Recycling news: 2018

Industry news Yorkshire firms team up on liquid waste treatment A commercial partnership between two waste management companies is resulting in £500,000 being spent on the upgrade of a liquid waste treatment facility on the outskirts of York. The announcement comes from waste management firm Yorwaste, which is handing over the day-to-day operations of its Harewood Whin facility to Yorkshire-headquartered Acumen Waste Services. Acumen will … Read More The po… letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jun 2018 Industry news Young British Metals Recyclers - British Metals Recycling Association BMRA (British Metals Recycling Association) · 21 Jun 2018 Industry news Driving resource efficiency with improved labelling of tyres Mike Cole, Head of Public Affairs – UK & North Europe at Michelin Tyre, emphasises that while demand for resource-efficient products is increasing, the tyre labelling regime needs to be changed to help consumers make an informed choice. Aldersgate Group · 20 Jun 2018 Industry news Plastic bags ‘boost’ Bucks food waste collections Buckinghamshire’s waste authority has reported a surge in food waste recycling since the launch of a campaign last summer. And, the authority has also indicated that one factor in the increase is likely to have been the approval for residents in some districts to use plastic bags in their caddies for food waste, rather than compostable … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jun 2018 Industry news Landfill Tax – a taxing or promising impact? The Landfill Tax has been in existence since October 1996 and has been gradually increasing as the government and society has become more aware of the damage sending waste to landfill has on our environment. The current... The Furniture Recycling Group · 20 Jun 2018 Industry news Quality, Quality, Quality REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 20 Jun 2018 Industry news Organics: Quality, Quality, Quality OPINION: Jeremy Jacobs, technical director of the Renewable Energy Association (REA), pushes the quality message. You will have heard the Organics Recycling Group (ORG) of the REA beat this drum many times in the past, but there cannot be a better time to enforce this message to the whole supply chain in the organics sector … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jun 2018 Industry news Defra offers £1.4m in digital waste tracking competition The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is offering five organisations an opportunity to acquire funding of up to £80,000 to develop a ‘digital solution’ for tracking movement of waste across the country. The funding is part of a two-phase competition launched by the Department as a Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition. It … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jun 2018 Industry news Suez and Cornwall council open St Dennis EfW plant Suez and Cornwall council officially opened the Cornwall Energy Recovery Centre last week. Representatives from Cornwall council and SUEZ were joined by members of the community for the official opening on 15 June. The facility, located at St Dennis, started operating in March 2017. It will recover energy from residual waste, and use it to … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jun 2018 Industry news Why the UK should learn from InvestEU Alex White, Senior Policy Officer at the Aldersgate Group, reviews the potential of InvestEU to ensure clean growth continues to be a priority for the next European Parliament and Commission. Aldersgate Group · 19 Jun 2018 Industry news First Circular Economy Week hits London Organisations across London are being encouraged to contribute to the capital’s first Circular Economy Week, which takes place this week (18 – 22 June). Led by the London Waste and Recycling Board’s (LWARB) Circular Economy London programme, Circular Economy Week, said LWARB, aims to encourage businesses, charities and social enterprises to take action on built … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jun 2018 Industry news Court rules against VAT exemptions appeal EXCLUSIVE: Max Recycle has been denied permission to appeal a 2016 ruling which stated that VAT exemptions provided to local authorities for waste collections were not anti-competitive. The rejection was handed down by Mr Justice Nugee at the Upper Tribunal Tax and Chancery Chamber, earlier this month (June 8). Justice Nugee’s ruling means that … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jun 2018 Industry news Mid-sized cities: The key to inclusive growth in the UK Cllr Peter Box, Chair of Key Cities takes the stance that mid-sized cities are key to inclusive growth in the UK Open Access Government — Environment · 19 Jun 2018 Industry news No Time to Waste: 6 interventions to make the UK a world leader in resource efficiency Victoria Fleming-Williams, Policy Manager at the Aldersgate Group, reviews the Group's recently launched briefing on why a strong Resources and Waste Strategy is crucial to delivering both economic and environmental gains. Aldersgate Group · 18 Jun 2018 Industry news ‘Accidental’ fire at plastics site put out South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service has this afternoon (18 June) confirmed that a fire at a plastics recycling facility owned by Moulding Solutions in Rotherham is now out. The service also stated that “in the early stages of investigations”, it believes that the fire was started accidentally. Firefighters were called to the scene at … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2018 Industry news Treasury minister links taxes to recycled materials A Treasury minister today commented that the government is looking at how the tax system or charges can link in with more use of recycled materials, writes Sarah Horton. The focus on the tax system was highlighted by Robert Jenrick, exchequer secretary, who was commenting on the unveiling of a £20 million fund focusing on … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2018 Industry news Suez’ Wilton EfW facility officially opened The Wilton energy from waste (EfW) facility on Teeside was officially opened last week by Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority (MRWA) and Suez recycling and recovery UK. The facility manages the household waste generated daily across Merseyside and Halton. According to Suez, waste – which otherwise would have gone to landfill – is brought to the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2018 Industry news Inter- and transdisciplinary research on yam systems for improved food security in West Africa Professor Emmanuel Frossard from ETH Zurich and his collaborators from Switzerland and West Africa experiment in the YAMSYS project, a novel approach for improved soil and crop management in yam systems Open Access Government — Environment · 18 Jun 2018 Industry news We’ve been celebrating! This weekend we marked 20 years of the country’s first community wood recycling project, The Wood Store Brighton. We were joined by volunteers from the early days of the project, wood recyclers from all over the country, and some of the many builders who use our wood recycling services. Community Wood Recycling · 18 Jun 2018 Industry news WasteAid walk to crisscross London bridges With only five days to go until this year’s WasteAid walk, on June 23, more than 120 people are to take part and walk 15.5 miles in London to raise awareness against marine plastics, writes Sarah Horton. The walk, which includes crisscrossing over 16 bridges over the Thames, starts near Putney Bridge in West London. The route is … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2018 Industry news DS Smith recovers paper costs increase DS Smith today (18 June) reported strong organic box volume growth of +5.2% with growth in all regions, in its 12 months annual figures to 30 April 2018. An upbeat chief executive, Miles Ropers declared that the company has been focusing on innovation and had also sought to recover “substantial input cost pressure over the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2018 Industry news Tension builds over DIY charges in Norfolk Tension has been building over the introduction of DIY waste charges at Norfolk’s household waste recycling centres (HWRCs), with one local resident taking a stand. Last week, Norfolk county council has confirmed that police were called to the Hempton Recycling Centre, near Fakenham, after a member of the public refused to pay a charge. ‘Incident’ … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2018 Industry news More than 50k ultra-low emission vehicles registered for the first time in the UK A report conducted by private number plate specialists, click4reg.co.uk has shown that during the past year, over 53,000 new ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEV) were registered for the first time in the UK Open Access Government — Environment · 18 Jun 2018 Industry news Circular Economy package officially published The European Union has published the Circular Economy Package in its Official Journal, which means the legislation will enter into force next month. The legislation was signed on Thursday (June 14) which means the requirements officially come into force 20 days after, which means the package will be binding from July 4 2018. This follows … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2018 Industry news Recycle Now launches campaign toolkit Recycle Now has introduced a new communications toolkit for local authorities and partners, designed to motivate public behaviour change to improve recycling. The toolkit utilises a social norming messaging style, which aims to work by “shifting perceptions of social norms”. Its approach is based on research which found that normative messaging has “significant potential” to … Read More The pos… letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2018 Industry news Regulation and resource efficiency Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency, reviews the Environment Agency's role as regulator in enforcing resource efficiency and protecting people and the environment. Aldersgate Group · 17 Jun 2018 Industry news UK climate advisers issue Heathrow warning The post UK climate advisers issue Heathrow warning appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 15 Jun 2018 Industry news HSE calls for better safety management Analysis by the Health and Safety Executive has identified inadequate safety management systems as an area to tackle in order to reduce worker fatalities in the waste sector. The advice came in a report by HSE, published this week, in response to the “high rate” of worker fatalities in the waste sector. The research reviewed … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jun 2018 Industry news No rush to conclusions over fires, says WISH chair There should be no rush to think that fires are becoming a big problem for the waste sector again despite recent incidents, the chair of the sector’s WISH forum has said. Speaking to letsrecycle.com, Chris Jones, who chairs the Waste Industry Safety and Health Forum (WISH), said today that he agreed that there had been a … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jun 2018 Industry news Crop resilience gets multi-million pound government investment Environment secretary, Michael Gove has announced that UK universities and research centres which improve the resilience, sustainability and quality of major crops, will be the lucky recipients of a £5.3 million government fund. Open Access Government — Environment · 15 Jun 2018 Industry news £8m WEEE fund for councils and other groups Local authorities and others linked to the collection and recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) are being encouraged to prepare ideas and potential projects for funding from an £8 million fund. The money comes via the disbursement of the 2017 WEEE compliance fee fund. The fee is a regulatory tool used by the government … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jun 2018 Industry news Let the FIESTA commence Trade associations from across the UK furniture and interiors industries have united under a single banner, the Furniture and Interiors Education, Skills and Training Alliance (FIESTA), to combat the threat of a widening skills gap. The new organisation aims to unite and inspire furniture and interiors businesses, helping the industry to become a sector of […] National Bed Federation · 15 Jun 2018 Industry news ADBA points to biomethane for vehicles Biomethane from anaerobic digestion (AD) is “the only practical means of decarbonising HGVs, buses, and other large vehicles”, according to the head of the UK’s AD industry association. Writing for AirQualityNews.com earlier this week, Charlotte Morton, chief executive of the Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association (ADBA), said biomethane offers a “cost-effective” solution to powering ve… letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jun 2018 Industry news Renewable energy industry celebrates record breaking year at prestigious awards ceremony REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 15 Jun 2018 Industry news WRAP confirms incineration of plastics because of China ban Plastics which might have been recycled ahead of China’s restrictions on quality are being sent to energy from waste plants and to Eastern Europe for used as solid recovered fuel, according to resource charity WRAP. The confirmation that plastics from local authority sources is being sent for incineration came yesterday from WRAP’s economist, Peter Sainsbury, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jun 2018 Industry news Manchester Business Cements Future With Continued Investment A Manchester business continues to grow after investing more than a quarter of a million pounds in what is reportedly the UK’s largest hazardous waste treatment and recovery facility. Leading waste specialists CSG has ploughed more than £250k into its Cadishead site as part of its ongoing investment to ensure the long-term viability of the […] CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 14 Jun 2018 Industry news Malaysian officials lobbied UK ministers on EU palm oil move to ‘test post-Brexit approaches’ The post Malaysian officials lobbied UK ministers on EU palm oil move to ‘test post-Brexit approaches’ appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 14 Jun 2018 Industry news Conquering WEEE’s Everest Anthony Sant, sales and marketing director for AO Recycling, offers his reflections on the WEEE Conference 2018. I have attended and spoken at the WEEE Conference for a number of years now. While it’s always something I am happy to support, I have sometimes come home feeling a degree of despair. For too many years … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jun 2018 Industry news 6 things we learned from BP’s annual energy report The post 6 things we learned from BP’s annual energy report appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 14 Jun 2018 Industry news Liebherr Group confirms expansion plans SPECIAL REPORT: Letsrecycle.com’s Rob Mowat recently visited two of the Liebherr Group’s facilities in Kirchdorf, Germany, to discuss business expansion plans for 2018/19. The equipment manufacturer recently announced that it had acquired an extra 1,561 staff in 2017, bringing its total workforce to 43,869 employees. The figures were published in its latest end-of-year report, which … Read More… letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jun 2018