Recycling news: 2016

Industry news Maskell appointed as shadow Defra secretary Rachael Maskell MP for York Central has been appointed as Labour’s new shadow secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs in the wake of more than 11 resignations from Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet over the weekend. The 43-year-old MP ahead of the referendum vote had she was committed to Britain remaining a member … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jun 2016 Industry news ‘Self-help’ as Kent keeps Viridor as recycling partner Viridor is set to continue its partnership with Kent county council by processing and selling dry kerbside recycling collected from households across west and mid-Kent. And, the agreement sees some market risk shared between the council and the contractor under a ‘self-help’ approach. The contract, which officially commences in July, will run for two years … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jun 2016 Industry news Grundon: ‘Brexit best decision for UK’ Grundon Waste Management deputy chairman, Neil Grundon has told letsrecycle.com that Britain leaving the European Union is the “best decision” for the country. The family-owned waste management company, which is headquartered in Oxfordshire, has insisted its development plans in the UK have not been affected by referendum vote in favour of ‘Brexit’. Mr Grundon has … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jun 2016 Industry news Local authorities react to Brexit The Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC) has backed calls from the Local Government Association for more devolution to be granted to councils following Britain’s decision to leave the EU. letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jun 2016 Industry news rED alErt: - eia-international.org Environmental Investigation Agency · 24 Jun 2016 Industry news Trade and legal concerns after Brexit Global concerns have been expressed by the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) over the possible impact of Britain’s vote to leave the EU on trade. letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jun 2016 Industry news EU’s role in standards highlighted BREXIT: Leaders of the waste management, organics and used clothing sectors have expressed a range of views on today’s (24 June) referendum result, which put Leave ahead of Remain 52% to 48%. Waste company Suez highlighted how EU membership had driven up environmental standards while CIWM has warned of “financial, policy, legal and performance uncertainty.” … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jun 2016 Industry news Brexit: ‘Waste at bottom of in-tray warning’ The referendum vote in favour of leaving the European Union could place waste and recycling at the bottom of the Government’s in-tray, Britain’s waste management industry warned this morning. In contrast, food recycling company Refood, owned by German waste management giant Remondis said that the “Brexit” decision could mean that savings from EU membership could … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jun 2016 Industry news The Week in Waste – 24 June 2016 Take a look at the ‘Week in Waste’ video report. In this week’s report by letsrecycle.com, sponsored by Biffa, we reflect on local authority stories and also the move by Bexley to require Veolia to collect waste electronic and electrical equipment from the borough. The video report comes as letsrecycle.com continues to develop its coverage of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jun 2016 Industry news S Norton & Co restructures board Liverpool-headquartered metal recycling company S Norton & Co has announced a restructuring to allow the owners, John, Charlie and Matt Norton, to devote more time to strategy and longer-term direction of the business. Founded in 1960, the family-run scrap processing business collects, processes and distributes over one million tonnes of ferrous scrap every year. It … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jun 2016 Industry news Re3 issues permits after West Berkshire break Local authorities within the re3 partnership in the Berkshire area are sending out 23,000 recycling centre visitor permits a day to their households following a break with West Berkshire council. Over 182,000 permits will have been delivered by late June. Re3 refers to the partnership between Bracknell Forest, Reading and Wokingham borough councils and FCC … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jun 2016 Industry news Profits up at DS Smith by 1% Recycling and paper mill giant DS Smith has announced its total revenue is up 6% year-on-year, with pre-tax profits of £201 million, which is also up by 1%. letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jun 2016 Industry news Metal processors invited to first industry show Metal recyclers and processing experts are being encouraged to attend the first ever dedicated show for the industry. The Cars and Metals Recycling event is running from Wednesday July 13 until Thursday July 14 at Donnington Park Race Circuit in Derby with JCB as the headline partner. The UK metal recycling market is worth an … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jun 2016 Industry news Commissioner warns recycling vehicle operators A regulator has included the recycling sector within broader criticism of the way that some businesses operate their vehicles. The criticism and warnings about potential failures over vehicle licensing came this week from the London and South East traffic commissioner, Nick Denton. Mr Denton said that “trades including construction, scaffolding and recycling, need to take … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jun 2016 Industry news RDF exports up in early 2016 Exports of refuse derived fuel (RDF) have risen in the first four months of this year, according to data released by the Environment Agency. The data shows an increase of around 60,000 tonnes over January to April 2016 to a total of 276,549 tonnes compared to 208,745 tonnes in the same period last year, suggesting … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jun 2016 Industry news FIRST PAS402 ACCREDITATION IN ENGLAND RETAINED AFTER FIRST ANNUAL AUDIT Powerday has retained the recycling performance reporting accreditation PAS 402:2013 a year after becoming the first waste management company in England to gain the standard and certification. The PA... Powerday · 22 Jun 2016 Industry news Oldham moves towards three-weekly collection A proposal for the introduction of three-weekly residual waste collections will be discussed at an Oldham council cabinet meeting next Monday (27 June). In a ‘Waste Management Options Report’ issued ahead of the meeting, the authority, which is within the Greater Manchester area, has laid out its reasons for considering the change, pointing to the continued rise of disposal costs … Read More Th… letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jun 2016 Industry news Demand change in WEEE market hits council collections A fall in demand for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) evidence has impacted on the collection of material from local authority civic amenity sites. As a consequence of the demand change, Bexley council is believed to be the first local authority to use ‘Regulation 34’ under the amended WEEE regulations – it has requested … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jun 2016 Industry news Lightning strike at Agrivert AD plant A digester at Agrivert’s Wallingford anaerobic digestion (AD) plant was struck by lightning on Thursday evening (16 June), causing a ‘short but intensive’ fire at the biogas plant. The incident has led to warnings from AD sector experts over potential safety hazards at plants. The lightning strike occurred at 17.20, igniting methane gas stored in … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jun 2016 Industry news Halton council launches weekly food waste trial A six-month food waste recycling trial has been launched by Halton borough council in partnership with ReFood. The pilot scheme, launched earlier this month, takes place across 1,200 homes in Hale in Widnes and Heath in Runcorn and sees food waste collected weekly from kitchen caddies rolled out by the Merseyside-based council. The service has … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jun 2016 Industry news AWM to open £10m Leeds waste centre Associated Waste Management (AWM) is preparing to open a new £10 million waste and recycling centre in Leeds as part of its ongoing expansion. Based in the south of the city, the Stourton plant will have capacity to treat up to 200,000 tonnes of materials per year – boosting the business’ permitted annual processing capacity … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jun 2016 Industry news Lost in translation – what does the Green Dot symbol really represent? Laura Rimmer, International Compliance Manager, explains what the Green Dot symbol represents and where it came from. Valpak · 21 Jun 2016 Industry news Mid UK Recycling denies waste storage charges Mid UK Recycling is to be tried by a jury after the company yesterday (21 June) denied charges involving the keeping of controlled waste at its Wilsford Heath site near Ancaster in Lincolnshire. MC Mountain and Son Ltd – the haulage arm of the recycling business – and company director Mowbray Christopher (Chris) Mountain, also … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jun 2016 Industry news Circular package ‘must fit with reformed’ EU The Circular Economy package needs to fit in with the concept of a reformed European Union, according to a submission on the package from the Council of Ministers. The submission comes as work on the Circular Economy package continues apace in Brussels, as the UK decides whether it wants to be “in or out”. Calling … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jun 2016 Industry news Leaked report reveals huge scale of Laos illegal logging - eia-international.org Environmental Investigation Agency · 21 Jun 2016 Industry news Community News: Football club partnership with Co-op still going strong with new strips - Co-operative Group Co-op media newsroom · 21 Jun 2016 Industry news Dorset scrapyard fire destroys 200 cars A fire destroyed around 200 vehicles at Charles Trent scrapyard in Poole, Dorset, on Friday night (17 June). The Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service has confirmed that it was called to the site, just off the Ringwood road in Poole, at 8:22pm. Eleven fire engines were present with over 60 firefighters working to bring … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jun 2016 Industry news News in Brief (20/06/2016) With news on: Lincolnshire waste facility opens doors; UK skip hire service launched; Escourety purchases electric vehicle; Merseyside groups receive community grant, and; Potters Group completes move to new HQ. Lincolnshire waste facility opens doors Members of the public were recently invited on an educational tour of Lincolnshire’s energy from waste facility. FCC Environment and … Read More … letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jun 2016 Industry news Compost ‘key’ to meeting UK soil quality goals The Organics Recycling Group (ORG) of the Renewable Energy Association (REA) has spoken out about the importance of compost as a sustainable fertiliser, following a report on the benefits of soil. The Environment Audit Committee’s report ‘Soil Health’ recognised the importance of soil as a key ingredient to agricultural production, climate change mitigation and flood … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jun 2016 Industry news IAI questions ‘reliability’ of Circular Economy data EXCLUSIVE: A top impact assessment organisation has raised questions over data used to justify parts of the European Commission’s Circular Economy Package. The questions come from the Brussels-based Impact Assessment Institute (IAI), which has produced a scrutiny study for the Commission on the data accompanying last December’s Circular Economy proposals. In a draft of the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jun 2016 Industry news HMRC seeks to end landfill tax ‘uncertainty’ HMRC is seeking to ‘simplify’ the criteria around which types of waste qualify for landfill tax from April 2017 – in a bid to end ‘uncertainty’ over guidance on the issue. A consultation, ‘Landfill Tax: improving clarity and certainty for taxpayers’ is seeking views on amending the definition of a ‘taxable disposal of waste’, as … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jun 2016 Industry news The Week in Waste – 17 June 2016 Take a look at the ‘Week in Waste’ video report. In this week’s report by letsrecycle.com, sponsored by Biffa, we report from the National Civic Amenity Site Conference in Rocester, Staffordshire. The video report comes as letsrecycle.com continues to develop its coverage of recycling news, to serve the growing demands of our audience of up … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jun 2016 Industry news Councils should ‘exploit’ HWRC trade waste income Local authorities should seek to ‘exploit’ the financial opportunity presented by accepting trade waste at household waste recycling centres (HWRCs), a waste consultant has claimed. The comments came from Paul Morgan, associate director at AMEC Foster Wheeler, who presented his thoughts on the challenges of dealing with trade waste alongside household waste at HWRCs at … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jun 2016 Industry news Suez to run, row and ride for Macmillan Staff from waste management giant Suez will be putting their best foot forward in a bid to raise thousands of pounds for Macmillan Cancer Support. As part of the ‘Rio Roadshow’ taking place from June 20 until 22 July, Suez employees will run, row and ride the equivalent distance from London to Rio de Janeiro … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jun 2016 Industry news William Tracey sees vehicle licence curtailed after wheel loss Scottish waste firm William Tracey Group has had its licence to operate waste vehicles partially revoked following a wheel loss incident in December 2015. Scottish Traffic Commissioner Joan Aitken has ruled that from Sunday (19 June), the waste business’ licence will be reduced from 144 to 121 vehicles for a period of 10 weeks. This … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jun 2016 Industry news Residual restriction highlighted at CA site conference Restricting the disposal of residual waste at Civic Amenity sites will help to drive cost savings to councils and improve the efficiency of sites, according to a waste industry expert. Speaking at the National Civic Amenity Site conference at JCB Headquarters in Rocester, Staffordshire on Wednesday (15 June), Daniel Gillert, area operations manager at FCC … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jun 2016 Industry news Case Study: BRITA – A brighter approach to successful waste management The post Case Study: BRITA – A brighter approach to successful waste management appeared first on Grundon . Grundon Waste Management · 16 Jun 2016 Industry news New Earth investors “unlikely” to be reimbursed EXCLUSIVE: Shareholders in New Earth Solutions Group are “unlikely” to see their money returned, after the Courts ruled to provisionally liquidate three associated investment Funds. On 9 June, the High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man appointed joint liquidators at Deloitte LLP to “provisionally” take possession of assets tied up in the Funds … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jun 2016 Industry news Equipment round-up (16/06/2016) With news on: Witham Mills provides baler; processing waste for Tesco; Terex unveils new recycling product, and; Weltec to showcase technology portfolio. Witham Mills appointed to provide third baler Witham Mills has been appointed by East Anglia business Steward Recycling to provide baling machinery for processing magazines and books. Todmorden-based Witham Mills has provided two … Read More T… letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jun 2016 Industry news Casepak wins Charnwood dry recycling contract Waste management firm Casepak has won a two year contract to process 18,000 tonnes per year of dry recyclables on behalf of Charnwood borough council. The material will be processed at the company’s Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) in Leicester, having previously been processed by Viridor at its MRF in Crayford. Casepak was awarded the contract, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jun 2016