Recycling news: 2018

Industry news ESA ‘perplexed’ by energy from waste report The Environmental Services Association (ESA) has said it is “incredibly disappointed” by today’s London-focused report accusing it of criticising energy from waste, “without offering any solutions”. Published today by the London Assembly Environment Committee, the report looks at energy from waste in the capital (see letsrecycle.com story). ‘Success story’ Responding to comments in the report, … letsrecycle.com News · 15 Feb 2018 Industry news 14 ways plastic is harming us and the environment According to GreenPeace, we’ve produced 8.3 billion metric tons of plastics since the 1950s. Of that staggering total, just 9% was recycled. The remaining 79% has ended up in landfills or the natural environment, including our oceans. And the problem is set to get worse. About half of all plastics produced between 1950-2015 were made… Zero Waste Week · 15 Feb 2018 Industry news London committee warns over loss of recyclables to EfW London needs to become self-sufficient in managing the waste it generates, reducing waste sent to energy from waste as the population grows, the London Assembly Environment Committee urged in a report published today (15 February). And, it called for incineration “not to be exempt from London’s ambition to improve air quality”, pointing to a link noted by … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Feb 2018 Industry news Report: London Assembly’s ambition to tackle waste meets mixed reviews REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 15 Feb 2018 Industry news Untitled - Iceland Iceland Foods corporate news · 15 Feb 2018 Industry news LIDL UK CREATES 700 NEW JOBS AS IT REACHES 700 STORES - Lidl Lidl GB media centre · 15 Feb 2018 Industry news A competitive EU needs smart environmental regulations Nick Molho, Executive Director of the Aldersgate Group, argues the EU needs smart environmental regulations to be competitive. Aldersgate Group · 14 Feb 2018 Industry news Slough students celebrate success as they become Industrial Cadets under the Engineering Development The post Slough students celebrate success as they become Industrial Cadets under the Engineering Development appeared first on Grundon . Grundon Waste Management · 14 Feb 2018 Industry news The road to regulation Philip McGlade, senior technical engineer at CDEnviro, who manufacture landfill diversion equipment, discusses how legislation is set to further change how we view waste. OPINION: It seems that everywhere you turn at the moment there’s a new piece of environmental regulation being announced or implemented. We’ve had the extension of the 5p ‘plastic bag tax’, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 14 Feb 2018 Industry news Pay as you throw for Guernsey from 2019 EXCLUSIVE: States of Guernsey is set to introduce a ‘pay as you throw’ system (PAYT) for residual waste collections next year. The system, which involves a charge for disposal of residual waste, is a controversial topic and has not yet been introduced by any UK local authorities. From 2019, parishes in Guernsey will begin charging … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 14 Feb 2018 Industry news PTT calorific value ‘very important’ for Viridor EfW plant EXCLUSIVE: Plastic pots, tubs and trays are “a very important part of the calorific value” required to supply the ‘thermal power station’ at Runcorn run by Viridor, the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority has been told. The comments on calorific value come in a report to the authority which suggests that burning the plastics for … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 14 Feb 2018 Industry news Two arrested in nationwide waste crime investigation Two men have been arrested for questioning today (13 February), in London, in connection with alleged waste crime, fraud and money laundering offences across the country. The arrests are part of a nationwide waste crime investigation, a joint operation by the Environment Agency, the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and Government Agency Intelligence Network (GAIN). A … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 13 Feb 2018 Industry news WRAP in new push over plastics recycling The Waste & Resources Action Programme – WRAP– has drawn up outline proposals as to how the UK could respond and “reduce the environmental damage” caused by plastic waste usage and disposal. In a widely-distributed letter, WRAP chief executive Marcus Gover reveals how the resources charity has teamed up with the packaging organisation INCPEN to … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 13 Feb 2018 Industry news News in Brief (13/02/2018) With news on: London partnership for flats recycling; The National Refuse Championships; Barry gasification plant permit; and Redditch recycling business expands. Partnership announced to improve recycling in flats Resource London and housing association, Peabody, have announced a new partnership to examine barriers to recycling in purpose-built flats in dense urban areas. The partnership will … letsrecycle.com News · 13 Feb 2018 Industry news Blackpool confirms move in-house Blackpool council expects to make “significant savings” when it brings its waste collection service back in-house next year, when its contract with Veolia comes to an end. The authority has accused Veolia of offering savings through service reductions. In a report, Blackpool said bringing the domestic waste service back under its umbrella will give the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 13 Feb 2018 Industry news Shanghai’s air pollution is now worse than Beijing The post Shanghai’s air pollution is now worse than Beijing appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 12 Feb 2018 Industry news UK municipal work still knocking Renewi Renewi has made “good operational progress” during the second half of the financial year, but is facing continuing losses on municipal contracts with Wakefield council and for the Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham (BDR) partnership. The comments come in the company’s trading update for the period 1 October 2017 to date, published today (12 February). In … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 12 Feb 2018 Industry news Ireland’s Panda to open plastics film plant in Corby A recycling facility for waste plastic films is to be opened later this year in the UK by waste management firm Panda, a subsidiary of the Irish Beauparc Utilities group. Beauparc said that plant to be installed at the site in Corby, Leicestershire – which it owns through its acquisition of UK firm New Earth … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 12 Feb 2018 Industry news Agency rejects fresh Octagon transfer request for Blaydon For the second time in less than six months, the Environment Agency has rejected an application to transfer the environmental permit for Blaydon Quarry landfill, near Newcastle upon Tyne, to a different operator. And, the Agency has issued an enforcement notice requiring remedial work be immediately carried out on the site after an investigation following … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 12 Feb 2018 Industry news New Parliamentary group – electric and automated vehicles REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 12 Feb 2018 Industry news Verdict Research is an independent authority on analysis of the UK retail industry - Iceland Iceland Foods corporate news · 12 Feb 2018 Industry news Secret UK government report lowers fracking expectations The post Secret UK government report lowers fracking expectations appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 10 Feb 2018 Industry news Crossan Family Foundation, Powerday and London Boxing Bursary Award Scheme 2018 Award Policy: The purpose of these awards is to facilitate achievement by aspiring young performers who have the ability and potential to achieve success in their chosen sport of Amateur Boxing at Re... Powerday · 9 Feb 2018 Industry news Cornwall progresses collections rethink Cornwall council has unanimously approved to progress its draft Household Resources & Waste strategy to a public consultation. The strategy will aim to “replicate best practice of other similar local authorities”. Cornwall currently has a 24.7% kerbside recycling rate, with a fortnightly collection of recycling, which is split into five bins of glass, paper, plastic, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 9 Feb 2018 Industry news Suez celebrates milestone at Severnside ERF Suez UK’s chief executive David Palmer-Jones has emphasised the important role that councils play in creating an efficient waste management system to ensure that materials can be collected for recycling and residual waste for effective waste disposal. His comments came during an event celebrating the first full year in operation of Suez recycling & recovery … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 9 Feb 2018 Industry news A view from China The post A view from China appeared first on The Recycling Association . The Recycling Association · 9 Feb 2018 Industry news China experts explain paper market changes With UK prices for used cardboard and mixed paper tumbling this month (February 2018), an international conference in Shanghai, China heard details of a fall in the volume of recycled or waste paper (RCP) used in the country in 2017. In the UK at present mixed paper is trading between Free of Charge and £20+ … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 9 Feb 2018 Industry news UK the biggest contributor to ERP’s milestone The European Recycling Platform (ERP) has announced it has collected and treated more than 3 million tonnes of WEEE across the continent since its foundation in 2002. This equates to preventing the emission of more than 32 million tonnes of CO2, according to research undertaken by the pan-European WEEE compliance company. Umberto Raiteri, CEO of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 9 Feb 2018 Industry news Central Beds set for collections review Central Bedfordshire council is looking at ways to increase efficiency and make savings to its waste collection service. A consultation into changes to the authority’s service, which includes a move to three-weekly residual waste collections from fortnightly, opens on 26 February. The consultation also includes options for weekly food waste collections, the collection of additional … Read More … letsrecycle.com News · 9 Feb 2018 Industry news Ward unveils £1m investment to upgrade Chesterfield recycling site Derbyshire-based waste management specialist, Ward, has invested close to £1 million in environmental improvements at its recycling facility in Chesterfield for... Ward Recycling · 9 Feb 2018 Industry news ADEPT Bridges Commuted Sums Guidance 2017 (amended) - adeptnet.org.uk ADEPT (Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport) · 9 Feb 2018 Industry news Industry figures issue warnings on deposit scheme The head of sustainability at Coca-Cola European Partners has acknowledged the need for reform on plastic recycling – but warned the government that any deposit return scheme (DRS) would need to be a part of wider measures introduced. Nick Brown, who was speaking at the Keep Britain Tidy Conference in Brighton earlier this morning (8 … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 8 Feb 2018 Industry news Biogen snaps up Tamar in AD deal Biogen, a portfolio company of infrastructure investment manager Ancala Partners LLP, has acquired food waste treatment firm, Tamar Energy, for an undisclosed sum. A number of Tamar Energy’s existing shareholders have rolled-over their investment into the combined group. The acquisition creates one of the largest independent AD platforms in the UK. According to its website, … Read More The post… letsrecycle.com News · 8 Feb 2018 Industry news Bird steps down after ‘tremendous’ time as LARAC chair VIDEO REPORT: Andrew Bird talks about his past four years as chair of the local authority recycling advisory committee (LARAC). Andrew Bird, says he enjoyed his time as chair of LARAC “tremendously” after stepping down from the role at the end of January. Carole Taylor, whose appointment was announced in November (see letsrecycle.com story), has … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 8 Feb 2018 Industry news Northern Ireland sees record high in recycling rate Northern Ireland has recorded its highest ever household waste recycling rate at 51.5% in the three months between July and September 2017. According to provisional statistics released by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), household waste prepared for reuse, dry recycling and composting increased by over three percentage points for the period … Read More The p… letsrecycle.com News · 8 Feb 2018 Industry news Carousel fraud concerns after scrap dealer jailed The British Metals Recycling Association has said that the conviction of a scrap metal dealer who failed to pay more than £200,000 of VAT which he charged customers, highlights a “significant issue” in the metals recycling industry. Aberdeenshire-based Russel Goodenough, 48, was jailed last week for 18 months after setting up scrap metal firm ‘T’ir Trading’ in … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 8 Feb 2018 Industry news Being competitive in a low carbon world Nick Molho, Executive Director at the Aldersgate Group, argues that delivering more competitive power prices in the UK will require government to make some important decisions on the future of onshore wind, the structure of the power market and its desired outcome from the Brexit negotiations. Aldersgate Group · 7 Feb 2018 Industry news Is your business ready for environmental and ethical reporting? Ian Guest, Environmental Compliance Consultant, discusses the increasing importance of business transparency and provides tips on how businesses can prepare for forthcoming environmental and ethical reporting legislation. Valpak · 7 Feb 2018 Industry news Cycle Link event hears from EA and exporters A range of topics were discussed at the Cycle Link International conference held in Shanghai including the consequences of the control measures in China for local authorities and exporters. This second report continues coverage of the event (see Cycle Link article one). The China conference and mill visit, from February 1-3, was attended by Mike … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 7 Feb 2018 Industry news Chinese controls impacting across the globe China’s strict waste paper quality controls are having a dramatic impact around the world, was the message at the Cycle Link International conference held in Shanghai from February 1-3 . Delegates, including suppliers from as far afield as Australia, the US and Europe travelled to China and told the event about the ramifications of the controls. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 7 Feb 2018