Recycling news: 2019

Industry news Emergency services attend Chichester RCV collision Police and paramedics attended a road traffic collision involving a Chichester district council refuse collection vehicle and a car this morning (19 March), which saw one person hospitalised. The council said it anticipates some disruption to its in-house waste collection services as a result of the collision. Police are currently investigating the incident which took … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Mar 2019 Industry news re3 Helping you waste less and recycle more - RE3 Recycling FCC Environment UK · 19 Mar 2019 Industry news Synthetic chemicals in our bodies: what is our ‘body burden’? Many people are unaware of the fact that our bodies are contaminated with synthetic chemicals that weren’t there in pre-industrial times. Some of these chemicals are now banned, but stick around as they take decades to break down, if at all. Others are still in use in furniture or even cosmetics. More than ten years […] CHEM Trust · 19 Mar 2019 Industry news Ward builds on award success with five further shortlistings Ward, the Derbyshire-based metal, recycling and waste management specialist, is following on from its recent success at the Midlands Family... Ward Recycling · 19 Mar 2019 Industry news Cost concerns prompt Derbyshire Dales contract changes Derbyshire Dales council is to consider proposals to switch to a three-weekly collection system for residual waste, under a new waste collections contract to start in 2020. The move has been prompted by concerns over the cost of a new contract, due to changes in the recycling market. The council is preparing for the end … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Mar 2019 Industry news Rough sleeping count shows no significant improvement New statistics released today show that there has been no significant improvement in the number of people sleeping rough on the streets of England. The figures, released by the Ministry for... Emmaus UK · 19 Mar 2019 Industry news Agency recovers £200,000 in Averies waste case Hundreds of thousands of pounds have been confiscated from a Wiltshire man who ran an illegal waste operation leading to a serious fire at one of his yards. Lee Averies is serving a five-year ban from the waste industry after environmental offences at sites in Swindon he operated with his brother, David Averies, and another … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Mar 2019 Industry news Vehicle news round-up (19/03/2019) With news on: Chambers’ shovel loaders; CTS takes 12 new Dennis Eagle RCVs; Kettering and Corby fleet, and; H&H Volvo investment. Chambers brings in new shovel loaders Surrey-based recycling business Chambers Group has invested in three new shovel loaders at its Guildford recycling centre. The investment includes a Volvo L50, a Volvo L60 and a … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Mar 2019 Industry news Organisers highlight Global Recycling Day success The organisers of Global Recycling Day, which took place yesterday (18 March), have praised the success of the event after people from across the world took part. In its second year, the Global Recycling Day 2019 focused on ‘connecting with the youth’ and had the theme “Recycling into the Future”. Online, the Twitter hashtag #GlobalRecyclingDay … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Mar 2019 Industry news Defra Consults On WEEE Producer Balancing System Options The post Defra Consults On WEEE Producer Balancing System Options appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 19 Mar 2019 Industry news Privacy Policy - First Mile First Mile · 19 Mar 2019 Industry news Terms and conditions - Costa Costa Coffee media centre · 18 Mar 2019 Industry news Suez Mitcham waste fire ‘under control’ [Updated 19 March 13.08: London Fire Brigade has confirmed that its officers left the site at 11.25 this morning] A fire which started at Suez’ Benedict Wharf site in Mitcham, south west London, last night (17 March) is now under control. According to the company, the fire was in the main general refuse processing building … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Mar 2019 Industry news PCIAW® SUMMIT | Q&A WITH CYNDI RHOADES The scope of the textile and professional clothing industry means that the issue of sustainability has long been a problem with a dire need for a solution. As one of the largest industries in the world, the professional clothing trade body has a... Worn Again Technologies news · 18 Mar 2019 Industry news ‘Environmental change without enforcement won’t balance’ OPINION: Anthony Sant, AO Business UK managing director, shares his thoughts on regulation and enforcement in the waste management sector. Modern communications technology now means a message can travel around the world in the blink of an eye. However, once it has reached our brain, it can still take months or years for a decision … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Mar 2019 Industry news Powerday begins grade A wood production Powerday has begun production of grade A woodchips as part of the company’s focus on managing the materials produced by its operations as sustainably as possible. The company produces around 40,000... Powerday · 18 Mar 2019 Industry news Easter templates The post Easter templates appeared first on Alupro . Alupro · 18 Mar 2019 Industry news Companies mark Global Recycling Day The second ever Global Recycling Day is being celebrated today, with a range of waste management companies marking the occasion in their own way. The event is organised by the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR), which describes the event as “a movement dedicated to celebrating the importance of recycling and making the world think resource … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Mar 2019 Industry news EMR urges public to sell metal direct to recyclers Members of the public should look to sell their scrap metal items directly to metal recyclers, rather than taking them to local authority civic amenity sites, metal recycler EMR Group has suggested. The comments come after the company has published the results of a survey in which it found that 65% of the public would … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Mar 2019 Industry news ISM launches campaign after propane cylinder incident Bury-based ISM Recycling has launched a safety campaign with its customers following an incident which saw a propane cylinder placed in a collected skip and crushed. The company explained that the cylinder was crushed by a blade and nearly cut in half. The cylinder was empty at the time, but if full, ISM said it … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Mar 2019 Industry news MetalMatters springs into action on Global Recycling Day As we celebrate Global Recycling Day, three UK Councils are launching their MetalMatters campaigns. As more and more people across the UK shift their focus towards recycling today, Merthyr Tydfil, Powys and Teignbridge District Council in Devon will urge a total of 157,000 households to ‘Make their metals matter’. Starting today, and for the next […] Alupro · 18 Mar 2019 Industry news Shropshire to cut bring-back sites this spring Shropshire council is set to “close and remove” its recycling bring-back sites, subject to cabinet approval on Wednesday (March 20). The council will vote on the move to close the 120 sites across the county in an effort to save £237,000 a year. This comes on the back of a six-week consultation into the proposals, which … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Mar 2019 Industry news How palm oil sparked a diplomatic row between Europe and southeast Asia The post How palm oil sparked a diplomatic row between Europe and southeast Asia appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 18 Mar 2019 Industry news Hidden Heroes – Lifetime Achievement category winner Tony joined Emmaus Hertfordshire as paid staff and used his experience to make small changes to the social enterprise, such as recruiting volunteers and reducing hold time on items, as... Emmaus UK · 17 Mar 2019 Industry news Education - education.biffa.co.uk Biffa · 16 Mar 2019 Industry news Birmingham and Unite end dispute The long-running dispute between Birmingham city council and the Unite union has ended, after the council today (March 15) approved a legal agreement which brought an end to the dispute. The Unite union said in a statement that it is pleased to secure the “excellent settlement”, which will see its members who were balloted for … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Mar 2019 Industry news Coral Products opens recycling facility at Haydock Coral Products (Mouldings) Ltd saw its newly-built plastic container recycling facility at Haydock officially opened in mid-March, allowing the Merseyside-based company to reprocess used polypropylene boxes and use the pellets for new products. A supplier of recycling boxes and food waste bins to local authorities, Coral Products says the new machine at its Haydock facility … Read More The post… letsrecycle.com News · 15 Mar 2019 Industry news ‘Reassessing responsibility for waste’ OPINION: David Newman, special advisor on the circular economy for AI firm Ditto Sustainability and former President of the International Soild Waste Association, gives his views on the Resource and Waste Strategy. In December, Defra released its Resource and Waste Strategy (“RWS”), the first comprehensive waste legislation strategy proposed since 2007, and about time too… … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Mar 2019 Industry news Veolia and Leon team up for DRS machine Veolia has teamed up with the restaurant chain Leon to unveil a reverse vending machine which accepts plastics bottles and aluminium cans at its King’s Cross branch in London. The machine has been launched as part of a pilot scheme that will operate for six months “to encourage people to recycle while on the go”. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Mar 2019 Industry news News in brief (15/03/19) With news on; Westminster Waste applies to expand facility; W Martin begins Nuneaton deal; MP visits DS Smith facility; UK to ‘double aid support’ for plastic recycling HW Martin begins Nuneaton deal HW Martin Waste has announced that it has begun work on a “prestigious” recycling contract for Nuneaton & Bedworth borough council, handling mixed recycling … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Mar 2019 Industry news South Gloucestershire moves from bags to boxes South Gloucestershire council has announced that it will replace the green and white bags used by residents for recycling with green boxes, following a public consultation. When residents now need replacement bags, they will instead receive the box, which the council says will “further improve” its environmental performance. The key focus of the proposal to … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Mar 2019 Industry news Plant investment leads to losses at Clean Tech A £7 million investment in sorting and production equipment contributed to a multi-million pound loss for the plastic recycling firm Clean Tech UK Ltd, but the company says performance has since stabilised. Clean Tech UK, which runs the PET plastic bottle recycling facility at Hemswell in Lincolnshire, disclosed the losses and investment in its 2018 … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Mar 2019 Industry news Co-op launches Smartwater Fog Cannons to combat crime in communities - Co-operative Group Co-op media newsroom · 15 Mar 2019 Industry news Our Business in Australia - Diageo Diageo news and media · 14 Mar 2019 Industry news Successful bond launch allows Bristol Wood Recycling Project to buy its new premises Bristol Wood Recycling Project has raised the funds it needs to buy its new premises, hitting its £430,000 target in just a fortnight. Community Wood Recycling · 14 Mar 2019 Industry news Extra time to enter the 2019 Awards for Excellence Following a late surge in demand, the deadline for entries to letsrecycle.com’s 2019 Awards for Excellence has been extended to March 20. Local authorities, businesses, individuals, and waste and recycling companies will now have extra time to submit an entry into the wide-ranging awards scheme, which covers 16 categories. Organised by letsrecycle.com, the annual celebration … Read More The pos… letsrecycle.com News · 14 Mar 2019 Industry news Waste companies fined following safety breaches Two companies in the waste sector have this week been fined for safety breaches in separate cases brought by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). On Monday (11 March), Alness-based William Munro Construction (Highland) Limited, was fined £30,000 at Tain Sheriff Court for an incident in November 2018 in which an operative sustained ‘severe’ leg … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 14 Mar 2019 Industry news Government funding for landfill leachate pilot Viridor and a UK water purification company have been awarded grant money for a pilot project to harness landfill gas energy to extract water from leachate produced at a Devon landfill site. Viridor and Newbury-based LAT Water have secured a £548,000 grant from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 14 Mar 2019 Industry news OBR predicts Scottish landfill tax ‘displacement’ Scotland’s 2021 ban on biodegradable municipal waste to landfill will ‘mostly benefit UK tax receipts’ – the government’s Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has claimed. The conclusion was reached in the organisation’s economic and fiscal outlook for March, published on the same day as the Treasury’s Spring Statement yesterday (13 March). OBR is a non-departmental … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 14 Mar 2019 Industry news WRAP’s Maddox talks Strategy, food waste and funding SPECIAL REPORT: Government has committed to covering the cost of separate weekly food waste collections, a WRAP official influential in some of the thinking behind the Resources and Waste Strategy has told letsrecycle.com. Peter Maddox, director of the sustainability body, spoke to letsrecycle.com about the Strategy’s approach to food waste, as well as ongoing and … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 14 Mar 2019