Recycling news: 2015

Industry news Stirling RCV driver charged following fatal collision A former Stirling council waste collection vehicle driver has been charged with causing death by dangerous and inconsiderate driving. The charge follows the death of an 80-year old man in Sherrifmuir in December. The collision on December 3 2014 caused the death of 80-year-old Peter Wills on the same day. The un-named 42-year-old driver will … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Mar 2015 Industry news Green Party draft manifesto includes food waste ban to landfill A ban on food waste to landfill and a 70% recycling target by 2020 are just two draft proposals that could feature in the Green Party’s general election manifesto. And, the Greens would also aim to increase national spending on recycling and waste disposal by an estimated 50% in order to eliminate ‘damaging incineration and … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Mar 2015 Industry news SUEZ submits application for Aberdeen waste facility Plans to develop a joint waste and recycling facility in Aberdeen by early 2017 have been submitted to the city council. SUEZ’S Recycling & Waste Recovery UK division, formerly SITA UK, is seeking planning permission to develop the materials recycling facility (MRF) and refuse-derived fuel (RDF) plant on the Altens East Industrial Estate south of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Mar 2015 Industry news POWERDAY SUPPLYING NEW HODDESDON GASIFICATION PLANT Powerday will be supplying refuse derived fuel (RDF) for a new gasification plant to be built in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. The RDF will come from residual waste generated at Powerday’s new Enfield M... Powerday · 26 Mar 2015 Industry news Reprocessors keep up pressure over milk bottles Consumers would support laws giving bottle manufacturers a responsibility to include recycled content in plastic milk bottles even if it resulted in an increase in price, the Resource Association has claimed. The organisation, which represents the UK’s reprocessing sector, made the comments after publishing the results of a survey, carried on its behalf by market … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Mar 2015 Industry news #SewSolidarity – 24 April 2015 TRAID invites you to mark the two-year anniversary of the Rana Plaza factory collapse on April 24 2015, by sewing... TRAID · 25 Mar 2015 Industry news PM: “Sun doesn’t shine” on Brighton bin collections Prime Minister David Cameron has criticised the Green Party’s record on bin collections in Brighton, during his final PMQs today before the general election. Speaking at the House of Commons session, Mr Cameron had previously congratulated Conservative MP Simon Kirby for championing “massive investment” in Brighton – adding the “sun will continue to shine” on … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Mar 2015 Industry news The End of Waste is nigh David Adams, Managing Director of waste management and recycling broker 707, comments on collective waste disposal and improving waste streams ahead of the End of Waste Conference hosted by letsrecycle.com. Tomorrow marks letsrecycle.com’s End of Waste Conference 2015. The complex EU End of Waste criteria is presenting a number of challenges to our sector and … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Mar 2015 Industry news Retailers given guidance on carrier bag levy Retailers in England have been reminded of their requirement to charge 5p for every single use bag issued to customers from October, under guidance sent out by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) this week (March 23). The guidance, which includes instructions on submitting bag charge data to Defra annually, comes ahead … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Mar 2015 Industry news Darlington sees recycling boost after AWC switch A switch from weekly to alternate weekly collections of residual waste has boosted the capture rate of recyclables by 72% over a five month period, Darlington borough council has claimed. The local authority made the switch from a weekly residual service in October 2014, in a bid to shave £400,000 from its budget in efficiency … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Mar 2015 Industry news Tilbury biomass plant gets £70m funding boost A long-anticipated biomass and energy from waste facility at Tilbury Docks has received a joint £70 million cash injection from The Green Investment Bank (GIB) and Ireland’s Electricity Supply Board (ESB). The funding, which supports the overall £190 million spend on the plant, also stands as the first investment by ESB in the UK’s waste … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Mar 2015 Industry news Appointments round-up 25/03/15 With news on: Viridor appoints South East regional director; Blue Group promotes from within; Stadler appoints manager in Milton Keynes; and, Andigestion welcomes manager for its Bishops Cleeve AD plant Viridor appoints South East regional director Taunton-based waste management company Viridor has appointed Derek Edwards as its South East regional director as it moves to … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Mar 2015 Industry news How to recycle broken headphones Zero Hero Fiona asked “Do you know of a good way to recycle or reuse earphones that no longer work? I found a recycling website but they only take certain brands- mine are unbranded” As ever the inspiring Zero Waste community came up with these fantastic ideas: Jewellery Suella wrote “Offer them to jewelery makers.… Zero Waste Week · 25 Mar 2015 Industry news Countrystyle Strengthens its position in Kent with Commercial Services contract win Countrystyle Recycling has been appointed by Commercial Services Kent Ltd (a Kent County Council wholly owned company) as the waste haulage and plant operator for two waste transfer stations in Kent – North Farm at Tunbridge Wells and Dunbrik at Sevenoaks. Countrystyle Recycling · 24 Mar 2015 Industry news Landfill tax to hit £84.40 per tonne in 2016 Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has confirmed the amount that will be charged for the standard and lower rate of landfill tax from April 2016, in guidance documents published yesterday (March 23). A briefing document, which has been sent to all landfill site operators registered in the UK in the wake of last week’s … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Mar 2015 Industry news European recycling rate for beverage cans at a new record level Seven out of ten aluminium beverage cans are recycled in Europe! The European Aluminium Association has announced that the overall recycling rate for aluminium beverage cans in the EU + EFTA countries increased by 1.5% points to a new record level of 69.5% in 2012. When considering the collection of cans in the remaining European […] Alupro · 24 Mar 2015 Industry news Countrystyle awarded £6m Kent waste transfer contract Countrystyle Recycling has won a £6 million contract to provide waste haulage and plant hire at two waste transfer stations in Kent. The organics recycler has been awarded the four-year contract by Commercial Services Kent Ltd, which was set up nearly 70 years ago by Kent county council to provide services to the public and … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Mar 2015 Industry news MP debate paints uncertain future for Defra The future of the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) looked uncertain last night as MPs from four political parties outlined their vision for a ‘greener’ government at a debate in London. Secretary of State for the Environment Liz Truss, Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change Ed Davey, Shadow Energy Secretary … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Mar 2015 Industry news Powerday renews Heathrow waste contract London-based recycling firm Powerday has retained its contract to process construction waste from Heathrow Airport. Powerday was originally awarded the contract to process construction material from Heathrow in 2010 (see letsrecycle.com story) and has since handled 87,000 tonnes of waste from the site – Europe’s busiest airport. Material from Heathrow is processed at Powerday’s materials … Read… letsrecycle.com News · 24 Mar 2015 Industry news GIB ‘failing’ to follow waste hierarchy The Green Investment Bank is ‘failing’ to follow the waste hierarchy when investing in the waste sector, consultancy Eunomia has claimed. A review of the projects funded by the bank since it was created in 2012 published by the consultancy on Friday (March 20) indicates that out of a total waste sector investment of £269.7m, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Mar 2015 Industry news POWERDAY RETAINS HEATHROW AIRPORT CONTRACT Powerday has retained the contract for construction material recycling and waste at Europe’s busiest airport following a recent re-tendering process. The four year contract was awarded by the four ... Powerday · 24 Mar 2015 Industry news Time for a reality check Paul Dumpleton, development director at CD Group assesses how changing consumer habits are shifting the recycling market. The international market has acknowledged for some while now that the newsprint sector is in decline largely on the back of advances in digital media with the UK having reduced its consumption of newsprint by nearly 50% in … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Mar 2015 Industry news Suspended jail term for director in WEEE export case A Wokingham shipping company has been fined and its director handed a suspended prison sentence for attempting to illegally ship Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) to West Africa. Bakour Limited and company director, Adam Bakour, based at Rushton Farm, Warren House Road in Wokingham near Reading, pleaded guilty to offences relating to the attempted … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Mar 2015 Industry news WRAP concludes major plastics recycling research The Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has today (March 23) concluded a series of work on plastics recycling that it is hoped will stimulate investment in the sector, and help to boost recycling rates for the material. The organisation has published a series of reports on plastics recycling, which includes work on developing end … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Mar 2015 Industry news Bryson retains Castlereagh recycling contract as councils merge Waste services firm Bryson Recycling has retained a contract to collect and process dry recyclables on behalf of Castlereagh borough council – as some local authorities in Northern Ireland prepare to merge. Bryson is to continue servicing around 14,500 households across Castlereagh – an area of urban and rural properties located to the south of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Mar 2015 Industry news Viridor recycling earnings ‘lower than expected’ Pennon Group – the parent company of waste and recycling firm Viridor – today (March 23) reported lower earnings from recycling than expected in 2014/15 in its pre-close trading statement for the year. The firm said current tough recycling market conditions and a fall in commodity and recyclate prices had resulted in “lower recycling earnings … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Mar 2015 Industry news Scotland set for ‘first-of-kind’ £111m waste plant A £111 million ‘first-of-kind’ waste plant is set to be built in Forth by Lanark, Scotland, following investment from the Green Investment Bank (GIB). The Bank, Foresight Group and Zouk Capital today (March 23) announced equity investments in the construction of the Levenseat Renewable Energy Limited 12.5 MWe energy from waste (EfW) plant and adjacent … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Mar 2015 Industry news IARC: Glyphosate 'probably carcinogenic' - The Ecologist The Ecologist · 23 Mar 2015 Industry news West Norfolk terminates waste treatment deal King’s Lynn and West Norfolk council today (March 20) announced it has terminated its 16-year contract with waste management firm Material Works Ltd to treat the borough’s black bag waste. The council said that the nature of the contract has “ensured that the borough council was not exposed to any financial risk while the contract … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Mar 2015 Industry news Recoup report aims to boost plastics recyclability Plastics recycling body Recoup has this week (March 16) published the updated version of its Recyclability by Design report, the fifth version of the guide. The guide looks at every stage of the recycling process, covering all forms of rigid plastic packaging including plastic bottles and rigid plastic pots, tubs and trays, and seeks to … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Mar 2015 Industry news St Helens looks to trial stackable recycling box scheme Plans to trial a stackable recycling bin system for residents in St Helens will go ahead later this year, the borough council’s member for environment has pledged. Councillor Seve Gomez Aspron has confirmed that the Merseyside-based local authority will roll out the Trolleyblock bin to a number of households in the coming months, which allows … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Mar 2015 Industry news Retailers told not to turn back on recycling commitments The Resource Association has launched an impassioned plea for retailers not to turn their back on commitments to use recycled plastic in milk bottle production, following a crunch meeting on plastics recycling earlier this week. Yesterday (March 19) letsrecycle.com revealed that Defra minister Dan Rogerson had called an emergency involving retailers, the recycling sector and … Read More The pos… letsrecycle.com News · 20 Mar 2015 Industry news WRAP offers preview of updated Recycle Now campaign The chair of the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has offered councils in Kent an early look at the refreshed nationwide recycling communications scheme ‘Recycle Now’, which is due to be relaunched in the summer. Julie Hill, who was appointed chair of the resource efficiency body in October gave the preview at the annual … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Mar 2015 Industry news Time to show support for the domestic reprocessing sector Within the commodity markets that encompass the recycling sector, there is a huge amount of volatility and uncertainty at present. Ferrous metals markets have dived after the iron ore price fell. In paper, the value of used newspapers and magazines has reduced and this has also knocked the price paid for lower quality mixed papers. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Mar 2015 Industry news Countrystyle Recycling Ltd find Bell loader well-equipped for plant’s demands Continuing its aim to help clients achieve zero waste to landfill, Countrystyle has extended its fleet with the new addition of a L1506E Wheeled Loader from Bell Equipment UK. Countrystyle Recycling · 20 Mar 2015 Industry news Rogerson assesses options to support plastics recycling Environment minister Dan Rogerson has brought together the recycling sector, plastics industry, retailers and waste trade associations to discuss the difficulties facing the plastics recycling market. In a meeting earlier this week, the minister aired concerns about the pressures on the sector and noted the recent challenges for plastics recycling in light of oil prices … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Mar 2015 Industry news Separate glass among Dundee collection changes Dundee city council has begun the two-year roll-out of a new collection regime for household recycling, as it seeks to almost double its recycling rate from 32% currently to 60% by 2020. Residents in the city, which is the fourth largest in Scotland, are to receive a complete overhaul of their recycling and waste collections, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Mar 2015 Industry news Defra backs ‘caddy bag’ flexible packaging trial Defra is backing a trial to assess the feasibility of collecting flexible laminated packaging such as food and drink pouches, pet food pouches and toothpaste tubes from households, via a ‘caddy bag’ scheme. The scheme is intended to demonstrate that aluminium can be recovered from the material for recycling. Around £188,000 has been secured from … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Mar 2015 Industry news Waste industry welcomes extra funding to tackle crime Members of the waste industry have unanimously welcomed Chancellor George Osborne’s pledge to provide extra funding for the Environment Agency to tackle waste crime. The funding, which was announced in the Chancellor’s spring Budget yesterday (March 18), will see the Treasury allocate a “one off £4.2 million increase in Environment Agency funding to address waste … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Mar 2015 Industry news Barking and Dagenham refuse drivers walk out Refuse collections are likely to be affected in the London borough of Barking and Dagenham over the next three days, the council has said, due to a planned walk out by GMB union refuse drivers over a pay dispute. Of the 136 drivers in the council’s overall fleet, which includes refuse vehicles, 30 came into … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Mar 2015