Recycling news: 2021

Industry news Countrystyle wins Bexley collections contract Countrystyle Recycling is to begin its first foray into domestic waste collections, having been awarded a 10-year collection contract by the London Borough of Bexley. The Sittingbourne-based waste management company was awarded the contract following a “detailed procurement exercise” and will take over from outsourcing giants Serco from 4 October. Under the contract, Countrystyle will … Read Mo… letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jul 2021 Industry news Businesses That Help Boost the Circular Economy The post Businesses That Help Boost the Circular Economy appeared first on Reconomy . Reconomy · 28 Jul 2021 Industry news Opinion: ‘Podback is uniting industry rivals for effective recycling’ In this opinion piece, Rick Hindley, who joined coffee pod recycling scheme Podback as executive director in May 2021, discusses how the company is tackling coffee pod recycling. OPINION: Around 61% of the UK population say they have limited their consumption of single-use items over the last 12 months. Much of this hinges on making … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jul 2021 Industry news Flintshire to reintroduce ‘side waste’ penalties Flintshire county council in north Wales will begin reinforcing financial penalties for residents who leave additional residual waste outside their bins. The council will continue ‘side waste enforcement’ from September this year, after suspending the sanctions in March 2020 due to the pandemic. From September, the council will enforce a three staged process for residents … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jul 2021 Industry news Foresight invests €7.5m in Sardinian AD plant - Bioenergy Insight Magazine Bioenergy Insight · 28 Jul 2021 Industry news England needs to urgently accelerate the resource efficiency agenda to reach net zero Kate Young, Senior Public Affairs Officer at the Aldersgate Group outlines the key actions required from government to accelerate progress on the resources and waste agenda. Aldersgate Group · 27 Jul 2021 Industry news Scheme to tackle tyre waste launched in Shropshire A scheme to tackle the illegal fly tipping of tyres across Shropshire has been launched by West Mercia Police and property management company Bradford Estates. It comes after more than 1,000 tyres were dumped on land owned by the property management company during the past 12 months. The Tyre Tagging scheme will mean all garages … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jul 2021 Industry news Defra publishes service priority guidance The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published non-statutory guidance on how to prioritise waste collection services. This comes with the sector under some pressure due to issues such as self-isolation and a national shortage of drivers and, in some cases, collection operatives. Intended for local authorities and other waste collectors in … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jul 2021 Industry news Bywaters Climbing Three Peaks and Cycling to Brighton for charity This summer the Bywaters family organised two charity events raising a massive £8,462 in support of Haven house children hospice. The charity cares for seriously ill babies and children by creating a loving and warm environment for them and their families while they go through the toughest of times. They really are a lifeline for so many local families and we are extremely proud to be supportin… Bywaters · 27 Jul 2021 Industry news Finding the sweet spot | Ocado Group - Ocado Group Ocado Group media · 27 Jul 2021 Industry news KOmbo - Coca-Cola Coca-Cola Great Britain media center · 26 Jul 2021 Industry news Adrian Smith appointed as new regional operations manager Midlands-based metal recycling and waste management specialist, Ward, has announced a further addition to its senior management team with the... Ward Recycling · 26 Jul 2021 Industry news California fires decrease natural carbon absorbing effect by 9% In California, wildfires are a horrific, regular occurrence - now, scientists warn that the natural carbon absorbing effect of the forests will decrease by atleast 9%. Open Access Government — Environment · 26 Jul 2021 Industry news Satellite reveals six gigatons of carbon emitted from land According to new observations by a Chinese satellite, six gigatons of carbon are emitted over land every year - equivalent to 12 times the mass of all living humans. Open Access Government — Environment · 26 Jul 2021 Industry news New projects to explore how air pollution in indoor spaces affects human health Three new research projects have received a share of £9 million to investigate how air pollution in indoor spaces can affect human health. Open Access Government — Environment · 26 Jul 2021 Industry news MARINE PROTECTED UNPROTECTED AREAS - media.mcsuk.org Marine Conservation Society · 26 Jul 2021 Industry news 25 year partnership delivers £3m boost for Gloucestershire’s wildlife The post 25 year partnership delivers £3m boost for Gloucestershire’s wildlife appeared first on Grundon . Grundon Waste Management · 26 Jul 2021 Industry news Ellin calls for phasing in of EPR, consistency and DRS The chief executive of the Recycling Association, Simon Ellin, called for a steady, phased approach to implementing key waste reforms in his keynote address at the Awards for Excellence on Wednesday (21 July). Dr Ellin began his address by marvelling at how strange it was to be back at a live event in the wake … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jul 2021 Industry news HWRCs ‘can still take fence posts and decking’ Long-awaited guidance on how to handle and classify waste wood has been issued by the Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA). And as the guidance was released the Environment Agency has published two key Regulatory Position Statements for waste wood. Importantly, the documents mean that local authorities can continue to handle two types of waste wood which … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jul 2021 Industry news Costa Coffee Club - Costa Costa Coffee media centre · 25 Jul 2021 Industry news Biffa found guilty in ‘mixed paper’ exports case On 23 July, a jury at Wood Green Crown Court, London, found Biffa Waste Services Ltd guilty on four counts relating to the export of waste paper for recovery to India and Indonesia. In a statement yesterday evening, Biffa reasoned that no public interest had been served in bringing the legal action as the case … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jul 2021 Industry news Beans Archives - FareShare FareShare · 23 Jul 2021 Industry news Learn the zero waste basics The post Learn the zero waste basics appeared first on Bristol Waste Company . Bristol Waste Company · 23 Jul 2021 Industry news Awards for Excellence 2021 winners revealed Organics recycling firm, Severn Trent Green Power was named Recycling Business of the Year at the Awards for Excellence in Recycling and Waste Management 2021 held at London’s Landmark Hotel on Wednesday (21 July). The Awards, run by letsrecycle.com, made their come back as an in-person event this year, and welcomed guests from all areas … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jul 2021 Industry news It’s good to have standards A new publicly available specification (PAS) has been launched today outlining processes companies should follow to minimise the risk of plastic pellet spills to the environment. Fidra · 23 Jul 2021 Industry news Caroline Lucas joins Greenpeace in protest at sea against industrial fishing damaging Sussex protected areas Greenpeace activists have been joined by Caroline Lucas, Green Party MP for Brighton Pavilion, at sea in a protest against destructive industrial fishing which damages the seabed that is taking place in supposedly protected areas off the Sussex coast. Greenpeace UK · 23 Jul 2021 Industry news Biffa appears in court over paper exports Biffa Waste Service Ltd appeared at Wood Green Crown Court sitting at Hendon Magistrates’ Court yesterday (22 July), in an ongoing case over charges relating to the export of paper for recovery in India and Indonesia. Environment Agency officers say that they prevented the export of several containers of mixed waste paper from Southampton to … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jul 2021 Industry news Covid pinging exemptions available to waste sector Waste businesses and ‘local government’ have been placed in a list of sectors where workers can be made exempt from the self-isolation rules around coronavirus ‘pinging’. The move comes in the wake of huge number of people across the UK being ‘pinged’ by an app. This tells them they have been near to someone with … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jul 2021 Industry news Crowned subcontractor and waste business of the year in double award whammy win! Powerday is delighted to announce that we won two awards in one day! First up was the Awards for Excellence at the Landmark Hotel in Marylebone over lunchtime where we won Waste Transfer and Skip Hir... Powerday · 22 Jul 2021 Industry news Open letter to Tesco – “drop forest destroyers now” Dear Ken Murphy, You may have read earlier this week the Independent’s investigation revealing that global meat companies are “routinely underreporting emissions, undermining climate science and casting doubt on plant-based alternatives”. This comes just days after research published in Nature confirmed that the Brazilian Amazon has now reached a tipping point and is emitting more […] Greenpeace UK · 22 Jul 2021 Industry news Norfolk in-house HWRCs ‘progressing well’ Construction of two household waste and recycling centres (HWRCs) in Norfolk is “progressing well” and set to be complete by the end of the year, according to the Norse Group. Costing £4.65 million, the Norwich North and Norwich South recycling centres will replace the existing sites at Mile Cross and Ketteringham. They will both be … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jul 2021 Industry news Cost of waste crime rises by 53%, ESA says The total annual cost of waste-related crime in England has increased by 53% in three years, according to a recent study by the Environmental Services Association (ESA). And, the study adds that it now costs the country nearly a billion pounds a year, partly down to a rise in fly-tipping. The report, ‘counting the cost … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jul 2021 Industry news Get to know our volunteers; Rhys, Social Media Ambassador We have amazing people in the Repair Cafe Wales Family As part of a series on getting to know our volunteers, we’ve set a series of questions and our amazing volunteers have answered them ‘virtually’ for us. Next up in the series is our Social Media Ambassador, Rhys Q. What is your name, when did ... Repair Cafe Wales · 22 Jul 2021 Industry news Long-awaited Waste Wood Classification Guidance is Launched Long-awaited Waste Wood Classification Guidance is Launched Guidance on how to handle and process all items of waste wood is being published today (Thursday) after a four-year project led by the Wood Recyclers’ Association. The culmination of the Waste Wood Classification Project will see two separate sets of Waste Wood Assessment Guidance published, one for […] Wood Recyclers Association · 22 Jul 2021 Industry news #WasteNothing Challenge: results from year two The post #WasteNothing Challenge: results from year two appeared first on Bristol Waste Company . Bristol Waste Company · 22 Jul 2021 Industry news Thank you! We’re finalists again! We’re delighted that for the third time we’ve reached the finals in the Awards for Excellence in Recycling and Waste Management. This year it’s in the Best Use of Design and Technology in a Waste Management Facility category, the third different category we've been shortlisted in since 2017. Our entry focussed on [...] Community Wood Recycling · 22 Jul 2021 Industry news Youth climate strikers’ solidarity with oil workers in Rainbow Warrior protest, calling for a just transition YOUTH climate strikers have staged a protest in the North Sea today [WEDS 21] at Scotland’s biggest offshore wind farm, calling for a just transition for oil workers. Greenpeace UK · 22 Jul 2021 Industry news Calls to ‘exempt waste sector’ from self-isolation The Conservative MP for South Swindon has called on the government to add waste and recycling workers to the list of essential workers exempted from self-isolation. Swindon borough council says it has faced staff shortages in recent weeks, compounded by an “increasing number” of employees who have been asked to self-isolate due to Covid-19. As … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jul 2021 Industry news Explore Strabane Freegle - Freegle Freegle · 22 Jul 2021 Industry news Investor and media enquiries - AG Barr A.G. Barr media news · 22 Jul 2021