Recycling news: 2022

Industry news Recycling reforms a ‘top priority’ for climate, ESA says In a strong reaction to the Progress Report released by the Climate Change Committee this week (29 June), the Environmental Services Association has said that major recycling reforms should be a “top priority” to reduce the sector’s emissions. Emphasising the importance of recycling, Charlotte Rule, climate and energy policy advisor at the Environmental Services Association … Read More The post… letsrecycle.com News · 1 Jul 2022 Industry news The UK Infrastructure Bank should lead on net zero and nature James Cameron, Senior Advisor at Pollination, outlines why the UK Infrastructure Bank must lead the way in delivering net zero and nature restoration – and discusses how this can be achieved in practice through new policy measures. Aldersgate Group · 1 Jul 2022 Industry news Incoming CIWM President calls for End of Waste reform CIWM has marked the inauguration of its next President, Dr Anna Willetts, with the launch of her 2022 Presidential Report, ‘Improving the way we regulate circular resources in the UK’, which focuses on how best to streamline and give confidence in the End of Waste process. CIWM President’s Report 2022It is widely recognised that an... Skip & Waste Magazine · 1 Jul 2022 Industry news Local authority news round-up (1/07/2022) With news on: bi-weekly general waste collections from 2023; contamination approaches ‘unsustainable levels’; and, woman fined for dumped waste. Greenwich to move to bi-weekly waste collections in 2023 In London, the Royal Borough of Greenwich has announced that it will collect residual waste bi-weekly from February 2023, with recycling and food waste collection to remain … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 1 Jul 2022 Industry news Contribute to developing a long-term bioresource strategy The treatment of sewage (or urban wastewater) produces sludge that has to be treated, managed, used or disposed. Within the UK, sewage sludge is typically treated using anaerobic digestion and treated organic matter, known as biosolids (or bioresources) are primarily recycled to agricultural land. The water industry is considering how to manage the environmental impacts… ADBA (Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association) · 1 Jul 2022 Industry news Altilitech opens new Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling Technology Centre in the UK Altilium Metals has opened a Technology Centre in Devon, UK to strengthen its competitive edge in recycling of electric vehicle batteries. The Technology Centre will allow its subsidiary Altilitech to scale recycling innovations faster and speed up its time-to-market. The team will be working closely together with the MEDET hydrometallurgical plant in Bulgaria, which is [...] Altilium news · 1 Jul 2022 Industry news Nutrition — Sustainability - Costa Costa Coffee media centre · 30 Jun 2022 Industry news Cups — Sustainability - Costa Costa Coffee media centre · 30 Jun 2022 Industry news Veolia-Suez decision by 11 September, says CMA The decision as to whether Veolia can go ahead with its Suez UK ‘merger’ will now be made by 11 September 2022 at the latest, rather than 17 July. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) revealed the September date today (30 June), explaining that it feels its Inquiry Group won’t be able to complete their … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jun 2022 Industry news ‘Limited EfW growth’ recommended by CCC The Climate Change Committee released a Progress Report yesterday (29 June), in which it gave a recommendation to “limit continued growth in incineration”. The document said that “progress in reducing emissions from landfill has recently been undermined by increased incineration.” According to the report, overall waste emissions declined 5% in 2020 compared to 2019. This … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jun 2022 Industry news Communities — Sustainability - Costa Costa Coffee media centre · 30 Jun 2022 Industry news The Plastic Pact and data reporting The post The Plastic Pact and data reporting appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 30 Jun 2022 Industry news Enforcement undertakings top £714,000 in January to May Subsidiaries of the US-based retail software company NCR Corporation have donated a combined £54,207 in enforcement undertakings to The Woodland Trust. On 22 June, the Environment Agency published a list of the enforcement undertakings it accepted between 1 January 2022 and 31 May 2022 for regulation breaches. In total, charities received £714,274. Enforcement undertakings are … Read More The p… letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jun 2022 Industry news ‘Market forces’ see Suez apply for AD plant in Blackburn Suez has applied to Blackburn with Darwen borough council for planning permission for an anaerobic digestion (AD) facility as the company’s energy from waste (EfW) project awaits a move forward. In 2019, Suez received permission to build an EfW plant capable of processing 500,000 tonnes of residual municipal and commercial and industrial waste per year … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jun 2022 Industry news May data released The post May data released appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 30 Jun 2022 Industry news Regulatory gap between UK and EU at risk of becoming a chasm Today the UK’s Health & Safety Executive published the work programme for UK REACH for the coming year (from April 2022 – March 2023), setting out which restrictions on chemicals will be considered by the new UK chemicals regulatory regime in its second year. Restrictions are a way of banning or controlling the use of […] CHEM Trust · 30 Jun 2022 Industry news REA statement in response to the CCC’s 2022 Progress Report to Parliament REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 30 Jun 2022 Industry news Agency criticised over waste crime comments The Environment Agency’s description of waste crime prosecutions with £480 fines for three individuals as “successful” and sending a “strong message” has been roundly criticised by the waste sector. The Environmental Services Association said the Agency’s description of the case is “a stretch of the imagination,” while the former chair of Defra’ Advisory Committee on … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jun 2022 Industry news Research Planning Meeting with the Titirici Group at Imperial College, London We completed our planning meeting for a 18-month research program sponsored by Altilium Metals with Imperial College. Imperial will produce lithium-ion coin cells and pouch cell batteries to validate the electrochemical performance of recycled technology metals from a number of current battery chemistries and verify they perform the same as batteries from virgin raw material. [...] Altilium news · 30 Jun 2022 Industry news Viridor research shows £1bn needed to ‘end’ UK’s plastics exports Building 46 plastics sorting and reprocessing facilities across the UK could end the country’s reliance on exports, research conducted by Anthesis and commissioned by Viridor suggests. Published today (30 June), the research shows the amount of plastic packaging ending up in household recycling bins is set to increase by 45% by 2035. The UK “already … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jun 2022 Industry news The Rise of Wine in a Can, June2022 The post The Rise of Wine in a Can, June2022 appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 29 Jun 2022 Industry news Can Maker meeting minutes 26 June2022 The post Can Maker meeting minutes 26 June2022 appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 29 Jun 2022 Industry news How P&G Fabric & Home Care make its ingredients work for our planet For decades, P&G Fabric and Home Care products have been safely used by millions of people in homes across the world to deliver a hygienic clean that you can trust to really work. We also recognise the important role that these products play in reducing our carbon footprint, in the making and in use at home. That’s why we are optimising our ingredients for both. edie — Circular Economy tag · 29 Jun 2022 Industry news Enva opens ash recycling plant in Scotland Waste management company Enva has opened a 20,000 tonnes per year capacity ash recycling facility in Paisley, Scotland. The plant, which Enva says cost £1.5 million, will treat fly ash from biomass and energy from waste (EfW) facilities which otherwise would be “destined for hazardous landfill sites”. The plant will wash the ash and remove … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jun 2022 Industry news Could the global warming limit of 1.5°C reverse climate change risks? New research finds that if we can limit global warming to 1.5°C, this could reduce climate change risks by up to 85%, and mitigate serious harms posed to humans . Open Access Government — Environment · 29 Jun 2022 Industry news ‘Something this radical is not easy’: Inside Carlsberg’s quest for a fully fibre-based beer bottle Carlsberg’s group sustainability director Simon Boas Hoffmeyer discusses the brewer’s seven-year journey that has seen research into bio-based beer bottles reach an important milestone in the form of consumer-facing trials of 8,000 of its new “Fibre Bottles” across Europe. edie — Circular Economy tag · 29 Jun 2022 Industry news News in brief (29/06/2022) With news on: Poots officially opens Carrickfergus HWRC; carbon recycling project awarded £50,000; Sutton doubles annual car visits to HWRC; and, man fined after link to fly-tipped waste. Poots officially opens Carrickfergus HWRC Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has invested £1 million in a household waste and recycling centre (HWRC) … Read Mor… letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jun 2022 Industry news Safety first as Grundon invests in state-of-the-art electric forklifts The post Safety first as Grundon invests in state-of-the-art electric forklifts appeared first on Grundon . Grundon Waste Management · 29 Jun 2022 Industry news Debate around pizza boxes rumbles on SPECIAL REPORT: Barbora Vaclavova takes a closer look at pizza boxes, a particularly controversial item of packaging. Pizza boxes. Two words to make any recycling officer shudder, recalling a long list of complaints and confusion. Amongst recyclers, it is known that food contamination makes material unrecyclable. However, when it comes to used pizza packaging, the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jun 2022 Industry news Enva officially opens Ash Recycling Plant MHAIRI BLACK, MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South, has officially opened Enva’s new £1.5 million Ash Recycling Plant in Paisley, Scotland. This unique facility treats up to 20,000 tonnes a year of fly ash from biomass and Energy from Waste (EfW) facilities. The ash, which would previously have been destined for disposal in hazardous landfill... Skip & Waste Magazine · 29 Jun 2022 Industry news MPs call for kerbside collections of soft plastics The Conservative MP for Thornbury and Yate has called for the introduction of kerbside collections for ‘soft plastics’ “in South Gloucestershire and across the country”. Luke Hall issued his plea during a debate in House of Commons this week (27 June), where he described lightweight soft plastics such as crisp packets, bread bags and chocolate … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jun 2022 Industry news Electric refuse vehicles to hit the streets of Exeter from July ELECTRIC refuse vehicles are set to start work in Exeter, providing local residents with cleaner air and reduced noise. Starting from July 1st the vehicles of electric refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) will help the city achieve its target of being carbon neutral by 2030 by producing zero emissions. Comprised of three Dennis Eagle eCollect 27t... Skip & Waste Magazine · 29 Jun 2022 Industry news Altilium Metals Announces a Strategic Partnership with Tatton Consulting, an award-winning Innovation and Grants Consultancy Altilium Metals Ltd has formed an alliance and has received investment from Tatton Consulting, R&D Grant Consulting Company of the year 2022. Tatton has a strong market leading position in supporting the UK’s most innovative and disruptive SMEs identify, apply for, and win grants and tax credits to innovate and grow. Altilium Metals has this [...] Altilium news · 29 Jun 2022 Industry news Agency highlights scale of 2021 PRN non-compliance The Environment Agency has confirmed that seven direct registrants failed to meet their 2021 packaging obligations through acquiring PRNs. This compares with just two direct registrants failing to comply across the previous three years. The level of PRN non-compliance last year is thought to be down to the high price of PRNs towards the end … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jun 2022 Industry news CMA ‘overstated position of Company Y’ in Veolia/Suez probe The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been accused of “overstating” the market share of a firm providing MRF services to local authorities, in its provisional ruling into Veolia’s takeover of Suez. The remarks came in a response published by the CMA yesterday (27 June) submitted to it by an unnamed company referred to as … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jun 2022 Industry news Guernsey could charge residents per bag of recycling Guernsey could charge residents 25p per bag of recycling under proposals aimed at meeting a deficit in the island’s waste budget. Guernsey Waste, a State-owned trading body which manages the island’s waste services, is funded by a household standing charge and a ‘pay-as-you-throw’ system, which sees residents pay for stickers for bags for residual waste. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jun 2022 Industry news Major UK acquisition for US firm IMPACT Environmental Group (IEG) has acquired Duraflex, the brand behind Chesterfield-based Container Components Europe. It is the US firm’s second acquisition in the UK since acquiring Egbert H. Taylor & Co Ltd in November 2021. The decision to purchase Duraflex is part of IEG’s global strategy to build a comprehensive waste solutions organisation that caters... Skip & Waste Magazine · 28 Jun 2022 Industry news Defra names candidate for Environment Agency chair The Environment Secretary has selected Alan Lovell as the Government’s preferred candidate for Chair of the Environment Agency, succeeding Emma Howard Boyd. According to a statement from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the current Interserve chair was selected following a “rigorous” process conducted in accordance with the ministerial governance code on … Read Mo… letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jun 2022 Industry news The billionaire space race will have harmful climate impacts Through the expansion of space tourism, the growing commercial space race has raised concerns about climate impacts like ozone depletion. Open Access Government — Environment · 28 Jun 2022 Industry news enfinium Kelvin partners with Canal & River Trust to clean up local canal Representatives from enfinium Kelvin took part in a litter picking engagement day along a stretch of local canal enfinium · 28 Jun 2022