Recycling news: 2017

Industry news Emails show Bayer and Syngenta fought scientists for data on bees study Bayer and Syngenta repeatedly asked scientists to give them raw data on a major new study which found that neonicotinoid pesticides cause harm to bees before it was published, according to emails obtained under Freedom of Information (FOI) rules. Both companies cited their position as co-funders to try to get information from researchers at the […] Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 11 Jul 2017 Industry news Recycle Week 2017 theme announced The theme for this year’s Recycle Week is to be: ‘Recycling – It’s Worth It!’ Announcing the theme, resource charity WRAP confirmed that Recycle Week will run from Monday 25 September to Sunday 1 October 2017. The organisation said that the theme will give local authorities and others “the opportunity to bust some myths and really … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jul 2017 Industry news Investing £6 million in our Willesden site The waste management industry is constantly evolving, with new technology and practices helping the industry to better deal with wastes of all types. At Powerday, we have been at the forefront of th... Powerday · 11 Jul 2017 Industry news Swansea roll-out reusable bags for plastics A kerbside collection scheme with reusable recycling bags for plastic recyclables has been rolled out across Swansea, after a trial was carried out in parts of the city. Swansea council has provided households with pink reusable bags for the disposal of household plastics, including clean plastic food trays; loose bottle tops and caps; margarine/ice cream tubs; … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jul 2017 Industry news PRN System Should be Retained, Recommends Defra The post PRN System Should be Retained, Recommends Defra appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 11 Jul 2017 Industry news Defra review backs PRN system A review of the PRN and packaging recycling system in the UK has found in favour of retaining the current scheme. Carried out by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and published on 7 July 2017, the review has been signed off by Defra economist John Walsh, and recommends “to keep” the regulations. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jul 2017 Industry news The era of the “clean car” is getting closer Beyond the growth of renewable technologies in the power sector, significant technological and corporate changes are also afoot in the car industry. If accompanied by innovative and holistic policies, these could make an important dent in road transport emissions, argues Nick Molho, Executive Director of the Aldersgate Group. Aldersgate Group · 10 Jul 2017 Industry news Football Football themed templates Alupro · 10 Jul 2017 Industry news Furniture Re-use Network and DixonsCarphone welcome public interest in WEEE take-back schemes highlighted in WRAP report The consumer’s behaviour when it comes to discarding waste can have a huge economic and social value Craig Anderson, Furniture Re-use Network CEO Response statement Following the WRAP report entitled Switched on to Value: Powering Business Change, published on 18 July, the Furniture Re-use Network (FRN) and DixonsCarphone have issued a joint statement responding to WRAP’s report finding that ‘8… Reuse Network · 10 Jul 2017 Industry news Charity news round-up (10/07/2017) With news on: Wastecycle in Papworth Trust ride; B&M team raises over £1,000; Marsden completes cycle challenge; and, Viridor supports Bargeddie schools. Wastecycle in Papworth Trust ride Staff from East-Midland’s based waste and recycling company, Wastecycle, raised over £150 for charity in a sponsored ‘static’ cycle ride. Ten employees from the company’s Leicester and Nottingham … Read More T… letsrecycle.com News · 10 Jul 2017 Industry news Wood recyclers launch new website The trade body for the wood recycling sector, the Wood Recyclers Association, has launched a new website which includes a full directory of its members. The website, www.woodrecyclers.org, was officially launched at the WRA’s members’ summer meeting last week. Julia Turner, Executive Director of the WRA, said: “The idea of this new site was to … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 Jul 2017 Industry news Appointments round-up (10/07/2017) With news on: UKWSL’s sales director; SEaB Energy board members; Amey Investments MD; Hadfield Wood Recyclers’ new SHEQ manager; G&P Batteries director; and, O’Donovan named ‘Industry Champion’. UKWSL announces Archer as sales director Waste and recycling brokerage, UKWSL, has announced the appointment of Roland Archer to the board as sales director. Mr Archer joins UKWSL … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 Jul 2017 Industry news Testing starts at Renewi’s Sinfin MBT/gasification plant Testing of equipment and processes at Renewi’s Sinfin site in Derby is getting underway, the contractor announced today (10 July). The development, which includes a mechanical biological treatment facility, a recycling plant and an energy from waste process in the form of a gasification system, is by Resource Recovery Solutions (RRS), now a joint venture … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 Jul 2017 Industry news ReFood opens Dagenham AD facility Food waste recycling company, ReFood, opened a ‘state-of-the-art’ anaerobic digestion (AD) facility in Dagenham on Friday (7 July), with a capacity to divert 160,000 tonnes of food waste a year. The plant, which was a £32m investment, was officially opened by Shirley Rodrigues, deputy mayor (Environment and Energy) and Norbert Rethmann, honorary chairman of Germany’s … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 Jul 2017 Industry news Demolition can start at Ironbridge Power Station… - Demolition News Demolition News · 10 Jul 2017 Industry news Metal Packaging Individual metal packaging item templates Alupro · 9 Jul 2017 Industry news Birmingham RCV involved in fatal collision A schoolgirl has died in a collision between a minicoach and a Birmingham city council refuse collection vehicle (RCV) at Kingsbury Road, Castle Vale, Birmingham this morning (7 July). [updated 14:30] Emergency services were called around 9am to Kingsbury Road where the 14-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene. West Midlands Ambulance Service said it … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jul 2017 Industry news Newport asks traders to help with recycling Newport city council in Wales is seeking a contractor to sort commingled municipal material although the authority is a longstanding advocate of kerbside sorting. Newport council is keeping the details of the proposed contract under wraps and has refused to explain exactly what form of municipal material will be sorted to the value of £44,000 … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jul 2017 Industry news Factcheck: Are Chinese companies really leading a new global coal power boom? Earlier this week the New York Times ran a story loosely based on the Coalexit report by German group Urgewald, which seeks to identify companies most heavily involved in the coal power industry in order to get financiers to divest from them. Based on this the NYT story presented a collection of claims which suggest […] Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 6 Jul 2017 Industry news Better disclosure, better returns Alex White, Policy Officer at the Aldersgate Group, argues the Financial Stability Board's climate risk recommendations could inform the UK's mandatory carbon reporting rules. Aldersgate Group · 6 Jul 2017 Industry news The Lonely Bottle Top – A story of endless possibilities The post The Lonely Bottle Top – A story of endless possibilities appeared first on Alupro . Alupro · 6 Jul 2017 Industry news Recycling Aluminium screw tops – you can leave your cap on! The post Recycling Aluminium screw tops – you can leave your cap on! appeared first on Alupro . Alupro · 6 Jul 2017 Industry news When is an aerosol empty and ready to recycle? The post When is an aerosol empty and ready to recycle? appeared first on Alupro . Alupro · 6 Jul 2017 Industry news David Drew MP to oversee waste and recycling for Labour EXCLUSIVE: Labour’s David Drew, MP for Stroud, has been appointed as a shadow DEFRA minister and is to oversee waste and recycling within his political brief. Mr Drew, who is one of 20 new MPs to join Labour’s front bench and takes the position of Shadow Farming & Rural Affairs Minister – he has been a Labour MP in … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jul 2017 Industry news AEB Amsterdam snaps up van der Meij The energy from waste firm, AEB Amsterdam, has announced the appointment of Herman van der Meij as its new business development and sales manager. Mr Van der Meij joins AEB after leaving Viridor Resource Management earlier this year, where he held the post of managing director. AEB is thought to be the world’s largest energy … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jul 2017 Industry news Lasting legacy of landfill The UK has 20,000 former landfill sites. Almost 50 million tonnes of industrial, commercial and domestic waste is sent to... Ward Recycling · 6 Jul 2017 Industry news Vanden expands with Cambridgeshire plastic facility Vanden Recycling has reached a ‘key milestone’ in the company’s expansion with the opening of a plastic processing facility for post-consumer material in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. The recycling company already collects and recycles scrap plastics nationwide, primarily from manufacturing, distribution and retail industries. These are then marketed back into the manufacturing sector, both in th… letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jul 2017 Industry news Waste sector fatalities soar in 2016/17 The number of workers in the waste and recycling sector fatally injured at work in the last year has more than doubled in comparison to 2015/16, according to the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) annual figures, released this week. The data, which is provisional, revealed that there were 14 fatal injuries to waste and recycling … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jul 2017 Industry news Agrivert completes PAS110 for AD plants Food waste recycler Agrivert has announced that it has gained PAS110 on both its new North London and South Wales AD facilities, located near St Albans in Hertfordshire and Bridgend in Wales. The company said that the PAS110 was achieved in “record time” from commissioning of the facilities. These sites complete Agrivert’s 5-strong network of facilities … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jul 2017 Industry news The Battle of Medway Hailed a Success Sponsored by Countrystyle Recycling, the ‘Battle of Medway’ was deemed a huge success. With Kent at the heart of the […] Countrystyle Recycling · 6 Jul 2017 Industry news Humans come out second best against efficient robot chemist - Chemistry World Chemistry World · 6 Jul 2017 Industry news How Pesticide Free Cotton Changes Lives This morning, the TRAID team had an incredibly motivational and inspiring talk from Tadesse Amera, Director of PAN Ethiopia. Tadesse... TRAID · 5 Jul 2017 Industry news Mach Tech features Polaris at North West Recycling VIDEO REPORT: Waste management and RDF processing business, North West Recycling was the venue last week for the official UK launch of the Polaris ‘one step waste shredder’ manufactured by Lindner. Work at North West Recycling near Carlisle includes the processing of material for RDF and SRF While the company has already achieved several sales … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jul 2017 Industry news Essex pair fined £175,000 over waste tipping Two men have been handed suspended 10-month prison sentences and ordered to pay £175,000 in fines and compensation to landowner, Cemex UK, after illegally tipping waste at two sites in Essex. In a trial brought against them by the Environment Agency on Friday 9 June, Patrick James Corbally Snr and Patrick Lee Corbally Jnr were found … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jul 2017 Industry news Recycling schemes for cups and cards move forward Progress on two separate recycling schemes has been reported this week: one for PVC store cards and a second for cup collections. A store gift card trial has seen one million PVC cards successfully recycled, resource recovery specialist Axion Consulting has announced. The RecoCard project, managed by Axion, saw the material recycled for use in … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jul 2017 Industry news Biffa strengthens North East role with O’Brien deal Biffa has acquired north east England waste management business O’Brien Waste Recycling Solutions Holdings Limited. Ian Wakelin, chief executive of Biffa, described the deal today (5 July) as another “value-creating acquisition” for the company. Biffa paid £35.2 million cash for O’Brien Waste Recycling Solutions Holdings Limited (O’Brien WRS) “with a further contingent consideration of up … Rea… letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jul 2017 Industry news From farm to store: How we grow and harvest our bananas - Asda Asda corporate newsroom · 5 Jul 2017 Industry news Analysis: How cutting coal could help improve China’s water woes The Chinese authorities could provide water for nearly 30 million people by the end of the decade by simply scrapping superfluous coal power capacity in water-stressed regions, according to a new analysis. Despite the historic reduction in China’s coal consumption since 2014, a huge number of new coal power plants are still in the pipeline in […] Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 4 Jul 2017 Industry news Yorkshire and Humber - adeptnet.org.uk ADEPT (Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport) · 4 Jul 2017 Industry news Identifying EDCs: EU Government experts adopt flawed criteria After years of delays, debates and continued exposure of people and wildlife to chemicals with hormone disrupting properties (EDCs), experts from EU governments voted this morning to support the latest Commission proposal defining criteria for identifying endocrine disrupters. In CHEM Trust’s view the criteria will not properly protect public health and the environment, as they […] CHEM Trust · 4 Jul 2017