Recycling news: 2015

Industry news Rudd policy blow to AD sector Energy Secretary Amber Rudd today hinted at further de-escalation of renewable subsidies in what could be seen as another blow to the UK’s beleaguered anaerobic digestion (AD) sector. AD operators are already braced for reforms to the Feed-in Tariff (FIT) incentive scheme in the face of the decision to scrap the climate change levy exemption … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Nov 2015 Industry news York finds PTT collection not ‘financially viable’ Councillors in the city of York have been told not to push for the collection of mixed plastic pots, tubs and trays (PTT) – as it is claimed that adding the material to recycling collections could reduce the income received for other recyclable material. The recommendation comes ahead of a meeting of City of York … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Nov 2015 Industry news APSE in waste warning over spending cuts Cuts to local authority budgets have reached a ‘tipping point’ where public services including waste and recycling may no longer be sustainable, a public services body has claimed. The Association for Public Excellence (APSE) issued the warning today (November 17) following the Department for Communities and Local Government’s provisional commitment to slash around 30% of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Nov 2015 Industry news Salvaged bike raises funds for Children in Need A classic bike has been recovered from a scrap heap and auctioned off to raise almost £400 for Children In Need and promote recycling and reuse. A member of the public recovered the Mark 3 Raleigh Chopper at a household waste recycling centre, which is run by waste and management company, FCC Environment. The bike … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Nov 2015 Industry news Reading to look to joint food waste venture Reading borough council looks set to scrap plans to go ahead with an individual kerbside food waste collection service after a report found that the scheme could cost the authority up to £1.4 million per year. However, Reading may instead look to work with its neighbouring authorities within the re3 partnership – Wokingham and Bracknell … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Nov 2015 Industry news International talks make progress in controlling harmful chemicals Two important global chemical processes have had meetings recently. Experts working on the Persistent Organic Pollutants Convention recommended international controls on more chemicals, notably the flame retardant deca-DBDE, and the non-stick chemical, PFOA. Meanwhile, governments met at the International Conference on Chemicals Management and prioritised future work on pharmaceutical pollution… CHEM Trust · 17 Nov 2015 Industry news Scotland commits to landfill tax checks Scottish ministers have ‘committed’ to introducing loss on ignition (LOI) testing from April 2016 – in a move that will bring Scotland’s landfill tax regime in line with England and Wales. The measures aim to provide scientific data on whether waste fines qualify for the lower rate of landfill tax, which currently stands at £2.60 … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Nov 2015 Industry news Beatson Clark invests in glass sorting line Rotherham glass manufacturer Beatson Clark has completed an £840,000 upgrade at its Greasborough Road facility to install optical glass sorting technology aimed at boosting material quality. The company holds a contract, renewed last year, with Rotherham metropolitan borough council to manage recycling collections in the South Yorkshire town. According to the firm, which is part … Read More The… letsrecycle.com News · 16 Nov 2015 Industry news Air Products TV2 could face ‘12-month’ delay Construction of a 350,000 tonne capacity gasification plant in Tees Valley might not resume until November 2016, trade union GMB has warned. Work on Air Products’ TV2 plant was halted earlier this month following delays to the commissioning process at the adjacent TV1 site. The two plants are intended to convert refuse-derived fuel into synthetic … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Nov 2015 Industry news News in brief 16/11/2015 With news on: ACE joint ownership of OPRL Ltd; Yorwaste secures university waste management contract; NWLA application for development accepted for examination; Aberdeen city council receives funding to increase recycling, and; Salford launches recycling reward scheme. ACE UK announces joint ownership of OPRL Ltd The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE) UK announced … Read Mo… letsrecycle.com News · 16 Nov 2015 Industry news Norfolk to decide on £68m RDF contracts Norfolk county council will decide this week (November 20) whether to provisionally award three contracts worth a total of £68 million over four years to process household waste into refuse derived fuel (RDF) for export aboard. The contracts would see waste processed into RDF in Norfolk at FCC’s waste transfer station at Costessy, aggregates company … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Nov 2015 Industry news Powys to roll out three-weekly waste collections Powys council in Wales is preparing for the launch of its three-weekly refuse collection regime across the county from next week. The move, which was rubber-stamped by council officials last month, makes Powys the second local authority in Wales to subscribe to three weekly waste collections after Gwynedd. The neighbouring authority phased in its new … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Nov 2015 Industry news Cambridgeshire councils merge waste services Two local authorities in Cambridgeshire have merged waste teams and collection services from last Monday (November 9) in a bid to save up to £700,000 within the next three years. Cambridge city and South Cambridgeshire councils agreed to the move in October 2014 as a way of optimising routes and reducing vehicle movements across the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Nov 2015 Industry news Construction starts on 41MW Rotherham biomass plant Construction work has started on a 260,000 tonnes per year capacity waste wood biomass energy plant in Rotherham, the Danish-owned developers of the facility have announced. Templeborough Biomass Power Plant Ltd, which is owned by management firm Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners K/S (CIP), said on Friday (November 13) that below ground work for the facility has … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Nov 2015 Industry news EIA_ Watchmen_Palm_Oil_report_1115_EIA_report_0208.qxd - eia-international.org Environmental Investigation Agency · 16 Nov 2015 Industry news Dodgy auditors undermine palm oil group’s ‘sustainability’ claims - eia-international.org Environmental Investigation Agency · 16 Nov 2015 Industry news ‘Cross the Mersey Away from Anfield this week, councillors and waste bosses in Merseyside were passing around a political football of their own. Bin collections became a focus point for many districts and boroughs in the region, following Liverpool’s controversial decision to bring its waste services in-house. Scoring a goal for the public sector camp, Steve Munby – … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 13 Nov 2015 Industry news The Week in Waste – November 13 2015 Take a look at the ‘Week in Waste’ video report. In this week’s report by letsrecycle.com, sponsored by Biffa, we aim to give you a snapshot of the news in the world of recycling and waste management. This week we report on a review of the government’s stance on the classification of ash from incinerators. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 13 Nov 2015 Industry news Bradford to tender £165m treatment contract Bradford council is tendering a £165 million contract for the treatment of its residual waste –after its proposed 25-year PFI project was rendered ‘unaffordable’ in 2013. The arrangement, which is scheduled to start in April 2017, will see the successful bidder treat 130,000 tonnes of municipal refuse per annum for a period of up to … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 13 Nov 2015 Industry news South Gloucestershire to review recycling collections South Gloucestershire is to review its kerbside sort service in order to ‘simplify’ recycling for residents. And, the unitary authority is also looking to reduce the capacity of its 240 litre refuse bins to 140 as an added measure to boost recycling rates. The proposals have been outlined in the council’s draft waste strategy 2015-2020, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 13 Nov 2015 Industry news Leeds recycling service ‘inhibited’ by funding cuts Plans to expand food waste and glass recycling services in Leeds have been “inhibited” by financial pressures and central government funding cuts, city council documents reveal. A council report highlights concern about a “small decrease” now being observed in the city’s recycling rate, which stood at 43% in 2014/15. According to the authority, this is … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 13 Nov 2015 Industry news FIRST LOAD OF RENEWABLE FUELS PRODUCED AT ENFIELD Powerday’s new Enfield Materials Recycling Facility produced its first load of renewable fuels this week. Located at Powerday’s former waste transfer station in the Brimsdown area of Enfield, the... Powerday · 13 Nov 2015 Industry news Inquiries into Leicestershire scrap yard death continue Investigations by Police and the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) are ongoing following the death of a worker at a metal recycling site in Leicestershire last week. Bev Upton, who worked at the Ellis Taylor Metal Recycling in Hinckley, died after sustaining crush injuries at the Leicester Road site on the morning of November 4. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 12 Nov 2015 Industry news Local Green Points to take on door-to-door recycling campaigns Recycling communication and incentives specialist Local Green Points has secured contracts with three local authorities for door to door canvassing projects. The company is to deliver bespoke campaigns in Rochdale, Westminster and Kingston upon Thames aiming to engage residents in recycling and waste services, with a view to boosting recycling by residents. The Metropolitan Borough … Read More … letsrecycle.com News · 12 Nov 2015 Industry news Incinerator ash classification ‘under review’ The UK government is reviewing whether to count incinerator bottom ash (IBA) usage toward the nation’s overall recycling performance and has asked the European Commission for a ruling. Defra is coming under increasing pressure from local authorities as well as pressure from the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) to change its stance on … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 12 Nov 2015 Industry news Gloucestershire pumps extra £17m into Javelin Park EfW Urbaser Balfour Beatty is to receive a further £17 million to develop its Javelin Park energy from waste (EfW) plant, following a three-year delay to construction. Based near Haresfield, the controversial facility is due to treat 150,000 tonnes of municipal refuse as part of a £500 million contract between Gloucestershire county council and the Spanish-owned … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 12 Nov 2015 Industry news News in brief 12/11/2015 With news on: Oxford’s Blue Bin Recycling league; Biffa receives PAS 110 certification; Frome council bid to slash food waste; Amey signs deal with MWH, and; Tidy Planet installs two ‘Dragon’ systems. Nearly 2,000 sign up to Oxford recycling competition Almost 2,000 residents have signed up to Oxford city council’s ‘Blue Bin Recycling League’ competition … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 12 Nov 2015 Industry news Birmingham sees garden waste subscriptions rise Birmingham city council has reported a steady rise in garden waste service subscriptions as well as a boost in dry recyclables collected at the kerbside. The figures, which will be presented in a quarterly monitoring report to the council’s cabinet next week (November 17) – paint a more optimistic picture for the city after recycling … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 12 Nov 2015 Industry news New EIA Guidance Will Speed Up Planning and Bring Down Costs - Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP) IEMA (Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment) · 12 Nov 2015 Industry news CSG to Handle Hazardous Waste at Teesport PD Ports, the award-winning ports and logistics business, has awarded Fareham-based independent waste managers Cleansing Service Group (CSG) a three-year contract to collect and treat hazardous waste from one of the UK’s largest ports. CSG has been tasked with the management of all hazardous waste streams at Teesport, located on the North East coast of […] CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 12 Nov 2015 Industry news Defra backs deregulatory approach to circular economy Defra has called on the EU to focus on measures aimed at easing permitting requirements for small and medium sized businesses in its upcoming circular economy package. The legislative-light proposals could be seen as an extension of the department’s ongoing work to review waste regulations – part of the government drive to save British businesses … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Nov 2015 Industry news Regulator queries on MRF reporting data ‘still high’ The number of queries raised by regulators on quality and contamination data submitted by MRF operators has fallen slightly but is “still high”, according to WRAP, in its analysis of the latest quarterly MRF data. The findings come in the third set of quarterly data published today (November 11) on the WRAP Materials Facility online … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Nov 2015 Industry news AD sector supports food waste redistribution Representatives of the anaerobic digestion (AD) industry have backed campaigner Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s call for more edible food waste to be distributed to charities, despite some perceived criticism of the sector by the presenter. In his BBC television programme ‘Hugh’s War on Waste’, which aired on Monday (November 9) Mr Fearnley-Whittingstall criticised supermarkets’ use of anaerobic … letsrecycle.com News · 11 Nov 2015 Industry news FRN updates product reuse weight protocol A revised industry standard has come into force this month which requires reuse organisations to update the weight measurements of around 200 reusable products. Reuse organisations are expected to meet the requirements of the Furniture Reuse Network’s Product Weight Protocol (PWP) – formerly the FRN Average Weights List – in order to show they are … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Nov 2015 Industry news Trade bodies reach out to Timmermans over EU laws A group of six UK-based trade bodies has launched a last gasp appeal to EU Commission vice president Frans Timmermans over the inclusion of ‘pull measures’ to encourage recycling in the EU’s imminent Circular Economy package. The joint letter has been sent by the six bodies making up the Trade Association Group – the Anaerobic … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Nov 2015 Industry news WRAP to present ‘menu’ of recycling collection options Minister Rory Stewart’s push for recycling consistency among councils will embrace a number of different collection methods, WRAP confirmed today (November 11). The charity, which is spearheading work carried out by a ‘Harmonisation and Consistency Working Group’ in Whitehall, said it was not looking for a ‘one size fits all approach’ to recycling. And, despite … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Nov 2015 Industry news Collecting Throughout Christmas - First Mile First Mile · 11 Nov 2015 Industry news Driving conservation forward The post Driving conservation forward appeared first on Grundon . Grundon Waste Management · 11 Nov 2015 Industry news Biffa director wades into Merseyside collection debate The managing director of Wirral’s waste contractor Biffa Municipal has hit back at a Liverpool councillor’s claims that bin collections in England are a monopoly run by ‘cartels’. Roger Edwards described the comments made by Steve Munby – Liverpool’s cabinet member for Neighbourhoods – as ‘utter nonsense’ and ‘political rhetoric without foundation’. The contractor currently … Read More The post… letsrecycle.com News · 10 Nov 2015 Industry news Power unit selected for £30m Sheffield biomass CHP plant Energy technology firm Turboden is to supply a 6.5MW power unit for a £30 million waste wood biomass combined heat and power (CHP) plant set to be operated by Veolia in Sheffield. Backed by the Green Investment Bank (GIB), the project will process around 55,000 tonnes per year of waste timber from local suppliers and … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 Nov 2015