Recycling news: 2019

Industry news Ribbon cutting for new Lefort UK headquarters One of the UK’s longstanding suppliers of heavy equipment for use in the metals recycling sector, Lefort UK, has opened a new head office in Berkshire. At the same time, the business is celebrating 50 years of UK operations. The Belgian-based parent company explained that it is 50 years ago this year that Peter Chapman, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jun 2019 Industry news Rochdale consults to boost food waste collection Rochdale borough council has begun a resident consultation on food waste collection, after analysis by the Greater Manchester combined authority found 20% of rubbish collected from the area’s general waste bins was food waste. Councillor Neil Emmott, Cabinet Member for Environment, said the borough was simply looking to know why local people were not using … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jun 2019 Industry news War on Plastic: the time for transparency has come OPINION: With the BBC’s Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s War on Waste programme attracting high audiences and developing the message of the need to reduce reliance on plastics, Sam Reeve, CEO, Resource Futures argues that more transparency is needed. Watching BBC’s Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Anita Rani uncover UK plastic waste exports dumped in the rainforests of Malaysia was … Read More The … letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jun 2019 Industry news Charnwood to review free bulky waste collections Charnwood borough council will consider scrapping its free bulky waste collections next week as part of cost-saving measures. The Leicestershire-based authority – which serves around 166,000 residents – currently offers three free bulky waste collections each year and a £15 per collection charge after exceeding that amount. A report to the council’s cabinet has now … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jun 2019 Industry news INTRODUCTION TO THE FELIX PROJECT May 2019 - FareShare The Felix Project · 28 Jun 2019 Industry news Award for Bristol Wood Recycling Project Congratulations to Bristol Wood Recycling Project, named Breakthrough Co-op of the Year at the Co-op of the Year awards. The judges praised them for their social inclusion and support for volunteers. Community Wood Recycling · 27 Jun 2019 Industry news UK Government must act now to protect UK seas from chemical pollution Last week CHEM Trust submitted a response to the UK Government’s consultation on their revised UK Marine Strategy Part 1. The response details our concerns that the strategy provides a limited and misleading assessment of hazardous chemicals in UK marine waters. The problem of Marine pollution Numerous hazardous, man-made chemicals contaminate the marine environment […] CHEM Trust · 27 Jun 2019 Industry news GOOD PRACTICE GUIDANCE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT - adeptnet.org.uk ADEPT (Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport) · 27 Jun 2019 Industry news Packaging Forum urges speedy action over PRNs Packaging compliance schemes have claimed that challenges involved in implementing a compliance fee mechanism in 2019 to address high PRN prices can be overcome. The comments come after the government’s Advisory Committee on Packaging (ACP) said that introduction of a backstop measure for packaging compliance looks unlikely in 2019, but could be possible for 2020. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jun 2019 Industry news Plastic PRNs Reach Highest Price of the Year The post Plastic PRNs Reach Highest Price of the Year appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 27 Jun 2019 Industry news Clarity Environmental Announced As ‘Employer of the Year’ Finalists The post Clarity Environmental Announced As ‘Employer of the Year’ Finalists appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 27 Jun 2019 Industry news Black Plastic Packaging Progress Released by Forum The post Black Plastic Packaging Progress Released by Forum appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 27 Jun 2019 Industry news News in brief (27/06/2019) With news on: NWH invests in Newcastle site; Wyre Forest flytipping campaign; Merseyside community funding, and; Aberdeenshire plastics trial. £2m investment for NWH’s Newcastle site NWH Group will launch its trade waste service for the north east of England with a £2 million investment in its Newcastle Factory Road site. The expansion will allow NWH … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jun 2019 Industry news Burnley approves wheeled bin switch Wheeled bins will replace boxes and sacks in Burnley as the Lancashire town responds to residents’ concerns about recycling capacity and spillage. On June 17 Burnley council’s scrutiny committee endorsed recommended changes to the recycling system, which it is anticipated could save £200,000 on the cost of the area’s waste and cleansing contract. The changes … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jun 2019 Industry news MPs to examine WEEE collection targets The Commons’ Environmental Audit Committee is to carry out an inquiry into the UK’s waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) sector – including whether current targets can be achieved. The Committee, which is chaired by the Labour MP Mary Creagh, will examine challenges faced by producer compliance schemes in meeting targets, which have been missed … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jun 2019 Industry news Undercover in a London recycling centre The post Undercover in a London recycling centre appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 26 Jun 2019 Industry news Russian environmentalist faces criminal record for activism A prominent Russian environmentalist has fled the country as criminal cases were opened against her in connection to Russia’s law on “foreign agents”. Open Access Government — Environment · 26 Jun 2019 Industry news ERP UK Q2 2019 Newsletter All the latest news, data and analysis Der Beitrag ERP UK Q2 2019 Newsletter erschien zuerst auf United Kingdom (EN) . ERP UK (European Recycling Platform) · 26 Jun 2019 Industry news Plastic Pact looks to tackle PVC packaging Signatories to the UK Plastics Pact are to being encouraged to eliminate eight ‘hard to recycle’ plastic packaging materials from their product ranges by the end of 2020, including PVC packaging. Pact members will be encouraged to remove PVC packaging “as fast as possible” and by the end of 2020 wherever this is viable. PVC … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jun 2019 Industry news Duke of York opens Templeborough biomass plant The 250,000 tonnes-per-year waste wood biomass plant at Templeborough in Rotherham has been officially inaugurated by His Royal Highness the Duke of York, Prince Andrew. Officially opened on Monday (24 June) the plant was built by a consortium of Interserve and Babcock & Wilcox Vølund from Denmark and is managed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners. Worth … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jun 2019 Industry news Kirklees expands recycling bin confiscation scheme Kirklees council is “continuing to work with residents” to ensure correct items are placed in recycling bins, after the expansion of a scheme to remove recycling containers from some households. In April 2019, the scheme was introduced in the south of Kirklees – covering Huddersfield and the surrounding areas. This saw the council spend … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jun 2019 Industry news Electric vehicles round-up (26/06/2019) With news on: Changeworks trials first electric RCV; electric vans cut emissions in Brent; zero emissions RCVs considered in Cambridgeshire; J&J Services to import electric wheelie bin emptying vehicle. Changeworks trials electric van Edinburgh-based Changeworks Recycling has unveiled its first electric van in the hopes of cleaning up the city’s business waste collections. The vehicle … Read Mo… letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jun 2019 Industry news Defra minister dismisses ‘non-recyclable’ packaging ban The government has no plans to introduce a ban on non-recyclable food packaging, a Defra minister has said. However, policies set out in the government’s Resources and Waste Strategy, including a tax on plastic packaging containing less than 30% recycled content, will drive more packaging to be recycled, the minister has claimed. Robert Goodwill, minister … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jun 2019 Industry news THE FELIX PROJECT - FareShare The Felix Project · 25 Jun 2019 Industry news Obituaries: Harold Neilson; and David Border Two individuals involved in the recovered paper and organic waste sectors have died recently and respects have been paid to them from former colleagues and sector groups. In the recovered paper sector, Harold Neilson formerly of Kimberly Clark, has died. The organics sector has seen the death of consultant David Border. Harold Neilson Harold Neilson, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jun 2019 Industry news BECCS critical to achieving a net zero Britain The REA has today launched a new paper calling for action to be taken to ensure BECCS fulfils its potential in achieving a net zero Britain by 2050.The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has stated that achieving net zero is not possible without a range of greenhouse gas removal strategies. BECCS, the capture and permanent storage of CO2 released in bioenergy processes, has a central role to pla… REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 25 Jun 2019 Industry news Biffa questions EA over export standards Biffa Waste Services has issued a robust defence after having been found guilty of breaching waste export regulations, and says it is considering an appeal against the conviction. And, the company has claimed that the case highlights the need for guidance on acceptable levels of purity for exported mixed paper, accusing the Environment Agency of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jun 2019 Industry news Sprinklers praised after fire at Southwark MRF Fire crews have urged businesses to consider the use of sprinkler systems to prevent major fires, after a small blaze was extinguished at Veolia’s MRF in Southwark last week. Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters were called to the site on 17 June. The fire is believed to have been caused by ignition of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jun 2019 Industry news Furniture Flammability Regulations update ‘imminent’ says minister The furniture industry can expect an update to the Furniture & Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988 ‘imminently’, according to Ms Kelly Tolhurst MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). Ms Tolhurst made the statement at the annual Confederation Lunch, organised by the British Furniture Confederation (BFC) and The Furniture… National Bed Federation · 25 Jun 2019 Industry news Obituary: Sheila McKinley – first Defra EPR official Defra’s first head of producer responsibility, Sheila McKinley, who played a big part in developing the packaging waste PRN system in the UK, has died. Mrs McKinley helped create the PRN system and its success was partly down to her work within the Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions as its first head of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jun 2019 Industry news Grist defends National Refuse Championship title Wiltshire-based Grist Environmental has claimed the title in the annual National Refuse Championships for the second consecutive year. Grist picked up the award after beating crews from across the UK in the third annual NRC event on 15 June, to raise money for The Alzheimer’s Society. Event organisers said that thousands of people gathered along … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jun 2019 Industry news BROR Trolley, black/pine plywood, 85x55 cm - IKEA IKEA UK newsroom · 25 Jun 2019 Industry news Powerday sponsors Bedford Park Festival, Green Days Powerday has once again sponsored the annual Bedford Park Festival, Green Days, which took place on 8th and 9th June on Acton Green Common. The Festival, which is organised by St Michael and All Ange... Powerday · 25 Jun 2019 Industry news Brexit costs could hit Bexley recycling switch A no-deal Brexit could impact savings expected to be made by Bexley council through the introduction of a wheeled-bin recycling system, according to a new report. A document produced for the London borough’s Places Overview and Scrutiny Committee ahead of a meeting tomorrow (26 June) has warned that a hard Brexit could add to the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jun 2019 Industry news IKEA Greenwich - Furniture, Home Décor & Swedish Food - IKEA IKEA UK newsroom · 25 Jun 2019 Industry news TRA calls for 2022 timetable for textile EPR The textile recycling sector must lobby government for proposals on extended producer responsibility (EPR) for clothing waste from 2022, the Textile Recycling Association (TRA) has urged. Alan Wheeler, director of the TRA, made the call following the government’s response to the Environmental Audit Committee’s (EAC’s) ‘Fixing Fashion’ report into sustainability in the textile industry. In … Rea… letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jun 2019 Industry news Find a Pre-designed PAX Wardrobe Combination - IKEA IKEA UK newsroom · 25 Jun 2019 Industry news Assembly Instructions - IKEA IKEA UK newsroom · 25 Jun 2019 Industry news Shelving Units - Shelf Unit - Shelve Unit - Shelving Systems - IKEA IKEA UK newsroom · 25 Jun 2019 Industry news IKEA Southampton - Furniture, Home Décor & More - IKEA IKEA UK newsroom · 25 Jun 2019