Recycling news: 2020

Industry news Welcoming back our customers TRAID charity shops have been closed since March when we went into lockdown and so, it was with some delight... TRAID · 23 Jun 2020 Industry news Meet the team: ERP UK Business Development Manager Richard Der Beitrag Meet the team: ERP UK Business Development Manager Richard erschien zuerst auf United Kingdom (EN) . ERP UK (European Recycling Platform) · 23 Jun 2020 Industry news Exeter warns residents about low quality textiles Exeter residents have been urged to dispose of clothes responsibly after bags of old garments were left dumped next to clothing banks. The council has also warned that there is “currently no market for rags”, with countries like Bangladesh where the UK usually exports its waste textiles “no longer wanting them”. Banks across Exeter have … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jun 2020 Industry news Viridor and Grundon submit application for Ford EfW Grundon Waste Management and Viridor have submitted a planning application to West Sussex county council for an energy from waste (EfW) facility and a transfer station with a combined capacity of 295,000 tonnes per annum. The site already has planning permission for an EfW – granted to Grundon in 2015 by West Sussex council – … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jun 2020 Industry news Agency announces £50,000 of enforcement undertakings The Environment Agency has announced that two companies have made charity donations totalling more than £50,000 for failing to meet obligations under the packaging regulations. High street retailer The Works, paid £35,868 in Enforcement Undertakings to the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust, while manufacturing company Fabriweld Tubular Steel Products paid £15,300 to the Nottingham Wildlife Trust, for… letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jun 2020 Industry news Changing food waste behaviours – Covid-19 and beyond Fiona Jarvis considers how new patterns in food waste behaviour are beginning to emerge under lockdown, suggesting the way in which we value food has changed. Can the current Covid-19 crisis help to ignite a long-awaited food waste revolution? Resource Futures · 22 Jun 2020 Industry news Campaign calls for end to biomass subsidies VIDEO REPORT: A campaign has been launched today (22 June) calling on the government to redirect biomass subsidies towards “truly clean and renewable energy sources like solar and wind”. The campaign, called Cut Carbon Not Forests, will see a number of environmental advocacy groups encourage people to write to their MPs over “the UK’s wasteful subsidies … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jun 2020 Industry news Moving in a positive direction: 22/06/2020 22/06/2020 Moving in a positive direction The Government’s Chief Medial Officers announced on Friday 19th June that the UK’s coronavirus... Ward Recycling · 22 Jun 2020 Industry news Viridor to close St Helens WEEE facility EXCLUSIVE: Viridor has confirmed it is to close its waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) reprocessing facility in St Helens, Merseyside. The loss of the plant, which has a WEELABEX accreditation, has been described by some as a “devastating blow” to the fridge reprocessing industry. A Viridor spokesperson told letsrecycle.com: “Viridor has confirmed it is … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jun 2020 Industry news Agency restates need to check on export sites The Environment Agency has urged businesses which export “waste” to ensure that there is a proper assessment of the companies which receive the material. The call comes in a statement issued on 19 June and is thought to apply in particular to packaging waste which can be sent abroad for recycling and receive an export … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jun 2020 Industry news Environmental crises, a global pandemic, economic collapse… Time to work together to build back better Toos van Noordwijk, Director of Science, Policy and Innovation, and Sasha Woods, Researcher for Impact and Innovation, Earthwatch Europe discuss how to build back better in the aftermath of COVID-19 Aldersgate Group · 21 Jun 2020 Industry news The kindness of strangers Generous Donation from local citizens supports fixing in lock down Repair Cafe Wales would like to publicly thank the couple who recently sent us a generous cash donation. They had some disposable income and wanted to donate to a grassroots, community-focused organisation during COVID-19. Although the monthly events across Wales that see volunteer fixers repairing ... Repair Cafe Wales · 21 Jun 2020 Industry news Wiltshire EfW to move away from gasification The developers of an energy-from-waste (EfW) plant in Wiltshire have said they will be changing the technology to be used in the plant from gasification to “a conventional moving grate combustion process”. Northacre Renewable Energy Limited – a joint venture between the Bioenergy Infrastructure Group (BIG) and The Hills Group– says the move is “primarily due to supply chain uncertainty caused b… letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jun 2020 Industry news HWRCs ‘start to strain’ in Dorset Dorset council has launched a campaign to encourage residents to think twice before going to Household Waste and Recycling Centres (HWRCs). The council says that it has been launched because there are concerns that the facilities “are starting to strain as restrictions continue to be relaxed and more people arrive to drop off their waste”. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jun 2020 Industry news Member Focus for A&A Recycling Services A&A Recycling Services is an expanding and innovative waste management company. It was established in the 1990s and its core business was the repair, production and sale of pallets, as well as wood recycling. In 2001, it was purchased by A.W. Jenkinson Forest Products and the focus is now on the processing of waste wood […] Wood Recyclers Association · 19 Jun 2020 Industry news News in brief (19/06/20) With news on: DS Smith produces cardboard football fans; EuRIC calls for support for plastics recycling industry; Powys tells residents to use community recycling centres ‘responsibly’; and, Welsh Government relaunches fly-tipping campaign. DS Smith produces cardboard football fans Packaging company DS Smith has produced a range of cardboard fans to fill stadiums following the return … Read Mor… letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jun 2020 Industry news Acquisition ISL Waste Management Limited business assets - riverridge.co.uk RiverRidge · 19 Jun 2020 Industry news Morrisons to open UK's first national chain of supermarket takeaways - Morrisons Corporate Morrisons media centre · 19 Jun 2020 Industry news // Lockdown Life // Crest Co-operative As lockdown was announced, Welsh members Crest Co-operative swiftly teamed up with local restaurant chain, Dylan’s, to deliver food to frontline NHS workers. Reuse Network · 19 Jun 2020 Industry news Court finds in favour of Essex in Tovi Park MBT case A High Court judge has today (18 June) ruled in favour of Essex county council in its dispute with Urbaser Balfour Beatty over the performance of the Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT) plant in Basildon. The 417,000 tonne capacity plant was built under a 25 year contract between the two signed in 2012 (see letsrecycle.com story), and was said to be worth £800 million over … Read More The pos… letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2020 Industry news RiverRidge acquires ISL Waste Management RiverRidge Holdings has today (18 June) completed the acquisition of the business assets and customers of ISL Waste Management Limited for an undisclosed fee. The acquisition follows the appointment of administrators at the latter company. A spokesperson for Northern Irish waste management company RiverRidge said: “The acquisition provides RiverRidge with greater collection coverage throughout … letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2020 Industry news Back to Business: Safety First With many of us returning to a new way of working, Bywaters would like to take this opportunity to reassure our customers of the additional safety measures we have undertaken to manage the new government guidelines. Bywaters · 18 Jun 2020 Industry news The UK’s transition to zero-emission vehicles Rachel Maclean MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at Department for Transport in the UK charts the UK’s transition to zero-emission vehicles, including comment on electric vehicles. Open Access Government — Environment · 18 Jun 2020 Industry news Indonesia allows 2% tolerance rate for imports Two of the latest developments in terms of waste exports have seen Indonesia allow a 2% contamination on waste commodity imports and China restate its work to stop of the import of ‘illicit waste’. Indonesia Details of the Indonesian 2% limit have emerged from the US recycling trade association group, ISRI, which has strongly welcomed … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2020 Industry news Worn Again Technologies secures £7m of investment Polymer recycling technology company Worn Again Technologies has announced that it has secured around £7.1 million in equity capital from investors. With its investors, the company, which originates from East London, is researching a solution to turn pure and blended polyester and cotton textiles back into virgin equivalent as a ‘chemical’ way to recycle used … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2020 Industry news MVV ‘not liable for IBA shipping explosion’ A court has ruled that energy from waste specialist MVV Environment is not liable for an explosion in 2017 on board a ship carrying unprocessed incinerator bottom ash from its facility in Plymouth to the Netherlands. The dispute centres on whether MVV should be liable for costs to the defendant, German shipping firm NTO Shipping, of €676,000. NTO Shipping claimed that … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2020 Industry news Distributor Take-back Scheme – Bands A&B Ending Soon Steph Simpson discusses which businesses will need to offer instore take-back of waste electrical and electronic equipment by 1 January 2021. She also outlines consideration in planning collections systems and what help is available. Valpak · 17 Jun 2020 Industry news COVID-19: The view from CHEM Trust The Environmental Funder’s Network (EFN) invited CHEM Trust to tell them about the impact of the pandemic on their work. The below blog was written by CHEM Trust’s co-founder Elizabeth Salter Green, and first appeared on the EFN website on 8th June 2020. The pandemic has not changed the rationale for CHEM Trust’s work: the global threat […] CHEM Trust · 17 Jun 2020 Industry news Planning Inspectorate rejects Amey’s Waterbeach EfW The secretary of state for housing, communities and local government has refused Amey planning permission for the company’s proposed energy from waste (EfW) plant at Waterbeach, near Cambridge. Having been refused permission for the facility by Cambridgeshire county council in September 2018, Amey appealed to the Planning Inspectorate in April 2019 (see letsrecycle.com story). Secretary … Read … letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jun 2020 Industry news The leadership challenge of COP26, 2021 Richard Beardsworth, Professor and Head of School, School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds, addresses the leadership challenge of COP26, 2021. Open Access Government — Environment · 17 Jun 2020 Industry news ADEPT survey shows continued recycling disruption The number of councils reporting no disruption to their recycling collections has fallen again, according the latest survey results by the Association of Directors of Environment, Planning and Transport (ADEPT). In the tenth set of results published on the impact of Covid-19 on waste services, 70% of responding authorities were running recycling services as normal, down from 75% last week … Rea… letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jun 2020 Industry news Worn Again Press Release – June 2020 WORN AGAIN TECHNOLOGIES RAISES €8 MILLION INVESTMENT, ACCELERATING ITS PROGRESS TOWARDS COMMERCIALISATION Worn Again Technologies news · 17 Jun 2020 Industry news Biffa issues barbecue warning after fires Biffa has issued an alert to the British public about the dangers of putting disposable barbecues and used coals in bins, following a rise in the number of fires being reported in collection vehicles and depots. Biffa says that as lockdown restrictions have been eased more in recent weeks it has seen an increase in dangerous incidents involving … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jun 2020 Industry news 2020 LARAC conference to move online The 2020 Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC) conference is to take place online due to ongoing safety concerns relating to the coronavirus pandemic. The event had been due to take place at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole on 14-15 October and bookings would have opened in June. Carole Taylor, LARAC chair, said: “This has been … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jun 2020 Industry news ReNew ELP Highlighted in House of Commons The post ReNew ELP Highlighted in House of Commons appeared first on Mura Technology . Mura Technology news · 16 Jun 2020 Industry news Plastic straw ban approved by parliament The House of Commons yesterday (15 June) approved legislation to ban the supply of plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds in England. The regulations were originally laid in parliament on 3 March (see letsrecycle.com story), and were due to be introduced in April before they were suspended to “reduce the burden placed on industry”. The … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jun 2020 Industry news Waste prevention guides for construction projects Resource Futures produced two guides for Zero Waste Scotland and their Resource Efficient Scotland Programme. They were designed to improve waste prevention on construction projects in Scotland, focusing on maximising re-use and promoting best practice. Resource Futures · 16 Jun 2020 Industry news POPs in WEEE: Updated Guidance The Environment Agency has updated their guidance to waste operators and exporters on how to classify and management some fractions of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). George Atkinson, Valpak’s Policy Advisor, outlines what is new. Valpak · 16 Jun 2020 Industry news Looking ahead to our post-pandemic environment The coronavirus pandemic has had a significant impact on consumer awareness to waste and recycling, writes Tim Gent, director of UK glass recycling company Recresco. OPINION: Before the coronavirus pandemic, the climate crisis was headline news, raising public awareness of the need to take responsibility for our actions. In some ways the pandemic has prompted … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jun 2020 Industry news Donating items – coming out of lockdown Our network of reuse centres can always use good quality household items that you no longer need. Reuse Network · 16 Jun 2020