Recycling news: 2015

Industry news HMRC ‘overwhelmed’ by landfill tax claims EXCLUSIVE: HMRC’s attempt to suspend a judicial review of landfill tax repayments – which is being initiated by a coalition of major waste companies led by Veolia – has been thrown out by the Court of Appeal. The appeal dismissal comes as Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs disclosed that an ‘almost overwhelming’ number of landfill … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jul 2015 Industry news News in Brief 21/07/2015 With news on: Torbay incentive scheme; REPIC WEEE survey; Keenan central belt expansion; Defra bag charge artwork; and an Accent Wire acquisition Torbay Green Points incentive scheme launched Torbay council in Devon is the latest to launch its ‘Green Points’ recycling incentive scheme aimed at encouraging residents to reduce, reuse and recycle. Launched yesterday (July … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jul 2015 Industry news HSE probes Boden’s-owned wood flour mill explosion The cause of explosions last Friday (July 17) at the Cheshire wood flour mill owned by a subsidiary of wood recycling firm Boden’s are being investigated by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). A total of 15 fire engines as well as police and ambulance services were in attendance at the scene on Tunstall Road … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jul 2015 Industry news English cities hit by rising waste tonnages A steady increase in municipal and household waste arisings across urban areas in England could prove costly for local authorities already struggling to budget for recycling services, experts have warned. Figures recorded by North London, Merseyside and Greater Manchester disposal authorities since 2013/14 show that the amount of municipal waste – waste received by businesses … Read More The po… letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jul 2015 Industry news Recycle Force remains open despite fire at Corby MRF Northamptonshire-based recycling firm Recycle Force remains ‘open for business’ despite a fire which caused damage to its materials recycling facility (MRF) this weekend, the company has said. Firefighters were called to the site at Gretton Brook Road, Corby, at 00:50 on Saturday morning (July 18), after a blaze had broken out at the site. The … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jul 2015 Industry news Gerstrom praises ‘dynamic’ Defra minister Resources minister Rory Stewart has taken an ‘encouraging’ stance on waste and recycling since he was elected to the Defra post – but there is still more that can be done. This was the message from the Environmental Services Association’s chairman Peter Gerstrom, who took to the podium at the trade body’s summer reception in … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jul 2015 Industry news Awarding of 2nd and 3rd PAS 107 certificates demonstrates QP is fulfilling industry need Murfitts Industries and Boynton Bros & Hallam (Ranskill) Ltd have been awarded the second and third Certificates of Qualification, demonstrating their support of the Quality Protocol option (QP) in PAS 107. In December 2014 the Tyre Recovery Association (TRA) added a new Quality Protocol option to PAS 107 to support sustainable tyre recycling and, after… Tyre Recovery Association · 20 Jul 2015 Industry news Renewables ‘policy chaos’ claim at Cheltenham AD opening Andigestion’s new £10 million anaerobic digestion facility in Cheltenham opened last week with a warning from the company’s chairman that Britain’s renewable energy policy “is in chaos”. Chairman, Peter Prior, said: “Renewable energy policy is in chaos and is not delivering the cheapest or best buck for the taxpayers. This needs to be reviewed – one … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jul 2015 Industry news 4 ways to reuse / recycle old metal twinlock fasteners Over on Facebook, Helen shared an intriguing query. “I work for a charity which trains adults with learning disabilities in work skills. We currently run a sustainable shredding to bedding project. Our trainees collect confidential waste, sort it , shred it and then sell the shredding as bedding to farms, stable etc. When we sort… Zero Waste Week · 19 Jul 2015 Industry news SLAYED IN ICELAND - eia-international.org Environmental Investigation Agency · 19 Jul 2015 Industry news ROSEWOOD ROBBERY - eia-international.org Environmental Investigation Agency · 18 Jul 2015 Industry news VANISHING POINT - eia-international.org Environmental Investigation Agency · 18 Jul 2015 Industry news DCLG rejects Veolia Herts EfW appeal DCLG has upheld its decision to refuse planning permission for Veolia’s proposed energy-from-waste plant in Hertfordshire today (July 17) – following a reassessment of the New Barnfield site. The Department for Communities and Local Government’s decision comes after three years of political wrangling over the fate of the facility. The New Barnfield plant would have … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jul 2015 Industry news Incinerators ‘contribute little’ to particle emissions Results from part of a Public Health England-funded study into the impacts of municipal waste incinerators in the UK have shown “no evidence” of incinerator emissions around four facilities. And, while metal emissions were detected within 10km of two other facilities in Wolverhampton and Stockton-on-Tees, these were found to contribute ‘very little’ to local particulate … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jul 2015 Industry news The Week in Waste – July 17 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 this week in the world of recycling and waste management. We take a look at figures around contamination levels at materials recycling facilities, difficulties in exporting refused derived … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jul 2015 Industry news CONICA LTD – Top of its game CONICA LTD, formerly Charles Lawrence International, is the first company in the UK to be awarded a PAS 107 QP certificate for the way it manufactures, stores and distributes recycled rubber granulate created from waste tyres. In December 2014 the Tyre Recovery Association (TRA) added a new Quality Protocol option to PAS 107 to support… Tyre Recovery Association · 17 Jul 2015 Industry news Resource Association offers FCC ‘more gravitas’ Waste management firm FCC Environment has joined the Resource Association, a trade body for the reprocessing and recycling industry which the company claims will help give ‘more gravitas’ to its voice. The Spanish-owned company was announced as an affiliate member yesterday (July 17) after its application was approved at a meeting of the Resource Association’s … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jul 2015 Industry news Defra announces review of waste regulations Resource minister Rory Stewart has announced a review of waste sector regulations as part of a government drive to save British businesses £10 billion by cutting red tape. The review is part of the government’s programme to look at ‘streamlining’ growth and innovation across five sectors including energy and agriculture by removing regulatory burdens. As … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jul 2015 Industry news News in brief (16/07/2015) With news on; Taylor Wincanton partnership, Nottinghamshire transfer stations open; Norfolk councils in textile framework contract; Great Yarmouth skip art, and; SWEEEP promotes WEEE recycling in a galaxy far far away Taylor announces Wincanton partnership Bin manufacturer Taylor has partnered with Wincanton in order to expand its reach across the UK. The deal will … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jul 2015 Industry news First quarterly MRF reporting results published Quarterly data measuring the input and output tonnages at materials recycling facilities (MRFs) across England and Wales has been published for the first time today (July 16) by the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP). The data, which has been produced for the months October to December 2014, is the first set published under new … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jul 2015 Industry news EU recycling targets questioned Waste and recycling industry delegates have questioned whether setting a higher recycling target within the EU’s revised circular economy package will be a sufficient mechanism to encourage a sustainable green economy. The comments came at a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group (APSRG) in Westminster yesterday (July 15), on the topic of the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jul 2015 Industry news POWERDAY LAUNCHES ONLINE REAL TIME WASTE RECYCLING REPORTING Powerday launched a new online reporting system this month. The software, developed specifically for Powerday, enables us to offer our clients secure access to real time information. This exciting new... Powerday · 15 Jul 2015 Industry news Brainchild Festival Last weekend we were invited along to Brainchild Festival in Bentley Country Park, East Sussex. The festival, now in it’s... TRAID · 15 Jul 2015 Industry news Stroud split over fortnightly refuse collections Residents in Stroud are divided over plans to reduce the frequency of refuse collections under the council’s upcoming contract with Ubico Ltd from late 2016. Under the plans, 52,000 households will see their black bag waste collections reduced to a fortnightly basis – to make way for a new weekly food waste collection service in … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jul 2015 Industry news Waste firms respond to MRF reject report UK waste and resources firm Veolia has contested a report that suggests some of their materials recycling facilities rejected up to a quarter of material processed in 2013. And, Viridor has also stated it is ‘relentless in its pursuit of quality’, after the report suggested its Milton Keynes facility rejected 20.51% of material during the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jul 2015 Industry news ‘Off the peg’ solution to 50% recycling Environmental Services Association (ESA) executive director Jacob Hayler asks how the challenging 50% by 2020 recycling target can be met. Local authorities have done a fantastic job in the past 15 years at raising household recycling rates from very low levels to the respectable position in which they are now in. Obviously, differing approaches between … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jul 2015 Industry news ‘Lessons learned’ from Dorset service change Councillors in Weymouth & Portland have admitted that ‘lessons have been learned’ from the roll out of the controversial Recycle for Dorset scheme, which encountered operational problems when it was introduced in the borough. A review of the service was commissioned by the council in January, following concerns over the operation of the new collection … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jul 2015 Industry news Appointments round-up (14/07/2015) With news on; Cumbria Waste Group appoints HWRC team; STADLER UK team restructure; York council boss joins Yorwaste; TOMRA appoints metal specialists, and; new health and safety manager at Keenan Recycling Cumbria Waste Group appoints new team Cumbria Waste Group has announced the appointment of a new team to increase recycling at a network … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jul 2015 Industry news MID UK Recycling shredder death ruled accidental The death of a worker at MID UK Recycling’s site in Lincolnshire in July 2013 was the result of an accident, an inquest has found. Before concluding on Friday (July 10), the inquest at HM Coroner’s Court in Lincoln heard how 55-year-old Karlis Pavasars, a husband and father of two, had to be identified by … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jul 2015 Industry news WRAP ‘vigilant’ after invoice fraudster fined The Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) paid a contribution of £272,500 to a firm which had falsely claimed to have purchased equipment to recycle aggregates, a court heard this month. The court heard discussion of a case involving WRAP and materials testing and the company involved was fined. In mitigation, the company said that … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jul 2015 Industry news Feedstock key to EfW success, book suggests A group of waste management experts have come together to produce a book, “Energy from Waste – A Practical Handbook”. With lawyer Angus Evers and consultant Adam Read as consulting editors, the book, published by Globe Law and Business, takes a wide look at the role of energy from waste, benefitting from the input from … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jul 2015 Industry news Malta Set to Remove WEEE Eco-Contribution on electronic devices on September 1, 2015 Der Beitrag Malta Set to Remove WEEE Eco-Contribution erschien zuerst auf United Kingdom (EN) . ERP UK (European Recycling Platform) · 13 Jul 2015 Industry news Litter Breeds Litter One National Anti-Litter Plan Support our call on Government to take a lead on one national anti-litter plan. Litter is getting worse so it’s time for Government to take a strategic lead and make sure we all work together. There are lots of excellent anti-litter initiatives and short-term campaigns but no coordinated long term [...] INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 13 Jul 2015 Industry news New Technical Guidance for Waste Classification The way waste is assessed and classified in the United Kingdom has changed significantly and Environmental Agency guidance document WM3 is now in force, replacing WM2. This new document has been produced as a result of several changes to the law which include amendments to the List of Waste (or European Waste Catalogue), a major […] CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 13 Jul 2015 Industry news Suez marks opening of Suffolk EfW Suez Environnement’s Suffolk energy-from-waste plant was officially inaugurated on Friday (July 10) with the Countess of Euston on hand to cut the ribbon. The energy recovery facility, located at Great Blakenham near Ipswich, has the capacity to treat 269,000 tonnes of residual waste per year – generating enough electricity to power around 30,000 households. The … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 13 Jul 2015 Industry news Regain Polymers bought out by Aurelius German investment firm Aurelius – which swooped in to takeover ailing bottle recycler ECO Plastics in December 2014 – has made a second major purchase in the UK plastics recycling sector with the acquisition of Regain Polymers today (July 13). Regain, which is based at a site in Allerton Bywater in West Yorkshire, operates a … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 13 Jul 2015 Industry news Veolia ‘committed’ to Closed Loop bottle plant EXCLUSIVE: Talks are expected to take place today (July 13) between Birmingham-based investment firm Euro Capital and an un-named third party over the future of Euro Closed Loop Recycling’s bottle recycling facility in Dagenham. Details of the talks are yet to emerge but Veolia has confirmed an interest in the plant saying it is “committed” … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 13 Jul 2015 Industry news Building a circular economy – going round in circles? Environmental lawyer, Angus Evers of London law firm King & Wood Mallesons, in his monthly column, takes a look at the “circular economy” and points out that there is no generally accepted legal definition of the “circular economy” term. The expression the “circular economy” is one that is increasingly used in the waste management industry. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 13 Jul 2015 Industry news Malmö port bans open shipments of RDF EXCLUSIVE: Baled and wrapped RDF material is no longer being accepted via ships into the Port of Malmö in Sweden unless it is transported in closed containers, following a ruling by the city’s environment department. The ban follows a number of problems at the port concerning RDF being ineffectively moved from bulk vessels onto land, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 13 Jul 2015 Industry news The Week in Waste – July 10 2015 Take a look at the ‘Week in Waste’ video report. A new service provided by letsrecycle.com, and sponsored by Biffa, the video report aims to give you a snapshot of the news this week in the world of recycling and waste management. The video report comes as letsrecycle.com continues to develop its coverage of recycling … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 Jul 2015