Recycling news: 2022

Industry news News in brief (02/08/2022) With news on: BEIS announces heat networks funding; Aviva appeals against Barry Biomass demolition notice; Redbridge fines businesses over lack of waste documentation; Jo Churchill visits FCC HWRC; and, Essity Prudhoe Mill to replace recycling plant. BEIS announces heat networks funding The government announced last week (29 July) that it will award more than £54 … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 2 Aug 2022 Industry news Biffa makes landfill tax provision as takeover deadline delayed Biffa has today (2 August) posted an £8 million loss for the 2021/22 financial year, after making a £20 million provision in regard to HMRC’s ongoing probe into landfill taxes. And, in a separate document, the waste management company also announced that the deadline for Energy Capital Partners to submit a firm takeover bid has … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 2 Aug 2022 Industry news The ReUse Shop - North London Waste Authority North London Waste Authority · 2 Aug 2022 Industry news Allington energy from waste plant opens doors as public plant tours are now available - FCC Environment FCC Environment UK · 2 Aug 2022 Industry news TOMRA Recycling’s new eBook makes the case for robotic sorting and explores the mechanics of recycling robots Choosing the right combination of optical sorters with robotic arm and valve block ejectors delivers two powerful robot options to boost recovery of targeted materials ROBOTIC technology in the recycling industry is evolving rapidly, particularly in the realm of optical sorting. Drawing from deep datasets, optical sorters which use different ejection methods can process material... Skip & Waste Magazine · 1 Aug 2022 Industry news Wiltshire votes against Northacre EfW Wiltshire council announced last week (27 July) that its planning committee rejected an application from Northacre Renewable Energy Ltd in relation to its energy from waste facility in Westbury. This comes despite a report which went before the council’s committee recommending the council approve the facility on the grounds it will process waste currently being … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 1 Aug 2022 Industry news Post-Covid waste volumes remain a ‘mixed picture’ SPECIAL REPORT: Six months after England lifted all Covid-19-related restrictions, James Langley examines the impact on household waste arisings. The lifting of all pandemic-related restrictions in England in February is yet to see household waste volumes fall back to pre-Covid levels, though there are signs this may be changing. Statistics published by the Department for … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 1 Aug 2022 Industry news CMA to probe fashion retailers over recycled content claims The Competition and Markets Authority announced last week (29 July) it will be “scrutinising eco-friendly and sustainability claims” made by a string of fashion retailers. This includes statements made by ASOS, Boohoo, and George at Asda about recycled content in clothing, which the regulator said had “little to no information” about the basis of these … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 1 Aug 2022 Industry news Sector must offer ‘solution’ to cutting UK’s emissions, FCC says The waste sector faces a “significant challenge” to ensure it is seen as “part of the solution” as the UK looks to cut its emissions by 78% by 2035, according to a report published by FCC Environment. Spanish-owned FCC published its annual sustainability report for 2021 on 25 July. Within the report, FCC says the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 1 Aug 2022 Industry news OPINION: Is the PRN market being manipulated? After provisional packaging data for the second quarter of 2022 was published last week, Phil Conran, consultant at 360 Environmental and former chair of the government’s Advisory Committee on Packaging, discusses some issues with the current system. OPINION: The PRN market works on the same supply and demand laws of any commodity market. If the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 1 Aug 2022 Industry news Quarterly data released for Q2 The post Quarterly data released for Q2 appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 1 Aug 2022 Industry news Greenpeace UK appoints joint Executive Directors Greenpeace UK has appointed Areeba Hamid and Will McCallum as its new joint Executive Directors. This is the first time in the decades-long history of the environmental group’s UK office that the role has been held by two people. Areeba and Will take over from interim Executive Director Pat Venditti in October. Areeba, 39, is […] Greenpeace UK · 1 Aug 2022 Industry news DRS to see ‘billions more cans and bottles’ sent to shops, says Double Alongside publication of figures last Friday showing that fewer carrier bags are being used, the government has reiterated its plans for a deposit return scheme (DRS) with minister Steve Double referencing billions of bottles and cans going to shops for recycling. In a statement, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs announced that “Billions … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 1 Aug 2022 Industry news New poster! Fire caused by lithium-ion batteries | BMRA - British Metals Recycling Association BMRA (British Metals Recycling Association) · 1 Aug 2022 Industry news David Paterson - Co-operative Group Co-op media newsroom · 30 Jul 2022 Industry news IoD Director of the Year award arrives for Jacqueline O’Donovan HAVING been named as the Institute of Directors (IoD) Director of the Year in the family business category at the annual awards event in 2021, Jacqueline O’Donovan, managing director of O’Donovan Waste Disposal, has at last been sent you actual award. Due to the pandemic, the awards ceremony did not take place in person and... Skip & Waste Magazine · 30 Jul 2022 Industry news WATER - Environmental Industries Commission (EIC) Environmental Industries Commission · 30 Jul 2022 Industry news High PRN prices ‘boost’ market but target doubts remain Provisional packaging data published by the Environment Agency has shown the industry is on track to meet material targets, despite lingering doubts. Published on 28 July, the data covers the second quarter of the 2022 compliance year (April-June) and is provisional until confirmed by the Environment Agency. As outlined below, the data shows that all … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jul 2022 Industry news Fire warning with battery and WEEE disposal – take charge today! The post Fire warning with battery and WEEE disposal – take charge today! appeared first on Reconomy . Reconomy · 29 Jul 2022 Industry news OPINION: ‘Gas canisters and climate change’ OPINION: Dr Tim Rotheray, director of ESG at Viridor, discusses how small steps such as ensuring gas canisters stay out of the waste stream can help reduce climate change. Last week saw multiple record temperatures across the UK. The London Fire Brigade reported its busiest ever day since the second world war as parched forests … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jul 2022 Industry news Rising number of gas canisters alarms sector EXCLUSIVE: Waste and recycling companies are growing increasingly concerned about a rise in the number of gas canisters appearing in waste and recycling streams as they can explode when processed. This includes gas canisters used for barbeques and camping stoves, as well as a growing “wave” of medium-sized canisters mainly used to hold nitrous oxide. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jul 2022 Industry news Northern Irish councils recycle less in first quarter of 2022 Northern Ireland’s recycling rate for waste collected by councils fell by 1.1% in the first quarter of 2022 when compared with the same period last year. The decrease in recycling comes as overall council waste arisings fell by 8.3% from last year, when people were spending more time at home because of Covid-19 restrictions (see … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jul 2022 Industry news Single-use plastic bag numbers down 97% in supermarkets since 2015 The UK Government has today (29 July) published new analysis into its 10p charge on single-use plastic bags at supermarkets, confirming that the number of bags used by shoppers has fallen by 97% since 2015. edie — Circular Economy tag · 29 Jul 2022 Industry news NWH Group appointed for LooseFest22 in Newcastle THE NWH Group, one of the UK’s leading recycling companies, has been appointed by WasteManaged to provide the waste management for Newcastle’s LooseFest22 – a music festival which takes place this weekend (30th and 31st July) and expects to welcome around 60,000 festival-goers. The NWH Group will be providing 130 wheelie bins and four roll-on roll-off... Skip & Waste Magazine · 29 Jul 2022 Industry news WISH to issue guidance on machinery as injuries increase The Waste Industry Safety and Health (WISH) Forum is set to publish updated guidance for the waste sector on machinery safety in recycling and recovery plants. Data published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in December 2021 shows that 30% of fatal workplace injuries in the waste sector between 2016/17 and 2020/21 occurred after … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jul 2022 Industry news Volunteers ‘Pedal and Pick’ for a cleaner Anglesey The post Volunteers ‘Pedal and Pick’ for a cleaner Anglesey appeared first on Keep Wales Tidy . Keep Wales Tidy · 29 Jul 2022 Industry news UNTHA shredder at the heart of Meplas plastic recycling operation BESPOKE plastic recycling company, Meplas, has invested in an LRK1400 shredder from UNTHA UK, to process the 600-tonnes-per-month of hard and soft plastics it receives from the UK’s post-industrial manufacturing outlets, at its facility in East Yorkshire. The single-shaft, high-torque machine will enable Meplas to meet its 1.5-tonnes-per-hour processing requirements for hard plastics – in... Th… Skip & Waste Magazine · 29 Jul 2022 Industry news Why burning plastic won’t solve the plastic crisis Nearly half our plastic waste gets burned. But doing so is costing us our health and our planet. Find out what incineration is and why it cannot be a solution to the plastic problem. Greenpeace UK · 28 Jul 2022 Industry news The countdown is on to the Reuse Network Annual Conference 2022 Early Bird Tickets for our Reuse Network Annual Conference are now live! Reuse Network · 28 Jul 2022 Industry news ByrneLooby to train Agency staff Engineering consultancy firm ByrneLooby has been awarded a three year deal to provide training services in advanced landfill engineering for the Environment Agency. An Irish-UK engineering consultancy, ByrneLooby is a subsidiary of the Spanish engineering, technology and consultancy specialist Ayesa. The acquisition of ByrneLooby by Ayesa was announced at the beginning of February this year. … … letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jul 2022 Industry news Net Zero Strategy declared “unlawful” by High Court When the government first published its Net Zero strategy, it immediately became clear that the Strategy drastically failed to carve out exactly how the UK intended to achieve its legally binging Net-Zero obligations. So, it came as no surprise when the High Court ruled that the Strategy is “unlawful” last week. Upon its release… ADBA (Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association) · 28 Jul 2022 Industry news NWH appoints Saltire Scholars to deliver major business improvement initiatives ONE of the UK’s leading recycling companies, The NWH Group, has doubled its commitment to scholarship and development and appointed two internships through Entrepreneurial Scotland’s Saltire Scholarship Programme. Blair Inglis (21, from Glasgow) who is studying for an BSc (Hons) in Maths, Statistics, Business Analysis and Technology at the University of Strathclyde, will be taking... Skip & Waste Magazine · 28 Jul 2022 Industry news Waste sector can ease EU’s energy crisis, FEAD says The waste management sector could help end the EU’s “dependence” on Russian fossil fuels as it has the potential to produce more energy than it currently does, European trade association FEAD claims. Brussels-based FEAD represents the private waste management industry across Europe, including 19 national waste management federations and 3,000 waste management companies. On Tuesday … Read More T… letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jul 2022 Industry news Earth Overshoot Day has moved forward again. How should businesses respond? Earth Overshoot Day, the date at which humanity has consumed more natural resources than the level renewed in a year, falls on 28 July for 2022 – the earliest date yet. So, how can the private sector ramp up efforts to create a circular economy? edie — Circular Economy tag · 28 Jul 2022 Industry news MPs slam ‘delay’ to government’s environmental principles The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has warned the government that there is “no reason for any further delay” in rolling out its environmental principles. In May, Defra published a “legally-binding policy statement”, which it said would embed “protections and enhancements for the environment in all government policy-making”. This included the polluter pays principle, which makes … Read More… letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jul 2022 Industry news Live Labs 2 - adeptnet.org.uk ADEPT (Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport) · 28 Jul 2022 Industry news UK-wide ‘WM3’ waste classification survey launched letsrecycle.com readers have been asked to take part in a UK-wide survey seeking to identify the challenges and user needs around waste classification and assessment. The results of the survey will inform the approach of the UK’s environmental regulators as they update the ‘WM3’ guidance, which is used to help producers, managers and regulators classify … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jul 2022 Industry news ‘How the Commonwealth Games can inspire sustainable large-scale events’ OPINION: With the Commonwealth Games held in the UK in July/August 2022, Michael Topham, CEO of Biffa reflects on ‘How the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games can inspire your next sustainable large-scale event’ Having been an avid fan of the Commonwealth Games all my life (my best memory is the exciting 200 metre final in the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jul 2022 Industry news Countrystyle and Unite agree talks after ACAS input A planned strike by waste collection crews in Bexley, London has been suspended after Countrystyle and Unite reached an agreement to halt the action while negotiations continue. The agreement to suspend the strike action was brokered by the conciliation service ACAS following talks with Unite and Countrystyle Recycling. The strike began on 12 July and … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jul 2022 Industry news Greenpeace seize 30 kilometres of industrial fishing gear in North Atlantic North Atlantic, 28 July 2022 - Activists on board the Arctic Sunrise have confiscated fishing gear from two European industrial longline fishing vessels in the North Atlantic [1]. One was operating in a Marine Protected Area. Greenpeace UK · 28 Jul 2022