Recycling news: 2016

Industry news Heathrow: Theresa May once opposed expansion on climate grounds Theresa May approved a third runway at Heathrow airport today, in a move that represents a dramatic turnaround from her previous opposition to the proposal on climate and health grounds. In 2008, the Prime Minister – then an opposition frontbencher – said: “To stay reliant on fossil fuels would mean tying ourselves to increasingly unstable supplies which […] Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 24 Oct 2016 Industry news Palm Paper restarting King’s Lynn production Palm Paper is understood to be in the process of starting up production of newsprint again after the fire which occurred at its King’s Lynn mill in Norfolk earlier this month. “Accidental ignition of paper” has been revealed as the cause of the blaze (see letsrecycle.com story). Now, the company is thought to be optimistic … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Oct 2016 Industry news Fire at EMR Seaforth dock site ‘much reduced’ Crews from Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service were today still at the site of a fire which broke out within the EMR metals recycling facility at Seaforth Docks, Sefton at around 11.20pm on Friday (21 October). Heat-seeking cameras detected the fire and the company said it immediately called the fire services. Firefighters worked through the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Oct 2016 Industry news Vehicle news round-up (24/10/16) With news on: Croydon adds ‘reusable’ graphics to refuse vehicles; New fleet for Bristol Waste Company, and; Contracts and fleet expansion at Mick George. Croydon adds ‘reusable’ graphics to refuse vehicles The London borough of Croydon has incorporated educational messages on its fleet of refuse and recycling vehicles, to inform residents of services available. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Oct 2016 Industry news Q3 packaging data suggests targets on course to be met Targets for the collection of packaging waste for recycling look likely to be met comfortably in 2016 – figures published for the third quarter of the year suggest, indicating that PRN prices across some materials could fall. Data published on the government’s National Packaging Waste Database website late last week shows that tonnages collected for … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Oct 2016 Industry news Northern Irish councils hit 46% recycling in 2015/16 Q1 Northern Ireland’s 11 councils achieved a 46.4% municipal waste recycling and composting rate in the first quarter of 2016/17 – figures published last week indicate. The data for April to June 2016, published by Northern Ireland’s Department for Environment and Rural Affairs, indicates that the recycling and composting rate has grown by 1.5 percentage points … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Oct 2016 Industry news Statement issued by Lakeside Energy from Waste Ltd, a joint venture between Grundon and Viridor The post Statement issued by Lakeside Energy from Waste Ltd, a joint venture between Grundon and Viridor appeared first on Grundon . Grundon Waste Management · 23 Oct 2016 Industry news How to plan a zero waste Halloween Whether you celebrate or not, Halloween is just around the corner. And even if you don’t take part yourself, you might end up with trick or treaters at your door. How can you join in the erm, ‘fun’ whilst still being good to the environment? I asked our Facebook Group waste warriors for their ideas:… Zero Waste Week · 23 Oct 2016 Industry news UAE Prime Minister given £1m in farm subsidies for horse breeding empire The Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates has pocketed almost £1m in farming subsidies over the past two years for the UK arm of his racehorse breeding empire, an Unearthed investigation has found. The billionaire Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who is also the Emir of Dubai, owns two internationally renowned stud farms […] Unearthed (Greenpeace UK) · 22 Oct 2016 Industry news Sugar Smart UK - Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming Sustain · 22 Oct 2016 Industry news Making EfW heat pipe dreams a reality Nadeem Arshad, head of Waste and energy at law firm Bevan Brittan, discusses the Government’s £320 million support for heat networks and the ‘golden opportunity’ for the Energy from Waste (EfW) sector. The government this week announced the Heat Networks Investment Project (‘HNIP’) that will inject £320 million of support to increase the development of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2016 Industry news The Week in Waste – 21 October 2016 Take a look at the ‘Week in Waste’ video report. In this week’s report by letsrecycle.com, we focus on concerns over capacity at the UK’s fridge recycling facilities and Biffa’s public share listing. The video report comes as letsrecycle.com continues to develop its coverage of recycling news, to serve the growing demands of our audience … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2016 Industry news Avonmouth IBA plant planned for Cardiff incinerator ash Day Group Limited is seeking a permit to operate a 130,000 tonnes-per-year incinerator bottom ash (IBA) recycling plant, currently under construction in Avonmouth near Bristol. The facility, which is being built at the former CWS Flour Mill site at the Royal Edward Docks, will process the IBA generated at Viridor’s nearby Trident Park energy from … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2016 Industry news Defra’s food waste policy ‘is working’ A senior Defra civil servant has said that food waste treatment in the UK has grown without legislation to make separate food waste collections by councils mandatory. Speaking at the Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum Keynote Seminar on food waste yesterday (20 October), Chris Preston, deputy director for waste and recycling at Defra said that … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2016 Industry news Shanks invests in RDF balers at East London sites Shanks Group has invested over £2 million in two new Machinex balers, which it says will improve the efficiency of waste-derived fuel production at its Frog Island and Jenkins Lane mechanical biological treatment (MBT) facilities. The balers have been installed at the two facilities which are operated as part of a 25-year contract with the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2016 Industry news Viridor unveils new brand image Waste and resources firm Viridor has today (20 October) unveiled an updated brand image – which it claims better reflect the company’s position within the circular economy. The change in livery comes as part of an overhaul of identity of the companies within the Pennon Group – which also owns South West Water and Bournemouth … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2016 Industry news Capacity squeeze puts fridge recycling under pressure EXCLUSIVE: The Environment Agency has this week said that it will work with fridge reprocessors to address ‘storage difficulties’ arising at treatment facilities, in the face of growing fridge stockpiles. Capacity at the UK’s permitted fridge reprocessing plants is under pressure, with a surge in the sale of new fridges during the summer months contributing … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2016 Industry news Child killed in Coventry skip lorry collision Police are continuing to investigate the death of a seven-year-old girl who was struck and killed by a skip lorry in Coventry on Tuesday (18 October). The girl, who was named by police yesterday as Sophia McDonald, was hit by a ‘slow moving’ truck owned by recycling business Tom White Waste as she crossed Henley … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2016 Industry news Biffa shares begin trading on London Stock Exchange Shares in waste management giant Biffa have begun trading on the London Stock Exchange this morning (20 October), the company has announced. Unconditional trading commenced at 8am – with 250,000,000 ordinary shares admitted to the London Stock Exchange’s premium listing segment under the ticker “BIFF”. Biffa’s chief executive Ian Wakelin, said: “We are delighted to … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2016 Industry news Augean chief exec to take over as ESA chairman Stewart Davies, the chief executive of hazardous waste treatment company Augean Plc has been elected as the chairman of the waste sector trade body the Environmental Services Association (ESA). Dr Davies, who was elected by ESA’s board, will take over the role from Peter Gerstrom of Cory Environmental at ESA’s AGM on 25 November. A … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2016 Industry news Stewart Davies elected ESA Chairman We are delighted to announce that Dr Stewart Davies, CEO, has been elected as Chairman by The Environmental Services Association (ESA) Board. ESA is the trade association representing the UK’s resource and waste management industry, which is leading the transformation of how the UK’s waste is managed. They work with all levels of government, regulators […] Augean · 20 Oct 2016 Industry news WEEE and gas bottles discovered in Agency export raid A cross-agency raid led by the Environment Agency at a storage site in Essex has uncovered waste items including gas bottles, fridges, PCs and televisions bound for illegal export, the Agency has claimed. The raid, which took place last week (12 October) saw Agency officers open storage containers at a company named by the Agency … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2016 Industry news Smart Solutions sells training arm to Sigma Group Services and outsourcing group Smart Solutions has announced that it is to sell its training arm, Smart Development, to Coventry-based Sigma Group Holdings Ltd. In a statement Smart Solutions said that the move followed a strategic review of its business to establish whether Smart Development was the “most effective vehicle” to deliver the “high-quality commercial … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2016 Industry news Mallorca’s recycling & recovery challenge delivers ‘circular’ success European Aluminium’s annual Packaging Seminar, held each September, is always a highlight of the working year. In addition to presentations and debate on latest developments in our sector the programme provides the host country with the opportunity to give an insight into their specific recycling and recovery challenges. It never fails to be informative and […] Alupro · 19 Oct 2016 Industry news News in brief (19/10/2016) With news on: Vehicles checked in Environment Agency operation; New WEEE recycling banks for Derbyshire Dales; South Gloucestershire warns over securing waste in vehicles; South Cambridgeshire tackles throwaway culture, and; Viridor donates in celebration of safe working milestone Viridor donation marks safe-working milestone Viridor has donated £1,000 to charity to mark a health and safety … R… letsrecycle.com News · 19 Oct 2016 Industry news JTA and Valpak submit WEEE fee proposals The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published details of the two proposals submitted to draw up a compliance fee methodology for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) recycling in 2016. A call for proposals was put forward in August – with proposals from the Joint Trade Associations (JTA) and producer compliance … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Oct 2016 Industry news Newcastle extends communal bin service Newcastle city council will continue the roll-out of a communal bin system for households in the West End of the city from Friday (21 October), with communal containers coming to over 1,000 properties in the Wingrove ward. Residents whose properties have back-lane access will have their individual domestic green waste bins, blue recycling bins and … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Oct 2016 Industry news CIWM president champions ‘social benefits’ of reuse Professor Margaret Bates has delivered her first speech as the president of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) president – and has called for an increased policy focus on waste prevention and reuse. Speaking at an inauguration ceremony in Westminster last night (18 October) Professor Bates – Professor of Sustainable Wastes Management at the University … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Oct 2016 Industry news Government offers £39m funding for district heat networks Funding worth up to £39 million is being offered to local authorities and public sector bodies to develop ‘heat networks’ to capture excess heat from industrial facilities – which could include Energy from Waste (EfW) plants. The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) yesterday announced the funding as the first stage of the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Oct 2016 Industry news ESA proposes ‘radical’ PRN reforms Revenue from PRNs should be channelled to MRF operators or waste collection companies rather than reprocessors or exporters, the Environmental Services Association (ESA) has suggested today (18 October). This is one of four options presented by the trade association in a report co-authored by Advisory Committee on Packaging (ACP) chair Phil Conran through his consultancy … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Oct 2016 Industry news Panda acquires New Earth Solutions Irish waste business PandaGreen Ltd has today confirmed the acquisition of New Earth Solutions – including all five of its former waste treatment facilities. PandaGreen – a company within the Panda Group – acquired the New Earth shares including all business and assets from DM Opco Ltd on Thursday (13 October). New Earth was sold … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Oct 2016 Industry news Local authority news round-up (18/10/2016) With news on: Cheltenham considers three-weekly collection; Oxfordshire councils to refuse opaque bags in recycling, and; Leicester consults on charge for bulky and DIY wastes. _________________________________________________________________________________________ Cheltenham considers three-weekly residual waste collection Cheltenham borough is calling for views from residents on the potentia… letsrecycle.com News · 18 Oct 2016 Industry news Welsh councils report landfill reduction progress All 22 Welsh local authorities met 2015/16 targets to reduce biodegradable municipal waste to landfill – although some councils face a ‘challenge’ to meet landfill reduction targets up to 2020, Natural Resources Wales has claimed. The comments came in a data release on the Welsh Government’s Landfill Allowances Scheme for 2015/16 – which indicates that … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Oct 2016 Industry news Sheffield workers’ strike halts waste collection Waste collection crews employed by Veolia in Sheffield are threatening continued strike action this month, following a 24-hour strike yesterday (17 October) in a dispute over pay rises. Waste collections were halted for the day. The GMB trade union, which represents the crews, has said strike action may continue until Veolia agrees to “sit down … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Oct 2016 Industry news Case Study: DC Site Services – When waste management is a major event The post Case Study: DC Site Services – When waste management is a major event appeared first on Grundon . Grundon Waste Management · 17 Oct 2016 Industry news Cycle Link seminar focuses on quality A major exporter of paper for recycling from the UK, Cycle Link International, has held a seminar on quality in Suzhou, China which was attended by a number of representatives from the UK. One of those present, Simon Ellin, chief executive of the Recycling Association, told the event that the UK and CHINA needed to … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Oct 2016 Industry news A cleaner sweep Material recovery specialist CDEnviro and waste management company Biffa have partnered on a project to install an advanced screening process at the Biffa’s street sweepings plant in Horsham, West Sussex. Biffa Waste Services has installed an innovative 50,000 tonnes-per-year plant to process street sweepings at its treatment facility in Horsham, West Sussex. Designed and installed … Read More … letsrecycle.com News · 17 Oct 2016 Industry news News in brief (17/10/2016) With news on: Welsh RDF warning; Merseyside planning application; litter proposals dismissed, and student bedding partnership. Welsh regulator in RDF permit warning Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is asking farmers and landowners to be aware of requests to store refuse derived fuel (RDF) illegally on their land. The warning follows an alleged increase in reports to … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Oct 2016 Industry news Biffa cuts share price in IPO flotation Biffa has today (17 October) triggered its initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange at 180 pence per share. The offer price equates to a market value of £450 million for the waste business, but has been cut from an initial signalling of 220-270 pence per share. Biffa first confirmed the flotation last … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Oct 2016 Industry news LGA advisor questions idea of recycling consistency A senior adviser on waste issues for the Local Government Association (LGA) has suggested that councils will be resistant to measures to enforce a ‘consistent collection system’ across England. The cautionary note over consistency came from LGA adviser Hilary Tanner during a debate titled ‘Localism vs Consistency’ at the LARAC – Local Authority Recycling Advisory … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Oct 2016