Recycling news: 2014

Industry news We ♥ St Albans Unwanted Clothes! On Sunday 22 June, TRAID joined in the festivities on St Alban’s Day when the city came alive with street... TRAID · 25 Jun 2014 Industry news Insurers tighten cover for waste firms Fires spark stricter acceptance criteria and mounting premiums for waste companies, but market still competitive letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jun 2014 Industry news WEEE fine for mobile phone importer Data Select Ltd, founded by Dragons Den entrepreneur Peter Jones, ordered to pay 23,000 for failure to register with WEEE scheme letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jun 2014 Industry news Cheshire East consults on green waste shutdown Council appeals to residents after admitting suspension of service in October 2013 was an error letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jun 2014 Industry news Waste vehicles to get cyclist warning display Serco to install cyclist warning display systems on Havering collection fleet to help keep cyclists safe letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jun 2014 Industry news Biffa boss: RDF market gets a bad press Ian Wakelin says tighter enforcement, rather than further regulation, needed to stop incidents of bad practice in the UK RDF market letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jun 2014 Industry news Wigan wood recycler fined for safety failings Boden & Davies Ltd fined 8,000 for allowing workers to stand on top of trailers to level woodchip letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jun 2014 Industry news Sims to restructure UK WEEE operations Substantial proportion of Sims Recycling Solutions business in UK deemed commercially unattractive letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jun 2014 Industry news WRAP chairman Peter Stone to step down Peter Stone to retire after six years on WRAP board, amid transitional period for waste & resources body letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jun 2014 Industry news Date labels cost UK billions in food waste Householders throw away 2.4bn in food products each year because they are not used in time indicating date labels are primary cause of waste letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jun 2014 Industry news Chicken and sweetcorn bake A great way to use up left over chicken from a Sunday roast and the cream left in the pot! Zero Waste Week · 23 Jun 2014 Industry news Pesticides ‘raise risk of autism in unborn children’ “Pregnant women who live near fields sprayed with pesticides can run more than three times the risk of having a child with autism, a study has found. It is feared that the crop chemicals stunt the development of the unborn child’s brain, setting it up for problems in years to come.” Full article in the […] CHEM Trust · 23 Jun 2014 Industry news Staff go head to head in the 2014 Countrystyle Cup The annual Countrystyle Cup football match took place at the home of Ebbsfleet United FC in Northfleet on Monday 12th May. Countrystyle Recycling · 23 Jun 2014 Industry news Plastics recyclers back no exemption for bio bags Mechanical recyclers of carrier bags welcome governments hesitation over degradable bags ahead of 2015 levy letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jun 2014 Industry news Northern Irish firm enters RDF export market Natural World Products will ship refuse-derived fuel to Europe via facilities in Portadown and Belfast letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jun 2014 Industry news Spontaneous fires hit waste sector over weekend Three facilities suffer damage in the lead up to consultation on draft fire guidance expected this week letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jun 2014 Industry news Rogerson to address reprocessing sector Minister to speak at Resource Association conference, which will also see launch of circular economy report letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jun 2014 Industry news News in brief With news on; Norfolk skip hire art; Bryson wheelie boxes, flexible packaging study; Havering recycling events, and; WLWA awards letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jun 2014 Industry news Castle Point makes TEEP assessment Essex authority concludes collecting paper, glass, metals and plastics separately is not technically, environmentally and economically practicable letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jun 2014 Industry news G&P expands automated battery sorting line West Midlands-based battery recycling firm upgrades automated sorting technology at Darlaston plant letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jun 2014 Industry news NEW POWERDAY LORRIES DISPLAYED AT PAWRS SHOW Powerday lorries were on display at this year's Plant and Waste Recycling Show (PAWRS) which took place in Paignton, on the 10th, 11th and 12th of June. PAWRS is held annually and is one of the bigge... Powerday · 19 Jun 2014 Industry news Essex recycling firm to pay 30,000 after arm crush GBN Services Ltd fined by HSE after employees arm was crushed in conveyor belt at Harlow site last year letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jun 2014 Industry news Councils unaware MRF rules apply to depots Ricardo-AEA consider MRF Code regulations tonnage levels apply to councils operating kerbside sort collections letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jun 2014 Industry news CA site illegal WEEE exporter jailed Joe Benson given 16 months in prison for illegally sending waste electrical goods to West Africa letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jun 2014 Industry news Councillor bemoans cuts amid recycling challenge Ealing's Bassam Mahfouz speaks at CIWM & ESA conference, alongside Viridor chief Ian McAulay, WRAPs Liz Crichton and Belfasts Tim Walker letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jun 2014 Industry news Shanks renews Netherlands organic waste contract Waste firm reaffirms its long-term success in Dutch organics market, with 5.5m trading profit in 2013/14 letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jun 2014 Industry news Look at THIS! Last month I was introduced to the amazing Claire Holgate. She had designed one of my fellow bloggers (Hi Jen!) some logos for a new project. And I was captivated! On browsing Claire’s blog I realised she had something different. A certain je ne sais quoi that made me sit up and take notice. I… Zero Waste Week · 19 Jun 2014 Industry news CONSTRUCTION NEWS PRESENTATION BRINGS AWARD A STEP CLOSER Powerday, Kotuku and St George presented to the Construction News Award panel earlier this month bringing them a step closer to the Award. The partnership, having been shortlisted for the Construction... Powerday · 18 Jun 2014 Industry news Schools present plastic waste ideas in Parliament Four ideas from schoolchildren at Primary Earth Summit for tackling plastic waste to be taken forward for development letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2014 Industry news Carrot and stick approach could boost recycling Panellists at the CIWM & ESA Conference debate how to encourage behaviour change amongst public letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2014 Industry news Labour commits to recycling targets review Shadow recycling minister Barry Gardiner outlines Partys waste and recycling policies at CIWM & ESA conference letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2014 Industry news BMRA elects Shane Mellor as president Mellor will replace Graham Davy as president of the British Metals Recycling Association after year of change in the sector letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2014 Industry news LARAC welcomes cooperation on material quality Local authority body praises Resource Association for launch of tool setting out contamination limits for recyclable material letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2014 Industry news Q1 battery data shows lead acid slowdown Collection data published by Environment Agency shows that recycling target being met through lower proportion of lead acid batteries letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2014 Industry news Reducing waste costs Waste Cost Reduction Services has launched a new guide to help businesses reduce their waste costs letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2014 Industry news ReFood officially opens Widnes AD facility Organic waste treatment firm unveils 20 million plant, which will treat food waste from businesses and local authorities letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2014 Industry news Survival as thought experiment: on resilience and restarting the world Thought experiment: Hollywood-apocalyptic male-fantasy scenarios aside, after a global catastrophe, how could a surviving 10% of us "restart" the world? The Restart Project · 18 Jun 2014 Industry news Government resistant to higher recycling target Minister Dan Rogerson speaks ahead of launch of European Commissions circular economy package letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jun 2014 Industry news BIS to create waste champion role Government likely to give championing role for waste and the bioeconomy to Michael Fallon, who is currently in charge of WEEE and ELVs letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jun 2014 Industry news SITA France unveils advanced plastics sorting line Suez Environnment subsidiary launches 1.2m PET bottle recycling line in Bayonne as part of Green Week 2014 letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jun 2014