Recycling news: 2017

Industry news Shanks reports ongoing ‘challenges’ in municipal division Shanks Group has expressed concern over the quality and price of the waste derived fuels it produces under its 25-year disposal contract with the East London Waste Authority. The East London output has contributed to what the Group describes as ‘a very difficult third quarter’ for its municipal division in a trading update posted today … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 7 Feb 2017 Industry news Merseyside strikes interim disposal deal EXCLUSIVE: Delays to the start of the Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority’s £1.2 billion residual waste contract with Merseyside Energy Recovery Ltd (MERL) has led the authority to ‘swiftly’ seek out interim disposal arrangements. The situation has been ‘exacerbated’ by FCC Environment’s decision to close its Arpley landfill site in December, a progress report published … Read More The pos… letsrecycle.com News · 7 Feb 2017 Industry news Fire crews tackle Staffordshire plastic waste blaze Fire crews are tackling a major fire involving plastic waste at a warehouse near Stoke-on-Trent. Firefighters from Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to the site at Redhills Road, Milton, at 8.21am yesterday (5 February) after reports of a fire and have remained on site into today. The site is known to have been … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Feb 2017 Industry news Daventry considers Norse for collections service Daventry district council has proposed entering into a joint venture with council-owned Norse Commercial Services once its current waste collection contract with Amey ends in June 2018. Members of the council’s Strategy Group will meet on Thursday (9 February) to discuss the option, which would see Daventry and the Norfolk county council-owned business share ownership … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Feb 2017 Industry news Final hearing in sight for waste treatment BREF UK waste and recycling trade bodies have been given until 14 February to respond to a near final version of a European Best Available Techniques document which will help shape future regulation of the sector. The BAT ‘conclusions’ are contained within the Best Available Techniques (BAT) Reference (BREF) Document for Waste Treatment. They will apply … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Feb 2017 Industry news Hampshire councils opt against contract extension Two Hampshire councils have opted not to take up an optional seven-year extension on a waste collections contract with Veolia beyond its 2018 expiry date – having not been able to agree a price for the service. Now, Basingstoke & Deane borough council and Hart district council are seeking to appoint a ‘suitably experienced’ operator … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Feb 2017 Industry news Factcheck: Mail on Sunday’s climate data scandal falls apart under scrutiny This past weekend the Mail on Sunday said it uncovered a gigantic scandal of misbehavior by US climate scientists. Except it didn’t. Climate skeptic reporter David Rose claimed he obtained evidence that the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) rushed out a report with “manipulated global warming data” in order to convince world leaders to agree a […] Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 6 Feb 2017 Industry news We need an ambitious resource efficiency policy post-Brexit The UK may be leaving the EU but we must keep pace with the rest of Europe in forging a more circular economy, argues Nick Molho of the Aldersgate Group. Aldersgate Group · 5 Feb 2017 Industry news Fracking firm Ineos accused of threatening landowners to allow exploration The UK’s leading fracking company has been accused of threatening landowners into giving it access to conduct exploratory work, an Unearthed investigation has found. One of the landowners is the National Trust, which received legal threats from chemicals and fracking firm Ineos, after refusing permission to explore for gas on its land at Clumber […] Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 5 Feb 2017 Industry news The Week in Waste – 3 February 2017 VIDEO: In this weekly news round-up video sponsored by Bollegraaf, we report on good news for organics recyclers, and action over non-compliance with packaging waste regulations. Also, we look at changes to the recycling and waste collection regime in Aberdeen. The Week in Waste is sponsored by Bollegraaf Recycling Solutions. letsrecycle.com News · 3 Feb 2017 Industry news ‘Training required’ for councils to meet Welsh Blueprint Adherence to the Welsh Government’s Collections Blueprint will require more training for frontline staff in participating councils, a Welsh Government-commissioned study into municipal waste sector employment has found. The findings were published today (3 February) in a Welsh Government commissioned report into ‘employment in the municipal waste sector in Wales’ over the past 12 months. … Read… letsrecycle.com News · 3 Feb 2017 Industry news Defra ministers approve Valpak WEEE fee proposal WEEE – waste electrical and electronic equipment – compliance fees for 2016 will be set according to a methodology drawn up by the compliance scheme Valpak, it has been revealed. The fee is an alternative mechanism that compliance schemes and obligated business can use if they have insufficient recycling evidence to meet their WEEE collection … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 3 Feb 2017 Industry news Whitham Mills in Welsh council contract win Manchester-based waste machinery designer and manufacturer Whitham Mills has been appointed by two North Wales local authorities to supply balers to be operated at materials recycling facilities (MRFs). Flintshire county council and Conwy council are upgrading their systems, after having been supplied with kit by the company in 2012. Flintshire county council has upgraded its … Read More The po… letsrecycle.com News · 3 Feb 2017 Industry news Cold homes: How energy companies can stop winter deaths Every year, more people die in the UK in the winter months than in the summer. This may seem unsurprising, but it’s far less extreme in other northern European countries. The coldest places on the continent actually have much lower rates of ‘excess winter deaths’ than the UK, despite our relatively mild winters. Nearly 44,000 more […] Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 3 Feb 2017 Industry news Why has the European Commission’s review of REACH rules for controlling hormone disrupting chemicals been watered down? It is clear that some very powerful forces within the European Commission are working to undermine effective regulation of hormone (endocrine) disrupting chemicals (EDCs). On 20th December 2016, buried in the pre-Christmas wind-down, the Commission released its review of how EDCs should be treated by the authorisation process in the EU’s main REACH chemicals legislation. […] CHEM Trust · 2 Feb 2017 Industry news Great Repeal Bill to include environmental regs The government’s Brexit White Paper, published today (2 February), has confirmed plans to transpose the current framework of environmental regulation set out in EU Directives into UK law. The document, titled ‘The United Kingdom’s exit from and new partnership with the European Union’ was published by the Department for Exiting the European Union, and sets … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 2 Feb 2017 Industry news Maskell steps down as shadow Defra minister Rachael Maskell has stepped down as Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs following the vote in Parliament over triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty. The MP for York Central opted to resign from Jeremy Corbyn’s Shadow Cabinet yesterday (1 Feb), after the Labour leader imposed a three-line whip on … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 2 Feb 2017 Industry news ReFood to expand capacity of Widnes AD plant Organic waste treatment firm ReFood is to expand its £24 million Widnes anaerobic digestion plant to handle up to 150,000 tonnes of food waste per year. The expansion is being brought about through the installation of a new £1.2 million digester tank on the site to be erected by Lincolnshire-based construction firm Britcon The new … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 2 Feb 2017 Industry news ADBA’s Morton questions enforcement of waste hierarchy ADBA chief executive Charlotte Morton has claimed that UK regulators are failing to enforce the waste hierarchy in allowing food waste to be sent to energy from waste (EfW) plants. Speaking before the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Efra) Committee in Westminster yesterday (1 February), Ms Morton argued it was not clear whether the UK’s … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 2 Feb 2017 Industry news Heathrow: government documents show runway may break air pollution laws A third runway at Heathrow may break air pollution laws, according to documents published by the UK government on Thursday. This contradicts their own policy statement, released at the same time. The admission puts the airport expansion in jeopardy because planning consent will not be granted if the project cannot be delivered within current air quality […] Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 2 Feb 2017 Industry news Social circularity and data security Circular economy must also address the key issues of social values and data security, says Mat Roberts, Group Director of Sustainability Strategy at Interserve. Aldersgate Group · 1 Feb 2017 Industry news European regions back higher recycling target An organisation representing Europe’s local authorities has backed proposals for a higher Europe-wide recycling target put forward by the European Parliament’s Environment Committee. The European Committee of the Regions (CoR), which is made up of representatives from local authorities, cities and regions from each EU member state, says the proposals voted on by the Environment … Read More The … letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2017 Industry news News in Brief (01/02/2017) With news on: Northern Ireland recycling progress; Veolia launches London fund; Ecosurety in support for PIRAP; Peterborugh ERF funding, and; Cae Post joins Duty of Care campaign. Northern Ireland reports recycling rise Provisional local authority collected waste management statistics for July to September 2016 have been published by Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and… letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2017 Industry news Filippo Berio and Sandoz pay to charities after packaging breaches Olive oil company Filippo Berio UK and pharmaceuticals firm Sandoz have both made contributions under the civil sanctions regime for not meeting packaging waste obligations. The two are among a number of businesses who have paid civil penalties rather than facing possible legal action during the period August 2016 to January 2017. The Environment Agency … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2017 Industry news Defra backs ‘business-led’ approach to resource efficiency Resources and waste minister Thérèse Coffey has expressed an ambition for the UK to become ‘one of the most resource efficient countries in the world’ – but has claimed that government ‘won’t regulate to force this change’. The minister’s comments were expressed to delegates at an event hosted by Aldersgate Group – an environmental consortium … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2017 Industry news Long read: Will the UK’s environment survive our friendship with Trump? The man who led Trump’s environmental agency transition team, Myron Ebell, paid a visit to the UK this week, calling the environmental movement “the greatest threat to freedom and prosperity in the modern world.” Environmental rules – Trump’s advisers argue – impinge on the freedom of individuals and businesses. Since many of the UK’s rules come […] Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 1 Feb 2017 Industry news Organics recyclers hail ‘good news for soils’ Organics recyclers have welcomed the publication of two studies confirming that the risks from using certified compost and digestates in agriculture are ‘acceptably low or negligible’. The reports – entitled ‘Compost quality and safety for agriculture’ and ‘Digestate quality and safety for agriculture’ – were issued earlier this month by resource efficiency charity WRAP (the Waste … Read More T… letsrecycle.com News · 31 Jan 2017 Industry news Fire halts operations at UPM’s Shotton MRF Operations have been halted at UPM’s Shotton materials recycling facility (MRF) in North Wales, due to a fire at the site last night (30 January). But, UPM’s newsprint production mill which is located in a separate building on the same site, has been unaffected by the fire, and UPM has confirmed that paper production has … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 31 Jan 2017 Industry news Commission tackled over EfW Communication Waste management companies and manufacturers of energy from waste technology have called on the European Commission to recognise there is a need for more EfW plants. The call comes in the wake of a “Communication” from the European Commission last week which warned against public investment contributing to EfW (energy from waste) overcapacity. In its … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 31 Jan 2017 Industry news Fit for what? CHEM Trust’s views on the current evaluation of the EU’s main chemicals law REACH The EU’s REACH chemicals law aims to ensure that chemicals are safely manufactured and used, so as to protect human health and the environment, at the same time as enhancing innovation and the competitiveness of EU industry. REACH includes requirements on companies to provide – and use – safety information on chemicals, and provides mechanisms to ban […] CHEM Trust · 31 Jan 2017 Industry news Aberdeen to reduce waste bin size Aberdeen city council is preparing for an overhaul of its recycling and waste collection service, which will see a reduction by a quarter in the overall capacity given to residents for residual waste. The council is delivering close to 70,000 180 litre black wheeled bins to householders – supplied by the container manufacturer MGB – … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 31 Jan 2017 Industry news PRN Markets Flat as UK Looks Likely to Meet Packaging Obligation The post PRN Markets Flat as UK Looks Likely to Meet Packaging Obligation appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 31 Jan 2017 Industry news France Achieves New Record for WEEE Recycling The post France Achieves New Record for WEEE Recycling appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 31 Jan 2017 Industry news Trading Division Expands to Assist Packaging Compliance Growth The post Trading Division Expands to Assist Packaging Compliance Growth appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 31 Jan 2017 Industry news Powerday sponsors Awards for Excellence Powerday is sponsoring ‘the Best Community Recycling Initiative’ at this year’s Let’s Recycle Awards for Excellence. The award recognises a social enterprise or community recycling project an... Powerday · 31 Jan 2017 Industry news The banality of Ebell Ebell was spotted outside 10 Downing Street the next day, though apparently met advisers not the Prime Minister Myron Ebell is perhaps the least Trumpian person you can imagine. The bespectacled right-wing policy analyst is rather plain, certainly not showy, and seemingly uncomfortable with the spotlight. A bookworm in a bad suit. And yet here […] Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 31 Jan 2017 Industry news UK ranked tenth in 2015 European recycling table The United Kingdom and Italy tied for tenth place among the top-ranked municipal waste recyclers in Europe during 2015, figures published today by the European Union’s statistics body Eurostat today (30 January) suggest. According to the figures, which are submitted on behalf of the EU’s 27 member states, as well as other European nations including … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jan 2017 Industry news RUK celebrates success with record-breaking Welsh football team A record-breaking run of 27 consecutive victories for the Welsh Premier League football champions The New Saints FC has earned global attention for recycling firm Recycling UK Ltd– the club’s main sponsor using its group brand RUKGROUP.COM. The New Saints also known as TNS FC – the Oswestry-based football club – are celebrating a landmark … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jan 2017 Industry news Vehicle and equipment news round-up (30/01/17) With news on: Recycling Partnership vehicle investment; Dunmow skip loader acquisition; Baler installation at Devon Contract Waste; Matpro and CRJ partnership, and; VEKA fleet expansion. Recycling Partnership invests in vehicle safety Crawley-based commercial waste firm The Recycling Partnership has fitted its two latest Mercedes Econic refuse trucks with safety and weighing equipment. The truc… letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jan 2017 Industry news Arun council renews Biffa waste collections contract Biffa has been awarded a renewed three-year contract for the collection of waste and recycling, and beach and street cleansing services on behalf of Arun district council. The new contract is effective from February 2017, and has an annual value of around £5 million, as well as an option of a three-year extension. Biffa has … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jan 2017