Recycling news: 2019

Industry news Cooking Oil - wrwa.gov.uk Western Riverside Waste Authority · 25 Jan 2019 Industry news Furniture - wrwa.gov.uk Western Riverside Waste Authority · 25 Jan 2019 Industry news Asbestos - wrwa.gov.uk Western Riverside Waste Authority · 25 Jan 2019 Industry news Cartons - wrwa.gov.uk Western Riverside Waste Authority · 25 Jan 2019 Industry news Carpets - wrwa.gov.uk Western Riverside Waste Authority · 25 Jan 2019 Industry news Paint - wrwa.gov.uk Western Riverside Waste Authority · 25 Jan 2019 Industry news Paper - wrwa.gov.uk Western Riverside Waste Authority · 25 Jan 2019 Industry news Tyres - wrwa.gov.uk Western Riverside Waste Authority · 25 Jan 2019 Industry news Glass - wrwa.gov.uk Western Riverside Waste Authority · 25 Jan 2019 Industry news Wood - wrwa.gov.uk Western Riverside Waste Authority · 25 Jan 2019 Industry news Hazardous Waste - wrwa.gov.uk Western Riverside Waste Authority · 25 Jan 2019 Industry news Fundamentals drive Australian and New Zealand tissue consumption higher - Tissue World Magazine Tissue World Magazine · 25 Jan 2019 Industry news Explore Lisburn Freegle - Freegle Freegle · 24 Jan 2019 Industry news Clarity Joins BSA Panel Debate on Packaging The post Clarity Joins BSA Panel Debate on Packaging appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 24 Jan 2019 Industry news Year 5s enjoying their green curriculum Anna visited Henry Cavendish Primary School in Balham to hold an assembly, organise a waste audit and spend time with each Year 5 class playing games based on her book. Zero Waste Week · 24 Jan 2019 Industry news The Dustbin Diet at Henry Box School 60 students from the Henry Box School in Witney took part in the Dustbin Diet as part of their geography curriculum. Zero Waste Week · 24 Jan 2019 Industry news A Dustbin Diet course at Marlborough School Anna held the Dustbin Diet course at Marlborough school, Woodstock, with around a hundred and eighty Year 8 students. The students ended up creating their own version of '101 ways to live cleaner and greener for free' to sell at the school. Zero Waste Week · 24 Jan 2019 Industry news Veolia fined £1m after reversing RCV fatality Waste management and recycling firm Veolia has been fined £1 million following the death of a worker at a waste transfer station in Folkestone, Kent in 2013. John Head, 60, suffered fatal injuries at the Ross Depot Waste Transfer Station on 18 October 2013 when he was run over by a reversing refuse collection vehicle … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jan 2019 Industry news SABIC AND CUSTOMERS LAUNCH CERTIFIED CIRCULAR POLYMERS FROM MIXED PLASTIC WASTE PRESS RELEASE: Davos, SWITZERLAND, 24/01/2019 • SABIC and customers Unilever, Vinventions and Walki Group will introduce ISCC certified circular polymers in 2019 during a market foundation stage. • SABIC’s certified... Plastic Energy news · 24 Jan 2019 Industry news TerraCycle unveils ‘Loop’ shopping platform A partnership between some of the largest consumer product companies, along with international recycling firm TerraCycle, today (24 January) unveiled a global shopping system and reuse model, called Loop. Announced at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Loop will allow consumers to ‘responsibly’ consume products in refillable packaging which is collected, cleaned, and … Read Mor… letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jan 2019 Industry news Industry leaders seek Sector Deal for Resources EXCLUSIVE: Senior figures in the UK’s waste and resources sector are leading efforts to draw up a ‘Sector Deal’ for resources to leverage government support for innovation and investment in the industry. The work is being overseen by a new body, the UK Resources Council, which is chaired by Suez UK chief executive David Palmer-Jones, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jan 2019 Industry news FCC signs renewed Suffolk HWRC contract Suffolk council has signed a renewed contract with FCC Environment for the running of the county’s 11 household waste recycling centres (HWRCs). The contract is due to run from 16 May 2019 through to 30 September 2027, and was initially listed as being worth up to £70 million over its lifespan. In signing the deal … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jan 2019 Industry news UK set to ditch overfishing safeguards, despite ‘green Brexit’ promise The post UK set to ditch overfishing safeguards, despite ‘green Brexit’ promise appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 24 Jan 2019 Industry news Six Nations templates The post Six Nations templates appeared first on Alupro . Alupro · 23 Jan 2019 Industry news ‘Modest growth’ in carpet recycling rate The UK’s carpet recycling industry association has released 2018 data pointing a jump in the tonnage of carpet waste collected for recycling and reuse, but with the sector still on course to miss its 2020 landfill diversion target. The statistics from Carpet Recycling UK (CRUK), a not-for-profit membership association, suggested that around 400,000 tonnes of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jan 2019 Industry news Councils urged to separate ‘Our Paper’ EXCLUSIVE: Local authorities who collect paper for recycling in a commingled process are being warned by the UK’s paper industry that they may face financial risks and should consider a move to separate collection of paper at the kerbside. Councils are advised by the paper industry that not just China, but other countries too such … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jan 2019 Industry news Every Can Counts continue partnering Drops Cycling Team Drops Cycling Team announce Alupro and its Every Can Counts programme will continue as a lead sponsorship partner in 2019. The Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) is continuing to sponsor the Drops Cycling Team into 2019 as part of its work to encourage everyone to recycle more of the aluminium packaging they use at […] Alupro · 23 Jan 2019 Industry news 100 Years in Metals Recycling | BMRA - British Metals Recycling Association BMRA (British Metals Recycling Association) · 23 Jan 2019 Industry news Machinex finds keen European interest in AI sorting The SamurAI robot for sorting materials in recycling plants has attracted keen in interest in Europe including from the UK, manufacturer Machinex has told letsrecycle.com. Giving an update on its prized SamurAI (Artificial Intelligence) sorting robot for 2018 and aims for 2019 the Canadian-based company said that there had a “curious and keen interest” in … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jan 2019 Industry news How is the logistics industry responding to climate change? Weather systems, freak storms, affected sea routes and environmental transformation are climate change factors changing the logistics industry: how will they survive? Open Access Government — Environment · 23 Jan 2019 Industry news Norse reports ‘difficult year’ in recycling Norse Group has reported a “difficult year” in 2017/18 in regards to profitability, which has been put down in part to challenging conditions in the recycling market. The local authority-owned trading company provides a range of services, including waste management and recycling, through Norse Commercial Services Ltd, usually via joint ventures with councils. It has … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jan 2019 Industry news Time to comply with ESOS? Ian Guest urges companies to find out if they have an ESOS obligation and outlines steps that need to be taken to ensure compliance. Valpak · 22 Jan 2019 Industry news Work begins on new Edmonton EfW facility Construction of the huge North London Heat and Power Project (NLHPP) began today with initial works on the facility taking place. The new plant will replace the decades-old 500,000 tonne energy-from-waste facility in Edmonton. The North London Waste Authority (NLWA) has entered into a contract with Buckingham Group Contracting, which will prepare the site for … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jan 2019 Industry news Fire crews at Viridor’s Dunbar landfill The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) has confirmed that around 40 firefighters are tackling a ‘large fire’ in a building at a landfill site owned by Viridor in Dunbar, East Lothian. The fire was discovered in the early hours of the morning (22 January), in a building where waste is stored before being landfilled. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jan 2019 Industry news Are shipping containers the future of affordable housing? Millions of people need homes. Millions of shipping containers are going unused. Could this be an answer to the global housing crisis? Open Access Government — Environment · 22 Jan 2019 Industry news Guernsey gears up for ‘pay-as-you-throw’ scheme Starting next month (February) residents of the Channel Island of Guernsey will be required to purchase payment stickers as part of a new ‘pay-as-you-throw’ (PAYT) scheme for residual waste. These payment stickers must be placed on all residual waste put out for collection by households, States of Guernsey has said. From February 3, each black … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jan 2019 Industry news People news round-up (22/01/2019) With news on: Stobart takes on head of people; Cromwell Polythene appoints sales executive; Axion expands team; CHC recruits Jeremy Green; and APEAL appoints president. Stobart takes on ‘head of people’ Leading supplier of biomass fuel, Stobart Energy, has appointed Sara Stephens to the newly created role of ‘head of people’. Ms Stephens will support … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jan 2019 Industry news Saint-Gobain's Steve Severs named as new British Glass president - British Glass British Glass news · 21 Jan 2019 Industry news Fire Service continues to tackle Envar Composting fire Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service is changing its firefighting tactics to tackle a fire at a site operated by Envar Composting which has been ongoing since New Year’s Eve. In a statement this morning (21 January), the Fire and Rescue Service said following discussions firefighting tactics will be changing to “offensively tackle the fire”. “This … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jan 2019 Industry news Environmental ‘time bomb’ warning for world’s groundwater reserves Research reveals over half of the world’s groundwater flows could take over 100 years to respond fully to climate change. Open Access Government — Environment · 21 Jan 2019