Recycling news: 2017

Industry news Oxford city council edges closer to 50% recycling Work to boost the collection of food waste from homes and flats, and a recycling rewards scheme has helped to boost the recycling rates in Oxford, the city council has reported. And, according to Oxford city council, which released preliminary figures for its recycling performance for 2016/17 this week, the amount of residual waste discarded has … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Sept 2017 Industry news LARAC 2017 Awards finalists revealed The local authorities in with a shot at this year’s Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC) 2017 Celebrations Awards have been announced, as this year’s finalists are unveiled. The annual event, which is now in its ninth year, recognises the achievements and hard work of local authority recycling officers and their colleagues over the past … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Sept 2017 Industry news Georgeson calls for government action on China exports Ray Georgeson, chief executive of the reprocessing trade body, the Resource Association, has called on the UK government to ‘get on a plane to Beijing’ and to lobby the Chinese government to relax proposed tighter import controls on waste materials. Mr Georgeson made the plea during his presentation at the Kent Resource Partnership annual conference … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Sept 2017 Industry news Should Wales consider carbon based targets? Simon Gandy, principal consultant, and Brian Mayne, regional director Wales at Ricardo Energy & Environment look at whether the UK’s leading recycler, Wales should use carbon based targets as opposed to weight-based targets. Wales’ recycling performance continues to rise as the latest figures reveal the country now recycles, reuses or composts 64% – an increase from … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Sept 2017 Industry news Circular Economy package expected to be implemented Defra is working towards the expectation that the EU’s Circular Economy Package “will be adopted” and implemented in the UK even with Britain’s exit from the EU, a Defra official has reiterated. The comments came from Robert Vaughan, head of household waste at Defra, speaking at the Kent Resource Partnership conference on Friday (22 September). … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Sept 2017 Industry news News in brief (25/09/2017) With news on: FCC outlines Brexit opportunity; actions agreed to tackle black plastic packaging; companies commit to simplify food labels; and Biffa expands green waste. FCC outlines Brexit opportunity in Parliamentary Review Waste and resources business FCC Environment has featured in the latest copy of the Parliamentary Review – a document issued to politicians and … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Sept 2017 Industry news Viridor research points to recycling ‘confusion’ Research carried out on behalf of waste management company Viridor shows that the public are still confused when it comes to recycling, and many are in favour of a ‘standardised’ system. Viridor today (25 September) launches the 2017 edition of its UK Recycling Index which the company said will shed new light on the UK’s … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Sept 2017 Industry news David Attenborough: On climate change, optimism and Blue Planet II The post David Attenborough: On climate change, optimism and Blue Planet II appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 25 Sept 2017 Industry news Keir Starmer: ‘Tory Brexiteers are living in a fantasy world’ The post Keir Starmer: ‘Tory Brexiteers are living in a fantasy world’ appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 25 Sept 2017 Industry news Why heat pumps should replace gas boilers in commercial buildings Using heat pumps rather than gas boilers for heating and cooling can cut commercial building ventilation costs by 25% and provides a golden opportunity to improve city air quality, says Andrew Marsh-Patrick, Associate Director at WSP. Aldersgate Group · 24 Sept 2017 Industry news The Week in Waste – 22 September 2017 VIDEO: In this weekly news round-up video, we report on the latest developments in the Birmingham waste strikes. letsrecycle.com News · 22 Sept 2017 Industry news Amey awarded Central Beds residual waste contract Waste firm Amey has won a contract to treat household residual waste from Central Bedfordshire council at its energy from waste facility in Milton Keynes. The contract, which will begin on 1 October, will see Amey treat household kerbside residual waste for the council for three-and-a-half years. The contract will involve around 25,000 tonnes of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Sept 2017 Industry news News in brief (22/09/2017) With news on: Eunomia informs Plastic Strategy; NWH reports growth; Geminor signs export contract; Hills Group’s ‘Move to Improve’ winner; UKWSL launches energy company; and Veolia’s ‘Wonder Day’. Eunomia research to inform EU Plastics Strategy Environmental consultancy Eunomia has been appointed alongside partners ICF to help develop the evidence base for the European Commission’s upcoming … R… letsrecycle.com News · 22 Sept 2017 Industry news Odour risk ‘greatly reduced’ at Path Head landfill The Environment Agency has claimed that the potential for odour arising from the Path Head landfill site, owned by Suez, has ‘greatly reduced’. The Agency has said that the company’s efforts to tackle odour at the site have “progressed well” since issues were detected in 2016. In February last year, Suez received enforcement notices from … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Sept 2017 Industry news ‘Brexit will turn UK into a safehouse for Europe’s polluters’ The post ‘Brexit will turn UK into a safehouse for Europe’s polluters’ appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 22 Sept 2017 Industry news Birmingham waste strike on hold following court ruling Birmingham city council’s refuse collection workers will suspend strike action, following a High Court ruling over redunancies yesterday (20 September). Trade union Unite, which represents the workers, announced that the High Court had ruled in its favour, after it had sought an injunction against the council for serving redundancy notices on 113 refuse workers. As … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Sept 2017 Industry news Tesco suppliers to publish food waste data Tesco has announced ‘ground-breaking’ partnerships with suppliers, which will involve the publication of food waste data throughout the supply chain. The retailer has announced partnership agreements with 24 of its largest food suppliers who will adopt the Sustainable Development Goal to halve food waste by 2030. According to Tesco, the suppliers – who represent over … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Sept 2017 Industry news 10 Years of WEEE in the UK ERP UK’s new report looks at a decade of continual evolution since the WEEE Regulations were first introduced in the UK. Der Beitrag 10 Years of WEEE in the UK erschien zuerst auf United Kingdom (EN) . ERP UK (European Recycling Platform) · 21 Sept 2017 Industry news London’s waste ‘could rise by 1 million tonnes’ The volume of waste collected by local authorities in London could rise by up to 1 million tonnes per year if the population grows as expected over the next three decades. This is among the headline figures in a report published today (21 September) by the London Assembly Environment Committee, in which the Mayor is … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Sept 2017 Industry news Councils gear up for Recycle Week With Recycle Week less than a week away, councils around the country are preparing for the week-long event to raise awareness of recycling and waste issues. Taking place between 25 September and 1 October, Recycle Week is organised by resource charity WRAP under the Recycle Now brand. WRAP’s theme this year is ‘Recycling – It’s … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Sept 2017 Industry news UN environment chief: ‘Donald Trump can’t stop the end of the oil age’ The post UN environment chief: ‘Donald Trump can’t stop the end of the oil age’ appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 21 Sept 2017 Industry news Think of sustainable practice as a business utility Nigel Stansfield, President of Interface EMEA, reviews the sustainable business practices of Interface and urges a shift in business mindset to work towards a 'climate fit for life'. Aldersgate Group · 20 Sept 2017 Industry news Two suffer ‘serious injuries’ in Nottingham AD blast Two men have suffered serious injuries in a gas explosion at an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Nottinghamshire today (20 September), emergency services have said. The incident occurred at a site operated by food waste recycler, Bio Dynamic at the Colwick Industrial Estate near Nottingham. The East Midlands Ambulance Service confirmed it attended the incident … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2017 Industry news What we do - Marine Conservation Society Marine Conservation Society · 20 Sept 2017 Industry news Veolia targets ‘high quality’ HDPE at Dagenham bottle plant Veolia officially reopened the plastic milk bottle reprocessing plant in Dagenham yesterday (19 September), which the company has said will produce around 10,000 tonnes of high quality food grade HDPE pellets annually. The Dagenham Plastics Facility, which recycles milk bottles into HDPE pellets, was acquired by the waste management company in June last year and … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2017 Industry news 10 Years of WEEE in the UK ERP UK’s new report looks at a decade of continual evolution since the WEEE Regulations were first introduced in the UK. Der Beitrag 10 Years of WEEE in the UK erschien zuerst auf United Kingdom (EN) . ERP UK (European Recycling Platform) · 20 Sept 2017 Industry news Agency to consult on ‘risk-based’ regulation in 2018 Planned changes to the way that fees for compliance with environmental permitting regulations are assessed have been pushed back to 2018, the Environment Agency has confirmed. The Agency has been considering changes to its Operator Risk Appraisal (OPRA) scheme after launching an ‘informal’ consultation on the system in April this year. The EA has been … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2017 Industry news Viridor highlights EfW investment in sustainability report Viridor has outlined its continued investment in energy recovery facilities, in the company’s latest sustainability report, released this week. In its Sustainability Report 2017, the waste and resources management company has aligned its progress with the UN’s Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs), which were adoptedin 2015. Introducing the report, Phil Piddington managing director at Viridor… letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2017 Industry news New Landfill Tax Measures Tackle Rogue Waste Operators The post New Landfill Tax Measures Tackle Rogue Waste Operators appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 20 Sept 2017 Industry news The Alu D&T Challenge is back! The UK’s aluminium industry is on the search for the designers and engineers of the future as it launches this year’s Alu D&T Challenge. Secondary schools throughout the UK are invited to take part in the Challenge which aims to teach 11-14 year olds about sustainable design. The Challenge includes an opportunity for students to […] Alupro · 20 Sept 2017 Industry news 18 tonnes of e-waste recycled in Cambridge Annual event collects a total of 18.6 tonnes of e-waste for recycling Der Beitrag 18 tonnes of e-waste recycled in Cambridge erschien zuerst auf United Kingdom (EN) . ERP UK (European Recycling Platform) · 19 Sept 2017 Industry news Bradford to sign ‘milestone’ 12-year waste contract Bradford council will reach a “major milestone” on Thursday (21 September) as it signs a 12-year contract for waste treatment with Associated Waste Management (AWM). The Yorkshire-based company was named in April as the preferred bidder to treat Bradford’s 150,000 tonnes of waste per year at its £17.5 million waste facility in Stourton, south Leeds. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Sept 2017 Industry news HSE outlines safety plan for waste and recycling sector The Health and Safety Executive has targeted a reduction in injuries and fatalities to waste workers caused by moving machinery, in its latest plan for the sector. HSE has published sector plans this week (18 September) for 19 industry sectors covering areas including waste and recycling as well as agriculture and manufacturing. Each plan sets … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Sept 2017 Industry news Birmingham waste workers vote to continue strike Birmingham refuse workers involved in a long-running dispute over potential job cuts, yesterday (18 September) voted to continue strike action. Trade union Unite, which represents the council’s refuse workers, said action could run up until Christmas after 92.4% of workers voted in favour of the motion at a second ballot. The current mandate for industrial … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Sept 2017 Industry news New coal plants still going into operation in China’s water-stressed areas The post New coal plants still going into operation in China’s water-stressed areas appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 19 Sept 2017 Industry news Wigan prepares for collections overhaul Wigan council has set forth a major communications campaign to introduce changes to its waste and recycling service at the end of September, which include a switch to a three-weekly residual waste collection. Speaking to letsrecycle.com, Paul Barton, assistant director for environment for Wigan council, said the local authority had been working closely with WRAP and … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Sept 2017 Industry news Why recycle? Because it’s worth it As Recycle Week gears up for its launch next week (25 September), Peter Maddox, director at WRAP provides an insight into this year’s campaign on the value of recycling. Many of us working in the waste and recycling industry know the economic and environmental value of recycling. For the rest of the UK public however, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Sept 2017 Industry news Coffee Cup Inquiry Relaunched The post Coffee Cup Inquiry Relaunched appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 19 Sept 2017 Industry news Cory selected as preferred bidder for Tower Hamlets contract Cory Riverside Energy has been confirmed as the preferred bidder for Tower Hamlets council’s residual waste disposal contract – and is in line to take the contract over from Veolia. The contract, which could run for up to 17 years, is worth between £170m and £250m over its lifespan. Veolia had previously held a contract … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Sept 2017 Industry news Chris Joins CSG Driver Audit Team Fareham-based independent waste haulage group CSG has promoted Chris Hanrahan (47) to its three-man team of Service and Performance Auditors. The team oversees driver training and performance across the company’s vehicle fleet – one of the largest operated in the UK waste industry. Chris, an HGV 1 & 2 qualified driver, has worked for the […] CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 18 Sept 2017