Recycling news: 2018

Industry news Testing starts at Hoddesdon gasification plant A flagship gasification facility in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, is running potentially a year behind schedule. The £60 million advanced conversion treatment (ACT) plant, being developed by AssetGen Partners was expected to become operational in early 2017. It is now believed to be in the late stages of construction: the reason for the delay has not been … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 12 Jan 2018 Industry news INCPEN statement on the Government’s 25 year Environment Plan INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 12 Jan 2018 Industry news Environment Plan welcomed ‘but more is needed’ Despite welcoming the government’s 25 year Environment Plan, the Environmental Services Association (ESA) has called for more work to stimulate the demand for recycled material. Other industry bodies have also called for more to be done, despite welcoming the Plan. The government released its 25 year Environment Strategy yesterday (January 11), in which there was a … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 12 Jan 2018 Industry news Businesses help raise thousands for local hospice Over £5,650 has been raised for local adult hospice Treetops in a scheme to collect and recycle old Christmas trees.... Ward Recycling · 12 Jan 2018 Industry news Quality and the need to manage contamination OPINION: Quality, Quality, Quality and the need to manage contamination! The stakes are high! Dr. Adam Read, external affairs director, SUEZ Recycling & Recovery UK takes a look at issues around contamination with a study of some of the costs that might be involved. Nothing focuses the mind for those of us working in the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 12 Jan 2018 Industry news Charge point letter is one part of larger EV shift needed REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 12 Jan 2018 Industry news WRAP launches initiative to ‘transform’ plastic system The Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has launched an initiative to help “turn the tide on the UK’s growing issue of plastic waste”. As revealed today, in the Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan, it will be the first of a network of national implementation initiatives of the New Plastics Economy in several countries around … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jan 2018 Industry news Biowise awarded Cheshire East organics contract Recycling and waste management firm, Biowise, is to build a £7m in-vessel composting facility after being awarded a contract by Cheshire East council. Yesterday, the Hull-based firm announced it had won the £30m contract, which is for a minimum of 15-years, for the treatment of organic waste. Biowise said this comes as the authority is … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jan 2018 Industry news Government’s 25-year green plan is a good start but needs more substance The post Government’s 25-year green plan is a good start but needs more substance appeared first on The Recycling Association . The Recycling Association · 11 Jan 2018 Industry news China’s toxic air: Beijing smog plummets but national progress slows The post China’s toxic air: Beijing smog plummets but national progress slows appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 11 Jan 2018 Industry news Environment Plan calls for work with waste sector Today’s 25 Year Environment Plan contains a pledge to work with the waste management industry to “significantly” boost the proportion of plastics collected for recycling. And, there are targets to cut waste crime and confirmation that a waste strategy will be published this year. And, in the wake of the Defra-published government science report at … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jan 2018 Industry news 200 cotton farmers first in Ethiopia to gain organic certification! 200 cotton farmers in Ethiopia are the first EVER in the country to gain organic certification! This TRAID funded project... TRAID · 11 Jan 2018 Industry news Service problems see Newcastle-under-Lyme review Newcastle-under-Lyme borough council, in Staffordshire, is meeting today (11 January) to review its revamped recycling procedures after acknowledging that many residents are still having problems with their collections 18 months after a new service was introduced. A new cabinet-led task and finish group was set up to “examine operational issues to try and solve problems and subsequently increas… letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jan 2018 Industry news May targets plastics in Environment Plan Prime Minister Theresa May today stopped short of introducing a deposit scheme for plastic drinks bottles, going only so far as to announce an extension of the carrier bag charge to smaller shops. But, a deposit scheme for plastic bottles remains a possibility as consultations and discussions are taking place through Defra which will next … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jan 2018 Industry news Talking about food waste Yesterday, I had my first talk of the year. I was invited to speak at The Bush Club, a volunteer-run weekly lunch club for the over sixties in Bampton, Oxfordshire. This is the third time I’ve been asked to speak there. On my previous visit, I demonstrated one of my family favourites for Sunday lunch dessert, a Tiramisu… Zero Waste Week · 11 Jan 2018 Industry news Environment Plan a positive step but further action needed REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 11 Jan 2018 Industry news Skip hire – what you need to know Hiring a skip doesn’t need to be a hassle. However, the amount of choice and range of options available can... Ward Recycling · 11 Jan 2018 Industry news Coffey calls for change from weight targets post-Brexit A day after it was announced she was continuing as environment minister, Thérèse Coffey has called for recycling targets to be based on resource efficiency as opposed to weight once the UK leaves the European Union. Dr Coffey was speaking earlier today in front of the House of Lords EU Energy and Environment Committee, which … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 Jan 2018 Industry news Tyre Recovery Association announces details for Tyre Recycling Forum Day The Tyre Recovery Association (TRA) has announced its Recycling Day forum will be held on 7 March 2018 at the Belfry Hotel & Resort, Wishaw. The theme for this year’s event is ‘Tyre Recycling for Tomorrow’s World’ with guests from around Europe and from the UK discussing the direction of tyre recycling in the future.… Tyre Recovery Association · 10 Jan 2018 Industry news Tivvy Skips fined for illegal burning Tivvy Skips Limited has been fined £5,500 for illegally burning waste after it was found to be a ‘routine occurrence’ at the site in Tiverton, Devon. Appearing before Exeter magistrates, Tivvy Skips Ltd was fined £3,000 and ordered to pay £2,500 in costs following an investigation by the Environment Agency. The Devon-based firm runs a … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 Jan 2018 Industry news China plans to cut coal heating again, but can it avoid another crisis? The post China plans to cut coal heating again, but can it avoid another crisis? appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 10 Jan 2018 Industry news TGM wins approval for Surrey paper centre TGM Environmental has won permission to set up a paper and recycling centre on green belt land in Normandy, Surrey, after the plans were passed by Surrey county council’s planning committee. The waste paper and cardboard recovery and transfer facility will process approximately 275-300 tonnes per week of waste paper and waste cardboard, which equates … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 Jan 2018 Industry news Coffey ‘delighted’ to stay as environment minister Thérèse Coffey has said she is “delighted to be continuing as Environment Minister”. Her comments came in the wake of the conclusion of a reshuffle of senior and junior politicians in government by Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday (10 January). Dr Coffey is MP for Suffolk Coastal and holds the recycling and waste brief among … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 Jan 2018 Industry news A new dawn for our sector? Will the New Year also herald a new dawn for our sector? Gev Eduljee, non-executive director at Resource Futures, gives his thoughts as to what lies ahead in 2018. Waste watchers in the UK (England in particular) may be forgiven for daring to hope that the policy drought endured over the past several administrations may … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 Jan 2018 Industry news Dutch police raid recycling business Dutch police have raided the premises of a paper recycling business in Oosterhout, about 30 miles south east of Rotterdam. In a statement, Dutch police said that on Monday evening (8 January) three men were arrested after a drug discovery – 40 kilos of cocaine were found in a container. With a large number of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 9 Jan 2018 Industry news Boots reaches carbon goal three years early – edie.net Boots reaches carbon goal three years early - edie.net According to edie.net, the Walgreens Boots alliance announced it has cut CO2 emissions in stores which were opened in 2005 by 33% or more. For more information, please visit the original article by clicking below. Visit full article on edie.net INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 9 Jan 2018 Industry news News in Brief (08/01/2017) With news on: A14 work for Mick George; LeedsBID and Forge team up; REPIC launches animation; RiverRidge takes delivery; and Amey receives diversity award. Mick George secures more work on A14 Cambridgeshire-based Mick George Ltd has won a further £1million agreement to supply skip and waste management service for the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 9 Jan 2018 Industry news Plastics exports rise to non-China destinations Exporters of plastic waste for recycling have stepped up the volumes sent from the UK to Turkey, Taiwan, Vietnam and Malaysia, Michael Gove, Secretary of State for the Environment, has told Parliament. And, Mr Gove has also cautioned against burning plastic for energy recovery as an alternative to recycling, saying that the waste hierarchy should … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 9 Jan 2018 Industry news New enforcement agency could be in place before Brexit Defra’s minister in the House of Lords, Lord Gardiner of Kimble, has confirmed that “a full and proper consultation” will take place early this year on the powers which a new post-Brexit environmental enforcement agency will hold. And, it was also suggested that the enforcement agency could be in place before the UK leaves the European … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 9 Jan 2018 Industry news Clarity Shows Commitment To Quality With Latest ISO Audit The post Clarity Shows Commitment To Quality With Latest ISO Audit appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 9 Jan 2018 Industry news Suspended sentence for former V10 Polymers owner The former owner of the fire-plagued site of a plastics recycling centre who ‘rode roughshod’ over environmental regulations has been given a suspended prison sentence. Preston Crown Court heard how the actions of David Holt, 50, had created the ‘perfect environment for arsonists’ at Rockliffe Works on Paterson Street, Blackburn. Mr Holt, who is a … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 8 Jan 2018 Industry news Please vote for me! Since 2002, Resource Magazine have been celebrating the biggest influencers in the waste and resources industry. What I love about this award is it’s not just the celebrities or the rich and famous who are nominated. Bloggers, campaigners and tireless community activists are all recognised for the difference they bring to making the world a… Zero Waste Week · 8 Jan 2018 Industry news Inquest opened into Sunderland bin fatality An inquest has been opened into the death of a Sunderland-based man whose body was found at a recycling plant last month, and the HSE is now involved. 28-year-old Jay McLaren, according to Northumbria Police, was last seen shortly after 04:00 on December 23. Local media suggest that Mr McLaren is likely to have sought … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 8 Jan 2018 Industry news Coca-Cola’s 45th Bottling Plant, Xianghe, Hebei Province - Packaging Gateway Packaging Gateway (GlobalData) · 8 Jan 2018 Industry news Defra ‘encouraged’ by industry action over coffee cups The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has vowed to “carefully consider” calls from the Environment Audit Committee to introduce a 25p ‘latte levy’ on disposable coffee cups. But, signalling that it may favour a voluntary producer responsibility approach to coffee cups, the Department has spoken of being encouraged by industry’s work on … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jan 2018 Industry news China: No signs of stockpiles yet, says Defra No reports of stockpiling of waste materials as a result of the restriction on exports of paper and plastics to China have been received so far, according to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Defra said today (5 January) that since China announced its intentions last year, it has worked with the Chinese … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jan 2018 Industry news Axion launches packaging design service Circular economy specialist, Axion, has launched a ‘Design for Recycling’ service to help ensure that packaging placed on the market has been optimised for end of life. The service is aimed at a range of stakeholders in the food and beverage supply chain, including packaging designers, food manufacturers, brand owners and retailers. Axion said these … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jan 2018 Industry news Starbucks trials new 5p charge on disposable cups – edie.net Starbucks trials new 5p charge on disposable cups As reported by edie.net, Starbucks has commenced a trial in the UK on a 5p charge for all disposable coffee cups. For more information, please visit the original article by clicking below. Visit full article on edie.net INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 5 Jan 2018 Industry news INCPEN statement on EAC’s report on ‘Disposable Coffee Cups’ INCPEN has responded to the EAC's recent report on Disposable Coffee Cups - please see our full statement below: INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 5 Jan 2018 Industry news Industry responds to coffee cups report Two of the UK’s most prominent waste management companies and the Paper Cup Alliance have responded to the call from the Environmental Audit Committee today for a 25p “latte levy” on disposable coffee cups. Starbucks has also today announced a trial in London to introduce a 5p charge on disposable coffee cups. The Environment Audit … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jan 2018