Recycling news: 2019

Industry news Geminor acquires Norwegian biofuel business Waste fuels specialist, Geminor, has acquired Norwegian biofuel producer Bøn Biobrensel AS. According to the firm, the move strengthens its position in the Nordic secondary fuels market. Geminor chief executive, Kjetil Vikingstad, and general manager of Bøn Biobrensel AS, Johan Peter Olö, recently signed an agreement that secures Geminor 100% of the shares in the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 7 Mar 2019 Industry news Strategy and policy direction on Letsrecycle Live agenda With the inaugural Letsrecycle Live event gathering pace, highlights of conference sessions during the two-day show have been released. Letsrecycle Live, which features live and static equipment, conference theatres and networking events takes place at Stoneleigh Park, near Coventry on 22-23 May. Commodities, local authority topics and keynote speakers feature on the conference agenda. Speakers… letsrecycle.com News · 7 Mar 2019 Industry news Contractor exits Hull Energy Works project The developers of a 240,000 tonne-capacity waste gasification plant in Hull has ended the contract with an engineering company on the project citing ‘significant delays’ to the facility. Energy Works (Hull) Ltd terminated the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with MW High Tech Projects UK for the development of the plant on a brownfield … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 7 Mar 2019 Industry news MPs question strength of post-Brexit green watchdog MPs have questioned whether the government’s proposed Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) will have the autonomy and power to hold ministers to account over environmental laws. Environment Secretary Michael Gove and Defra undersecretary Therese Coffey faced questioning from the Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee this morning on the OEP – which will replace the … Read More The po… letsrecycle.com News · 6 Mar 2019 Industry news GSCOP - Morrisons Corporate Morrisons media centre · 6 Mar 2019 Industry news Cuadrilla’s air monitoring equipment malfunctioned during fracking methane surge The post Cuadrilla’s air monitoring equipment malfunctioned during fracking methane surge appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 6 Mar 2019 Industry news Glasgow Wood Recycling Shortlisted for Sustainability Award Congratulations to Glasgow Wood Recycling, who have been shortlisted for a Sustainability Award from the Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards, an initiative from the Citi Foundation, the charitable arm of the investment banking firm Citigroup. Community Wood Recycling · 6 Mar 2019 Industry news Biffa boosted by ‘stabilised’ municipal division Biffa plc has announced that a boost in its recovery & treatment division – and ‘improving’ commodity prices – has seen trading in the 2018/19 financial year progress on target. And, the company reported that performance in its municipal division had ‘stabilised’, following what it had described as a “competitive market” in 2017/18. The waste management … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Mar 2019 Industry news Powerday’s boxing champion turns coach to help disadvantaged pupils As part of the Powerday Foundation’s work with London Boxing, Powerday’s Site Service Manager, Sam Cox, has been delivering a boxing and mentoring programme to disadvantaged pupils in various circ... Powerday · 6 Mar 2019 Industry news DS Smith sells plastic packaging business Packaging manufacturing and recycling firm DS Smith has announced the sale of its plastics division to the US private equity firm Olympus Partners for around £450 million. The plastics division comprises product manufacturing lines in flexible plastics, rigid plastics and foam products, including food and beverage, pharmaceutical and transit packaging products. The company described the … Read … letsrecycle.com News · 6 Mar 2019 Industry news 2018 packaging targets met, but ‘challenge ahead’ Packaging experts have welcomed the news that recycling targets for 2018 look to have been met, but have warned that 2019 targets could be more challenging. The comments come following the release of the 2018 Q4 packaging data, published on the National Packaging Waste Database (NPWD) website this week. The provisional data has suggested that … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Mar 2019 Industry news Waste Expectations: Trash Talk with Businesses Local businesses, community groups and interested members of society come together to discuss options and solutions to the problems caused by disposable plastic and polystyrene waste from takeaway food packaging. Find out more about the initiatives planned in and around North Berwick. Fidra · 6 Mar 2019 Industry news Global air pollution map reveals 2,000 cities suffering from dirty air The post Global air pollution map reveals 2,000 cities suffering from dirty air appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 6 Mar 2019 Industry news Electrifying the fleet: driving towards a greener world Peter Harris, Director of Sustainability, Europe, at UPS, explains how UPS is meeting the needs of its customers while reducing its overall impact on the planet. Aldersgate Group · 5 Mar 2019 Industry news Viridor agrees extension to Somerset contract Viridor and Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) have agreed a nine-year, £80 million extension of their waste management contract to 2031. The contract covers household waste recycling centre operations (including household hazardous waste collection, storage and disposal), composting, the operation of delivery points and transportation of waste. The contract does not cover the collection of waste… letsrecycle.com News · 5 Mar 2019 Industry news US firm develops ‘chemical recycling process’ for plastic US chemical firm Eastman is developing a process to recycle polyester plastic waste, breaking down the material through a chemical process so that it can then be used in the production of new polymers. And the UK is one of the European countries which Eastman is focusing on for the introduction of the chemical recycling … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Mar 2019 Industry news Election to take place for WRA Board Three places on the Wood Recyclers’ Association Board are up for election at our Annual General Meeting next week. Existing Board members Geoff Hadfield of Hadfield Wood Recyclers and Paul Caldwell of IQR Systems, have both come to the end of their latest three year tenure on the WRA’s Board and have decide to stand […] Wood Recyclers Association · 5 Mar 2019 Industry news FCC secures contracts with two councils FCC has this week secured two contracts for waste services with Chorley council and Hertfordshire county council. The contract with Chorley is to provide refuse and recycling collections, worth just over £26 million. FCC has also been awarded a seven-year contract for the provision of bulking, transfer and waste haulage for Hertfordshire county council, worth … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Mar 2019 Industry news Is Scotland leading the way on tackling marine litter? Kate Chambers, Consultant at Resource Futures, shares her thoughts on why she feels proud of Scotland, and why the country is uniquely placed to challenge the issues of marine litter and climate change. Last week, attending Marine Scotland’s first International Marine Conference in Glasgow, there was a lot to feel proud of. Resource Futures · 5 Mar 2019 Industry news 25 years of UK paint reuse yields enough paint to cover the Burj Khalifa ten times over Community RePaint, run by Resource Futures, celebrated 25 years of paint recycling in 2018. The network of paint reuse schemes, which was founded in 1993 as a small pilot project in Leeds and is now solely sponsored by Dulux, has diverted over 5.5 million litres of paint from the waste stream across the UK – … Continue reading "25 years of UK paint reuse yields enough paint to cover the Burj Kh… Resource Futures · 5 Mar 2019 Industry news Faerch offers ‘natural’ replacement to black plastic trays Plastic packaging manufacturer Faerch has announced the launch of a ‘natural colour’ CPET packaging material, aimed at replacing black carbon plastic in ready meal packaging. The company is introducing a new ‘detectable’ plastic line, containing 80% post-consumer recycled mixed-colour PET. The material has no extra colour added to the recycled input material, resulting in a … Read More The post… letsrecycle.com News · 5 Mar 2019 Industry news Salvage Wire - The Automotive Recycling Professionals | 11 Conyers, Wymondham, Norfolk NR18 0TE, UK - Salvage Wire Salvage Wire · 4 Mar 2019 Industry news Countrystyle Recycling confirms sale of skip business Countrystyle Recycling has confirmed the sale of its domestic builders skip business to East Kent Recycling Limited, with effect from 1 March 2019. It is understood that the sale encompasses a number of trucks, skips and a non-retained customer list. According to Countrystyle, the decision to sell has been driven by the forthcoming expiry of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Mar 2019 Industry news No-deal Brexit waste shipment agreements reached Defra is understood to have secured consent for the roll-over of waste export notifications with all EU member states in the event of a ‘no deal’ Brexit scenario. Spain is the last country to agree to the measure, meaning all member states have now agreed. This means that existing approvals that permit the shipment of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Mar 2019 Industry news Yorkshire WEEE site fire ‘caused by battery’ South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service has suggested that a fire at a WEEE recycling site near Mexborough yesterday (March 3) was caused by a “battery catching fire”. The service was called to a fire on the site owned by Universal Recycling on Wharf Road, Mexborough, just after 09:30 yesterday morning. Six fire crews attended … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Mar 2019 Industry news News in brief (04/03/2019) With news on: Mersey charity spreads recycling message; Suez and Anthesis launch legislation ‘calculator’; Powys issues reminder over waste collections, and; WRA chair bags award. Liverpool charity spreads recycling message A team of charity volunteers in Liverpool have clocked up more than 8,300 hours of work to help boost recycling in the area. The volunteers are working … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Mar 2019 Industry news Defra data confirms WEEE collections shortfall Targets for the collection of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) have been missed for the second consecutive year, data published on Friday (1 March) by Defra has confirmed. The data for the final quarter of 2018 suggests that the UK has fallen short of its overall collection target by around 44,533 tonnes – having … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Mar 2019 Industry news News from the Network 25 Feb – 1 March Find out what our members have been up to this week. Tree of Life Centre celebrate Francess, their CEO, featuring as one of Manchester’s strong women We are extremely proud of our leader @fran_tagoe representing #StrongMcrWomen A strong, inspirational woman with a passion for helping others and a desire to make a difference. Join us […] Reuse Network · 4 Mar 2019 Industry news UK aid to fund Kenya recycling centre project British international waste charity WasteAid has been awarded a government grant worth up to £50,000 for a project to set up a recycling centre in Kenya. The charity – which was set up by British waste management professionals to “spread recycling skills around the world” – says the project will collect waste and turn it … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Mar 2019 Industry news Tackling London’s toxic air Alex Williams, Director of City Planning at Transport for London, explores the upcoming Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) and reducing air pollution in London. Aldersgate Group · 3 Mar 2019 Industry news Recycling – Issue 13 Spring 2019 The post Recycling – Issue 13 Spring 2019 appeared first on The Recycling Association . The Recycling Association · 3 Mar 2019 Industry news Mom accused of killing her infant girl and dropping her son , 1 , off a balcony appears in court UK press (GDELT archive) · 2 Mar 2019 Industry news Midlothian clothing project offers Sweet Dignity in Mayfield UK press (GDELT archive) · 1 Mar 2019 Industry news Garden Waste Collection - Burnham - On - Sea . com Forums UK press (GDELT archive) · 1 Mar 2019 Industry news Purple bin roadshow taking tour of North Ayrshire UK press (GDELT archive) · 1 Mar 2019 Industry news Battle to stop bin strike is blocked in Birmingham UK press (GDELT archive) · 1 Mar 2019 Industry news The Donna Hall interview : I have loved it - the best eight years of my working life UK press (GDELT archive) · 1 Mar 2019 Industry news Cast your vote on Weelsby Wood new animal carvings UK press (GDELT archive) · 1 Mar 2019 Industry news SOMERSET : SCC declares climate emergency | Chard & Ilminster News UK press (GDELT archive) · 1 Mar 2019 Industry news How to reduce your energy consumption : 50 simple ways you can cut bills and reduce emissions UK press (GDELT archive) · 1 Mar 2019