Recycling news: 2018

Industry news Our Commitment to Excellence The post Our Commitment to Excellence appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 27 Jun 2018 Industry news Powerday secures three year Saracens contract Powerday has secured a three year contract with the newly crowned Aviva Premiership Champions, Saracens RFC. Powerday has been working with Saracens at their Allianz Park site since 2013 helping the ... Powerday · 27 Jun 2018 Industry news Case dropped against man who ‘stole’ free newspapers A man accused of stealing a van load of free newspapers from Waterloo Station for resale onto recycling firms has had the case against him withdrawn. The case against Jamie Castillo was dropped last week because prosecutors are uncertain that what he is accused of is a crime. Westminster magistrates heard a prosecution claim that … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jun 2018 Industry news India’s enormous solar power plan: Is it for real? The post India’s enormous solar power plan: Is it for real? appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 27 Jun 2018 Industry news The Sustainable Wardrobe TRAID spoke to Chloe Jagger, contributing fashion writer at lyst.com and shared our top tips on how to create a... TRAID · 26 Jun 2018 Industry news S Norton acquires 100% of Axion Recycling Metals recycling company S Norton & Co has purchased the entire share capital of Axion Recycling for an undisclosed fee. The move means that Axion Recycling and the business units trading as Axion Polymers and Axion Consulting are now a wholly owned subsidiary of the Liverpool-based S Norton group. This follows on from the £3 … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jun 2018 Industry news Augean sees £8m loss as Colt sold to Future The assets of Colt Industrial Services are being sold to Future Industrial for £1 million, two years after the Augean Group purchased the company for £9.2 million. The transaction will see several fixed and mobile assets of the industrial services company transferred to Future, along with the transfer of more than 40 staff. The transaction covers … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jun 2018 Industry news How a little-understood renewables rule could change Europe’s energy system forever The post How a little-understood renewables rule could change Europe’s energy system forever appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 26 Jun 2018 Industry news Industrial boost for Veolia with purchase of KDC Contractors Veolia has strengthened its presence in the decommisioning and radioactive waste sector with the acquisition of Manchester-based KDC Contractors Ltd. KDC operates principally in the nuclear, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, energy and utility, and industrial markets from offices in Manchester and Falkirk. The company reported a turnover in 2017 of £16.6 million with a gross margin on … Read More … letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jun 2018 Industry news 100% renewable – six ways Nestlé is generating its own green energy INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 26 Jun 2018 Industry news Arc 21 appeal process continues The appeal by Northern Ireland’s Department for Infrastructure over a High Court decision which said its incinerator programme was against the law continues today, writes Sarah Horton. Yesterday, an appeals court in Belfast heard arguments from both sides of the debate surrounding the approval of an incinerator. Community group NoArc21 said that its arguments against the project … Read More The… letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jun 2018 Industry news Breaking News – Sloyan Doyle calls it a day… - Demolition News Demolition News · 26 Jun 2018 Industry news S Norton & Co acquires 100% equity stake in Axion Recycling Ltd - axiongroup.co.uk Axion Group · 26 Jun 2018 Industry news Heathrow runway: will it ever actually take off? The post Heathrow runway: will it ever actually take off? appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 25 Jun 2018 Industry news Black plastic to go in mixed coloured stream Viridor has launched a scheme with three UK supermarkets to use recycled black plastics in new food grade packaging, but say this will not immediately lead to widespread kerbside collection of the material. The waste management company said that it has come up with a process to add black plastics to the coloured plastics stream … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jun 2018 Industry news Endocrine disrupting chemicals: The issue of mixtures toxicity assessment Alberto Mantovani from Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma – Italy sheds light on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC), including discussion of mixtures toxicity assessment Open Access Government — Environment · 25 Jun 2018 Industry news Local communites between Crewe and Birmingham to benefit from £8 million HS2 funding Nusrat Ghani announced that £8 million of government funding will create new woodlands and deliver safer roads on the route of Britain’s new railway system. Open Access Government — Environment · 25 Jun 2018 Industry news Exports of waste wood products decrease as UK markets grow Overall UK exports of waste wood biomass and panel board feedstock dropped by 50 per cent last year compared to 2016, according to the latest statistics produced by the Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA). The trade body carried out an annual survey of its members which also showed a large increase in the use of waste […] Wood Recyclers Association · 25 Jun 2018 Industry news WasteAid London bridges walk raises over £5,000 VIDEO REPORT: The 2018 WasteAid UK annual walk, held last weekend (23 June) raised around £5,000 for the charity’s work, according to a delighted chief executive Mike Webster. And, WasteAid UK, which provides waste management skills to developing countries to improve livelihoods, is soon to announced new overseas projects working with the Department for International … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jun 2018 Industry news RCV races raises £20k for Alzheimer’s Society Refuse crews from all across the UK competed in the National Refuse Championships (NRC) at Weston-Super-Mare on June 16 to raise money for charity, writes Sarah Horton. Now in its second year, the event raised over £20,000 for the Alzheimer’s Society, almost doubling last year’s total. The organisers said that over 2,000 people attended the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jun 2018 Industry news Gloucestershire assesses latest ICO ruling on EfW plant Gloucestershire county council is now “going through” the latest ruling from the Information Commissioner’s Office after being ordered to publish information concerning the Javelin Park incinerator deal, writes Sarah Horton. The county council has already said that the release of the information requested will damage the council and the authority’s contractor Urbaser Balfour Beatty (UBB). … Rea… letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jun 2018 Industry news Encirc opens £40 million Cheshire glass furnace In a boost for the glass recycling sector, secretary of state for business Greg Clark, has opened manufacturer Encirc’s new £40m furnace at its bottle-making facility in Elton, Cheshire. The facility is a major user of cullet collected from local authority contracts and from the hospitality sector taking in a range of colours for making … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jun 2018 Industry news Breaking News – Veolia swallows KDC Contractors… - Demolition News Demolition News · 25 Jun 2018 Industry news Fun Football - mcdonalds.com McDonald's UK newsroom · 24 Jun 2018 Industry news Common Agricultural Policy (CAP): Helping the EU to implement Sustainable Development Goals Commissioner Phil Hogan shared his views on how the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is helping to shape the EU to implement Sustainable Development Goals, during a speech he delivered on 11th May 2018 at the at German Catholic Days, Muenster in Germany Open Access Government — Environment · 22 Jun 2018 Industry news Bywaters Cleans UK Beaches With Our Clients We believe, as a London company, that we have a responsibility to keep the UK's capital clean and sustainable. But our events also extend to beaches across the UK, as the problem of plastic pollution is unfortunately in no way local. Bywaters · 22 Jun 2018 Industry news Renewi donates £60,000 over MBT odour Odour problems at a Cumbria-based mechanical biological treatment (MBT) facility owned by Shanks (now Renewi) have led to the waste company making a £60,000 charity donation. The Environment Agency accepted the payment as a type of compensation for an incident which saw the site close for several weeks in 2015. The incident was described by … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jun 2018 Industry news Worker dies on NWH site in Dalkeith A 47-year-old worker was killed in an incident in Dalkeith on Wednesday (20 June) at the premises of a recycling and waste business, writes Sarah Horton. Named in Scottish newspapers as Andrew Darling, he was employed by SCG Supplies. The worker suffered serious injuries and died at the scene on the premises of the head … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jun 2018 Industry news Bywaters Expands Euro 6 Vehicle Fleet To enhance our credentials as London’s premier waste management firm, Bywaters has strengthened its Euro 6 vehicle fleet by adding many new additions to our impressive portfolio. Bywaters · 22 Jun 2018 Industry news Companies pay nearly £300,000 for packaging waste offences Figures released by the Environment Agency have shown that it has accepted 16 charity donations from companies who have not met their producer responsibility obligations for packaging waste. The accepted donation offers range from £63,000 – £950 and are made by the businesses concerned as “enforcement undertakings”. When found to be in breach of regulations … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jun 2018 Industry news Equipment news round-up (22/06/2018) With news on: 2018 Bobcat Customer Roadshow Programme; JCB supports Grand Prix team; Parry & Evans invests in baler; Marsden launches waste scales – by Sarah Horton. Marsden launches waterproof waste scales UK weighing scales manufacturer, Marsden, has launched a range of scales with IP68-certified protection from water. The range includes waterproof scales suitable for weighing … Read More The… letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jun 2018 Industry news Managing waste from hydro excavation OPINION: Fergal Campbell from CDEnviro discusses a positive solution for managing mud waste during hydro excavation, reducing the burden on drilling operators. Unlike countries such as the US and Australia, the UK has not fully embraced hydro excavation in its civil engineering and infrastructure construction practices. No doubt deterred by the fears of having to … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jun 2018 Industry news CarTakeBack hits five million milestone CarTakeBack.com has reached the milestone of over five million Certificates of Destruction issued across its national network of authorised treatment facilities, writes Sarah Horton. This means that CarTakeBack has recovered 4.1 million tonnes of automotive waste since the End of Life Vehicle Regulations were introduced. The parts are then recycled, closing the loop of the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jun 2018 Industry news Looking ahead to RWM 2018 With RWM 2018 quickly approaching, Edward Sims from the event’s owners, the Prysm Group looks ahead to what will be on offer. The two day event at the NEC in Birmingham on the 12-13 September is the UK’s leading expo for recycling and waste management. This year the show is running under new management and also … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jun 2018 Industry news Textiles Recycling Association announces new president The new president of the Textiles Recycling Association (TRA) has pledged to continue the work of the Association to increase material quality, as well as clamping down on theft. Wendy Yarney, charity partnerships director of textile recycling company BIU Group, will replace the current president Ian Woods on July 1, after his three year spell … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jun 2018 Industry news SEPA takes action over ‘offensive’ odours Scottish regulator, SEPA, has issued an enforcement notice to GP Green Recycling Limited following complaints from members of the public about odours from its composting operations in Blantyre. The Scottish organics recycler undertakes activities including the composting of commingled green and food waste arising from domestic sites at the Newhousemill Road site, near East Kilbride. … Read More… letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jun 2018 Industry news Should the UK stay in the EU Chemical Agency Post-Brexit? Latest from UK Parliament, Cefic and Article 50 Taskforce In CHEM Trust’s view the UK should aim to remain in the EU’s world-leading chemicals regulatory system REACH and the EU Chemicals Agency ECHA, whatever the final outcome of Brexit. The UK Prime Minister has spoken of ‘Associate Membership’ of ECHA, but it’s not yet clear what this means. The UK Parliament has just finished […] CHEM Trust · 21 Jun 2018 Industry news News in Brief (21/06/2018) With news on: Recycle for Norfolk Plastics Roadshow; LondonEnergy’s #MochaDifference campaign; Veolia’s Healthy Workplace Charter accreditation; Edinburgh’s new garden waste service – writes Sarah Horton. Recycle for Norfolk Plastics Roadshow Recycle for Norfolk and RECOUP have teamed up for the Norfolk Plastics Roadshow to teach residents about plastic recycling at an event on June 28 … Read M… letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jun 2018 Industry news Amey rejects Gloucester landfill claims Waste and resources firm Amey has dismissed reports suggesting that it is sending recyclable material collected from households in Gloucester, to landfill. Last week, local media reports in Gloucester suggested that an Amey employee had claimed that the waste contractor had been mixing recyclable material with residual waste destined for landfill at its Eastern Avenue depot. … Read More The pos… letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jun 2018 Industry news Air matters… everywhere! Why our lungs need good quality air indoors Isabel Proaño Gómez, Communications Manager at European Federation of Allergies and Airways Diseases Patients’ Associations (EFA) explains why air matters, for everybody, everywhere (H2) Open Access Government — Environment · 21 Jun 2018