Recycling news: 2019

Industry news Cost to councils of Resources Strategy under spotlight MPs are to probe the potential impact of the government’s Resources and Waste Strategy on local authority finances. The inquiry from the Commons’ Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, announced on Friday (22 March), will examine how the strategy is likely to affect council services. Defra’s long-anticipated Resources and Waste Strategy was launched in December, … Read More The po… letsrecycle.com News · 25 Mar 2019 Industry news Staying ahead of the market Andy Walker, Technical Marketing Director at Johnson Matthey, outlines the technological opportunities for Johnson Matthey from being at the forefront of the transformation in the automotive market. Aldersgate Group · 24 Mar 2019 Industry news INEOS threatens to close UK plant unless it can dodge EU pollution rules The post INEOS threatens to close UK plant unless it can dodge EU pollution rules appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 23 Mar 2019 Industry news Six month timetable for India plastics restriction EXCLUSIVE: India’s ban on plastic waste imports will come into effect at the end of August, documents seen by letsrecycle.com have indicated. The country’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) announced that it had banned the import of plastic scrap, in a bulletin posted on 6 March (see letsrecycle.com story). The move was … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Mar 2019 Industry news Four brand new JCB 457 Wheel Loaders acquired for our Ridham Facility We are excited to announce that Countrystyle has further improved on-site handling efficiency at its flagship facility at Sittingbourne, Kent, […] Countrystyle Recycling · 22 Mar 2019 Industry news Community Wood Recycling Shortlisted in Social Business Awards We're delighted to have been shortlisted for the NatWest SE100 Social Business Awards, in the Resilience category. After celebrating 20 years of wood recycling last year, it's a lovely recognition of the achievements of the network. Community Wood Recycling · 22 Mar 2019 Industry news UK gets new £5 million climate change research centre Cardiff University has been selected as the main hub for a £5 million climate change research centre to explore how we can live differently to achieve the rapid and far-reaching emissions cuts required to address climate change. Open Access Government — Environment · 22 Mar 2019 Industry news ‘No default technology for food waste’ – Defra Mandatory food waste collections proposed for households in England will focus on the way food waste is “presented”, a senior Defra official said last week. Addressing the annual conference of the Organics Recycling Group at Quarry Bank, Cheshire, Robert Vaughan, head of household waste collection and recycling policy at Defra, explained the Resources and Waste … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Mar 2019 Industry news Greater Manchester prepares final waste contracts Major contracts to provide waste management services on behalf of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority are being finalised and are expected to be awarded to Suez next month. GMCA has today confirmed Suez as its preferred tenderer for two lots of the contract, which will run for an initial seven years, with an option for … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Mar 2019 Industry news Rookery Pit ERF reaches financial close Veolia is to supply the feedstock for a major waste facility in Bedfordshire – the Rookery Pit Energy Recovery Facility – which achieved financial close today (22 March). Veolia owns a 20% stake in the 545,000 tonnes-per-year capacity facility, while the remaining 80% is split equally between Covanta and the Green Investment Group (GIG). The … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Mar 2019 Industry news US plastics firm lines up RPC Group acquisition One of the UK’s largest plastics manufacturing and recycling businesses RPC Group – looks set to be taken over by the US plastic packaging giant Berry Global in a deal worth up to £5 billion. Berry announced this morning (22 March) that it has made a final offer of 793 pence per share for Rushden-based … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Mar 2019 Industry news Urbaser and Veolia tie-up waste contracts Urbaser and Veolia have announced the award of renewed contracts with two local authorities in north London and the north west of England respectively. Veolia has extended its waste and recycling contract with Wyre council – building on a contract initially signed in 2012. Wyre council serves a population of over 100,000 in the area … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Mar 2019 Industry news ERP UK recycles 1 million tonnes of WEEE Since 20007 ERP have recycled 1 million tonnes of electronic waste. Der Beitrag ERP UK recycles 1 million tonnes of WEEE erschien zuerst auf United Kingdom (EN) . ERP UK (European Recycling Platform) · 22 Mar 2019 Industry news Tissue takes on the looming issue of rapid decline in P&W - Tissue World Magazine Tissue World Magazine · 22 Mar 2019 Industry news 16MW Solar PV Projects could be “Ghosted” by Government due to FiT deployment cap breach With the closure of the government support mechanism for microgeneration just 10 days away, the Feed-in-Tariff band for over 50kWp rooftop solar projects has been breached. Ofgem’s weekly capacity updates show that an additional 16MW of projects (which could power over 3300 homes) have been registered, although these risk being “ghosted” by the government scheme due to stringent capacity band c… REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 21 Mar 2019 Industry news DS Smith warns of ‘overloaded’ recycling capacity The UK’s kerbside recycling infrastructure is not set up to cope with packaging materials from a growth in online retail, packaging recycler and manufacturer DS Smith has claimed. The company has today (21 March) published research suggesting that the UK will not meet a 65% municipal waste recycling target until 2048 – more than a … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Mar 2019 Industry news HURR supports the 23% campaign TRAID is partnering with HURR, the UK’s first peer-to-peer wardrobe rental platform. They are on a mission to make fashion... TRAID · 21 Mar 2019 Industry news Council links HWRC charge to fly-tipping rise A Surrey local authority has linked the county’s introduction of a charge for tipping ‘non-household’ waste at household waste recycling centres (HWRCs), to an increase in fly-tipping. However, Spelthorne borough council, which has drawn the link in a report to councillors this week, says it has ‘no evidence’ of a direct correlation between the two … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Mar 2019 Industry news ERP UK joins the Association of Convenience Stores ERP to provide advice and support to members of the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS). Der Beitrag ERP UK joins the Association of Convenience Stores erschien zuerst auf United Kingdom (EN) . ERP UK (European Recycling Platform) · 21 Mar 2019 Industry news Innovative methods to preserve pelagic fish species Turid Rustad, Professor at NTNU sheds light on innovative methods to preserve pelagic fish species. Open Access Government — Environment · 21 Mar 2019 Industry news Working with Global Action Plan - Global Action Plan Global Action Plan · 21 Mar 2019 Industry news Bradford campaign slows recycling contamination A campaign launched to combat recycling contamination in Bradford has seen an improvement in material quality, the council has reported. The council’s campaign follows difficulties at the council’s materials recycling facility (MRF) due to levels of contamination in autumn 2018. Bradford council has warned that putting the wrong items in commingled grey recycling bins can … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Mar 2019 Industry news Agency warns over plastics in compost and AD The Environment Agency has threatened a crackdown on poor performing composting and AD sites, where plastic is found in material to be spread to land. And the action could have a knock-on effect on local authorities who could be in trouble for breaching duty of care rules for delivering contaminated feedstock to their organics contractors. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Mar 2019 Industry news Cutting transport emissions: an urgent but complex necessity The UK's transport sector emissions have been flatlining for years. If this is to change, government policy needs to take a system-wide approach to cutting transport emissions argues Nick Molho, Executive Director at the Aldersgate Group. Aldersgate Group · 20 Mar 2019 Industry news Home - Inter IKEA Group IKEA UK newsroom · 20 Mar 2019 Industry news re3 Contact us - RE3 Recycling FCC Environment UK · 20 Mar 2019 Industry news About us - RE3 Recycling FCC Environment UK · 20 Mar 2019 Industry news What to do with an item? - RE3 Recycling FCC Environment UK · 20 Mar 2019 Industry news re3 Recycling Centres - RE3 Recycling FCC Environment UK · 20 Mar 2019 Industry news See recycling equipment demos at Letsrecycle Live Details of some of the live recycling equipment demonstrations to feature at the inaugural Letsrecycle Live trade event have been released, with the event now just over two months away. The free-to-attend two-day exhibition and conference – which consists of six sector zones, live demonstrations and networking events – will be taking place at Stoneleigh … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Mar 2019 Industry news WRA elects new Board member Experienced waste manager Alan Webb has been elected to join the Board of the Wood Recyclers’ Association. Alan, who heads up JM Envirofuels, the biomass supply arm of the Jack Moody Group of recycling companies, was elected at the WRA’s AGM last week. He joins a Board of seven waste and recycling professionals who oversee […] Wood Recyclers Association · 20 Mar 2019 Industry news News in brief (20/03/2019) With news on: Councils join Metal Matters campaign; Veolia and Nestlé partnership; Powerday wood recycling, and; Environment Agency prosecution. Councils launch Metal Matters campaigns Three local authorities have launched Metal Matters recycling campaigns this week to coincide with Global Recycling Day on Monday (18 March). Merthyr Tydfil, Powys and Teignbridge councils are all now running … R… letsrecycle.com News · 20 Mar 2019 Industry news Unintended Consequences Bernie Thomas, principal consultant at Resource Futures, says “solutions aren’t perfect” when it comes to packaging recycling. He says in a knee-jerk quest to solve one problem, we risk developing practices which themselves have unintended consequences… Resource Futures · 20 Mar 2019 Industry news Terracycle launches ring-carrier recycling scheme Hi-Cone, a manufacturer of LDPE plastic ring-carriers for multipack drinks packaging, has partnered with Terracycle to offer a recycling outlet for its products. TerraCycle is a company founded in the US, which partners with mass market companies, brands and councils to implement recycling schemes for products not currently widely collected from households. Waste management firm … Read More The… letsrecycle.com News · 20 Mar 2019 Industry news ERP UK hits a milestone – 1 million tonnes of WEEE recycled Preventing the release of 1,400 tonnes of ozone depleting substances Der Beitrag ERP UK hits a milestone – 1 million tonnes of WEEE recycled erschien zuerst auf United Kingdom (EN) . ERP UK (European Recycling Platform) · 20 Mar 2019 Industry news Familiar Face Joins Our Growing Packaging Division The post Familiar Face Joins Our Growing Packaging Division appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 20 Mar 2019 Industry news UK’s largest EfW plant extends permitted capacity Waste and resources firm Viridor has had a permit application approved by the Environment Agency to increase the capacity of its Runcorn Energy from Waste (EfW) plant by 250,000 tonnes per year. The permit variation increases the quantity of waste that the facility is permitted to accept from 850,000 tonnes per year to 1,100,000 tonnes … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Mar 2019 Industry news Matrix Polymers XL400- a light-weight & economical solution for the chemical industry - bpf.co.uk British Plastics Federation News · 19 Mar 2019 Industry news Agrivert secures AD operations contracts Agrivert has taken over the operations and maintenance of 12 anaerobic digestion plants, several months after the sale of its UK operating assets to Severn Trent Green Power. The plants, which are on-farm anaerobic digestion (AD) units, were previously run by Qila Biogas. Six are located in Scotland, five in the midlands and one in … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Mar 2019 Industry news REA comments on the Future of Urban Mobility Strategy The Department for Transport released their Future of Urban Mobility Strategy alongside a response to the Last Mile Call for Evidence. The Government claims the new Strategy will aim to maximise the benefits from transport innovation in cities and towns. The Strategy includes a £90m funding competition to support local leaders and industry in trialling new mobility services, modes and models an… REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 19 Mar 2019