Recycling news: 2015

Industry news Surrey to reduce HWRC hours to save £1.8m Surrey county council has announced that it is to reduce the operating hours at its household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) in a bid to save £1.8 million in costs per year. Plans to change the service, which include closing the centres at quieter times and charging for large loads of non-household waste, were signed off … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Nov 2015 Industry news Paper PRNs soar to £5 per tonne Paper PRN prices have rocketed in the wake of increased pressure to meet the packaging recovery obligation during the final quarter of 2015. The packaging recovery notes, which are issued by reprocessors or exporters to producers to show they are meeting their packaging recycling obligations, have risen from around 85p to £5 per tonne. The … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Nov 2015 Industry news MVV OPERATIONAL AT RIDHAM DOCKS Following our previous announcement on this exciting new energy-from-waste plant, full operations have now commenced at MVV’s Ridham Docks facility. The plant will generate 23 megawatts at the docks... Powerday · 27 Nov 2015 Industry news Vanston to leave Kent for Cambridgeshire council pair The manager of the Kent Resource Partnership, Paul Vanston, is to leave the organisation in 2016 to become head of waste resources for a pair of councils in Cambridgeshire. In mid-February, Mr Vanston will start work in his new post of head of waste resources for South Cambridgeshire district council and Cambridge city council. The … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Nov 2015 Industry news Defra proposes lowering plastic packaging target Long-awaited proposals to amend the plastic and glass packaging recycling targets have today (26 November) been outlined by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). The Department has put plans forward to substantially lower the target for plastics packaging from next year with potential for the target to be dropped to 48% or … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Nov 2015 Industry news Northern Ireland falls short of 45% recycling target Northern Ireland has missed its target to recycle or compost 45% of its household waste by the end of March 2015, figures published today by the Department for Environment indicate. The revelation comes amongst the findings of the Department’s Local Authority Collected Municipal Waste Management Statistics report, which indicates that Northern Ireland’s district councils achieved … Read More Th… letsrecycle.com News · 26 Nov 2015 Industry news Salford approves three weekly collections trials Plans to trial three weekly collections in parts of Salford will go ahead next year after the city council approved the scheme this week. The pilot, which will see residual waste collected once every three weeks, will be rolled out across 10 wards in the city from July 2016. If successful, the council plans to … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Nov 2015 Industry news LARAC questions government ‘commitment’ to 50% recycling Council recycling officers have questioned the government’s commitment to meeting the 50% recycling target by 2020 – after local authority funding was more than halved in the latest round of spending cuts. The measures, unveiled by Chancellor George Osborne yesterday, will ‘severely restrict waste services to the point of stifling growth’ according to the Local … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Nov 2015 Industry news #Secondhandfirst Week Guest Blog: Jen Gale “Celebrating the Power of Second-hand to Change the World…” I totally love that sentence And I totally believe that it... TRAID · 26 Nov 2015 Industry news Sweetening the pill The Chancellor’s announcement today that Defra will be spared some of the heavy cuts envisaged over the next five years will cause many in the waste industry to breathe a sigh of relief. Reassurances that waste crime prevention have not been forgotten under the general din of austerity – plus a boost to the AD … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Nov 2015 Industry news Stewart promises plastic packaging target proposals Defra is to present its proposals for a revised packaging recycling target for plastics in the coming weeks, resources minister Rory Stewart has revealed today (25 November). The minister made the revelation at the Plastics 2020 reception in Westminster this afternoon, hosted by the Packaging and Films Association, British Plastics Federation and Plastics Europe. Addressing … Read More The post… letsrecycle.com News · 25 Nov 2015 Industry news Defra cuts outlined in Osborne spending review Departmental day to day spending on the environment is to be cut by 15% under plans outlined by Chancellor George Osborne in his spending review today (25 November). Boosts to the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) and reform of the Landfill Communities Fund, which will see more money directed towards tackling waste crime, were also among … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Nov 2015 Industry news Biffa signs five year contract with Enfield council Biffa has been awarded a five year contract to continue providing dry mixed recycling and organic waste treatment services to the London borough of Enfield, the waste management firm announced today (25 November). The continuation contract, which also has the option of a three year extension, will see the borough’s dry mixed recyclables collected by … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Nov 2015 Industry news EA admits concerns over RDF definition consistency An official definition clarifying what is expected of refuse-derived fuel (RDF) producers in England has raised some concerns of inconsistency across other parts of the UK, the Environment Agency revealed today (25 November). But, it will be an important tool in tackling abuse of waste regulations by companies looking to operate illegally in the waste … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Nov 2015 Industry news Hounslow council leader faces wheeled bin protest Wheeled bins were stacked up outside the leader of Hounslow council’s home last week (19 November) in protest against the roll out of the new refuse containers for terraced properties in Brentford and Chiswick. Hounslow council leader Steve Curran said he returned home to find 25-30 people and “dozens” of the recently-introduced wheeled bins blocking … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Nov 2015 Industry news #Secondhandfirst Week Blog Series: The Pledge One of the easiest things you can do to support #Secondhandfirst Week; whether you live in London or Lagos, is... TRAID · 24 Nov 2015 Industry news Tendring to scrap black sack delivery service Tendring district council has announced it will no longer be delivering free black residual waste sacks to householders in a bid to save more than £150,000 a year. Under plans outlined by the council this week, deliveries of black sacks will end in January 2016. According to a report published by the council, the move … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Nov 2015 Industry news Daniels Recycling prosecuted for African WEEE export The directors of Warrington-based Daniels Recycling, who pleaded guilty last week to illegally exporting electrical waste to West Africa, have criticised the Environment Agency for its handling of the case. Daniels Recycling Ltd is run by married couple Mark Daniels, 51, and Lynn Gallop, 52. At Warrington Crown Court last week, the pair pleaded guilty … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Nov 2015 Industry news Financial deal agreed for Hull gasification plant The developers of a proposed 240,000 tonne capacity gasification plant in Hull have secured a financial package to finance the construction of the facility after five years of planning. Engineering specialist Spencer Group has struck a deal over the financing and build of the £200 million Energy Works (Hull) Ltd project – with funding via … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Nov 2015 Industry news Biffa announces profit boost amid takeover reports Biffa has today announced a 19.4% boost in its earnings before tax – as reports suggest that the waste management group is seeking takeover bids from across the industry. The trading update for the six months ended 25 September shows that the company’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) have grown to £67.2 … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Nov 2015 Industry news Scrap metal moving despite price pressure Metal recyclers are seeing prices in ferrous grades still failing to rise significantly from recent lows in value although material is described as “continuing to move”. However, falls in the copper price are adding to pressures in the metals sector generally and are also not helping with the value of waste electrical and electronic equipment. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Nov 2015 Industry news News in brief (23/11/2015) With news on: Hampshire food waste campaign; employees achieve WAMITAB diploma; plastics recycling animation; Wastecycle partnership with British Gypsum wins award, and; Shanks sends energy pellets from Amsterdam. University students learn cooking skills to prevent food waste University of Winchester students have been learning how to save food waste through cooking, as part of Hampshire … Read… letsrecycle.com News · 23 Nov 2015 Industry news #Secondhandfirst Week Guest Blog Series: Elizabeth Miles I was talking to a dear friend of mine recently about how I would be guest blogging for TRAID to... TRAID · 23 Nov 2015 Industry news Lancashire set to close parts of Global Renewables sites Lancashire county council is to consider a partial closure of its mechanical biological treatment (MBT) and organic waste treatment plants in Farington and Thornton in a bid to reduce budget costs. Under the proposals, Lancashire will cease composting mixed organic waste at the sites and will instead ask collection authorities in the county to provide … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Nov 2015 Industry news Cannock Chase to make windrow composting switch Cannock Chase district council has announced the award of a new garden waste processing contract as it seeks to move away from in-vessel composting in a bid to reduce costs. Wolverhampton-based Jack Moody Ltd is to continue handling the material on behalf of the council, under a new contract that is anticipated to start in … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Nov 2015 Industry news Norfolk council approves RDF export contracts Norfolk councillors have approved contracts that will see up to 160,000 tonnes per year of the county’s waste processed into refuse derived fuel (RDF) and exported to Germany and the Netherlands. Members of the council’s Environment, Development and Transport Committee on Friday (November 20) voted to provisionally award three waste contracts worth a total of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Nov 2015 Industry news Unpacking the war on food waste Professor Leon Terry, director of agrifood at Cranfield University discusses the factors leading to food waste within the retail supply chain. While the trolley loads of parsnips in this month’s ‘Hugh’s War on Waste‘ were startling to many consumers, the loss of food through the fruit and vegetable supply chain is more complex than it … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Nov 2015 Industry news Kelda Extend CSG Waste Management Contract Cleansing Service Group (CSG), the Fareham-based independent waste managers, have been contracted to supply hazardous and dry waste collection and treatment services to six sites operated by Kelda Water Services Defence Ltd. (KWS Defence), part of the Kelda Group. The contract extends Kelda’s link with CSG who already carry out sewage treatment plant, pumping station […] CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 23 Nov 2015 Industry news Defra publishes RDF definition An official definition that “clarifies what is expected of waste described as refuse derived fuel (RDF)” has been published by Defra today (November 20). The definition will be trialled with the industry for a six month period starting early next year, according to Defra. It has been developed alongside the Environment Agency after “working closely … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Nov 2015 Industry news The Week in Waste – 20 November 2015 Take a look at the ‘Week in Waste’ video report. In this week’s report by letsrecycle.com, sponsored by Biffa, we aim to give you a snapshot of the news in the world of recycling and waste management. This week we report on two more councils looking to move to three-weekly residual waste collections. And, we … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Nov 2015 Industry news Environmental sector voices Brexit concern Fears that the UK could leave the European Union and thereby prompt a “rolling back” of important environmental regulations were highlighted at the Environmental Industries Commission’s conference in London yesterday (November 19). Several speakers at the event voiced concern that a ‘Brexit’ would have a negative impact on UK’s environmental sector, suggesting that EU regulations … Read More Th… letsrecycle.com News · 20 Nov 2015 Industry news EA defends progress on waste crime Efforts to tackle waste crime in England will not be undermined by ongoing government cuts, the Environment Agency’s deputy director of Illegals and Waste has suggested. Speaking at the Environmental Industries Commission’s annual conference yesterday (November 19), Mat Crocker asserted that despite austerity measures imposed on the Agency, resources to fight waste crime were growing. … Read Mo… letsrecycle.com News · 20 Nov 2015 Industry news Reading council seeking to curb ‘massive’ rat problem Reading borough council is to offer advice to residents on the responsible storage of waste in bins due to what has been described as a ‘massive rat issue’ in areas of the town. However, the council has claimed that the storage of waste is just one of a number of aspects that will be looked … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Nov 2015 Industry news Stewart ‘prioritises’ standardised collections Resources minister Rory Stewart today (November 19) said standardised recycling collections were his ‘priority’ for the sector, emphasising the need to end the “craziness” of different regimes across England and Wales. Appearing at the Environmental Industries Commission’s annual conference in London earlier, Mr Stewart spoke about standardised collection systems, government spending on the env… letsrecycle.com News · 19 Nov 2015 Industry news Tower Hamlets in appeal over recycling contamination The London borough of Tower Hamlets has launched an appeal to residents over the amount of residual waste being mixed in with recycling, after reporting a ‘significant’ increase in contamination in recycling collections. The council issued a reminder to residents today (November 19) of the material that can be recycled via its pink bag or … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Nov 2015 Industry news Fire service response tested at Mid UK site Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service is testing its response to emergency incidents at waste sites, by staging a stimulated incident at Mid UK Recycling’s Caythorpe site today (November 19). The ‘table top exercise’ is being carried out alongside Lincolnshire Emergency Planning, Lincolnshire Police, East Midlands Ambulance Service, local authorities, the Environment Agency and health agencies …… letsrecycle.com News · 19 Nov 2015 Industry news Salford to consider three-weekly waste switch Salford could become the latest Greater Manchester district to introduce three weekly refuse collections under plans being considered next week. Salford city council will decide whether to join neighbouring Bury and Rochdale in rolling out the reduced-frequency residual waste service as it responds to mounting financial pressure from central government. The council’s waste costs are … Read More… letsrecycle.com News · 19 Nov 2015 Industry news M&H Packages New Nicky Clarke Range - bpf.co.uk British Plastics Federation News · 19 Nov 2015 Industry news Paint firms call for collection at HWRCs An industry-led paint recycling campaign is calling for more local authorities to collect unwanted paint for from householders at civic amenity sites. According to the British Coatings Federation (BCF), which published the recommendations from its ‘Paintcare’ initiative today (November 18), only one in three household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) currently accept liquid paint. The Paintcare … letsrecycle.com News · 18 Nov 2015 Industry news Waste wood stack fire tests get underway Controlled test burning of waste wood is set to take place in Yorkshire this week with the aim of gaining evidence to feed into regulatory rules on material stack sizes at waste storage sites. After almost a year of delays, the fire tests are being carried out at Stobart’s waste wood site in Pollington, Yorkshire, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Nov 2015