Recycling news: 2021

Industry news Opinion: ‘Getting the most out of recycled fridges’ While fridges contain metal for recycling and much more can be recovered and recycled, reuse is also an important option, as Robert Sant, managing director of AO Recycling, explains. In this article Mr Sant explains the work involved to fulfilling the company’s long-term goals of a true closed loop recycling proposition. OPINION: At AO Recycling, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Feb 2021 Industry news Minutes Can Makers Committee meeting 3 February 2021 The post Minutes Can Makers Committee meeting 3 February 2021 appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 18 Feb 2021 Industry news Statistics presentation 3 November 2020 The post Statistics presentation 3 November 2020 appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 18 Feb 2021 Industry news Kantar Data for Year to June 2020 The post Kantar Data for Year to June 2020 appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 18 Feb 2021 Industry news EIT RawMaterials Supports Recycleye’s Mission to Combat Waste Recycleye is pleased to announce that EIT RawMaterials is supporting the start-up through the RawMaterials Accelerator programme Phase 3 – Grow. ... Recycleye news · 18 Feb 2021 Industry news Consultations will have food waste ‘transition timelines’ Second consultations on the Environment Bill will include a focus on “transition timelines” for the proposed move to mandatory food waste collections. The timelines idea was explained by Defra waste and recycling policy advisor, Sam Hare, speaking yesterday (17 February) at the Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association (ADBA) conference on food waste collections from households. … Read More Th… letsrecycle.com News · 18 Feb 2021 Industry news FIGHT the FIRE: Green New Deals and Global Climate Jobs - The Ecologist The Ecologist · 18 Feb 2021 Industry news Government must reconsider Green Homes Grant claw back REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 17 Feb 2021 Industry news An Interview with SustFash Wales: Sustainable Fashion Wales Interview by Kath Jenkins Continuing our series of interviews connecting with other organisations in Wales which share our core values of waste reduction, skill sharing and community cohesion, I was really excited about meeting Helen O'Sullivan, the founder of SustFash Wales. Lockdown had given me the opportunity of improving my rudimentary needlework skills and I ... Repair Cafe Wales · 17 Feb 2021 Industry news Recolight CEO handed conditional discharge Nigel Harvey, the CEO of lighting industry compliance scheme Recolight, was found guilty of wilful obstruction of the highway at the City of London magistrates’ court today (17 February). Having pleaded not guilty, he was given a nine-month ‘conditional discharge’ and ordered to pay costs of £331. Mr Harvey was arrested on 7 October 2019 … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Feb 2021 Industry news REUSE appoints new Chair of the Board REUSE announces today that Stephen Cawley, previously Head of Sustainability at John Lewis & Partners until 2020, has been appointed the new Chair of the Board. Reuse Network · 17 Feb 2021 Industry news NE Lincs to collect paper on four-weekly basis North East Lincolnshire council is launching a new recycling service from 8 March which will see the authority collect paper separately on a four-weekly basis. The council will also collect other dry recyclables every four weeks and this collection will, from March, include pots, tubs and trays; the recycling collections will alternate so residents will … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Feb 2021 Industry news WRAP predicts ‘renaissance’ of instore clothing takebacks Resources charity WRAP has predicted that the in-store takeback of clothing will undergo a “renaissance” when lockdown restrictions are lifted. As a result, the charity has published a best practice guidance for retailers in order to deliver an “effective” retailer-led collection scheme for post-consumer clothes. Currently, WRAP says that around 2% of people chose to … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Feb 2021 Industry news The priorities to increase global climate ambition Open Access Government spoke to Oliver Bolton, CEO of Earthly about the priorities to increase global climate ambition in line with the Paris Agreement. Open Access Government — Environment · 17 Feb 2021 Industry news Never More Needed than Right Now We add our voice to the #NeverMoreNeeded campaign is asking the Prime Minister to set-up an Emergency Relief Fund #RightNow. Reuse Network · 17 Feb 2021 Industry news MPE EA WG meeting minutes 18 November 2020 The post MPE EA WG meeting minutes 18 November 2020 appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 17 Feb 2021 Industry news MPE EA WG meeting minutes 10 July 2020 The post MPE EA WG meeting minutes 10 July 2020 appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 17 Feb 2021 Industry news MPE EA WG meeting minutes 30 January 2020 The post MPE EA WG meeting minutes 30 January 2020 appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 17 Feb 2021 Industry news MPE Environment WG meeting minutes 27 October 2020 The post MPE Environment WG meeting minutes 27 October 2020 appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 17 Feb 2021 Industry news MPE Environment WG meeting minutes 26 May 2020 The post MPE Environment WG meeting minutes 26 May 2020 appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 17 Feb 2021 Industry news MPE Environment WG meeting minutes 4 February 2020 The post MPE Environment WG meeting minutes 4 February 2020 appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 17 Feb 2021 Industry news Making new products from urban organic waste streams: De Clique - Ellen MacArthur Foundation Ellen MacArthur Foundation — News · 17 Feb 2021 Industry news ‘Cut VAT on recycled materials,’ say MPs VAT reductions to encourage the use of recycled materials and repair services would help the UK ‘grow back better’ after Covid-19, according to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee (EAC). The EAC, which is a powerful cross-party committee, regularly reports on a range of environmental matters to government. It published a report today (17 … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Feb 2021 Industry news Cawleys partners with Coventry battery centre Luton-based waste management company Cawleys announced today (16 February) it has become the waste and recycling partner for the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) in Coventry. The £130 million UKBIC is a publicly funded 18,500 square metre battery development facility, due to become fully operational later this year. The facility allows organisations in the UK … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Feb 2021 Industry news Will the UK stand firm on the environment when negotiating new trade deals? REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 16 Feb 2021 Industry news Reconomy achieves value with sustainability targets Waste management company Reconomy has published its Sustainability Review, which reports on its progress against social, environmental and business targets in the year 2019/20. Despite the challenges of the pandemic, the Telford-based business, which includes compliance group Valpak in its group, said it continued to “focus on delivering outcomes for communities” and in doing so … Read More The… letsrecycle.com News · 16 Feb 2021 Industry news ‘Zero waste’ creates more jobs, GAIA says Zero waste strategies provide “significantly” more jobs than “disposal-based systems”, according to a report published today (16 February) by international environmental alliance GAIA. The report, titled Zero Waste and Economic Recovery, has the support of anti-incineration campaign group UKWIN. It suggests the increased employment opportunities offered by zero waste strategies are on top of th… letsrecycle.com News · 16 Feb 2021 Industry news TR meeting minutes 13 February 2020 The post TR meeting minutes 13 February 2020 appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 16 Feb 2021 Industry news GLTF meeting minutes 23 September 2020 The post GLTF meeting minutes 23 September 2020 appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 16 Feb 2021 Industry news GLTF meeting minutes 8 July 2020 The post GLTF meeting minutes 8 July 2020 appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 16 Feb 2021 Industry news Inquest to open into Carlisle recycling fatality An inquest is to be opened next Tuesday, 23 February, into the death of an employee at International Rubber and Tyre Recycling, Carlisle, earlier this month. On 3 February, Brian Tuddenham, 57, died in an incident involving a fork lift truck at the company, which is based on the Kingmoor industrial estate, Carlisle. Cumbria Cororner’s … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Feb 2021 Industry news Paper Round installs compostables sorting line London-based recycling and waste management company Paper Round has announced the commissioning of a new “compostables specific” sorting line at its materials recycling facility (MRF) in Purfleet, Essex. The line will be specially installed to sort compostable waste, such as containers, cutlery and cups, produced by sustainable packaging company, Vegware. Paper Round collects the compostable … … letsrecycle.com News · 16 Feb 2021 Industry news Cromwell Polythene ups Alfreton bag making capacity Cromwell Polythene says it has invested in new machinery and upgraded existing equipment at its Alfreton site to increase its capacity for film extrusion and bag making. Leeds-based Cromwell says it can now produce another two million plastic recycling and waste bags from recycled and virgin film per week. The latest additions to the Derbyshire … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Feb 2021 Industry news Pandemic adds to fall in newsprint production The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the decline in the production of newsprint and other graphic grades in Europe, but in contrast packaging grades have jumped in demand. The trends are revealed in provisional figures for 2020 released by Cepi, the European organisation which represents the Europe’s paper industry, as well as the UK. The numbers … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Feb 2021 Industry news Councils consult on replacement HWRCs Consultations for replacement household waste and recycling centres (HWRCs) are underway at Lincolnshire and Suffolk county councils. Lincolnshire county council will consider proposals for a £2 million HWRC in Tattershall, Horncastle, which could reportedly save the council up to £287,000 a year if approved. In a report, set to go before members of the Environment and Economy … Read More The p… letsrecycle.com News · 15 Feb 2021 Industry news Food Comms meeting minutes 19 May 2020 The post Food Comms meeting minutes 19 May 2020 appeared first on MPMA . MPMA (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association) · 15 Feb 2021 Industry news Greener Aluminium - Aluminium International Today Aluminium International Today · 15 Feb 2021 Industry news Our sustainable approach to supporting the NHS during the pandemic The coronavirus pandemic has put a spotlight on healthcare waste management. Throughout a difficult year working on the frontline, Bywaters continues to offer a dynamic approach centred around sustainability. Bywaters · 15 Feb 2021 Industry news Apprenticeship week backed by waste sector National Apprentice Week 2021 ran from 8 to 14 February – Robyn White takes a look at programmes across the sector, as the demand for green jobs increases. Despite the difficulties caused by the pandemic, waste and recycling businesses have again supported National Apprenticeship Week. Enthusiasm was strong, including from waste and resources business Veolia. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 15 Feb 2021 Industry news Food factory used and waste cooking oil collections - Olleco Olleco · 15 Feb 2021