Recycling news: 2020

Industry news Environment bill committee launches call for evidence A call for evidence has been launched by the public bill committee which is considering the environment bill. The environment bill committee will “scrutinise the bill line by line” and will conclude by 5 May 2020, and report to parliament soon after. A public bill committee is set up by the House of Commons to … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Mar 2020 Industry news Suez applies for £2 million street sweepings plant Suez has submitted an application to the Environment Agency to develop a street sweepings recycling facility capable of processing up to 50,000 tonnes annually in Ashton-under-Lyne, near Manchester. The facility is expected to cost around £2 million and Suez said development will take four to five months if accepted. The company said it hopes to … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Mar 2020 Industry news INCPEN partners with Resourcing the Future Conference INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 5 Mar 2020 Industry news Veolia ‘refocusing’ paper business Veolia’s chief operating officer, Estelle Brachlianoff, who was the company’s UK chief executive, has spelt out how the company is tackling the sharp fall in recovered paper prices to ensure profitability. The details came as the company discussed the ‘limited’ impact of coronavirus on its business in China and set out plans to become ‘more … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Mar 2020 Industry news The plastic crisis: What’s the big deal with microplastics? Pamela J. Lein, PhD, Professor at the University of California, Davis, sheds light on the plastic crisis and explains what the big deal is with microplastics. Open Access Government — Environment · 5 Mar 2020 Industry news Fire out at Viridor HWRC after 37 hours A fire at Viridor’s household waste and recycling centre in Westhampnett, near Chichester, has been put out by the West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service after 37 hours. The blaze broke out at 6pm on Monday (2 March) and was extinguished at 7am today. Investigations into its causes are ongoing. Four fire engines – two … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Mar 2020 Industry news REA comments on DfT consultation on E10 REA comments on DfT consultation on E10 REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 4 Mar 2020 Industry news Recycled plastic demand boosts Biffa performance Increasing demand for recycled plastics has helped Biffa to report a ‘strong performance’ in its recycling business for the last financial year, offsetting a fall in demand for recovered paper. A trading update issued by the company ahead of its full year results for the 12 months to March 27 2020, said that trading had … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Mar 2020 Industry news Compliance fee ‘largely to blame’ for WEEE target miss The AATF Forum has partly blamed the sector’s failure to meet 2019’s waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) collection targets on the compliance fee mechanism. The Forum, a representative body for the WEEE treatment sector, said the compliance fee has seen some collectors try to avoid the cost of “correct treatment routes” using the fee. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Mar 2020 Industry news Energy ‘advantage’ for recycling at Avonmouth VIDEO REPORT: Using energy derived from a waste to energy plant to serve the plastics recycling/reprocessing process is “long overdue”, according to Phil Piddington, managing director of Viridor. Waste management and recycling business Viridor is increasingly adding materials reprocessing to its activities, with its main project now the development of a plastics reprocessing facility alongside … letsrecycle.com News · 4 Mar 2020 Industry news A-Plant rebranded as Sunbelt Rentals - KHL Group Demolition & Recycling International (KHL) · 4 Mar 2020 Industry news Complaints Policy - FareShare The Felix Project · 4 Mar 2020 Industry news Legislation to ban plastic straws enters parliament Legislation to ban the supply of plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds has been laid in Parliament today (March 3), in a bid to reduce the impact of single-use plastic waste on the environment. In England, it is estimated that 4.7 billion plastic straws, 316 million plastic stirrers and 1.8 billion plastic-stemmed cotton buds are … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 3 Mar 2020 Industry news Dundee ‘paying more’ due to Scottish landfill ban delay The Scottish Government has defended its decision to delay the introduction of a landfill ban on biodegradable waste following a claim that this has meant some councils are ‘prematurely’ paying higher waste disposal costs. Opposition Labour councillor at Dundee council, Cllr Kevin Keenan, who is also convener of the council’s scrutiny committee, said that Dundee … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 3 Mar 2020 Industry news LGA reveals Environment Bill concerns Councils will face financial implications if they are forced to collect recycling in separate streams as part of consistency provisions set out in the Environment Bill. That is one of a number of concerns raised by the Local Government Association (LGA) in a briefing paper published alongside the bill’s second reading in parliament last week … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 3 Mar 2020 Industry news Charles Trent to build ELV facility in Poole Dorset-based vehicle recycling company Charles Trent has received planning permission for a £7.5 million 100,000 square foot factory in Poole. Scheduled for completion by the end of 2021, the construction of the factory will see the company’s existing warehouses demolished, with all operations to be brought under a single roof. The company says it currently … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 3 Mar 2020 Industry news REA comments on amendments to the Contracts for Difference auctions REA comments on amendments to the Contracts for Difference auctions REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 3 Mar 2020 Industry news News in brief (03/03/20) With news on: Swindon to extend food waste recycling trial; Brits ‘recycling less than five years ago’; Veolia WEEE scheme raises £ 1100 for charity; and, Somerset food waste campaign feeds success. Swindon to extend food waste recycling trial With more than 380 tonnes collected from 11,000 households in 26 weeks, Swindon is to extend … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 3 Mar 2020 Industry news Ronald Hull Jnr wins appeal against HMRC Rotherham-based metals recycling company Ronald Hull Jnr has won an appeal against HMRC’s decision to deny it nearly £600,000 in credit for input tax. HMRC had denied the payments as it claimed that 389 transactions between July 2013 and January 2014 were made to two companies which HMRC claimed were “fraudulent traders”. However, in a … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 3 Mar 2020 Industry news Rewilding Britain: Take 2 - First Mile First Mile · 3 Mar 2020 Industry news FORS Gold Retained for Sixth Year Powerday has retained the highest standard of the Freight Operators Recognition Scheme (FORS) for the sixth year in a row. The voluntary scheme recognises fleet operators for best practice in safety,... Powerday · 2 Mar 2020 Industry news WEEE targets missed for third consecutive year Figures published by the Environment Agency yesterday, 1 March, suggest collection targets for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) have been missed for a third year in a row. Compliance schemes collected a total of 494,976 tonnes of WEEE in 2019, 90% of the target of 550,577 tonnes. This is around 2,000 tonnes more than … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 2 Mar 2020 Industry news LGA calls for mandatory mattress take-back The Local Government Association (LGA) has called for mattress manufacturers to be forced to recycle their own products and offer take-back services. The LGA says the measures would stop mattresses being illegally fly tipped and “reduce cost pressures on council recycling and waste disposal centres”. Analysis of the association’s own suggests 7.26 million mattresses are … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 2 Mar 2020 Industry news What WRAP’s new guidance on compostable plastic packaging means for the sector The REA's Jeremy Jacobs discusses WRAP's new guidance on compostable plastic packaging and what this means for the sector. REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 2 Mar 2020 Industry news Management buyout at Geminor The chief executive officer and chief operating officer of waste fuel specialist Geminor have bought out their Danish partner Gemidan for an undisclosed fee to secure 100% ownership of the business. After acquiring the Danish company’s 36.4% stake, Geminor Invest AS, a holding company controlled by CEO Kjetil Vikingstad and COO Ralf Schöpwinkel, now holds … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 2 Mar 2020 Industry news Hit to recyclate income sees Norse waste losses Norse Environmental Waste Services (NEWS) has said the £2.8 million loss it made in the 2018/19 financial year was down to “a significant reduction in revenue gained from the sale of materials”. Part of the local authority owned Norse Group, NEWS posted a loss of £2,828,270 for the 2018/19 financial year, which was put down … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 2 Mar 2020 Industry news Kingfisher appoints Group E-Commerce Director - Kingfisher plc Kingfisher plc media · 2 Mar 2020 Industry news Consumer protection bolstered as UK’s first EV Consumer Code launched Consumer protection bolstered as UK’s first EV Consumer Code launched REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 2 Mar 2020 Industry news Repair Café Wales and Naturesave – Mending our disposable Culture Funder of environmental projects across the UK, The Naturesave Trust, has recognised the success of Repair Café Wales in providing leadership on the practicalities of running repair cafes. The Community Interest Company celebrated the opening of its 27th café in Monmouth in February 2020. An exemplar of sustainable community work Repair Café Wales was chosen by the Trust as an ... Repair Cafe Wales · 1 Mar 2020 Industry news Clear on Plastics to ‘bust myths’ Resources charity WRAP is to launch a campaign this week called ‘Clear on Plastics’, partly in an attempt to justify the rationale for using plastics packaging. Explaining the new campaign, Peter Maddox, director of WRAP UK, told the ‘Rubbish to Resources’ conference in Bristol last week (27 February) that it would be “busting myths about … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Feb 2020 Industry news Reuse needed to boost UK textile market More domestic end markets for textiles need to be found through reuse or the UK risks facing a “mountain” of clothing being sent to incineration or landfill. That was the verdict of Sinead Murphy, business account manager at resources charity WRAP, who was speaking at the Waste Prevention Exchange conference held by the North London … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Feb 2020 Industry news Scotland launches its Environment Strategy Fidra welcomes the Environment Strategy for Scotland and calls for legally binding targets, monitoring and enforcement to prevent pollution Fidra · 28 Feb 2020 Industry news Coronavirus waste disposal advice issued In light of the global coronavirus outbreak, Public Health England has issued advice to the public on how to deal with potentially infectious waste. [28 MARCH 2020: See also draft advisory document information] However, one clinical expert told letsrecycle.com that so far it was “business as usual”. Public Health England recommends all waste that has been in … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Feb 2020 Industry news World Economic Forum 2020: SABIC is collaborating with PLASTIC ENERGY on the chemical recycling of plastics, as part of their TRUCIRCLE portfolio of solutions The post World Economic Forum 2020: SABIC is collaborating with PLASTIC ENERGY on the chemical recycling of plastics, as part of their TRUCIRCLE portfolio of solutions appeared first on Plastic Energy . Plastic Energy news · 28 Feb 2020 Industry news Sleep Divorce Soars Nearly one in six (15%) British couples who live together now sleep apart – with almost nine out of 10 (89%) of them doing so in separate rooms. The shock findings, released today ahead of National Bed Month (March) by the National Bed Federation (NBF), indicate that so-called Sleep Divorce is on the rise. A […] National Bed Federation · 28 Feb 2020 Industry news Councils to be surveyed over waste data systems English councils are to be surveyed about the different ways in which they manage waste data in the hope that local authorities could team together to procure a standardised waste data management system. The work is being spearheaded by Devon county council in its capacity as a member of the Waste Data Flow User Group. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Feb 2020 Industry news Clarity Cares Funds Climate Change Video The post Clarity Cares Funds Climate Change Video appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 28 Feb 2020 Industry news January Packaging Waste Data Reveals Strong Start To the New Year The post January Packaging Waste Data Reveals Strong Start To the New Year appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 28 Feb 2020 Industry news Post Implementation Review of WEEE Regulations Published The post Post Implementation Review of WEEE Regulations Published appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 28 Feb 2020 Industry news All eyes on Mexican glass manufacturing industry - Glass International Glass International · 28 Feb 2020