Recycling news: 2018

Industry news EA unveils new charging regime The Environment Agency has published a new charging scheme for regulatory permits and services which it claims will ensure businesses cover the costs of services rather than the public. And, the new costs will look to ensure “higher-risk or poor-performing businesses” will be charged more, said the Agency. After launching a consultation in November 2017 … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Mar 2018 Industry news Research begins into London flat recycling Resource London and the Peabody Housing Association have partnered for a two year project to explore “barriers to recycling” in purpose built flats across inner London boroughs. Purpose-built flats make up 37% of London’s residential accommodation, according to data from the Greater London Authority – with flats accounting for up to 80% of households in … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Mar 2018 Industry news Making Sustainability Count “Knowledge is power”. “Data is value”. “If you can’t monitor it, don’t do it”. We’re probably all familiar with these rather trite sayings because aspiring managers everywhere love to sprinkle them into their meetings and briefings. It’s tempting to treat them as a fashionable irrelevance, like more notorious examples such as “blue-sky thinking”. However, just […] CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 22 Mar 2018 Industry news Data: As global coal growth slows, global CO2 emissions spike The post Data: As global coal growth slows, global CO2 emissions spike appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 22 Mar 2018 Industry news East Sussex approves 40,000 tonne MRF East Sussex county council has granted planning permission to Haulaway for a 40,000 tonnes per annum dry mixed recycled Material Recovery Facility (MRF) on their site at Summerhill Lane, Hailsham. Approval was given at East Sussex’s regulatory and planning committee council meeting last Thursday (15 March). The planning permission will enable a MRF to be added … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Mar 2018 Industry news Launch Day for Wood Saints Wolverhampton Our newest members in Wolverhampton have had their official launch. They were joined by the city’s mayor and TV personality/ace upcyler Jay Blades to officially welcome the public to the Wood Depot. Community Wood Recycling · 21 Mar 2018 Industry news Fire services attend Public Power Solutions fire Fire crews have tackled a fire processing plant this morning run by Public Power Solutions – a company owned by Swindon borough council – but the plant is expected to be back up and running by the weekend. Ten crews from Dorset Fire and Rescue Service were called to the Public Power Solutions site on … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Mar 2018 Industry news NRW wood case sees recycler fined South Wales Wood Recycling (SWWR) has been fined £15,000 for breaches of an environmental permit relating to fire prevention plans and the disposal of fire-affected wood, in an investigation brought by Natural Resources Wales (NRW). Solicitors acting on behalf of the wood recycling company however, noted that the judge was critical of the investigation and … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Mar 2018 Industry news TRA introduces Responsible Part Worn Tyre Programme during Forum Day event The Tyre Recovery Association (TRA) announced the introduction of the Responsible Part Worn Tyre programme (RPWTP) at its annual forum day at the Belfry Hotel in Wishaw, last week. The programme, which was strongly endorsed by Stefan Hay, Chief Executive of the National Tyre Distributors’ Association (NTDA), is designed to raise standards of professionalism in… Tyre Recovery Association · 21 Mar 2018 Industry news Insolvency - Demolition News Demolition News · 21 Mar 2018 Industry news Agricultural Waste - CIWM - CIWM CIWM (Chartered Institution of Wastes Management) · 21 Mar 2018 Industry news Grundon backs NHS Sustainability Day This week waste management firm Grundon has said it is highlighting “its commitment to the NHS” by launching a series of activities designed to help reduce waste and keep costs down, while also celebrating achievement and success in the health service. The actions tie in with NHS Sustainability Day on 22 March. On Wednesday (21 … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Mar 2018 Industry news Overcoming adversity to improve London’s boxing facilities This last nine months has proved a challenging period for the Powerday sponsored London Amateur Boxing Association investment programme but like many of the communities we serve, the programme has ove... Powerday · 20 Mar 2018 Industry news New faces for Advisory Committee on Packaging The importance of the role of the Advisory Committee on Packaging has been highlighted by its chairman, Phil Conran, after the appointment of three new members. Mr Conran said: “The Government is under intense pressure to produce a range of practical initiatives in the Resource and Waste Strategy including revised packaging waste regulations options post-2020. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Mar 2018 Industry news Exeter wary of risk from food waste collections Exeter city council is expected to decide against the introduction of food waste collections into its current recycling service, in an effort to avoid “financial risk”. Following a meeting last week, the council’s place scrutiny committee recommended that the authority continues to provide its current recycling service. This includes the collection of commingled recycling and residual … Read Mo… letsrecycle.com News · 20 Mar 2018 Industry news DS Smith prepared to take coffee cups at Kemsley UK-based paper and packaging company DS Smith has claimed that it has “found a solution” to coffee cup recycling, and has called for greater harmony across the sector to increase segregation. DS Smith say it has been able to amend its pulping process at its 900,000 tonne capacity paper mill in Kent in order for … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Mar 2018 Industry news This Week’s Top New Snacks from Ocado - Ocado Group Ocado Group media · 20 Mar 2018 Industry news Unlocking green infrastructure investment Alex White, Senior Policy Officer at the Aldersgate Group, argues the UK government must intervene now to unlock private-sector investment in green infrastructure via long-term commitment, strategic public spending and issuance of a sovereign green bond. Aldersgate Group · 19 Mar 2018 Industry news BIR hails support for first Global Recycling Day The first-ever Global Recycling Day was celebrated yesterday, 18 March 2018, with organiser BIR saying there were events on a “truly worldwide level”. BIR – the Brussels-based Bureau of International Recycling – organised the event which has been championed by its British president Ranjit S. Baxi since he was elected to the post in 2015. The … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Mar 2018 Industry news Flytipping: Hertfordshire points to household waste ‘leakage’ Research by the Hertfordshire Waste Partnership has found that about two thirds of the fly tipping incidents reported each year are as a result of ‘normal household waste’ which has ‘leaked’ from established waste disposal routes. The findings come in work which has helped shape the launch this month of a Hertfordshire-wide campaign to reduce … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Mar 2018 Industry news Recycling Lives reports social value boost National recycling and waste management social enterprise, Recycling Lives, has created up to £5.2 million in ‘social value’ through leading offender rehabilitation work and other initiatives, the organisation has said. The Preston-based company processes and recycles scrap metal, scrap cars, waste and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) to increase diversion from landfill and prod… letsrecycle.com News · 19 Mar 2018 Industry news Research ‘Hub’ launched to support organics R&D Renewable Energy Assurance Ltd (REAL) has established a Research Hub to support research and development work in the organics recycling industry. The Hub will fund or support compost and digestate-related R&D projects that are considered important to the development of the schemes administered by REAL. This development will seek to fill a “void” in the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Mar 2018 Industry news Beauparc continues UK growth with Scotwaste acquisition Beauparc Utilities Group, the owner of the Panda waste management brand, has continued its growth in the UK through the acquisition of Scottish skip hire and waste management business, Scotwaste. In an announcement last week, Beauparc revealed that Stewart Melrose, director and owner of Scotwaste, which is based in Bath Gate, West Lothian, had decided to … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Mar 2018 Industry news UK government says secret fracking report ‘could call into question the industry’s viability’ The post UK government says secret fracking report ‘could call into question the industry’s viability’ appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 19 Mar 2018 Industry news Five Simple Steps to Incorporate Sustainable Thinking In to Your Business The post Five Simple Steps to Incorporate Sustainable Thinking In to Your Business appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 19 Mar 2018 Industry news MRT contract for Xin Hwa - KHL Group Demolition & Recycling International (KHL) · 19 Mar 2018 Industry news GMWDA’s John Bland to retire John Bland, treasurer and deputy clerk for the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (GMWDA) is retiring on 31 March, after more than 30 years in the waste management sector. Mr Bland has worked with the GMWDA – one of the UK’s largest waste authorities – since its creation in 1986 and became its Treasurer in … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Mar 2018 Industry news WasteCare calls for higher WEEE target WasteCare Group has called on Defra to increase the 2018 WEEE collection targets in order to “drive WEEE into the formal collection system”. The company, which operates the WeeeCare producer compliance scheme as well as an Approved Authorised Treatment Facility (AATF) in Normanton. In a statement, the company said that while it would be ‘easy … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Mar 2018 Industry news Liverpool charity gets WEEE reuse funding boost A charity from Liverpool has received funding to increase the reuse of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in the city. CREATE UK has been awarded the funding – totalling £25,000 – from the WEEE Local Project Fund, a part of the Distributor Takeback Scheme which allows electronics retailers to meet their obligations to fund … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Mar 2018 Industry news Home Counties beauty spots are facing a new shale oil rush The post Home Counties beauty spots are facing a new shale oil rush appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 15 Mar 2018 Industry news It’s All About The People In earlier blogposts, we’ve examined how CSG’s Heritage, Innovation and Customer Service make up three of the ‘pillars’ identified as upholding our brand values. In this, the final part of the series, we focus on the fourth pillar, our People. Accountants are often quick to remind business owners that ‘wages’ constitute their greatest expense. Unfortunately, […] CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 15 Mar 2018 Industry news WEEE processors critical of proposed 2018 targets WEEE plant operators have criticised the proposed targets for the collection of Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in 2018 and have called for higher target levels to be introduced. The AATF Forum, which represents a large proportion of the UK’s WEEE processing businesses has warned of a need for “robust system of WEEE management” … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Mar 2018 Industry news Suspended sentence for illegal ELV-site operator The owner of an Exeter scrapyard has been given a suspended prison sentence for operating a vehicle dismantling business, and claiming the end of Life (ELV) vehicles were for resale. Max Newbery ran the scrapyard, located at Barley Villas Yard, Redhills, Exeter, despite the Environment Agency revoking his permit in March 2014 after he failed … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Mar 2018 Industry news WRA elects wood recycler as new Board member Wood recycler Jamie Plevin has been elected to join the Board of the Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA). Jamie, who is the Managing Director of R Plevin & Sons Ltd, said he is delighted to be joining the WRA. He was elected at the WRA’s Annual General Meeting which took place in Coventry yesterday (Wednesday). He replaces […] Wood Recyclers Association · 15 Mar 2018 Industry news Equipment news round-up (15/03/2018) With news on: Parry & Evans opts for Liebherr; waste company invests in Terex crusher; repeat customer for Riverside; Doppstadt improves universal shredder; and, ZenRobotics delivers robots to sorting centre. Parry & Evans opts for Liebherr Paper and cardboard recycler, Parry & Evans, has announced that Liebherr will be its sole supplier of materials handling … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Mar 2018 Industry news Ealing looks to bring waste collection contract in-house Ealing council is looking to end its collections contract with current provider Amey, and consider an option to bring the service in-house. If agreed by the council’s cabinet next week, the authority will give notice to end the 15-year contract, which was awarded to Amey – formerly Enterprise – in 2011. In a statement, the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Mar 2018 Industry news Home furnishing store at the best price - IKEA Spain - IKEA IKEA UK newsroom · 15 Mar 2018 Industry news BHP Billiton abandons oil drilling plans near Amazon reef The post BHP Billiton abandons oil drilling plans near Amazon reef appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 14 Mar 2018 Industry news MPs criticise sale of Green Investment Bank MPs have criticised the government for selling the Green Investment Bank to a private investment bank, claiming that the body had “failed to live up to its original ambitions”. In a report published today, the Public Accounts Committee claimed that the sale of the Bank was completed before the government had been able to assess … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 14 Mar 2018 Industry news Waste industry seeking to work with Treasury on plastic tax A focus on using taxes to reduce plastic waste raised by the Chancellor, Philip Hammond, has been described as a ‘strong first step’, but waste experts have called for measures to encourage greater recycling of the material. In his Spring financial statement yesterday (13 March), Mr Hammond announced a call for evidence on how changes to … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 14 Mar 2018