Recycling news: 2017

Industry news - CIWM CIWM (Chartered Institution of Wastes Management) · 26 Jul 2017 Industry news Future of RDF Exports to Europe from the UK The post Future of RDF Exports to Europe from the UK appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 26 Jul 2017 Industry news Salvation Army offers recycling at student accommodation University accommodation provider Campus Living Villages and Salvation Army Trading Company have teamed up to help students recycle unwanted items at the end of term. Across 17 of Campus Living Villages’ accommodation sites, the Salvation Army will be setting up textile donation banks and there will also be a number of collection days where students … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jul 2017 Industry news Waste sent to landfill as Potters permit suspension continues Potters Waste Management says that a partial permit suspension for the processing of residual waste into refuse derived fuel (RDF) at its site at Pembroke Port in Wales is causing thousands of tonnes of waste to be diverted to landfill. And National Resources Wales (NRW) has claimed this week that the partial suspension of the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jul 2017 Industry news Fuelling growth in uncertain times Gemma Hamilton, investor at the BGF (Business Growth Fund), outlines the organisation’s outlook on investments in the waste sector. It is no secret that waste management’s big players are currently focusing on consolidation. However, there are rafts of smaller businesses challenging their dominance, businesses that are ambitious to scale up and grow. BGF has backed … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jul 2017 Industry news - CIWM CIWM (Chartered Institution of Wastes Management) · 26 Jul 2017 Industry news Reports & research - CIWM - CIWM CIWM (Chartered Institution of Wastes Management) · 26 Jul 2017 Industry news Search - CIWM CIWM (Chartered Institution of Wastes Management) · 26 Jul 2017 Industry news EU funding for black plastic sorting technology Plastics recycler Luxus, Nordic processor Polykemi and plastics manufacturer One51 have secured a £1.29m investment from the EU Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme for a project to sort black plastic waste. Horizon 2020 programme “promises more breakthroughs, discoveries and world-firsts by taking great ideas from the lab to the market”. The funding will go … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jul 2017 Industry news Quality first, method second ESA’s recycling policy advisor, Jakob Rindegren on the hot topic of contamination and recycling quality. In his opinion piece last week Simon Weston has written a passionate call to arms to tackle contamination in dry recycling (see letsrecycle.com story). A cause ESA wholeheartedly supports, not least in a world where increasingly only quality sells. In … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jul 2017 Industry news East and North Herts make progress on joint contract Two Hertfordshire councils are taking a further step towards introducing a new joint waste collection contract. The joint contract between North Hertfordshire district council (NHDC) and East Hertfordshire council (EDC) was initially agreed in July 2016, as a move to reduce the cost of providing waste and recycling services to residents. Before a contract is … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jul 2017 Industry news Recolight warning over online retailer WEEE compliance Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) producer compliance scheme Recolight has warned that sellers of as many as 20% of the total of LED lamps sold to consumers in the UK may be in breach of WEEE regulations. The warning comes after the organisation, which focuses on WEEE compliance for the lamp and lighting sector, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jul 2017 Industry news M&S Plan A 2025: an all-round approach to sustainable business Mike Barry, Director of Sustainable Business (Plan A) at Marks and Spencer , discusses the ins and outs of M&S' Plan A 2025. Aldersgate Group · 24 Jul 2017 Industry news Do you need an office waste management plan? The short answer is yes. In offices and business across the UK, research estimates that the average office worker uses... Ward Recycling · 24 Jul 2017 Industry news Hamburg’s Centre for Resources and Energy Senior ISWA member and UK recycling expert Jeff Cooper reports on the development of a new resource and energy centre in Hamburg, Germany. For its spring 2017 meeting the International Solid Waste Association’s Working Group on Governance and Legal Issues met in Hamburg. Dr-Ing Heinz-Gerd Aschhoff from the City’s waste management company, Statreinigung Hamburg informed … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jul 2017 Industry news Palmer-Jones calls for ‘progressive policies’ on plastics David Palmer Jones, chief executive of Suez, has called for the government to ‘holistically’ tackle the problem of plastic pollution in the natural environment. Responding to Environment Secretary Michael Gove’s plan to ban the sale of plastic ‘microbeads’ in products, outlined on Friday (21 July), the Suez chief executive said that although the ban showed … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jul 2017 Industry news Powerday retains PAS402 recycling reporting standard Powerday has retained the recycling performance reporting standard PAS 402:2013 following the company’s recent audit. As a leader in the field of recycling reporting, Powerday become the first wast... Powerday · 24 Jul 2017 Industry news Viridor embarks on food waste CO2 trial Waste management firm Viridor has begun a government-backed trial to use resources including carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) harvested from landfill, to plough back into the land as a fertiliser. The project, with Oxfordshire-based CCm Research, is being undertaken at Viridor’s anaerobic digestion (AD) plant at Walpole and “aims to add value and create new markets … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jul 2017 Industry news Wychavon set for contract award U-turn FCC Environment has been recommended as the preferred supplier for Wychavon district council’s waste and recycling collections contract, which had initially looked set to be awarded to Serco. In what is thought to be a relatively unusual case, documents published ahead of a meeting of the Worcestershire district council this week reveal that the authority … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jul 2017 Industry news News and media - Diageo Diageo news and media · 24 Jul 2017 Industry news New onshore wind could be cheaper than gas The government has come under fire over its ‘short-sighted decision’ to effectively ban new onshore windfarms after the release of report that shows they could actually produce the cheapest electricity in the country — even cheaper than gas. A new study from engineering firm ARUP – commissioned by ScottishPower – has calculated that new onshore wind could get […] Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 23 Jul 2017 Industry news Twin Counties Business Chamber Membership for CSG CSG is rapidly establishing a significant trading presence in the Herefordshire and Worcestershire region. The company’s latest specialist waste oil recovery and aqueous treatment plant opened in Worcester last year and is now fully operational. The plant is based on a former hazardous waste transfer station site which was transformed through a £200,000-plus investment in […] CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 23 Jul 2017 Industry news The Week in Waste – 21 July 2017 VIDEO: In this weekly news round-up video sponsored by Bollegraaf, we report on China’s notification to the World Trade Organisation of restrictions on some recycling exports to the country. Also, in Birmingham industrial action looks set to continue. The Week in Waste is sponsored by Bollegraaf Recycling Solutions. letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jul 2017 Industry news Gove announces renewed resource strategy The Environment Secretary Michael Gove has announced plans for a renewed strategy on waste and resources that will “look ahead to opportunities outside the EU”. Speaking at WWF UK on Friday (21 July) on ‘Delivering a Green Brexit’, Mr Gove outlined policies aimed at reducing the amount of plastic entering oceans, improving incentives for reducing … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jul 2017 Industry news Maritime Agency opens ship recycling consultation The Maritime and Coastguard Agency has opened a consultation into its proposals for designating responsibility for the enforcement of ship recycling regulations. The Government’s draft regulations are to support the EU Ship Recycling Regulation and ensure there are appropriate sanctions and enforcement powers on ships which fail to comply with the EU Regulation. The main … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jul 2017 Industry news Retailers report 83% reduction in plastic bags Today (21 July) DEFRA has reported that the 7 main retailers issued 83% fewer bags in 2016 to 2017 compared to the calendar year 2014. This works out as over six billion fewer bags than was recorded in 2014 by the Waste & Resources Action Programme – WRAP – reported data. According to today’s announcement, the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jul 2017 Industry news N. Ireland agencies partner over waste site fires Three organisations in Northern Ireland have joined together in a bid to reduce fire risk at waste facilities. The three hope that a programme being developed by them will also help to minimise the risk to firefighters when attending incidents in the waste and recycling sector. To mark the beginning of the partnership between the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jul 2017 Industry news Resource agenda to underpin RWM 2017 Better management of the world’s resources will be the theme underpinning this year’s RWM show, the organisers have announced. The event, held in partnership with the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM), takes place over three days in September at Birmingham’s NEC. 12-14 September From 12 to 14 September, thousands of visitors are expected to attend, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jul 2017 Industry news Powerday helps with playground clear up Last weekend, Powerday was delighted to help the Loughborough Junction Action Group (LJAG) in their efforts to reopen a local playground near our waste transfer station in Brixton. The local communit... Powerday · 20 Jul 2017 Industry news Equipment news round-up (20/07/2017) With news on: McCarthy Marland’s Doosan equipment; Devon Contract waste invests in MAC; Mobil-Inn installs Arbor’s smart systems; Lubo builds sorting installation for BPS Recycling; and, AD REM introduces ‘VULTURE’. McCarthy Marland takes delivery of Doosan equipment McCarthy Marland Limited, the waste and recycling company, has purchased two Doosan excavators and a Doosan wheel loader … Read M… letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jul 2017 Industry news China is tightening the screw and we have to respond Simon Ellin, chief executive of the Recycling Association, discusses the latest recycling quality crackdown by the Chinese authorities. Last year, when I visited China, it was made obvious by our hosts Shan Ying Paper and Cycle Link UK that quality of material was a vital consideration of where they would buy material from. It was … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jul 2017 Industry news Birmingham refuse crews to continue industrial action Birmingham city council’s refuse and recycling workers are to ‘step up’ industrial action in a long-running dispute over proposed changes to working practices. However, in a response today (20 July) the council repeated that it is ‘completely willing’ to talk to Unite, the trade union representing the crews, and said it remains ‘disappointed’ by the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jul 2017 Industry news Every Can Counts and Drops – The Recycle Race The post Every Can Counts and Drops – The Recycle Race appeared first on Alupro . Alupro · 19 Jul 2017 Industry news Energy from waste & bioenergy | ENDS Waste & Bioenergy - ENDS Waste & Bioenergy ENDS Waste & Bioenergy · 19 Jul 2017 Industry news Facilities Management Teams Turn to Expertly Integrated Services As technology keeps improving, today’s facilities managers are seeking increasingly integrated solutions to keep up with clients’ demands. Bywaters · 19 Jul 2017 Industry news GD Environmental wins Cardiff HWRCs contract GD Environmental Services has won a contract to collect and process materials from Cardiff city council’s household waste and recycling centres (HWRCs). The waste management company, which has its head offices in Newport, South Wales, is one of two companies to win contracts to process, reuse/recycle and dispose of collected materials at the authority’s centres. As part … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jul 2017 Industry news Metals recycler sails to remote super-quarry Metals recycler, S Norton & Co, has travelled to a remote Scottish super quarry to remove over 1,500 tonnes of scrap steel by boat. The Liverpool-based recycler sailed in after the Glensanda Super Quarry’s workshop, crusher house, conveyor system and ‘glory hole’ building were demolished by AR Demolition to make room for new facilities. Located … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jul 2017 Industry news China confirms need to sort mixed papers China has formally told the World Trade Organisation of its plan to ban certain imports of waste materials from the end of 2017. For the waste and recycling sector this is likely to impact on certain paper exports, textiles, metal and plastics. But, it does not mean that exports, such as mixed paper are banned, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jul 2017 Industry news MP hails job success at SWEEEP plant Conservative MP Gordon Henderson has praised the “employment success” of the SWEEEP Kuusakoski waste electrical and electronics equipment plant in Kent, 10 years on from when he opened it in 2007. Mr Henderson, who is MP for Sittingbourne and Sheppey attended an anniversary celebration at the plant in Sittingbourne last week. He said: “I am … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jul 2017 Industry news The environment and Brexit: to be handled with care To have world class environmental legislation after Brexit, the UK government will have to preserve the effectiveness of EU-derived laws through its Repeal Bill whilst simultaneously pushing through a bold new environmental policy agenda, argues Nick Molho, Executive Director of the Aldersgate Group. Aldersgate Group · 18 Jul 2017