Recycling news: 2018

Industry news In photos: The Great Australian Bight, a pristine environment threatened by oil drilling The post In photos: The Great Australian Bight, a pristine environment threatened by oil drilling appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 15 May 2018 Industry news UK Secretary of State, Rt Hon Michael Gove responds positively to packaging reform recommendations from WRAP, INCPEN and the ACP Following a round table discussion convened by the Secretary of State, Michael Gove, in December last year WRAP, INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) and Defra’s Advisory Committee on Packaging (ACP) have, for the last two months, been engaged in a comprehensive programme of discussions with stakeholders from across the UK packaging [...] INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 14 May 2018 Industry news APPG Metal, Stone and Heritage Crime - British Metals Recycling Association BMRA (British Metals Recycling Association) · 14 May 2018 Industry news Board restructure sees new MD We are delighted to announce that Jim Craig has been promoted to Managing Director in a recent Board restructure. Jim joined Powerday in 2010 and prior to the promotion was Commercial Director. With ... Powerday · 14 May 2018 Industry news Arc21 incinerator approval ‘unlawful’ Approving a new £240m waste incinerator on the outskirts of north Belfast without a minister being in post was unlawful, a High Court judge ruled today. Mrs Justice Keegan backed claims that a senior civil servant did not have legal power to give the green light for the major waste disposal facility at Hightown Quarry … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 14 May 2018 Industry news Schools boost for Duracell and BatteryBack Alkaline battery producer Duracell has today announced that a scheme it ran last year to encourage children to recycle batteries has seen over 2.3 million recycled. The nationwide initiative, ‘the Big Battery Hunt’, was launched last year by Duracell in partnership with compliance scheme BatteryBack. More than 500,000 pupils took part in the scheme across … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 14 May 2018 Industry news PRN consultant jailed for tax fraud A trader in PRNs – packaging waste recovery notes – has been jailed for 21 months for tax fraud. John Gerald Hamill, of McCardel Way, Kilmarnock, Scotland, who was described in court as a “recycling consultant”, was investigated by HMRC which said that he had “stolen more than £300,000 in tax”. He pleaded guilty at a … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 14 May 2018 Industry news How to sell your scrap - British Metals Recycling Association BMRA (British Metals Recycling Association) · 14 May 2018 Industry news Fortismere Students Support TRAID Huge congratulations to the team of Year 7 students at Fortismere Secondary School in Muswell Hill, London, who chose to... TRAID · 14 May 2018 Industry news Wood Recycling Business of the Year! We are delighted to have been named Wood Recycling Business of the Year at the Awards for Excellence in Recycling and Waste - a great achievement from everyone in the network. Community Wood Recycling · 14 May 2018 Industry news News in brief (14/05/2018) With news on: Sharp Group’s waste transfer station; Clarity Environmental supports campaign; Thamesdown invests in drone; ‘Trashconverter’ returns. Sharp Group’s waste transfer station operational The Sharp Group has announced that a 14 bay recycling plant is fully operational, which will help the company process 98% of waste which would otherwise end up in landfill. The … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 14 May 2018 Industry news ‘Circular Edinburgh’ launched by Zero Waste Scotland Zero Waste Scotland and the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce have partnered to launch ‘Circular Edinburgh’, which aims to help local companies make the transition to a circular economy. The initiative is backed by the Scottish Government and European Regional Development Fund, and will deliver a “range of local activities” to help identify opportunities for local … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 14 May 2018 Industry news Business Waste & Recycling in Brent - First Mile First Mile · 12 May 2018 Industry news Expanding Fareham Business Offers Apprentice Opportunity A national waste management company has pledged to support jobs for young people in Hampshire with the creation of a new apprentice opportunity. CSG, the UK’s leading supplier of specialist waste management solutions, has created a sales executive apprenticeship at its Fareham headquarters – and has plans to create more roles across its growing business. […] CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 11 May 2018 Industry news Bywaters Employees Triumph at ’35 Under 35′ Awards 2018 Bywaters has enjoyed fantastic success at the inaugural waste management '35 under 35' awards scheme - a ceremony designed to highlight the talent and dedication shown by exceptional young people working in the industry. Bywaters · 11 May 2018 Industry news Recycling Lives and DS Smith among 2018 Awards for Excellence winners Waste management and scrap metal recycling firm, Recycling Lives, was crowned Recycling Business of the Year at the 2018 Awards for Excellence in Recycling and Waste Management at London’s Landmark Hotel yesterday. The company also scooped a prize in one of five new categories, Metals Recycling Business of the Year, for its work over the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 May 2018 Industry news Defra consults on environment body to replace EU Defra has launched a consultation on the contents of the ‘Environmental Principles and Governance Bill’, which will establish a body to hold government to account post-Brexit. Subject to the 12-week consultation, the new body will replace the role of the European Commission, and will provide “independent scrutiny and advice on existing and future government environmental … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 May 2018 Industry news Ward makes top 20 of East Midlands’ businesses Derbyshire based metal, recycling and waste management specialist, Ward, has been named in the top 20 businesses in Grant Thornton’s 2018 East Midlands Top 200 report. Ward Recycling · 11 May 2018 Industry news What’s in a watchdog: Why the future of UK environmental governance matters for business and the environment Alistair Taylor of RSPB and Martin Casey of CEMEX discuss the value of effective regulation for business and the environment. Aldersgate Group · 10 May 2018 Industry news Corporate - DS Smith DS Smith (International Paper) · 10 May 2018 Industry news James Cropper receives first load of London coffee cups Cumbrian papermaker James Cropper is reminding businesses “to do the right thing” and set up coffee recycling schemes, after investing in technology to recycle the material. James Cropper, based in Kendal, has developed CupCycle technology – taking the virgin paper in takeaway cups and ‘upcycling’ it into ‘deluxe’ paper. Last week, the company said it … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 May 2018 Industry news BIR urges caution over plastics end markets The chairman of the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) plastics committee has warned that emerging export markets for plastics scrap could introduce sudden import restrictions, a scenario which he said would “again push international trade into a tailspin”. Surendra Patawari Borad issued the warning as part of his outlook on the current state of the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 May 2018 Industry news Ward raises over £3,500 to support team mate with terminal cancer Team Ward has pulled together to raise more than £3,500 to support one of our colleagues recently diagnosed with a terminal illness. You’ve helped by taking part in a series of fundraisers, including a raffle, a cake sale raising £670 and the Derby Central 10K which raised over £2,800. People have also donated annual leave to provide support through this difficult time, enabling them to spend t… Ward Recycling · 10 May 2018 Industry news EURIS announces EURIS European Network to deliver the best Brexit REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 10 May 2018 Industry news Hampshire councils to examine recycling habits Councils in Hampshire, part of the Project Integra waste partnership, are set to carry out a survey later this year to find what residents put in their waste and recycling bins. The survey is part of plans to reduce the amount of waste thrown away in the county each year and will shape the future … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 May 2018 Industry news Reuse Network launches out of FRN The Furniture Reuse Network (FRN) has re-branded as the ‘Reuse Network’, with a new website also launched to “give a better illustration of the value of a donation”. It’s hoped this will also increase public awareness about what the network does. The Reuse Network supports more than 200 reuse charities across the UK to help … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 May 2018 Industry news Sustainability - DS Smith DS Smith (International Paper) · 9 May 2018 Industry news Corporate Governance - DS Smith DS Smith (International Paper) · 9 May 2018 Industry news RNS Statements Archive - DS Smith DS Smith (International Paper) · 9 May 2018 Industry news Investor Archive - DS Smith DS Smith (International Paper) · 9 May 2018 Industry news Why #Every2ndcounts this May Over 10 million items are sent to landfill every year. A third of these – up to 3 million – could be given a second chance. It’s what the reuse sector does every day. We’re a group of over 200 charities and social enterprises brought together by a collective belief that giving household items and […] Reuse Network · 9 May 2018 Industry news 35 under 35: Top three revealed The top three entries into the sector’s first ‘35 under 35’ in waste management have been revealed. Joe Allen, chief commercial officer at First Mile Ltd, Victoria Hutchin, associate waste and resource management consultant at consultants WYG, and Edward van Reenen, head of health & sustainability at Bywaters, have been crowned the top three professionals aged … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 9 May 2018 Industry news Circular Economy Success Award ERP sponsors the Awards for Excellence in Recycling and Waste Management 2018 Der Beitrag Circular Economy Success Award erschien zuerst auf United Kingdom (EN) . ERP UK (European Recycling Platform) · 9 May 2018 Industry news Competition Authority order over acquisition by Sims Metal The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued an initial enforcement order to Sims Metal Management, which will put its takeover of Morley Waste Traders temporarily on hold. The order was issued last week (May 4th) by the CMA, outlining that Sims must not “take any action which might prejudice a reference of the transaction”. This … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 9 May 2018 Industry news HWRC savings highlighted in East Midlands efficiencies report Leicestershire county council has made savings of £600,000 per annum since taking some of its operations, including 13 HWRCs, back in-house. The figures come in the latest regional report by Local Partnerships – jointly owned by HM Treasury, Local Government Association and the Welsh Government. Delivering Waste Efficiencies in the East Midlands looks at financial … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 9 May 2018 Industry news Government admits it could put nuclear waste site under national parks The post Government admits it could put nuclear waste site under national parks appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 9 May 2018 Industry news Compost Awareness Week 2018 kicks off International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) has returned this year, from 6 – 12 of May, with councils reminding residents of the value of recycling and composting, with competitions and giveaways. And, Jeremy Jacobs, technical director at the Renewable Energy Association (REA) has taken the opportunity to reinforce the importance of producing quality composts. “The whole … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 8 May 2018 Industry news Trade Association Elects New President The National Bed Federation (NBF), the trade association for British and Irish bed manufacturers and their suppliers, has appointed a new president following election at its AGM. Tony Lisanti, CEO of Airsprung Group plc, will take over from Simon Spinks, managing director of Harrison Spinks, who has served a year as NBF president. An NBF […] National Bed Federation · 8 May 2018 Industry news And the winner is… The dust has settled and everyone has gone home following last week’s Reuse Network annual conference at Chesford Grange Hotel but the buzz and enthusiasm are still very much there. Following a first day of information-packed conference on Wednesday 3 May, delegates changed into their ball gowns and three-piece suits to unwind and take stock […] Reuse Network · 8 May 2018 Industry news £15m recycling fund for Welsh local authorities The Welsh government has announced an additional £15 million of funding to improve local authority recycling collection systems and infrastructure, including for plastics. And, the Welsh environment minister said that she will consider amendments to the producer responsibility regulations so that producers pay a “larger share” of waste management costs. However, full developments on producer … … letsrecycle.com News · 8 May 2018