Recycling news: 2016

Industry news Arc21 seeks landfill deals ahead of EfW appeal A consortium of six councils in Northern Ireland is seeking new short-term landfill contracts while it separately appeals against the refusal of planning permission for a major £240 million energy-from-waste (EfW) project. The Arc21 group of councils currently landfills its residual waste under contracts with Biffa Waste Services Ltd and Alpha Resource Management Ltd, with … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jan 2016 Industry news Full operations begin at Plymouth CHP plant A 245,000 tonnes-per-year capacity energy from waste plant designed to treat municipal refuse from across three Devon councils has commenced full operations. MVV Environment’s Devonport Docks facility in Plymouth will process around 163,000 tonnes of municipal waste on behalf of the South West Devon Waste Partnership, an organisation which includes Torbay, Plymouth and Devon county … Read More … letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jan 2016 Industry news Environment Agency silent over flood waste definition A definition on whether flood-damaged materials should be classed as hazardous should be clearly explained by the Environment Agency, waste industry professionals have suggested. Phil Conran, director of consultancy 360 Environmental, and sustainable wastes management professor Margaret Bates have both tweeted the Agency arguing it was a ‘significant point of principle’ to clarify. But, late … … letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jan 2016 Industry news EU Circular Economy package – red tape or real progress? Harvey Laud, chief executive of waste consultancy Helistrat offers his view on the European Commission’s Circular Economy package, adopted in December. When the Commission launched its long awaited strategy and action plan in December (see letsrecycle.com story) the stated intention was to stimulate Europe’s transition towards a circular economy, which would boost global competitiveness, foster… letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jan 2016 Industry news Countrystyle attends the Kent Cooks Event Lunch to celebrate with winner Isabella Lee Congratulations to Isabella Lee, of Invicta Grammar School, Maidstone who was crowned overall winner of the annual cookery contest for schools. Countrystyle Recycling · 11 Jan 2016 Industry news DUAL EXTINCTION: - eia-international.org Environmental Investigation Agency · 11 Jan 2016 Industry news 2015 sees increase in EfWs awarded ‘recovery’ status The Environment Agency issued ‘R1’ energy efficiency status to seven operational energy from waste plants in England in 2015, information released this week has confirmed. Previously, only three plants in operation in the UK had been confirmed as having met the criteria for R1 classification. Achieving the accreditation means that the plants can be classed … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 8 Jan 2016 Industry news The Week in Waste – 8 January 2016 Take a look at the ‘Week in Waste’ video report. In this week’s report by letsrecycle.com, sponsored by Biffa, we report on the challenges faced in dealing with increased volumes of materials at bring banks as well as changes in the law in Scotland to increase food waste recycling. Plus, we highlight Veolia’s acquisition of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 8 Jan 2016 Industry news Government to foot landfill bill for flood-hit councils The mounting cost of flood waste disposal across Northern England will not have to be met by councils, the Department for Communities and Local Government has confirmed. DCLG has told letsrecycle.com it has made “over £100 million” available to councils in their ongoing effort to clean-up operations. Regions including Cumbria, Lancashire, West Yorkshire, Leeds, Greater … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 8 Jan 2016 Industry news News in Brief (08/01/2016) With news on: Householders urged to recycle Christmas waste; Hertfordshire HWRC improvements; LGV drivers complete Grundon apprenticeship, and; education scheme launched to encourage plastics recycling. DCLG minister in Christmas recycling reminder Communities minister Marcus Jones has this week (6 January) urged people to reduce, reuse and recycle the waste they may have produced over the … Re… letsrecycle.com News · 8 Jan 2016 Industry news Flood waste disposal costs under scrutiny A skip hire association is calling on government to return landfill tax payments to councils affected by recent flooding in parts of Northern England. The United Resource Operators Consortium (Uroc) argues local authorities are “unlikely to have budgeted” for disposing of the thousands of tonnes of flood damaged materials sent to landfill over Christmas. The … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jan 2016 Industry news Duty of Care campaign to be rolled out in March A project aimed at raising the profile of the ‘Duty of Care’ among waste producing businesses, led by the Environmental Services Association (ESA), is to be launched this spring. Phase one of the two-part campaign, titled ‘Right Waste, Right Place’ will roll out in March 2016 and will be offering best practice guidance on managing … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jan 2016 Industry news EA ‘open to reviewing’ ban on street leaf composting EXCLUSIVE: The Environment Agency has said it is “open to reviewing” its ban on the use of street-swept leaves in PAS 100 compost if there is “clear evidence that new technologies and approaches” can provide material of consistently high quality. This follows tests carried out by the Surrey Waste Partnership (SWP) last year which found … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jan 2016 Industry news Scotland tightens food waste regulations Businesses in Scotland producing more than 5kg of food waste per week are now required to present the material separately for collection under changes to the law which came into effect on Friday (January 1). The requirement applies to businesses in urban areas and has been brought in under the Waste (Scotland) Regulations, which originally … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jan 2016 Industry news Plant and vehicle round-up (06/01/2016) With news on B&M Waste Services RDF expansion; TOMRA unveils tri-sorting technology; Grundon boosts vehicle fleet; Antifriction supplies ball bearings, and; Yorwaste invests in JCBs B&M Waste expands Trafford RDF depot B&M Waste Services has invested £1 million into its Manchester-based RDF facility in order to expand capacity. The Trafford Park depot initially had … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jan 2016 Industry news Kier faces industrial action on Bathnes contract Ongoing industrial action by workers on Bath & North East Somerset council’s waste collection contract, employed by services firm Kier, has led to delays in collections of recyclables from householders. Backed by Unite the Union, workers are enforcing an overtime ban over a pay dispute with the company. The overtime ban means that they will … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jan 2016 Industry news Alupro responds to the Government’s Consultation on Packaging Recycling Targets to 2017 Recycling Targets Must Rise Commenting on the Government’s Consultation on recovery and recycling targets for packaging waste for 2013-2017, Rick Hindley, Alupro (Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation) executive director, said: “The consultation represents a chance to raise targets and maximise recycling performance for aluminium and all other packaging materials. “The continuation of stat… Alupro · 6 Jan 2016 Industry news Christmas waste glut puts focus on bring bank sites Local authorities have come under fire from a public spending lobby group following backlogs of waste at bring-banks on supermarket sites and queues at civic amenity sites across England, in the wake of the festive period. The TaxPayers’ Alliance has said that while it recognises councils face extra pressure over the Christmas/New Year period, local … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jan 2016 Industry news Corrugated cardboard pallet - DS Smith DS Smith (International Paper) · 6 Jan 2016 Industry news Hounslow scraps commingling switch EXCLUSIVE: Hounslow is to retain kerbside sorting of recyclables to ensure it is in line with the ‘philosophy’ of the EU’s circular economy strategy when its contract with Suez expires in October. And, the West London borough could be set to award waste and recycling collections to its own Teckal-exempt firm Lampton 360 – pending … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jan 2016 Industry news Metamorphosis Series: Georgia Walsh, Year 13 Student In the Autumn term of 2015 TRAID Education visited Raines Foundation School students to launch the start of their ‘Metamorphosis’... TRAID · 5 Jan 2016 Industry news Recycling cracker joke winner announced Christmas and the New Year are now behind us, as too is letsrecycle.com’s seasonal competition, sponsored by McGrath. This year we asked you to submit some of your best ideas for recycling themed Christmas cracker jokes. We had some exceptional submissions – for both good and bad reasons! To laugh away the January blues why … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jan 2016 Industry news Veolia snaps up wood and RDF firm Boomeco EXCLUSIVE: Veolia has added to its local authority and RDF activities with the acquisition of waste wood and RDF company Boomeco Ltd. Veolia bought the Gloucestershire-based business on the same day that it was placed into administration last month (18 December 2015). Boomeco Ltd of Stroud holds local authority contracts with Bristol city council and … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jan 2016 Industry news RDF exports likely to pass 2.75m tonnes in 2015 Exports of refuse derived fuel (RDF) from England during 2015 are expected to pass a record total of 2.75 million tonnes when provisional Environment Agency data for the final month of the year is published in the coming weeks. The latest provisional international waste shipment figures published by the Agency for the first 11 months … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jan 2016 Industry news Scottish Government to look closer at deposit schemes The Scottish Government is to further examine the case for a deposit return scheme for drinks containers, despite criticism by packaging producers that the measure could be ‘costly and confusing’. Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead has said that retailer costs and the implications for small shops need further consideration before a decision is reached on the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jan 2016 Industry news New definition for portable batteries in effect Changes to the way that manufacturers and recyclers classify portable batteries have been brought into effect which see waste batteries weighing more than 4kg no longer classed as ‘portable’. The introduction of the 4kg threshold has been applied via guidance on waste batteries and accumulators revised on 1 January 2016. This followed a drawn out … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jan 2016 Industry news Eunomia revises EfW overcapacity forecast The UK is on course to achieve overcapacity in energy from waste infrastructure by 2020/21, consultancy Eunomia has claimed in its latest review. The forecast adds together both the expected volume of EfW intake available in the UK as well as in facilities available on the Continent. And, the 2020/21 prediction means that the consultancy has again … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jan 2016 Industry news Delight for Amey workers after New Year Honours Two workers on Amey’s City of London waste collection and street cleansing contract have been awarded the British Empire Medal in the New Year Honours lists 2016. Sean McCarthy and Charlie Andrews were given the accolade for their voluntary service to the British Legion Poppy Appeal. Together, the pair have raised over £300,000 for the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jan 2016 Industry news Nestlé timeline 1866-today - Nestlé UK Nestle UK media · 4 Jan 2016