Recycling news: 2018

Industry news Gove signals boost for waste sector investment Environment secretary Michael Gove has signalled that the government could implement measures to encourage investment in waste management technologies in its forthcoming waste strategy – news which has been long-awaited by the sector. The announcement came today (1 October) during the second day of the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, where Mr Gove hinted at … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 1 Oct 2018 Industry news Enhancing the competitiveness of the European space sector Jan Wörner, Director General of The European Space Agency (ESA) speaks to us about his priorities for enhancing the competitiveness of the European space sector. Open Access Government — Environment · 1 Oct 2018 Industry news Launching in Leeds Leeds Wood Recycling opened their doors to the public on Monday 17th September. With an enthusiastic team of volunteers, they’ve been getting their wood store ready with a reclaimed wood counter and racks. Community Wood Recycling · 1 Oct 2018 Industry news Warnings and forecasts of hazardous tropical weather in the United States In this special interview, Dr Michael Brennan, Branch Chief at the Hurricane Specialist Unit within the National Hurricane Center (NHC) speaks to us about their work in issuing the best watches, warnings, forecasts and analyses of hazardous tropical weather, including hurricanes. Open Access Government — Environment · 1 Oct 2018 Industry news Companies shortlisted for Greater Manchester contracts EXCLUSIVE: The Greater Manchester Combined Authority is on track to award its new waste management contracts in early 2019, having narrowed down the bidding list. A waste and resource management services contract for the authority area has been split up into three lots: waste and resource management services; household waste recycling centre (HWRC) management services; … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 1 Oct 2018 Industry news RECOUP questions Defra and Treasury link The chief executive of plastics charity RECOUP has questioned why a consultation on single use plastics tax was undertaken by the treasury, and not Defra, and has called for “more joined up thinking”. The claim was made at the charities annual conference last week in Peterborough. The conference was opened by Peterborough MP Fiona Onasanya, who … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 1 Oct 2018 Industry news Veolia points to public support for packaging redesign Waste management company, Veolia, has announced that 89% of people believe packaging should change, according to its research conducted with YouGov. Veolia says the data shows that the public want packaging to “include recycled material, be more easily recyclable or be removed altogether”. According to the waste management firm, following the broadcast of Blue Planet … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 1 Oct 2018 Industry news East Coast rail platforms recycling just 15% Just 15% of waste on platforms and depots operated by London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is recycled, it has emerged. The statistic was explained by Emma Brigginshaw, sustainability manager at LNER, which now runs the Virgin Trains East Cost line. Ms Brigginshaw was speaking at RECOUP’s annual conference last week. The conference also heard from … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 1 Oct 2018 Industry news Toxicology: Chemicals and their impact on human health Brian Berridge, Associate Director of the National Toxicology Program (NTP), details how NTP studies the health impacts of chemicals and other factors in this fascinating interview Open Access Government — Environment · 1 Oct 2018 Industry news PerformFISH: A new era of consumer-driven development in Mediterranean aquaculture PerformFISH is a €7 million European Commission-funded project with the aim of exploring and tackling the underlying causes behind the stagnation of the Mediterranean Marine Fish Farming (MMFF) sector, as this analysis by Katerina Moutou, Associate Professor at University of Thessaly reveals. Open Access Government — Environment · 1 Oct 2018 Industry news Aesthetics must sit at the heart of landscape security design Jaz Vilkhu, Managing Director for Marshalls Landscape Protection argues that aesthetics must sit at the heart of landscape security design. Open Access Government — Environment · 1 Oct 2018 Industry news How Nasa has contributed to chemistry - Chemistry World Chemistry World · 1 Oct 2018 Industry news Leaked document shows UK government is planning to miss key wildlife target The post Leaked document shows UK government is planning to miss key wildlife target appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 30 Sept 2018 Industry news The colour of money: Engaging financial markets in green infrastructure Alex White, Policy Manager at the Aldersgate Group, considers how the EU can meet its 2030 Climate & Energy targets and increase investment in green infrastructure. Aldersgate Group · 30 Sept 2018 Industry news News from the Network 24 – 28 September Welcome to this weeks edition of News from the Network! Check out The Furniture Project’s entry in the scarecrow awards for Recycle Week! Meet Mr & Mrs Recycle our entry in our local #Ollerton & #Boughton Scarecrow competition. We achieved 3rd place with our take on recycling for Recycle week. #RecycleWeek #Reuse 😍 pic.twitter.com/ZDCbYmpTSt — […] Reuse Network · 28 Sept 2018 Industry news Trower: ‘UK must address plastics reprocessing gap’ Recycling and waste management firm, Viridor, has called on the UK to address its “reprocessing capacity gap” for plastics, if it is to achieve future recycling targets and move towards a “truly circular economy.” The need for action was highlighted by Viridor Resource Management managing director, Keith Trower, today after the company issued its 2018 … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Sept 2018 Industry news SUEZ research finds consumers back PRN changes Done correctly, extended producer responsibility (EPR) will have a radical impact on consumer shopping habits, according to waste management firm SUEZ. In a report published today (28 September) the company says that a proper EPR system in the UK would also impact on the collection of packaging and goods at the end of life. And, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Sept 2018 Industry news Quota delays may impact waste paper market Concerns are growing that quotas for the first part of 2019 may not be issued by the Chinese government until the end of this year at the earliest. As a consequence there could be a surfeit of used cardboard in the market from the end of October with price falls. Many in the waste/recovered paper … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Sept 2018 Industry news Metals ceremony sees Presidents Plaques unveiled During the summer, the British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA) held a special ceremony at its headquarters in Huntingdon to unveil its newly created ‘Presidents Plaques’. The plaques list all the Presidents of the different ferrous and non-ferrous associations and federations since 1920 that came together in 2001 to form the BMRA. These are: British Scrap … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Sept 2018 Industry news Focusing on glass sorting at Recresco SPECIAL REPORT: Beth Slow visits Recresco’s glass recycling facility in Cwmbran, South Wales and talks to Tim Gent about the company’s activities and the aim to increase the glass yield from mixed glass. Recresco is one of the well-known names in the glass recycling sector, the business having been set up by director Tim Gent’s … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Sept 2018 Industry news Colin Church bids farewell to CIWM Colin Church says he has enjoyed his time at the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) “immensely” as he steps down from his role as chief executive today. Dr Church, who has served as chief executive for the waste management professional body for the past two years, leaves to join the Institute of Materials, Minerals … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Sept 2018 Industry news ERP UK Q3 2018 Newsletter All the latest news, data and analysis Der Beitrag ERP UK Q3 2018 Newsletter erschien zuerst auf United Kingdom (EN) . ERP UK (European Recycling Platform) · 28 Sept 2018 Industry news Instinct goes up against number-crunching for Nobel prize predictions - Chemistry World Chemistry World · 28 Sept 2018 Industry news Hazardous chemicals in plastic packaging: how can we prioritise substances for action? CHEM Trust reported in July that we are working with a collaboration of academic scientists and NGOs to identify the hazardous chemicals associated with plastic packaging. We published a database of Chemicals associated with Plastic Packaging (CPPdb) which lists 4000 chemicals that are potentially present in plastic packaging, or used during its manufacture. At least 148 of these chemicals were… CHEM Trust · 27 Sept 2018 Industry news Climate Hazards Group: Strengthening defences against food insecurity The Climate Hazards Group contributes to Food Security Outlooks that strengthen food security Open Access Government — Environment · 27 Sept 2018 Industry news Record electricity generation for renewables as coal hits record low Government data, released today in the quarterly publication ‘Energy Trends’, revealed that renewables share of electricity generation reached a record high of 31.7% in the second quarter of 2018. As renewable electricity’s share of generation increased, coal’s share hit a record low of 1.6%. REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 27 Sept 2018 Industry news Deep Learning Approaches to Electron Microscopy Electron microscopy is the primary method for analyzing nanostructures. Senior researcher Thomas Willum Hansen discusses the new challenges in this field. Open Access Government — Environment · 27 Sept 2018 Industry news Meeting the challenges of climate change for dryland cereal production The effects of climate change threaten food security worldwide. What needs to be done to improve the resilience of vital dryland cereals to more extreme weather? Open Access Government — Environment · 27 Sept 2018 Industry news Two waste firms sentenced for worker injuries Two waste management companies have been sentenced this week following separate incidents which occurred in 2016 and investigated by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). B & W Waste Bedfordshire firm, B & W Waste Management Services Ltd, was fined £100,000 and ordered to pay costs of £11,603.14, after two of its employee suffered burns … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Sept 2018 Industry news Textiles recycling market edges down Textiles recyclers have expressed concern that prices being paid for their materials have weakened, as an excess of material and problems with destination markets influence the market. However views within the sector as to the extent of the vary, with some recyclers saying the fall is “significant”, while others say it is only a small … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Sept 2018 Industry news EU mandatory content requirement ‘possible’ for plastics With the UK likely to adopt the EU’s Circular Economy measures in its forthcoming Waste and Resources Strategy, Jeff Cooper reports on a European event which also heard that mandatory recycled content for plastics could become an EU requirement. Bringing the Action Plan to Life – Towards a Fact Based Circular Economy While the Prime … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Sept 2018 Industry news Household recycling exceeds landfill in Scotland Data published by SEPA shows that the amount of household waste recycled, reused, or composted across Scotland’s local authorities increased above landfill for the first time last year. The recycling rate for Scottish household waste increased to 45.6% for the calendar year 2017, to 1.12 million tonnes. This equates to an increase of 0.6 percentage … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Sept 2018 Industry news Tackling takeaway packaging: Beyond the plastic problem Local businesses cut single-use packaging and go compostable. Fidra · 27 Sept 2018 Industry news The business case: the key to the door to scaling sustainable business practice Ahead of Green GB Week , Mike Barry, Director of Sustainable Business, Plan A at M&S, argues the business case for scaling sustainable business practice to the economy as a whole. Aldersgate Group · 26 Sept 2018 Industry news Police search Poplars landfill following ‘suspected death’ West Midlands Police has confirmed that it is searching an area of the Poplars Landfill Site in Cannock, in relation to the “possible death” of a worker at a nearby site operated by Timmins Waste. The Police say they are searching the Biffa-owned landfill site after enquiries led them there when investigating the possible death … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Sept 2018 Industry news REA comments on the Co-op’s ban on single-use plastic bags in over 1000 stores The REA welcomes the Co-op’s decision to replace single-use plastic bags with ‘compostable bags’. This is part of their ethical strategy due to launch this week that also includes promises such as introducing easily recyclable own-brand packaging by 2021. The scheme will initially be introduced to the almost 1400 stores which are based in areas where Local Authorities accept the ‘compostable ba… REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 26 Sept 2018 Industry news REA comments on Labour conference commitment towards renewables The REA comments on the need for continued Governmental support in order to reach climate targets and progress renewable energy use. REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 26 Sept 2018 Industry news Wakelin steps down from Biffa for a different future After almost 30 years in the waste management sector, Ian Wakelin chief executive of Biffa, steps down at the end of this week. Steve Eminton asked him about the challenges and highlights of his time in the industry as well as his plans for the future. While Biffa may well be a household name in … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Sept 2018 Industry news Bywaters Holds Webinar to Fight Single-Use Packaging Bywaters has presented a webinar on the ‘Conundrum of single-use packaging,’ which addressed multiple issues surrounding reducing plastic waste and how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have started increasing their recycling activities. Bywaters · 26 Sept 2018 Industry news New recycling project could ensure that no plastic is left behind Iain Gulland, Chief Executive of Zero Waste Scotland sheds light on a new recycling project which aims to ensure that no plastic is left behind. Open Access Government — Environment · 26 Sept 2018