Recycling news: 2019

Industry news Home Page - FCC Lincolnshire EfW - FCC Lincolnshire EfW FCC Environment UK · 31 Aug 2019 Industry news Systems approaches: Making pests run a gauntlet to safeguard crops and forests Greg Rosenthal of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service details the importance of multiple safeguards systems approaches - when it comes to making pests run a gauntlet to safeguard crops and forests. Open Access Government — Environment · 30 Aug 2019 Industry news Why the fires in the Amazon are a global responsibility Andre Laperrière, Executive Director of Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN), dives into why the Amazon fires are a global responsibility. Open Access Government — Environment · 30 Aug 2019 Industry news Mobile recycling pilot for Scottish Borders Scottish Borders council has launched a pilot of a ‘mobile’ recycling scheme in order to reach areas which do not have a recycling centre. For four months the mobile recycling service will operate around Jedburgh as part of a Scottish Borders-wide consultation. The local authority is looking in to introducing the service to five areas. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 30 Aug 2019 Industry news Allerdale to resume full collection service A full schedule of recycling and waste collections will resume in Allerdale from next week, after garden waste and some recycling services were suspended for two months. On 9 September garden waste, glass, cans and plastic recycling will be collected for the first time since 8 July, when the services were put on hold due … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 30 Aug 2019 Industry news North Warwickshire opts to end twin-stream recycling Concerns over the falling value of recovered paper have contributed to North Warwickshire council’s decision to move to a fully commingled recycling service from its current twin-stream system. Currently the council uses 55-litre bin ‘inserts’ which mean paper and card can be collected separately from other dry mixed recycling using just one container. Split-body collection … Read More The post… letsrecycle.com News · 30 Aug 2019 Industry news Grundon helps open up countryside for walkers The post Grundon helps open up countryside for walkers appeared first on Grundon . Grundon Waste Management · 30 Aug 2019 Industry news Ashford targets recycling contamination Ashford council is running a campaign to reduce contamination in recycling, after items such as nappies and sanitary products were found in commingled recycling loads. Ashford residents will find their bins ‘stickered’ if they present contaminated recycling for collection, after multiple loads of recycling were rejected in recent months for containing non-recyclable waste. As part … Read More T… letsrecycle.com News · 30 Aug 2019 Industry news Resources Strategy proposals ‘under development’ Preparations for the government’s Resources and Waste Strategy are continuing with some key components of the strategy still under consideration, Defra’s packaging committee has heard. Defra – the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs – is developing final policy proposals for the Strategy over the remainder of this year, and officials expect that the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Aug 2019 Industry news ISL Waste Management fined after worker crushed A County Antrim recycling company was today fined £25,000 after an employee was crushed between a Refuse Collection Vehicle (RCV) and a mini digger. ISL Waste Management Ltd, based in Mallusk, pleaded guilty to a breach of health and safety legislation at Laganside Crown Court. This came after an employee, Grzegorz Mucha, sustained serious injuries … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Aug 2019 Industry news UK ranks mid-table on EU recycling performance Official figures released by the European Union’s statistical arm, Eurostat, have suggested that the UK continues to lag behind some of the top performing member states on recycling. However, the data covering the 2017 calendar year, shows that the UK is now sending proportionally less waste to landfill than many of its European counterparts. The … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Aug 2019 Industry news Equipment news round-up (29/08/19) With news on; Robot-equipped C&D processing line operational in California; Wetherby expands and installs new waste baler; Geocycle North America takes delivery of UNTHA waste shredder, and; BHS-Sonthofen increases copper recovery. Robot-equipped C&D processing line operational in California An advanced waste sorting facility equipped with robotic picking units – provided by ZenRobotics – is no… letsrecycle.com News · 29 Aug 2019 Industry news Unpicking the challenges facing our sector OPINION: Jacob Hayler, executive director of the Environmental Services Association (ESA) considers the challenges facing the resources and waste sector over the coming 12 months and beyond. The summer holidays gave me time to reflect on some of the key issues the resources and waste sector faces. Over the next few weeks I will putting … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Aug 2019 Industry news Glass sector appeals to Scottish ministers over DRS Glass sector trade association, British Glass, has appealed to the Scottish Government to delay the introduction of glass in its proposed Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for drinks containers. The organisation claimed that the inclusion of glass in a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) will “work against” Scotland’s environmental ambitions, in a letter sent to the Scottish … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Aug 2019 Industry news Powerday Foundation and London Boxing are proud to announce the Fourth Annual Athlete Bursaries 2019 Mick and Edward Crossan have, over the past seven years, provided invaluable support in carrying out the London Boxing Development plans and achievements. They have built on the role of the London 201... Powerday · 28 Aug 2019 Industry news Recycling role remains unfilled at Defra Defra is yet to announce which minister will oversee waste and recycling policy, more than a month after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s reshuffle. Therese Coffey and George Eustice were named as Ministers of State on 26 July at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs after the appointment of Theresa Villiers as Environment Secretary. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Aug 2019 Industry news More WEEE funding available for councils Councils seeking to increase volumes of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) collected via civic amenity sites have been offered £650,000 in funding, through the latest phase of the Distributor Takeback Scheme (DTS). The funding is being offered through the DTS WEEE Project Fund to support new projects covering household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) or … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Aug 2019 Industry news News in brief (28/08/2019) With news on: Aldi cuts plastic; Olympia joins WRAP on food waste; Grundon supports for green project, and; Aberdeenshire HWRC permits. Aldi to remove plastic from tinned tuna packs Supermarket chain Aldi is to scrap plastic film packaging on its multipacks of tinned tuna as part of a trial project. From mid-September, the supermarket will … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Aug 2019 Industry news Ward Adds Soils Specialist to Extend Site Investigation and Hazardous Waste Capabilities Ward, the Derbyshire-based metal and waste recycling specialist has appointed a Soil Scientist, Dr Dimitrios Kosmidis, to expand its in-house... Ward Recycling · 28 Aug 2019 Industry news Viridor’s Bargeddie ‘rMRF’ enters second testing phase Viridor has announced that the residual Materials Recycling Facility (rMRF) it is building at Bargeddie in North Lanarkshire has entered its second phase of testing. The £22 million facility will “identify and remove any clean materials” from around 190,000 tonnes of residual waste from five Scottish councils with any remaining non-recyclable material sent to Viridor’s … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Aug 2019 Industry news WEEE fraudster has prison sentence extended A man jailed for committing waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) evidence fraud has had an additional nine years added to his prison sentence for failure to pay back the proceeds of his crime. Terry Soloman Dugbo, 48, from Leeds, is currently serving a seven-year and six months custodial sentence which was handed down in … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Aug 2019 Industry news Department for International Trade appoints Resource Futures for UK Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai Department for International Trade appoints Resource Futures for UK Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai As construction begins on the eye-catching UK Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, the Department for International Trade has tasked independent environmental consultancy, Resource Futures, to lead a team to explore decommissioning possibilities. Resource Futures, with a team that includes Construction Scotl… Resource Futures · 27 Aug 2019 Industry news Paper recyclers warn of ‘critical market situation’ Low prices and volatilities in the waste paper market are putting local authority collections and the whole paper recycling sector under strain, waste paper recycling businesses are warning. A statement from the ERPA trade group, now part of the Euric recycling association based in Brussels, today (27 August) warned of a “critical situation” faced by … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Aug 2019 Industry news Veolia suffers Brighton transfer station fire Veolia has launched an investigation into a fire which took place at a waste transfer station at Hollingdean Lane in Brighton late on Sunday night (August 25). At approximately 22:50 a fire broke out at the transfer station, which sits next to the company’s 160,000 tonne-per year capacity Material Recycling Facility. The MRF was not … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Aug 2019 Industry news PM Johnson awards £10 million to step up efforts to protect the rainforest Boris Johnson announces new UK funding to help tackle deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, as part of a package of announcements to combat climate change and protect biodiversity and the environment. Open Access Government — Environment · 27 Aug 2019 Industry news Gateshead AD plant expected to open in 2019 A 70,000 tonnes per year capacity commercial anaerobic digestion (AD) facility is expected to open in Gateshead this December. Wardley Biogas is developing the facility, a joint venture between waste management company GAP Organics, renewable energy funding provider Privilege Finance and renewable energy developer EOS DevCo. The plant will generate 600m3/hr of gas to be … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Aug 2019 Industry news Making a difference through good business OPINION: Michael Bennett, managing director of Pelican Communications, examines how consumer attitudes to the environment can help to influence business practices. In 2018, following Sweden’s hottest summer ever, teenager Greta Thunberg decided to go on school strike to get politicians to act on climate change. Her protest sparked a global movement that has seen pupils … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Aug 2019 Industry news Sainsbury’s includes glass in reverse vending trial A trial of reverse vending technology which accepts glass bottles, PET bottles and cans has launched at Sainsbury’s supermarket in Newbury, Berkshire. Tomra claimed that the trial is the first of its kind in England to include glass in a reverse vending unit, and comes ahead of the introduction of a deposit return scheme (DRS) … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Aug 2019 Industry news Flame retardants in our furniture; UK regulations and ten years of ‘imminent change’ After almost a decade of regulatory review, and no action, are we any closer to achieving fire safety without toxicity? Fidra · 26 Aug 2019 Industry news As deep-sea science is out-paced by exploitation, can catastrophe be averted? Dr Sandra Brooke, Florida State University Coastal and Marine Lab, explores whether the over-exploitation of deep oceans can be averted as deep-sea science continues to be outpaced. Open Access Government — Environment · 26 Aug 2019 Industry news Starter Packs Conference 2019 ‘Community Resilience in Times of Need’ was the theme of the Annual Starter Packs Conference jointly hosted by CRNS and Scottish Churches Housing Action (SCHA), an organisation that brings together 12 Christian denominations and organisations in Scotland all with a commitment to ending homelessness. For the 4th consecutive year CRNS and SCHA came together to [...] Circular Communities Scotland · 26 Aug 2019 Industry news Our strategic plan I am delighted to share our Strategic Plan with you, both the Detailed Plan along with a briefer Executive Summary. The purpose of this plan is to deliver the key building blocks needed to ensure we can better support our members, and with them deliver greater impact in the future. This plan sets our priorities and direction for the next [...] Circular Communities Scotland · 26 Aug 2019 Industry news A new vision of plastic production and plastic use Antonello Pezzini, Member of the European Economic and Social Committee shares his new vision of plastic production and plastic use. Open Access Government — Environment · 26 Aug 2019 Industry news NORTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL GIVES LIDL GO AHEAD FOR NEW MULTI-MILLION POUND SCOTTISH HQ - Lidl Lidl GB media centre · 25 Aug 2019 Industry news Policy on Health and Nutrition.indd - Lidl Lidl GB media centre · 25 Aug 2019 Industry news Welcome to Beyondly - your trusted partner in environmental compliance, data and sustainability. - Beyondly Beyondly (formerly Comply Direct) · 25 Aug 2019 Industry news Home - Arla Foods UK Arla Foods UK newsroom · 24 Aug 2019 Industry news Free Zero Waste Week Desktop Wallpaper During Zero Waste Week, I thought it would be amazing to see home and business offices across the world all displaying Zero Waste Week desktop wallpaper. Wouldn’t that be fun?! It’s a simple way for you to show your support to the campaign week and the environment. Join the movement by downloading your free wallpaper… Zero Waste Week · 23 Aug 2019 Industry news Climate doesn’t wait: More ambition and accelerated action needed Luca Jahier, President of the European Economic and Social Committee, argues that climate doesn’t wait but more ambition and accelerated action on it is needed in Europe. Open Access Government — Environment · 23 Aug 2019 Industry news Plans submitted for waste to fuel plant in NE Lincs Plans for a facility that could convert up to 500,000 tonnes per year of residual waste into fuel for planes and cars have been submitted to North East Lincolnshire council. British Airways, Shell and sustainable fuels company Velocys are developing the plant through a joint venture Altalto Immingham Ltd, the latest such development seeking to … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Aug 2019