Recycling news: 2016

Industry news Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP) - United Kingdom Without Incineration Network UKWIN (UK Without Incineration Network) · 16 Aug 2016 Industry news Purse seines - Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming Sustain · 16 Aug 2016 Industry news Fire burns into fourth day at Norfolk recycling site Firefighters are still at the scene of a major fire at a waste transfer facility run by Glazewing in West Dereham, Norfolk, which began this weekend. Fire broke out at the site at around 6.15am on Saturday (13 August) morning. Approximately thirteen pumps from Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire and a number of specialist appliances attended … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Aug 2016 Industry news WRWA to redevelop Cringle Dock transfer station he Western Riverside Waste Authority (WRWA) has secured planning permission from Wandsworth council for the redevelopment of its Cringle Dock waste transfer station. One of the authority’s two waste transfer stations, Cringle Dock is located on the River Thames to the east of Battersea, and primarily handles municipal waste from four London boroughs: Hammersmith & … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Aug 2016 Industry news FCC landfill restoration plan gets green light FCC Environment’s ‘masterplan’ to restore a former Black Country quarry and landfill has been approved by Sandwell metropolitan borough council. The site, at Edwin Richards Quarry near Rowley Regis, will see a range of activity including the placement of thousands of tonnes of commercial and industrial waste, as well as construction and demolition wastes such as soils, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Aug 2016 Industry news News in brief (16/08/2016) With news on: Broadland recycling reward scheme; Resources published for Recycle Week; Welsh waste review published; Charity calls for deposit scheme, and; Argyll and Bute moves to three-weekly collection. Broadland launches recycling reward scheme Broadland district council in Norfolk has launched a new scheme, ‘Bin it to Win it,’ in which residents can win £50 … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Aug 2016 Industry news Are local authorities driving waste on the road to nowhere? OPINION: In an exclusive column for letsrecycle.com Neil Grundon, deputy chairman of Grundon Waste Management offers his view on efficiency in public sector waste services. In the 1980s, Margaret Thatcher took a scythe to a bloated and unproductive public sector with the introduction of ‘Compulsory Competitive Tendering’ (CCT). Like most things Thatcher did, it was … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Aug 2016 Industry news Brighton councillor defends city’s recycling rate EXCLUSIVE: Comparing Brighton & Hove’s recycling performance against other authorities is unfair according to the city’s environment committee chair – who has blamed a further drop in the city’s recycling rate on a “climate of budget reductions”. Councillor Gill Mitchell, chair of Brighton’s environment, transport and sustainability committee, defended the city following the publication of … Re… letsrecycle.com News · 15 Aug 2016 Industry news Council waste spending topped £2.3 billion in 2013/14 EXCLUSIVE: Local authorities in England and Wales spent close to £2.38 billion on waste collection and disposal services in 2013/14, figures compiled by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) suggest. The figure, which is the most recent projection of council spending on waste services, comes in guidance on charges for waste services … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Aug 2016 Industry news Steve Lee to remain head of RWUK The outgoing chief executive of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM), Steve Lee, has been announced today (15 August) as director general of the joint lobbying body Resources & Waste UK (RWUK). Mr Lee is leaving CIWM in October and has served as the chief executive of RWUK since that organisation was created in … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Aug 2016 Industry news Bristol in-house firm awarded 10-year waste contract Bristol Waste Company – a business set up by Bristol city council – has been awarded a 10-year contract to provide integrated waste collection and disposal services across the city. The contract award follows Bristol city council’s termination of its waste and recycling services contract with Kier in June 2015 – three years earlier than … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Aug 2016 Industry news Toxic ash - United Kingdom Without Incineration Network UKWIN (UK Without Incineration Network) · 14 Aug 2016 Industry news Real Bread Week - Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming Sustain · 13 Aug 2016 Industry news Pledge - Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming Sustain · 13 Aug 2016 Industry news £46,000 of WEEE research funding on offer Stakeholders are being invited to submit suggestions for how £46,000 raised via the WEEE compliance fee could be utilised to boost collections of waste electricals. A total of £27,000 collected through the 2015 compliance fee from waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is to be spent on the research – along with £19,000 carried over … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 12 Aug 2016 Industry news The Week in Waste – 12 August 2016 Take a look at the ‘Week in Waste’ video report. In this week’s report by letsrecycle.com, sponsored by Biffa, we report on Surrey county council’s decision to introduce a charging regime at its household waste and recycling centres (HWRCs), while the Health and Safety Executive is also seeking views on waste equipment safety laws. The … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 12 Aug 2016 Industry news Ubico managing director to step down Rob Bell, managing director at Ubico, has announced today (12 August) that he will step down from his role at the end of this year. After five successful years at the helm of the environmental services provider, personal circumstances have prompted Mr Bell to hand over the reins of the company. In the five years … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 12 Aug 2016 Industry news How to recycle paper in the office Here’s an interesting query I had this week. They wrote: “One of our challenges is that our current waste/recycling contractor sends waste paper to incineration and we are unable to release ourselves from the contract until 2017. While some of us would be prepared to take paper home to be recycled, we’re aware that if… Zero Waste Week · 12 Aug 2016 Industry news Andrea Leadsom urged to act over HWRCs conflict EXCLUSIVE: In the face of increasing cross-border conflict over the use of household waste recycling centres, a senior conservative councillor has called on the Secretary of State for the Environment, Andrea Leadsom to step in and help resolve matters. The call for government action comes from councillor Marcus Franks, portfolio holder for communities and public … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 12 Aug 2016 Industry news Starbucks fined £160,000 for breaching waste collection times Two Starbucks branches in the City of Westminster local authority area have been fined £160,000 after “deliberately” leaving rubbish bags on the street outside of designated collection times. Since April 2015 both coffee shops on Berkeley Street, as well as the Starbucks head office, had shown a “complete disregard” for regular warnings from Westminster city council to … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 12 Aug 2016 Industry news UK’s largest autoclave plant to be resurrected A defunct autoclave plant in Gateshead is to receive a new lease of life from October 2016, following a £2.2 million injection into the facility. And, the site’s new owner – Catfoss – has also been awarded planning consent to construct two gasification plants on the five-acre site. Graphite Resources’ Derwenthaugh EcoParc closed its doors … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 12 Aug 2016 Industry news Kennetholme quarry named as a PRIME Site by The Institute of Quarrying The post Kennetholme quarry named as a PRIME Site by The Institute of Quarrying appeared first on Grundon . Grundon Waste Management · 11 Aug 2016 Industry news Contact us - KHL Group Demolition & Recycling International (KHL) · 11 Aug 2016 Industry news News in Brief (11/08/2016) With news on: Taunton MP visits Viridor recycling centre; Geminor opens new facility; Sheffield council launches waste consultation; Grundon helps restore Crawley glasshouse; Worcestershire pair fined Taunton MP visits Viridor recycling centre Rebecca Pow MP for Taunton Deane spent the afternoon on 9 August with waste management company Viridor and visited its recycling centre and … Read More T… letsrecycle.com News · 11 Aug 2016 Industry news Inquest opened after Viridor MRF fatality A worker who died at a Viridor-run materials recycling facility (MRF) in Milton Keynes on Monday (8 August) has been identified as 42-year-old Rafal Swiadek. Thames Valley Police was called to the Old Wolverton-based plant at 5.30pm on Monday after the Polish-born employee was found deceased. An inquest which opened this morning heard Mr Swiadek … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Aug 2016 Industry news Hartlepool ‘energy park’ to bring £30m investment EXCLUSIVE: Work is underway to deliver a new anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Hartlepool – capable of treating up to 110,000 tonnes of commercially-sourced food waste per year. The first phase of Biopower Group Ltd’s ‘green energy park’ is expected to begin in ‘the next few weeks’, bringing £30 million of investment to the North … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Aug 2016 Industry news SEPA launches low waste regulatory strategy The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has published its regulatory strategy, titled ‘One Planet Prosperity,’ detailing its vision for a greener future. According to the document, SEPA will ‘set about the essential task of helping regulated businesses to reduce water use, carbon-based energy use, materials use and all forms of waste and pollution beyond compliance … Read More The pos… letsrecycle.com News · 11 Aug 2016 Industry news KHL Group - Home - KHL Group Demolition & Recycling International (KHL) · 11 Aug 2016 Industry news Food Co-op Toolkit - Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming Sustain · 11 Aug 2016 Industry news WRAP launches HWRC re-use procurement guide WRAP has published a guide on how to include re-use in local authority household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) procurement, with advice on options, benefits and success factors. The guide is the latest in a suite of re-use projects that have been delivered over the past two years, and focuses on how to include one or … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Aug 2016 Industry news Sustain members list - Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming Sustain · 11 Aug 2016 Industry news Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics - Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming Sustain · 11 Aug 2016 Industry news Map - Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming Sustain · 10 Aug 2016 Industry news Food Co-ops toolkit - Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming Sustain · 10 Aug 2016 Industry news BPR Group wins Bluewater contract from Veolia London-based waste management and recycling firm BPR Group has announced it has taken over the running of waste management services at Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent. letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2016 Industry news What is food poverty? - Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming Sustain · 10 Aug 2016 Industry news But I haven’t got time. How to do your bit when you’re busy I was thrilled to be contacted by Ruth who signed up to the Zero Waste Week challenge recently. She asked some great questions which I know will help you too. Ruth said “The two things I struggle with the most are finding time and remembering to do things so I’m hoping you’ll have lots of… Zero Waste Week · 10 Aug 2016 Industry news Family businesses join together in Collard acquisition Hampshire-based demolition waste management firm R Collard Ltd has announced the acquisition of M Collard Ltd – in a move that will see the two businesses join their operations. M Collard, which predominantly runs a skip hire and waste removal service, has been trading in Berkshire and Surrey for around 40 years, and is owned … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2016 Industry news Interserve to exit EfW market Construction firm Interserve has announced that it is to pull out of the energy from Waste (EfW) market, due to “unique challenges” in the field. In its half-year financial results, published today (10 August), the company reported overall growth, but chief executive Adrian Ringrose said Interserve is “taking action to exit the Energy from Waste sector.” … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2016 Industry news Waste sector views sought on equipment safety laws The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is calling for views from the waste industry as part of a review safety legislation for the inspection of work plant and equipment. An online survey launched by the safety regulator is calling for views from all types of business – including waste and recycling firms – about how … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2016