Recycling news: 2017

Industry news Six men sentenced for waste permit breaches One man has been jailed, three given suspended prison sentences and another two handed community orders over environmental permit breaches at three waste sites in Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire. The charges related to illegal storage of waste and blending of material to avoid paying a higher rate of landfill tax, the Environment Agency, which brought … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 1 Nov 2017 Industry news Q3 Packaging Recycling Data Leads to Plastic Price Drop The post Q3 Packaging Recycling Data Leads to Plastic Price Drop appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 1 Nov 2017 Industry news Analysis: can South Korea’s coal clampdown clean up its air? The post Analysis: can South Korea’s coal clampdown clean up its air? appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 1 Nov 2017 Industry news Major Dutch timber company found in breach of European Timber Regulation - eia-international.org Environmental Investigation Agency · 1 Nov 2017 Industry news Public encouraged to tackle pumpkin waste Companies and organisations in the waste management sector are encouraging the public to find solutions for their leftover pumpkins this Halloween in an effort to tackle food waste. Oxfordshire residents are being encouraged to turn Halloween into ‘Hallow-eat’ as part of the county’s efforts to avoid extra food waste caused by the occasion. According to … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 31 Oct 2017 Industry news Paper firms positive over market outlook DS Smith Plc, the largest UK producer of cardboard, today (31 October) issued a trading update which confirmed that prices for new cardboard have risen meaning that the company has managed to pass on increases in the price of waste or ‘recovered’ paper. And, also today, Europe’s largest forest owner SCA, which produces paper grades … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 31 Oct 2017 Industry news Savanna Rags fined £650,000 after death of worker Textile recycler Savanna Rags International has been prosecuted after an 76-year-old worker was fatally injured, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) announced yesterday (30 October). The HSE said that the Magistrates’ Court in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, heard yesterday how the female employee sustained fatal injuries on 26 April 2016 after a delivery vehicle driven by a … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 31 Oct 2017 Industry news NPL acquires 100% of Avondale Holdings Whitehead Restoration Limited of Wigan – part of the wider NPL Group – has acquired a 100% shareholding in Avondale Holdings. As part of the acquisition, the company takes over Avondale’s integrated waste management facility, sited in Polmont, Falkirk. The NPL Group is a commercial property developer. Group businesses include Bradley Park Waste Management, Thornton Facility … Read More The post… letsrecycle.com News · 31 Oct 2017 Industry news Supermarket Chain Tops Packaging Offenders List The post Supermarket Chain Tops Packaging Offenders List appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 31 Oct 2017 Industry news Zero Waste Scotland invites proposals for flat glass Zero Waste Scotland is inviting grant applications for sums ranging from £50,000 to £1,000,000, to contribute to its overall vision of developing a flat glass recovery network for Scotland. This will include both the collection and closed loop recycling of flat glass, predominantly from the construction and demolition sectors as part of the wider £18million … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 30 Oct 2017 Industry news Veolia could face paying Lambeth staff living wage Inner London borough, Lambeth, has announced that it intends to start negotiations with contractor Veolia to pay the London Living Wage rate to staff working on its environmental services contract with the borough. Lambeth council announced its intention to start the talks with Veolia in its Forward Plan earlier this month. In the plan, Lambeth … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 30 Oct 2017 Industry news NW Leicestershire awarded contract by county North West Leicestershire district council has announced that it has won the contract to retain and sell the recyclables collected via its in-house kerbside sort collection service. The seven year contract was awarded last month by Leicestershire county council (LCC), the statutory waste disposal authority, following a competitive tender. It will deliver a potential £500,000 … Read More The pos… letsrecycle.com News · 30 Oct 2017 Industry news ‘Beautiful China’: Beijing starts the biggest shutdown of steel factories in history The post ‘Beautiful China’: Beijing starts the biggest shutdown of steel factories in history appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 30 Oct 2017 Industry news Powerday at London Build Expo 2017 It was a busy couple of days at the Olympia Exhibition Centre in October, with the venue playing host to the London Build Expo 2017. This year, a team from Powerday took residence among industry peers... Powerday · 27 Oct 2017 Industry news Charity and news round-up (27/10/2017) With news on: Mid UK supports breast cancer awareness; Recycling toolkit launched; Warwickshire searches for Recycling Champion; and, Spedian helps Dorset Waste Partnership. Mid UK supports breast cancer awareness Grantham-based Mid UK Recycling is supporting breast cancer awareness month this October, by wrapping bales of solid recovered fuel (SRF) in pink bale wrap instead of … Read More The … letsrecycle.com News · 27 Oct 2017 Industry news ‘An atmosphere of hate infects society’: reporting on the environment in Putin’s Russia The post ‘An atmosphere of hate infects society’: reporting on the environment in Putin’s Russia appeared first on Unearthed . Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 27 Oct 2017 Industry news Northern Ireland reports 50% quarterly recycling rate Northern Ireland has achieved a municipal recycling and composting rate of 50% for the first time in an individual quarter, according to the latest waste figures published this week. The statistics are the first to be published by the Department of Agriculture and Environment (DAERA) since new regulations on separate collection of food waste were … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Oct 2017 Industry news WEEE fee proposal aims to ‘boost’ CA site collection Proposals submitted for the 2017 WEEE compliance fee methodology will address local authority concerns over direct collections of electrical waste from civic amenity sites, an industry body has claimed. The Joint Trade Association – a grouping of nine Trade Associations in the electronics sector – has submitted a proposal for setting the compliance fee methodology, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Oct 2017 Industry news Wilton International Mura Technology are pleased to announce that their first commercial partner, ReNew ELP, have acquired land and planning permissions at the Wilton International site at Teesside, North... Mura Technology news · 26 Oct 2017 Industry news Appointments round up (26/10/17) With news on: Whitehouse joins Dudley council; Plastic Omnium Urban Systems appoints new sales manager; Ellgia welcomes marketing specialist. Whitehouse joins Dudley council David Whitehouse is set to become the first waste disposal and contracts manager at Dudley borough council after nine years at Warwickshire county council. Mr Whitehouse joined Warwickshire’s waste management team in 2008, … letsrecycle.com News · 26 Oct 2017 Industry news Local authority waste management trends and the uncertainty principle Dr Adam Read is external affairs director at SUEZ recycling and recovery UK. Here he reflects on local authority issues and the recent LARAC recycling officers conference in Nottingham. ‘We live in interesting times’, a phrase often used by Terry Pratchett in his disc world novels and certainly a phrase that has summed up … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Oct 2017 Industry news LARAC chief exec concerned over deposits impact LARAC chief executive Lee Marshall has said there is insufficient evidence to show that a deposit return scheme for plastic bottles would not have a negative effect on local authorities. Deposit return schemes (DRS) see consumers pay a deposit which is refundable once the empty bottle or container is returned. “In most European countries the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Oct 2017 Industry news We’re CIWM Awards finalists! MetalMatters has been announced as a finalist in the 2017 CIWM Awards ‘Most Effective Communications’ category. These long-standing and well-respected awards are given for outstanding achievement in the sustainability, resource and waste industry. Judged by the most respected experts in the sector, the awards represent the highest level of achievement and are entered and sponsored […] Alupro · 26 Oct 2017 Industry news Bumper Batteries Harvest from South Wales Schools Der Beitrag Bumper Batteries Harvest from South Wales Schools erschien zuerst auf United Kingdom (EN) . ERP UK (European Recycling Platform) · 26 Oct 2017 Industry news Ash adds 5.5% to Welsh recycling rate EXCLUSIVE: The Welsh Government has reported a recycling rate of 63.8% across Wales for 2016/17, with 5.5% coming from incinerator bottom ash (IBA) recycling. Annual figures published last week (19 October), show the average combined reuse, recycling and composting rate across Wales’ 22 local authorities in 2016/17 was 63.8% out of 1.58 million tonnes of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Oct 2017 Industry news London’s West End looks to consolidate waste collections EXCLUSIVE: Westminster city council and Paper Round have been confirmed as two preferred suppliers to look after commercial waste collections in part of the West End of London. Westminster council’s part in the project will be delivered by Veolia as part of an existing seven-year waste collections contract. This follows an earlier stage of the West End … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Oct 2017 Industry news Windsor introduces pink bags for textiles The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead has introduced pink bags for discarded textiles collected for recycling. In an announcement, the council said that the brightly coloured bags will make textiles more visible to recycling crews who are collecting the bags in “custom made cages fitted to the recycling trucks”. The introduction of the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Oct 2017 Industry news Glazewing’s goods vehicles licence to be revoked A waste management company in West Norfolk will have its standard national operator’s licence revoked from the end of the year after the company was found to have “seriously compromised road safety on numerous occasions.” As a result of a public enquiry (19 September) into the matter, two of Glazewing’s directors, Jonathon Miles and Simon … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Oct 2017 Industry news Smart Solutions joint ventures in PPE supplier Services and outsourcing group Smart Solutions has announced that it has bought a 50% stake in Armadillo Supplies, a South-Wales based supplier of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Armadillo Supplies was previously known as Celtic Industrial Supplies but was rebranded following Smart’s 50% stake in what is now described as a “joint venture business”. Armadillo has … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Oct 2017 Industry news Defra Launches Open Scope Consultation The post Defra Launches Open Scope Consultation appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 25 Oct 2017 Industry news Wardrobe without waste In fashion, sustainability has never looked so good. The fashion industry is the second largest globally. If we can make it greener and more eco-friendly, huge gains could be made for the environment. This all begins with clothing choices. As a consumer, we can show retailers what we want: clothes that are produced in a […] Planet Patrol · 25 Oct 2017 Industry news The Future is Bright for Poultry Packaging - Packaging Gateway Packaging Gateway (GlobalData) · 24 Oct 2017 Industry news Suez officially opens £27m Aberdeen facility Suez has officially opened a £27m recycling and resource facility which recycles waste from Aberdeen. The Altens East facility was opened last week (20 October) by Aberdeen city council co-leader, councillor Jenny Laing, and David Palmer-Jones, chief executive of Suez Recycling & Recovery UK. Mixed recyclables collected from homes and businesses are sorted at the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Oct 2017 Industry news Safety warning after Jack Moody Recycling fined The HSE has reiterated the need for proper risk management procedures when pedestrians and “large industrial machinery” are working closely together. The reminder came in the wake of the prosecution last Friday (October 20) of Jack Moody Recycling Ltd after an employee was left with life changing injuries after he was struck by a moving … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Oct 2017 Industry news One in five UK councils have chosen to make their metals matter Since the MetalMatters programme launched in 2012, one in five UK councils have chosen the campaign as a vehicle to deliver their recycling messages to householders and increase the metal packaging captured at kerbside: A total of 5.3 million households have now received MetalMatters messages directly through their door. Nine councils have launched MetalMatters campaigns […] Alupro · 24 Oct 2017 Industry news Plastic performs ‘beyond expectations’ in Q3 data Recycling targets for packaging materials are on track to be achieved for 2017, according to the latest set of figures published by the Environment Agency. The data, released on the National Packaging Waste Database yesterday (23 October), is for quarter three (Q3) – July to September 2017. A stronger than expected plastic recycling performance in Q3 mirrors a … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Oct 2017 Industry news Dundee City Council - Agg-Net Agg-Net · 23 Oct 2017 Industry news Melksham Metals boss to pay £2m The owner of Melksham Metals Recycling, Lee Hazel, has been ordered to pay almost £2 million he made from running an illegal waste site in Wiltshire or face an eight-year jail sentence. In an announcement by the Environment Agency on Friday (20 October), the Agency stated that the ruling marked the end of a five-year … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Oct 2017 Industry news Producer Pioneers Championing choice: the first chapter of our 10 Year Report on WEEE Der Beitrag Producer Pioneers erschien zuerst auf United Kingdom (EN) . ERP UK (European Recycling Platform) · 23 Oct 2017 Industry news Weak sterling boosts Renewi figures Waste and recycling firm Renewi today said that the weakened state of sterling against the Euro would be a factor in a positive performance over its financial year to 31 March 2018. And, the business pointed that higher volumes of waste being handled within its commercial division was boosting performance. The financial comments by the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Oct 2017