Recycling news: 2018

Industry news Amey’s Allerton EfW declared fully operational Allerton Waste Recovery Park, in North Yorkshire, has been declared fully operational after a three-year construction programme by infrastructure and waste firm, Amey. The energy-from-waste (EfW) facility will transform 320,000 tonnes of waste from households per annum in North Yorkshire and York. According to Amey, it will generate enough power for at least 40,000 homes, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Mar 2018 Industry news London support sought for Global Recycling Day The organisers of the first Global Recycling Day, which takes place on Sunday March 18 2018, are seeking a central London local authority to help with the upcoming event. It’s hoped an authority would allow the organisers, the Brussels-based Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) , to “showcase the scale of what is possible, by using … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Mar 2018 Industry news Environmental Compliance Report Landbell Group's latest newsletter is out Der Beitrag Environmental Compliance Report erschien zuerst auf United Kingdom (EN) . ERP UK (European Recycling Platform) · 6 Mar 2018 Industry news Financing resilient futures Liz Parkes, Deputy Director - Climate Change and Business Services at the Environment Agency, reviews the importance of resilience in building green infrastructure fit for the future. Aldersgate Group · 5 Mar 2018 Industry news FORS gold shows fleet CO2 reduction Powerday has achieved the coveted FORS gold standard for the fourth consecutive year, having completed the extensive audit in January. The Freight Operators Recognition Scheme (FORS) programme pioneer... Powerday · 5 Mar 2018 Industry news Can London look abroad for inspiration? Gev Eduljee, non-executive director at Resource Futures, gives his views on recycling rates in urban areas, and assesses whether London can look abroad for inspiration. OPINION: England’s annual household/municipal waste recycling rate inches along with an increase of 0.3% over 2015 according to the latest figures released by Defra on 22 February, putting the UK further out … Read More The post… letsrecycle.com News · 5 Mar 2018 Industry news Bryson addresses service issues in Armagh Bryson Recycling is facing criticism from Armagh city and Banbridge and Craigavon borough council, due to “a number of issues” relating to the waste service it provides. The recycling company, part of the Bryson Charitable Group – a Northern Ireland social enterprise – was called before the council’s environment committee last month. Concerns During the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Mar 2018 Industry news Tanker Truck is Sure to Sparkle with Pupil’s New Name An Eccles pupil has named a national waste management company’s tanker truck, after winning a school competition. Meet ‘Tankerbell’, one of CSG’s smallest tankers named by 11-year-old Todd Buck from St Marks Primary School. The UK’s leading supplier of specialist waste management solutions, CSG, will display the name on the district’s DAF LF250, 2000-gallon tanker, […] CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 5 Mar 2018 Industry news Serco wins joint Basingstoke & Deane and Hart contract Serco has been awarded a £44 million eight year joint contract, with a possible eight year extension, to provide waste and recycling services to two Hampshire local authorities. The contract, with Basingstoke & Deane borough and Hart district, is valued at £5.5 million a year. The authorities said the award will provide “significant” savings on the current … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Mar 2018 Industry news Firms sentenced over 2011 Surrey dust explosion WEEE recycler Ereco EMEA and dust extraction systems business Paramount Waste Extraction have been fined in a case brought over an explosion at Ereco’s Lingfield, Surrey site in 2011. Ereco EMEA Corporation Ltd had pleaded guilty to two charges concerning the incident and Paramount Waste Extraction Ltd pleaded guilty to one charge. Details of the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Mar 2018 Industry news Financial calendar - Premier Foods Premier Foods news · 5 Mar 2018 Industry news Planning Policy changes should drive lower energy bills REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 5 Mar 2018 Industry news Investors - Premier Foods Premier Foods news · 5 Mar 2018 Industry news Establishing an effective ‘market’ in delivering on our climate and sustainable development goals Stephanie Maier, Director of Responsible Investment at HSBC Global Asset Management, explains how to establish an effective ‘market’ in delivering on our climate and sustainable development goals. Aldersgate Group · 4 Mar 2018 Industry news Recycling – Issue 9 Spring 2018 The post Recycling – Issue 9 Spring 2018 appeared first on The Recycling Association . The Recycling Association · 3 Mar 2018 Industry news Store cupboard tomato soup I’ve just walked down to my nearest shop to find, not surprisingly given the beastly weather, there’s no fresh produce left. So I thought I’d post this nice little winter warmer made entirely from things most people have in their store cupboards. I would always recommend having a stock of a few tins of tomatoes… Zero Waste Week · 3 Mar 2018 Industry news Snowy conditions prompt waste safety concerns As the snowy conditions and Storm Emma continue to sweep across the majority of the UK, a number of local authorities have seen waste collection services suspended due to difficult conditions. In particular, household collections taking place on narrow residential roads, especially in rural areas which often are the last to be gritted have been … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 2 Mar 2018 Industry news Binn is Scotland’s leading recycling and resource management company. - binngroup.co.uk Binn Group · 2 Mar 2018 Industry news Factcheck: is the UK really going to run out of gas? The post Factcheck: is the UK really going to run out of gas? appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 2 Mar 2018 Industry news 2017 WEEE collection target missed Statistics published by Defra have suggested that the 2017 collection target for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) has been missed, with compliance schemes expecting a ‘seven figure’ compliance fee. However, some producer compliance schemes have remained calm, explaining that the figures are not necessarily disastrous. Others have said that the UK remains on target … Read More Th… letsrecycle.com News · 2 Mar 2018 Industry news Industry experts endorse separate food waste collections Mike Falconer Hall, organics programme manager at WRAP, has endorsed the case for separate food waste collections at the National Food Waste Conference in London. Addressing delegates at the conference yesterday, which included local authorities, operators, charities and industry experts, Mr Falconer Hall explained that the business case for separate food waste collections under the … Read More… letsrecycle.com News · 2 Mar 2018 Industry news Warrington 10-year contract to be decided soon The results of the bidding meeting held by Warrington borough council in October last year for the long-term contract for residual collections will be released later this month. This comes after the council triggered an extension of the current FCC Environmental contract, which was due to expire on February 1, by a further two years. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 2 Mar 2018 Industry news Carmakers’ own tests show many of the newest diesels are still ‘dangerously’ polluting The post Carmakers’ own tests show many of the newest diesels are still ‘dangerously’ polluting appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 2 Mar 2018 Industry news In depth: how carmakers performed in the first wave of real world tests The post In depth: how carmakers performed in the first wave of real world tests appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 2 Mar 2018 Industry news Q&A: How does the real driving emissions test work? The post Q&A: How does the real driving emissions test work? appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 2 Mar 2018 Industry news Carrier Bags Facts About Supermarket Carrier Bags Initially the only argument put forward to justify the introduction of levies or bans on carrier bags was to reduce litter, but now it is claimed that levies will also reduce resource consumption and protect marine life. The Litter Argument Their is no correlation between the number of bags [...] INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 1 Mar 2018 Industry news Responsible Packaging Responsible packaging is the aim of all. Companies have a commercial interest in packaging goods responsibly, because packaging represents a cost. Consumers are looking to them to ensure food and drink is fresh, wholesome and free from contamination and that other goods are blemish-free and in perfect working order. Consumers also want packaging to [...] INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 1 Mar 2018 Industry news Reusable Packaging When people think of reusable packaging, they usually think of refillable drinks bottles – but there are many other types of reusable packaging. In Europe, the market share of refillable drinks bottles has been falling while the market share of reusable business-to-business packaging has been growing. That is because reusable packaging performs best when [...] INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 1 Mar 2018 Industry news Recycling Recycling is a way to turn unwanted materials into new ones. It helps to reduce the need for virgin raw materials in manufacture, as well as reducing the amount of waste for disposal. Recycling can also save energy, as reprocessing waste materials, such as glass or metal, often uses less energy than processing the [...] INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 1 Mar 2018 Industry news Packaging & Producer Responsibility Producer responsibility is a policy concept designed to extend a manufacturer’s responsibility beyond the sale and use of its their products to include disposal at end of its life as well. As far as packaging and producer responsibility is concerned, there are two aspects: designing packaging with its eventual disposal in mind requiring producers [...] INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 1 Mar 2018 Industry news Packaging From Recycled Materials Many types of packaging – glass, metal, paper, cardboard, plastics – are widely recycled. There is also a long tradition of making packaging from recycled materials. Packaging from recycled materials makes sense when this provides an overall environmental benefit. Often this is the case, but sometimes it isn’t. This paper explains why not. ‘Closed- [...] INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 1 Mar 2018 Industry news Litter & Packaging Introduction Litter is any waste in the wrong place. Individuals create litter through thoughtless or anti-social behaviour. Only individuals can therefore prevent it. Many people think that litter and packaging are synonymous but statistically packaging is not the largest component. However by its nature packaging catches the eye and is remembered. It is, therefore, [...] INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 1 Mar 2018 Industry news Packaging & Environmental Legislation The environmental impact of packaging in the UK is controlled by two different pieces of packaging legislation. One covers industry’s role in ensuring that the UK meets recovery and recycling targets, and the other requires producers to ensure that their packaging meets eco-design standards. These two laws implement the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive [...] INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 1 Mar 2018 Industry news Energy from Waste Recovering energy from unrecycled waste is preferable to landfilling it, according to the government’s waste hierarchy. There are a number of ways of recovering energy from waste. The most basic one is collection of the landfill gas which is given off as wastes degrade in landfills. After hydro power, landfill gas is the second [...] INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 1 Mar 2018 Industry news (Using) Less Packaging Reductions in the amount of packaging used – "lightweighting” – didn’t start when environmental awareness emerged. Manufacturers have always sought to use less packaging in order to keep costs down, and as technology has developed, packaging has become lighter and lighter. As our topic sheet on Too Much Packaging? shows, the least possible packaging [...] INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 1 Mar 2018 Industry news Carbon Footprinting & Lifecycle Assessment Introduction Lifecycle assessment (LCA) quantifies the environmental burdens associated with a product, process or activity over its entire lifecycle, from production of the raw materials to disposal at end of life. It generates a series of lists of materials and energy, and environmental impacts. These cannot be added together into a single number because [...] INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 1 Mar 2018 Industry news Lifecycle Thinking – The Benefits When manufacturers want to introduce a new product or service, or improve the performance of an existing one, they need to examine its environmental impact. This means understanding how it relates to the environment throughout its life. One way to do this is to apply Lifecycle Thinking LCT. Lifecycle Thinking is a thought process [...] INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 1 Mar 2018 Industry news Limitations of Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) & Carbon Measurements Many assumptions have to be made in carrying out a lifecycle assessment (LCA). The results are never precise or consistent enough to enable comparisons to be made between alternative products. Carbon footprinting is a subset of a full LCA and has the same limitations. In addition, it measures only the greenhouse gas emissions and [...] INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 1 Mar 2018 Industry news Checklist for Applying Lifecycle Thinking The main purpose of Lifecycle Thinking is to ensure that changes to one part of a system do not increase environmental impact in other parts. This was one of the drivers for the development of The Responsible Packaging Code of Practice in the UK in 1998 (updated in 2003) by INCPEN, the British Retail [...] INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 1 Mar 2018 Industry news Driving Ambition It’s 6am and another day begins for Ben Tully at our Botley depot. Ben is 21 and has just completed his apprenticeship and is ready to make the next move to become a tanker driver. Until he’s qualified to drive, he will remain a ‘second man’, assisting drivers in their daily rounds of collections from […] CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 1 Mar 2018