Recycling news: 2021

Industry news Eren’s Shotton containerboard machine to be ‘largest in UK’ EXCLUSIVE: Turkish cardboard and corrugated packaging firm Eren Holdings plans to convert UPM Shotton from a newsprint mill to the “second largest containerboard campus in the UK”. The site, which has large areas of land around the mill, will also see the development of a 210,000 tonne per annum tissue production facility. Currently the plans … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2021 Industry news Recycling Week 2021: Charity Retail Steps It Up Since 1999, TRAID has kept clothes in use for longer. We tackle the problems caused by the fashion industry by... TRAID · 20 Sept 2021 Industry news Recycling Week 2021: ChattyFeet – Walks the Walk The amazing ChattyFeet has partnered with TRAID since 2013 donating new socks for reuse and resale in our charity shops.... TRAID · 20 Sept 2021 Industry news ‘Step it Up’ as Recycle Week 2021 begins Recycle Week 2021 launches today (20 September), under the theme ‘Step it Up’. The theme of the 18th annual Recycle Week, which is launched by resources charity WRAP under its ‘Recycle Now’ campaign, will focus on encouraging citizens to recycle more in the fight against climate change. This year’s message comes after a recent Recycle … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2021 Industry news Are eco-design rules ‘fit for purpose’ for WEEE plastics? Ceri Fenwick is an Engineering Doctorate researcher in the Centre for Environment & Sustainability at the University of Surrey, investigating material efficiency opportunities for consumer electronics. In this special report, she looks at whether eco-design regulations are fit for purpose for plastics from waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). The recycling of plastics from WEEE … R… letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2021 Industry news UK set for Chinese investment into pulp plant EXCLUSIVE: The UK is set for direct Chinese investment into a paper mill producing a dry recycled pulp for export to China at a site near Telford. Such an investment would be a boost to the UK’s cardboard recycling sector. Current mills operate largely at capacity, with the UK a major exporter of paper for … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2021 Industry news Recycle Week 2021: This year ‘Step It Up’ in the fight against Climate Change! Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority (MRWA) is proud to ‘Step It Up’ in the biggest and best Recycle Week ever. Recycle Now and MRWA are asking residents to ‘Step It Up’ in the fight against climate change and take action to protect our environment through even better recycling habits. This year Recycle Now welcomes a - Continue Reading Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority · 20 Sept 2021 Industry news Why reducing industrial emissions brings good news for innovation and job creation Ana Musat, Head of Policy at the Aldersgate Group explores the opportunities from industrial decarbonisation, and the policy measures required to realise them Aldersgate Group · 19 Sept 2021 Industry news Food & circular economy assistant (intern) - ReLondon ReLondon · 19 Sept 2021 Industry news Sofidel UK - Hamilton - Confederation of Paper Industries Confederation of Paper Industries · 18 Sept 2021 Industry news WasteAid & COP26: Waste Management is a Climate Issue Across the world, populations are growing and economies are evolving. But when we buy more, we also generate more waste, more pollution and more climate change emissions. Most countries are struggling to keep up. In fact, 1 in 3 people globally do not have access to a waste management service – leading to them burning […] WasteAid · 17 Sept 2021 Industry news Technology: How Used Solar Panels Are Powering the Developing World An overlooked niche in the energy trade is keeping high-tech waste out of the trash — and helping to connect millions of people to reliable electricity. Bloomberg columnist on emerging markets, technology and waste, Adam Minter, explores. This article first appeared in Bloomberg Opinion and is shared with permission from the author. A few years ago, […] WasteAid · 17 Sept 2021 Industry news Agency says revised FPP guidance provides ‘clarity’ Nine months on since extensive revisions, the Environment Agency’s senior adviser on fire prevention plans (FPPs) says the guidance should now provide industry and permitting officers with “clarity”. The senior adviser, Peter Buckley, spoke on 16 September during the Letsrecycle Live event at Stoneleigh Park, Coventry at a session on tackling practical issues on waste … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Sept 2021 Industry news How will a changing climate affect the future of vector borne diseases? With a changing climate, animal, insect, and plant species will either adapt or die under new environmental and climate conditions - this brings new challenges in the study of vector-borne infectious diseases. Open Access Government — Environment · 17 Sept 2021 Industry news Plastics challenged by ‘film and non-food bottles’ The plastics session in the Materials Village at Letsrecycle Live on 15 September heard much discussion of the forthcoming plastics packaging tax. It also heard that of the difficulties in film recycling and the challenge of food grade plastic when some PP bottles contain chemicals such as disinfectants. Chaired by Stuart Foster, chief executive of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Sept 2021 Industry news Get to know our volunteers; Philip, Repair Cafe Carmarthen Organiser We have amazing people in the Repair Cafe Wales Family As part of a series on getting to know our volunteers, we’ve set a series of questions and our amazing volunteers have answered them ‘virtually’ for us. Next up in the series is the organiser of the Carmarthen Repair Cafe, Philip: Q. What is your ... Repair Cafe Wales · 17 Sept 2021 Industry news Team Recycleye Grows by 5! The past fortnight has brought exciting change to Recycleye, as the team has grown by 5 members, bringing our total headcount to 21. Our newest technologists and creatives, who have increased the company's size by almost a third, will be vital players in Recycleye's commercial and technical growth as we scale.... Recycleye news · 17 Sept 2021 Industry news Barry Biomass queries council’s demolition order The operators of the Barry Biomass plant in South Wales have questioned a decision by the planning committee of the local authority for the area to issue a demolition order against the 86,000 tonnes per year capacity waste wood gasifier. On 1 September, the planning committee of Vale of Glamorgan council unanimously agreed it would … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Sept 2021 Industry news Waste, Climate and Finance Zoë Lenkiewicz, Senior Technical Advisor and Head of Communications for WasteAid, shares the organisation’s perspective on waste, climate and finance. In the “race to net zero”, the global waste management movement has a lot of work on its hands. While the focus on UK emissions is on iterative improvements, the elephant in the room is […] WasteAid · 17 Sept 2021 Industry news ‘Add climate change message’ in recruitment The waste sector should “pitch itself differently” to potential recruits by framing itself at the centre of the carbon debate, a panel discussion at Letsrecycle Live has heard. At the careers keynote session at Letsrecycle Live, this week (15 September) chaired by director of DMP metals Paul Dumpleton, speakers shed light on the issues the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Sept 2021 Industry news Waste, Climate and Health At the same time as reducing climate emissions, waste management services reduce the spread of disease and the burden of poor health on vulnerable populations. Ceris Turner-Bailes, WasteAid’s CEO, shares the organisation’s perspective on how waste, climate and health are linked together. A regular waste collection and safe disposal service is a luxury that many […] WasteAid · 17 Sept 2021 Industry news Biodiversity and the functionality of ecosystems Here, Peter G. Kevan, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, with Charlotte Coates, explores the issue of measuring ecosystem health (no longer a metaphor) and functionality against biodiversity and how this could be used in environmental policy. Open Access Government — Environment · 16 Sept 2021 Industry news Human-elephant coexistence: Governance, management & the human dimension Susan Canney, Director of the Mali Elephant Project, WILD Foundation & International Conservation Fund Canada, discusses governance, management and the human dimension of the human-elephant coexistence. Open Access Government — Environment · 16 Sept 2021 Industry news Join our Team as our New Reuse Consortium Coordinator Job Title: Reuse Consortium Coordinator Hours: 3 to 5 days a week Location: Stirling, Hybrid or Remote Working Salary: £29.102 – 31,212 FTE subject to experience Closing Date: 12 noon on Wednesday 20th October 2021 Interviews: 28 or 29th October 2021 Community Resources Network Scotland (CRNS) is Scotland’s national reuse, repair, and recycling charity. At [...] Circular Communities Scotland · 16 Sept 2021 Industry news Sector ramps up pressure over business waste Producers are concerned that they are being asked to pay into business waste plans which “have been thrown out there in the hope they work”, according to Paul Vanston. Speaking during a panel discussion at Letsrecycle Live on 16 September, the chief executive of the packaging industry organisation INCPEN, warned that producers are concerned about … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Sept 2021 Industry news Waste policy ‘ambition’ praised amid calls for clarity Senior figures in the waste sector have praised the “ambition” of the proposals contained within the Resources and Waste Strategy but called for clarity from government if they are to succeed. A panel discussion on the strategy took place on the second day of the Letsrecycle Live trade show at Stoneleigh Park near Coventry on … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Sept 2021 Industry news Waste Policy Ambition Praised Amid Calls for Clarity Publication/Website: Letsrecycle Click here to read the article OPRL (On-Pack Recycling Label) · 16 Sept 2021 Industry news Communication ‘key’ to kerbside battery collections North West Leicestershire council says good communication was among the “most important” aspects of launching its kerbside collection service for batteries and mobile phones. Lily Walker, the council’s Recycle More officer, and John Bright, waste services development officer, made the claim at a session on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) at Letsrecycle Live on … Read More The p… letsrecycle.com News · 16 Sept 2021 Industry news Letsrecycle Live wood session hears storage concerns During the wood session on day 1 of Letsrecycle Live yesterday (15 September), recyclers called for ongoing issues around the storage of material to be addressed. Both Mark Hayton, director of Egger Timberpak, and Alan Webb, managing director of JM Envirofuels, said the issue needed to be tackled to ensure recyclers were not exporting material … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Sept 2021 Industry news WEEE data shows progress towards target The post WEEE data shows progress towards target appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 16 Sept 2021 Industry news Co-op and Starship Technologies to expand partnership to 500 robots across five new towns and cities to cut carbon on last mile deliveries - Co-operative Group Co-op media newsroom · 16 Sept 2021 Industry news GERICS: Helping decision-makers navigate the IPCC reports The Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS) is offering support to researchers, policymakers and practitioners in deciphering complex IPCC reports, highlights Scientist Maike Nicolai. Open Access Government — Environment · 15 Sept 2021 Industry news Scientists invent sustainable concrete made from astronaut blood Scientists at The University of Manchester have figured out how to make sustainable concrete - with a mixture of astronaut blood and space dust. Open Access Government — Environment · 15 Sept 2021 Industry news Council says RCV drivers ‘poached’ while working North Somerset council says one of its in-house HGV drivers was “poached” by another firm while out on a round, as the impact of the national driver shortage continues to bite. In recent weeks, factors such as the Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit have contributed to a national shortage of HGV drivers, meaning those with relevant … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Sept 2021 Industry news Veolia adapts Lincoln depot after Commissioner’s ruling Veolia has welcomed a ruling from the Traffic Commissioner which sets out steps it must take to minimise noise at its depot in Long Leys Road, Lincoln. A public enquiry was held at the Office for the Traffic Commissioner (OTC) in Cambridge in July, after residents claimed that the early morning movements of Veolia’s heavy … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Sept 2021 Industry news Making climate risk count Properly integrating climate risk into companies’ financial statements and auditor’s reports would help to shift capital away from climate destroying activities. However, most UK companies and their auditors are failing to meaningfully disclose these risks and their financial implications. Greenpeace UK · 15 Sept 2021 Industry news Welcome to Letsrecycle Live The day has finally come, and the team at letsrecycle.com are delighted to welcome everybody to Letsrecycle Live. Letsrecycle Live opened its doors this morning at the NAEC at Stoneleigh Park, with thousands of visitors expected to attend over the two days. And, the sun is out after a wet previous day for the show … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Sept 2021 Industry news Metal recycling specialist opens new rail-connected site in Barking Derbyshire-based metal recycling and waste management specialist, Ward, has opened a new rail connected, metal processing site in Barking, East London. Ward Recycling · 15 Sept 2021 Industry news Kantar Data for Year to June 2021 The post Kantar Data for Year to June 2021 appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 15 Sept 2021 Industry news Buckley new editor for Diesel Progress International - KHL Group Demolition & Recycling International (KHL) · 15 Sept 2021