Recycling news: 2021

Industry news NatWest Bank Plc - The Food & Drink Federation Food and Drink Federation news · 28 Jan 2021 Industry news Support Emmaus with GiffGaff’s charity phone recycling scheme Emmaus UK has partnered with GiffGaff and Neighbourly to take part in a new scheme encouraging customers to recycle their old mobile phones. Through GiffGaff’s charity phone recycling scheme, customers... Emmaus UK · 28 Jan 2021 Industry news Alupro warns of ‘tidal wave’ of plastic from flat fee DRS The UK may face a “tidal wave” of plastic if it implements a “poorly designed” Deposit Return Scheme (DRS), according to the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro). According to a report launched by Alupro, a flat rate DRS where an equal deposit is charged on all beverage containers could see UK supermarket shelves “awash” with … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jan 2021 Industry news MPs debate Environment Bill amendments MPs met to discuss amendments to the Environment Bill this week (26 January), following the government’s announcement that it has once again been delayed. The bill, which is now at report stage, was delayed the “next parliamentary session”, with Environment Minister Rebecca Pow saying that Royal Assent can now be expected in the autumn. However, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jan 2021 Industry news Manufacturing and Association members - The Food & Drink Federation Food and Drink Federation news · 28 Jan 2021 Industry news Keenan Recycling Wins UK Sustainability Award KEENAN RECYCLING HAS BEEN RECOGNISED AS ONE OF THE UK’S MOST SUSTAINABLE ORGANISATIONS AT A PRESTIGIOUS INDUSTRY AWARDS CEREMONY. The British Renewable Energy Awards (REA) recognise and celebrate the achievements of companies and individuals who have done something outstanding in renewables or clean tech over the past year. This year’s awards ceremony, which took place […] Keenan Recycling · 28 Jan 2021 Industry news Clarity welcomes new starters in recruitment drive The post Clarity welcomes new starters in recruitment drive appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 28 Jan 2021 Industry news EAC chair calls for kerbside textile and WEEE collections The chair of the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has called for textiles and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) to be included among streams requiring mandatory kerbside collections from households. Philip Dunne was speaking this week (26 January) at a webinar hosted by the All-Party Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group (APSRG). The session looked at the … Read More The po… letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jan 2021 Industry news Post-Brexit pressures hit waste paper sector Nearly one month on from the UK’s full departure from the European Union and the recycling sector is still seeing delays at ports and paperwork issues around exports. In particular, the recovered or ‘waste’ paper sector – which sends material to countries including France, Germany, Holland and Belgium – is snarled up in post-Brexit challenges. While some … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jan 2021 Industry news December data confirms surplus PRNs for new compliance year The post December data confirms surplus PRNs for new compliance year appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 28 Jan 2021 Industry news Microsoft Sustainability Report Features Recycleye At Recycleye, sustainability is at the heart of our organisation, and we are proud to announce that we have been featured in the Microsoft Sustainability Report!... Recycleye news · 28 Jan 2021 Industry news Costa Book Awards - Past Winners - Costa Costa Coffee media centre · 28 Jan 2021 Industry news How policy changes may affect environmental compliance in 2021 The post How policy changes may affect environmental compliance in 2021 appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 27 Jan 2021 Industry news WISH confirms waste crews do not face higher Covid risk The Waste Industry Safety and Health (WISH) Forum has reiterated that national media reports which claimed refuse workers are more at risk from covid-19, are “not warranted”. The reports in some mainstream media claimed refuse workers had a higher mortality rate, were also confirmed to be incorrect by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) yesterday … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jan 2021 Industry news Large retailers take back WEEE in-store The post Large retailers take back WEEE in-store appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 27 Jan 2021 Industry news Clarity becomes a CSR partner of the National Forest The post Clarity becomes a CSR partner of the National Forest appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 27 Jan 2021 Industry news Defra publishes Waste Management Plan for England Defra says it expects changes to local authority collections infrastructure to increase consistency in recycling to be done “at the earliest opportunity”. Defra is currently consulting on measures to increase consistency in the materials collected for recycling. It expects expect the reforms, including the separate weekly collection of food waste, to impact upon necessary collection … Read More… letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jan 2021 Industry news Suez to supply waste to three Wheelabrator plants Suez recycling and recovery UK has signed a “long term contract” to supply residual waste to three proposed energy from waste (EfW) plants operated by Wheelabrator Technologies. The partnership will see Suez supply Wheelabrator’s proposed facilities at Multifuel Energy Limited Skelton Grange in Leeds, Wheelabrator Kelvin in West Bromwich, and Wheelabrator Kemsley North in Kent … Read More The p… letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jan 2021 Industry news ‘Worrying’ rise in aggression towards waste staff There has been a “worrying rise” in the levels of aggression shown to waste staff, with incidents up 50% in some areas, speakers at the Waste and Recycling During the Coronavirus Pandemic webinar have said. Speakers at the seventh webinar in the series yesterday (26 January) said aggression towards staff has been rising in recent … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jan 2021 Industry news UKRI offers firms £24m to deliver Plastics Pact targets United Kingdom Research & Innovation (UKRI) is to provide £24 million to fund projects run by businesses looking to deliver the UK’s 2025 Plastics Pact targets. The UKRI’s Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging (SSPP) programme is to offer the funding across two competitions in 2021. The SSPP aims to establish the UK as a leading innovator … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jan 2021 Industry news Trial begins over fatal 2015 explosion at Bosley mill The trial of a director and two mill managers of Wood Treatment Ltd began at Chester Nightingale Court yesterday (26 January). Company director George Boden, 64, of Stockport, has denied four counts of gross negligence manslaughter in relation to an explosion in 2015 at the Bosley wood flour mill near Macclesfield, which left four people … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jan 2021 Industry news UK faces tidal wave of plastic if ‘poorly designed’ Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) is adopted Plastic packaging would dominate supermarket shelves under flat rate DRS 60% of shoppers would switch from endlessly recyclable aluminium cans to plastic bottles Food and beverage waste would continue to rise unnecessarily UK supermarket shelves could be awash with plastic packaging, replacing billions of endlessly recyclable beverage cans, if the UK adopts a flat rate […] Alupro · 27 Jan 2021 Industry news Aluminium industry faces plant closures if ‘poorly designed’ Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) is adopted The UK’s thriving aluminium industry, which employs more than 20,000 workers nationwide, would be stung with an annual production shortfall of 4.7 billion units and the very real possibility of plant closures if the UK adopts a flat rate deposit return scheme (DRS). That’s one of the key findings from the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation […] Alupro · 27 Jan 2021 Industry news Environment Bill delayed to ‘next parliamentary session’ The government has made a surprise announcement that the Environment Bill will be carried over to the “next parliamentary session”, with the recycling minister Rebecca Pow saying Royal Assent for the bill can now be expected in the autumn. The government says the delay is down to the Covid-19 pandemic, which has resulted in “exceptional pressure on … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jan 2021 Industry news Fidra brings an environmental perspective to UK fire safety regulations Why does an environmental charity have an interest in the UK Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) regulations? Fidra recently featured... Fidra · 26 Jan 2021 Industry news Get to know our volunteers; Phoebe, Board Director We have amazing people in the Repair Cafe Wales Family As part of a series on getting to know our volunteers, we've set a series of questions and our amazing volunteers have answered them ‘virtually’ for us. Next up in the series is our Board Director, Phoebe Q. What is your name, when did you ... Repair Cafe Wales · 26 Jan 2021 Industry news ONS clarifies Covid mortality rate for refuse workers The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has confirmed to letsrecycle.com that refuse collectors/binmen in England and Wales don’t have a higher Covid-19 mortality rate, as has been reported in some national media. Data published by the non-ministerial department yesterday examined mortality rates by sector. It found that there were 7,961 deaths involving Covid-19 in the entire working age popu… letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jan 2021 Industry news Bring people in from the cold this winter The post Bring people in from the cold this winter appeared first on Emmaus UK . Emmaus UK · 26 Jan 2021 Industry news Viridor joins carbon capture trade association Viridor says it has become the first energy from waste (EfW) company to join the Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA). As the trade association promoting the commercial deployment of carbon capture technology, the CCSA hopes to ensure the process is recognised as an essential solution to deliver net zero emissions across the economy Viridor’s … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jan 2021 Industry news Tarmac and Eco-Power strike SRF deal Tarmac, the UKs largest road surfacing company, has signed a solid recovered fuel (SRF) pellet supply deal with Eco-Power Environmental, which describes itself as a sustainable fuel company. As part of the deal, pellets will be manufactured using non-recyclable residuals from dry mixed recycling at Eco-Power’s SRF pellet production plant in Humberside. The facility was … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jan 2021 Industry news DHSC extends lateral flow tests to waste sector The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has extended the offer of government-funded lateral flow testing to the waste sector in England. Lateral flow tests are used to try and identify a higher proportion of asymptomatic people with Covid-19. Lateral flow devices do not require a laboratory to process the test and so produce … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jan 2021 Industry news European Commission launches new Green Consumption Pledge The European Commission has launched its new Green Consumption Pledge, the first initiative delivered under the New Consumer Agenda. Open Access Government — Environment · 26 Jan 2021 Industry news Redrow Homes “Reduce the Rubble” We were delighted to work with Redrow on this project monitoring how much waste came from building a house. Watch the video to see Charlie from Leeds Wood Recycling explaining what happened to the waste timber they collected from the site. Community Wood Recycling · 26 Jan 2021 Industry news More councils report Covid-19-related collection issues Several more local authorities have announced delays and suspensions to waste and recycling collection services as a result of increased cases of Covid-19 amongst their workforces. On 18 January Brighton and Hove city council said it had seen “a steadily rising number” of staff infected with the coronavirus or having to self-isolate, alongside members of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jan 2021 Industry news ‘No workplace connections’ with MK Covid-19 deaths - larac.org.uk LARAC (Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee) · 26 Jan 2021 Industry news Ice loss increases at a record rate across the planet According to a team of researchers from the University of Leeds, the rate at which ice is disappearing across the globe is speeding up. Open Access Government — Environment · 25 Jan 2021 Industry news TRA warns of unlicensed textile bank operators The Textile Recycling Association (TRA) is urging local authorities to “undertake due diligence” before appointing new clothing/textiles bank operators. The warning follows “increasing incidents” where councils have appointed textile bank operators that do not have the correct licenses, permits of exemptions in place, or “significant experience” in textile bank collections. The TRA said that th… letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jan 2021 Industry news Tactical urbanism, parklets, and a post-COVID recovery Romy Rawlings, Commercial Director at Vestre Ltd, discusses how COVID-19 has acted as a catalyst for transforming urban spaces, and why introducing parklets could be the way forward. Open Access Government — Environment · 25 Jan 2021 Industry news Environment Bill reaches report stage The Environment Bill will return to parliament tomorrow (26 January) as it reaches its report stage, which gives MPs the opportunity to consider further amendments on the floor of the House of Commons. The House of Commons Library has also published a briefing paper ahead of the sitting, which outlines the progress of the bill … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jan 2021 Industry news Renewi worker wins tribunal after failed drugs test An employment judge has ruled that a decision by waste management company Renewi to dismiss a driver’s mate for gross misconduct, after failing a random drugs test, was unfair. The decision was handed down by Judge Housego on Friday (22 January), at the East London Hearing Centre on 13 January –Renewi is to appeal the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jan 2021