Oct 2019 Industry news Community Wood Recyclers Build Outdoor Classroom Community Wood Recyclers have worked to build an outdoor classroom for children near a major development to enjoy. Community Wood Recycling · 24 Oct 2019