Recycling news: 2023

Industry news Biffa unveils £6m DRS counting centre Biffa has revealed plans for a deposit return scheme (DRS) collection and counting centre in Motherwell, Scotland creating “up to 140 new jobs”. The project will see the transformation of a former parcel depot in the Eurocentral industrial park into a “state-of-the-art recycling centre”, as Biffa invests over £80 million in infrastructure to support the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Mar 2023 Industry news Durham trade waste row to be first Subsidy Control Act case EXCLUSIVE: The long-running dispute between the Durham Company, trading as Max Recycle, and Durham county council over commercial waste collections will be the first case to be heard under the Subsidy Control Act later this year. The Subsidy Control Act came into effect in January 2023 and replaces the European Union state aid regime. The … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 6 Mar 2023 Industry news Our March Skip Chick is a reet Yorkshire ‘Lady’ Hi. Tell us about yourself.I’m Jordan Swift, 26, and I work at KCM Waste Management as a Customer Service Advisor. What do you like about working there? The best part of the job is the office team and dealing with my favourite customers. What’s the worst bit of the job?The worst bit is getting up... Skip & Waste Magazine · 6 Mar 2023 Industry news Schweppes International Limited, managing the iconic Lucozade brand, appoints Emeric Obeuf General Manager for the Caribbean region - Suntory Beverage and Food Europe Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I · 6 Mar 2023 Industry news TruTac launch new workshop module TrueTac, part of the Microlise Group, are offering incredible fleet management with their seamless planning software TruFleet. The software is about to get even better with the addition of a new module that goes live on the 6th of March. The upgrade allows access to a range of new workshop-focused features, including the ability to... Skip & Waste Magazine · 4 Mar 2023 Industry news Historic UN Ocean Treaty agreed – Greenpeace statement New York, 4 March 2023 - A historic UN Ocean Treaty has finally been agreed at the United Nations after almost two decades of negotiations. Greenpeace UK · 4 Mar 2023 Industry news EuRIC calls for clarity on textile waste exports EuRIC has called for caution on the EU’s interpretation of used textile exports as there is currently no distinction between textile waste and second-hand textiles for export declarations. The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) has issued the warning following a briefing on EU trends on exports of used textiles published by the European Environment Agency … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 3 Mar 2023 Industry news Reconomy Group acquires Danish tech firm Reconomy Group has announced the acquisition of a green tech development company Combineering, having completed the deal on 28 February. Reconomy explained that Combineering has been developing specialised recycling solutions for four decades with the aim to help maximise recycling rates as well as reduce waste and carbon emissions. The company’s scientific methods have been … Read More The pos… letsrecycle.com News · 3 Mar 2023 Industry news 100 – a poem in celebration of our 100th repair cafe In celebration of our 100th repair cafe signed up to our network, Alex Prince has written a beautiful poem for us. The poem has also been read alongside photographs from across our network in the video below. 100 One hundred communities make up the team, all ages, backgrounds, connections made, in hubs, halls and ... Repair Cafe Wales · 3 Mar 2023 Industry news London mayor ‘strongly supports’ DRS implementation The London mayor Sadiq Khan has said that he is “pleased” with the government’s commitment to introduce a deposit return scheme (DRS) and “strongly supports” the implementation of a well-designed scheme. The mayor of London made the claim when answering a question posed to the him during a London Assembly meeting held last week (23 … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 3 Mar 2023 Industry news Local Society of the Year Award - IOM3 Materials World (IOM3) · 3 Mar 2023 Industry news Liberating climate action from politics Simon Glynn, Founder of Zero Ideas, explains the importance of liberating climate action from politics. Open Access Government — Environment · 3 Mar 2023 Industry news Survey highlights lack of preparedness for EPR A survey conducted by environmental data specialist Ecoveritas has found that the vast majority of obligated producers under extended producer responsibility (EPR) have not fully established their data collection processes. A further 42% of the businesses surveyed said they were unprepared for the legislation. Ecoveritas outlined that despite Defra strengthening the statutory instrument obligat… letsrecycle.com News · 3 Mar 2023 Industry news Hounslow hails success of in-house service after £300,000 profit SPECIAL REPORT: On the back of posting a £300,000 profit in 2021/22, Hounslow council’s in-house waste company, Lampton Recycle 360, invited Barbora Vaclavova to visit its depot to find out more about its operations. Hounslow runs its own local authority owned company (LATCO) called Lampton Services. Lampton Recycle 360 is the waste management arm which … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 3 Mar 2023 Industry news Are you looking at everything you do through the lens of climate change? The post Are you looking at everything you do through the lens of climate change? appeared first on Reconomy . Reconomy · 3 Mar 2023 Industry news Recycling Rate of Paper and Card Packaging Products - Confederation of Paper Industries Confederation of Paper Industries · 3 Mar 2023 Industry news Water Quality Report (2022) - Surfers Against Sewage Surfers Against Sewage · 3 Mar 2023 Industry news Press Centre | News and Features - Too Good To Go Too Good To Go UK · 3 Mar 2023 Industry news Aberdeenshire ‘to save £765,000’ with three-weekly collections Aberdeenshire council plans to switch to three weekly residual waste collections later this year, with the change expected to save up to £765,000 annually. The council explained that the savings will be made by segregating paper and cardboard through the introduction of a new orange-lidded bins for all other dry recyclables. The council’s in-house team … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 2 Mar 2023 Industry news Introducing Carton Ready We will soon be launching ACE UK’s Carton Ready campaign to help Local Authorities make food and drink cartons part of their consistent kerbside collections, lending a helping hand to the third of English Local Authorities which do not yet collect cartons. With DEFRA likely to confirm the inclusion of food and drink cartons within… ACE UK (Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment) · 2 Mar 2023 Industry news Looking forward to the DEFRA kerbside collections response We are looking forward to the publication of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ response to its consultation on consistent kerbside collections, expected soon. For several years, we have continuously called for the inclusion on food and drinks cartons within the core list of materials for kerbside collection. Food and drink cartons are… ACE UK (Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment) · 2 Mar 2023 Industry news News in brief (02/03/23) With news on: Recolight welcomes membership growth; Bristol Waste Company plans service changes; Report warns about commercial waste service ‘zoning’; Urbaser begins contract to operate Dudley EfW plant; and, Alfred H Knight launches sampling hub services. Recolight welcomes scheme membership growth Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) compliance scheme Recolight has announced that … letsrecycle.com News · 2 Mar 2023 Industry news Shared Responsibility and Extended Producer Responsibility: What’s changing? The post Shared Responsibility and Extended Producer Responsibility: What’s changing? appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 2 Mar 2023 Industry news The UK has a small but closing window to secure its status as a net zero leader For much of the 21st century, the UK has led from the front in global efforts to tackle climate change. In this piece, James Fotherby explores how it must now adapt to deal with new international competition. Aldersgate Group · 2 Mar 2023 Industry news Update of SR2021 No 8: on-farm anaerobic digestion facility using farm wastes only, including use of the resultant biogas – installations The EA published yesterday an update on the ‘SR2021 No 8: on-farm anaerobic digestion facility using farm wastes only, including use of the resultant biogas – installations‘. An error has been corrected in the generic risk assessment. Parameter 3 has been changed from ‘The maximum quantity of waste received on site each day, including… ADBA (Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association) · 2 Mar 2023 Industry news Scotland launches the draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan – Call for evidence The Scottish government recently published its draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan, mapping out the future of Scotland’s energy sector with an ambitious suite of actions for the Scottish government, industry, the energy regulator, and also the UK government. The draft strategy aims to set out the scale and provide clarity in Scotland’s pathway… ADBA (Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association) · 2 Mar 2023 Industry news PFI contracts boost Veolia’s northern Europe performance Profitable PFI contracts in the UK for Veolia have helped the company’s revenues soar in 2022, it was revealed today (2 March). The UK details came as the waste management and resources giant, headquartered in Paris, reported its global results for 2022 with organic revenue growth of 14.1% and a revenue of 42,885 million Euros. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 2 Mar 2023 Industry news Speed, Strength, and Safety: The Importance of Plastics in Formula One - British Plastics Federation British Plastics Federation News · 2 Mar 2023 Industry news Five misconceptions about EPR With Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging well and truly underway in the UK, Henry Smith, Valpak's Policy Researcher, dispels five misconceptions about these reforms to the Packaging Waste Regulations. Valpak · 2 Mar 2023 Industry news Great reads: CPRE staff share their favourite books - CPRE CPRE (the countryside charity) · 2 Mar 2023 Industry news Material Focus: ‘Consider other metrics to measure WEEE’ Research around waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) has come up with alternative ideas to measuring the waste equipment and batteries by weight. The research commissioned by WEEE campaign organisation Material Focus has come up with other measures that it believes could improve the way the UK measures and assesses the efficiency of its waste … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 2 Mar 2023 Industry news WISH urges operators with RCV bin-lifting kit to review safety Operators of refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) have been urged to review their use of semi-automatic and automatic bin lifting equipment against published guidance. The call comes in a position statement from the Waste Industry Safety and Health (WISH) Forum published yesterday, 1 March. It was issued on the back of a fatality in Coventry on … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 2 Mar 2023 Industry news Service client et partenaires - Too Good To Go Too Good To Go UK · 2 Mar 2023 Industry news Independent, Academic LCA Highlights 80% Carbon Savings Versus Incineration for Mura’s Process The post Independent, Academic LCA Highlights 80% Carbon Savings Versus Incineration for Mura’s Process appeared first on Mura Technology . Mura Technology news · 2 Mar 2023 Industry news Our strategy - Greggs Corporate Greggs corporate media · 1 Mar 2023 Industry news Protecting Wild Waters - Surfers Against Sewage Surfers Against Sewage · 1 Mar 2023 Industry news Greggs secures NES diversity and inclusion accreditation - Greggs Corporate Greggs corporate media · 1 Mar 2023 Industry news Salvar Boa Comida do Desperdício - Too Good To Go Too Good To Go UK · 1 Mar 2023 Industry news Feed a child in need by adding 25p to your order in Greggs - Greggs Corporate Greggs corporate media · 1 Mar 2023 Industry news Save Good Food From Going To Waste - Too Good To Go - Too Good To Go Too Good To Go UK · 1 Mar 2023