Recycling news: 2015

Industry news Christmas recycling news round-up (24/12/2015) With news on: Coca-Cola promotes can recycling; Staffordshire WEEE drive; East Sussex calls for Christmas recycling vigilance, and; Alupro promotes aluminium recycling during festive period. Coca-Cola promotes Christmas can recycling Coca-Cola’s iconic Christmas truck tour has once again been supported by a recycling initiative developed in partnership with recycling programme Every Can Counts.… letsrecycle.com News · 24 Dec 2015 Industry news Warm winter weather could boost 2015 composting Warm weather caused by tropical air from the Azores and beyond blowing into the UK from the south west has continued into December and could contribute to a late surge in green waste tonnage. And, highlighting this trend, the conservation charity the Woodland Trust has today (24 December) claimed that warmer temperatures are likely to … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 24 Dec 2015 Industry news Fast Track Challenge For CSG CSG is renowned for its commitment to sustainable waste management and the development of award-winning new technologies to handle increasingly complex wastes, but the company had rather more humble beginnings as a one-man business emptying domestic cesspits and septic tanks. It’s remained a core part of the CSG business for 80 years, and no other […] CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 24 Dec 2015 Industry news Happy Christmas from Community Wood Recycling Everyone at Community Wood Recycling would like to wish all our friends and supporters a very happy Christmas! Pictured: Wooden Christmas tree made by volunteers from the Pericles project at Mid Sussex Wood Recycling Community Wood Recycling · 23 Dec 2015 Industry news Buckinghamshire awards four biowaste treatment contracts Buckinghamshire county council has awarded four interim biowaste treatment contracts worth a total of £2.2 million. The chosen contractors include Agrivert, FCC, Shanks and Countrystyle Recycling who will be involved the processing of food and garden waste collected from Aylesbury Vale, Chiltern, South Buckinghamshire and Wycombe district councils. Under the two-year contracts, which start in …… letsrecycle.com News · 23 Dec 2015 Industry news Blaenau Gwent bows to pressure over rear lane collections Blaenau Gwent council is to reinstate rear lane collections for some households in a bid to maximise participation in its much-criticised kerbside sort system, which was rolled out across the borough in October. The council moved from a commingled sack-based service to a kerbside sort system using the stackable ‘trolibocs’ containers, with new side-loading collection … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Dec 2015 Industry news Griffiths awarded £1.4m Swansea waste wood contract Griffiths Waste Management Ltd has been awarded a £1.4 million contract to recycle waste wood collected at Swansea city and county council’s five household waste recycling centres (HWRCs). Under the three-year deal, which also includes the option for a two-year extension, family-run Griffiths will receive and recycle waste wood collected from the council’s HWRCs at … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Dec 2015 Industry news The Source Newsletter Read what Countrystyle Recycling have been up to over the last few months, in the latest issue of the Source Countrystyle Recycling · 23 Dec 2015 Industry news In-house policies under scrutiny at ‘Remu’ event More than two decades after the implementation of the Local Government Act and its requirements for compulsory competitive tendering, the approach to competition by local authorities is changing. An increasing number of councils are weighing up whether or not there might be advantages to bringing services in-house. Others are testing the market in terms of … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Dec 2015 Industry news Keep on sending your recycling-themed Christmas cracker jokes We’re getting closer and closer to Christmas and to get everyone in the spirit letsrecycle.com is running a seasonal competition, sponsored by McGrath. One of the best parts of Christmas dinner is pulling a cracker and reading out the hilarious (and tacky) jokes. Thinking about this traditional past time gave us the idea to call on … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Dec 2015 Industry news Veolia fined £450,000 for MRF worker injury Waste and recycling giant Veolia has been fined £450,000 after a stack of baled waste collapsed, seriously injuring a worker at its Castle Donington MRF in Derbyshire. Last week (18 December), Leicester Crown Court heard how a 41-year-old employee of the company was sweeping up around the base of stacks of baled waste at the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Dec 2015 Industry news Three Rivers recommends green waste charge for residents Three Rivers district council in Hertfordshire – one of the top councils in England for composting – will decide in January whether to charge residents for its green waste collection service or cut it altogether. Following the results of a recent public consultation, a council report recommended the council introduce a £35 annual subscription charge … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Dec 2015 Industry news Devon seeks textiles contractor after Elm Tree split Devon county council is retendering for its textile bank collections contract after an agreement with Dorset-based Elm Tree Textiles was terminated earlier this year. The successful bidder will initially collect used clothing and other materials from eight Devon district for a period of two years, with an option to extend until 2020. These include East … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 22 Dec 2015 Industry news Construction work begins at Beddington ERF Waste and resources firm Viridor has officially commenced construction of its £205 million energy recovery facility (ERF) at Beddington, south London. Representatives of the South London Waste Partnership and Lagan Construction Group were welcomed on 1 December 2015 to mark the start of the site building, which is due to be up and running in … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Dec 2015 Industry news Raines Foundation Students Takeover Dalston BTEC Fashion and Textiles students from Raines Foundation School were introduced to some of the ethical issues that the fashion... TRAID · 21 Dec 2015 Industry news Countrystyle Secures Second Recovered Paper Mill Contract with Smurfit Kappa Deal Countrystyle are delighted to have been appointed by Smurfit Kappa, one of the world’s leading paper-based packaging solutions providers, to provide recycling services for various waste streams from their new mill at the Townsend Hook site in Snodland, Kent. Countrystyle Recycling · 21 Dec 2015 Industry news Smurfit Kappa hands Countrystyle £6m waste contract Countrystyle Recycling has been appointed by paper packaging manufacturer Smurfit Kappa to handle waste products from the new machine at the company’s Townsend Hook site in Snodland, Kent. The contract, worth up to £6 million will run until April 2018, and will see Countrystyle handle up to 30,000 tonnes of material per year from the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Dec 2015 Industry news Land Securities’ Westwood Cross Shopping Centre added to Countrystyle’s Integrated Waste Solutions Portfolio Countrystyle is now working with Land Securities’ Westwood Cross Shopping Centre in Broadstairs, Kent. A recently signed three year contract, to October 2018, will see Countrystyle providing total waste management services for the East Kent shopping centre. Countrystyle Recycling · 21 Dec 2015 Industry news Investment in RDF Processing line Countrystyle has installed an electric Metso 4000s Static Shredder to the front end of its RDF processing line. Countrystyle Recycling · 21 Dec 2015 Industry news Working Together to Reduce Risk Marsh has worked closely with the senior management and compliance team at Countrystyle over the last 12 months to address a number of areas of risk management practice. Countrystyle Recycling · 21 Dec 2015 Industry news New PAM Baler for Paper Recycling Operation Paper Recycling Operation sees installation of a new PAM SUPER 75 Horizontal Baler Countrystyle Recycling · 21 Dec 2015 Industry news Brighton office now recruiting! We're looking for a Customer Sales/Liaison Officer to join our happy team based in our central Brighton office. The position is part-time, with flexible hours and a competitive salary. Community Wood Recycling · 21 Dec 2015 Industry news Agency’s waste crime raid unlawful, judges rule Environmental crime officers who raided an East Yorkshire businessman’s home in the early hours of the morning had no legal right to do so, senior judges have ruled. The Appeal Court’s decision last week is a victory for Allen Williamson, the director of Allensway Recycling Ltd which runs a waste composting facility at Prospect House … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Dec 2015 Industry news Christmas recycling news round-up (21/12/2015) With news on: Viridor warns on contamination;Veolia shares tips on festive recycling; Merseysiders urged to send Christmas waste to HWRCs, and; shoppers in Scotland should recycle ‘on-the-go.’ Councils warned over Christmas recycling contamination Viridor has called on councils to act to avoid contaminated recycling this Christmas. Chris Jonas, director of business development at Viridor, spoke… letsrecycle.com News · 21 Dec 2015 Industry news Viridor: Scotland at ‘cross-roads’ on recycling Viridor has expressed its support for the Scottish government’s recycling collections charter and has urged Scottish councils to focus on the value of the resources they collect from households. In a report produced this month (10 December 2015) titled ‘Building Resource Networks: The Aggregated Services Model’, Viridor said that the current Scottish recycling policy … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 21 Dec 2015 Industry news Waste Managers Join Government Energy Efficiency Scheme Independent waste management company Cleansing Service Group (CSG) has successfully registered with the new Energy Savings Opportunities Scheme (ESOS) following a comprehensive energy audit across the company’s entire UK operations. ESOS is the Government’s flagship energy efficiency scheme for business. The mandatory scheme, administered by the Environment Agency, requires around 10,000 qualif… CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 21 Dec 2015 Industry news Alupro figures show aerosols and aluminium foil “widely” collected for recycling New figures released by Alupro show 96% of councils in the UK are collecting aerosols and 86% are collecting aluminium foil for recycling. Over the past three years, the number of councils collecting aerosols has increased from 87% to 96%, providing almost complete coverage throughout the UK. Meanwhile, foil recycling has also seen a dramatic […] Alupro · 18 Dec 2015 Industry news Minister repeats consistency call in wake of recycling results Resources minister Rory Stewart has reiterated the role harmonisation can play towards boosting recycling rates in England – after many councils failed to make noticeable gains in 2014/15. Speaking in the House of Commons yesterday (December 17), Mr Stewart was grilled over England’s lack of progress towards meeting the 50% recycling target set by the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Dec 2015 Industry news The Week in Waste – 18 December 2015 Take a look at the ‘Week in Waste’ video report. In this week’s report by letsrecycle.com, sponsored by Biffa, we report on the latest UK-wide recycling figures, which show that the country is not on track to meet its EU recycling targets. Also, a special guest reads some of the entries to our Christmas cracker … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Dec 2015 Industry news Scottish councils agree EfW partnership Aberdeen city, Moray and Aberdeenshire councils have entered into a three-way agreement for the development of a jointly-owned energy from waste plant. The 150,000 tonnes per year capacity plant, which is being proposed to be developed on an industrial site at East Tullos in the south of the city, will treat non-recyclable household waste from … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 18 Dec 2015 Industry news EU discussing new restrictions on bisphenol A in food contact materials The European Commission recently published a ‘road map’ proposing options for increasing controls on the use of hormone disrupting chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in food contact materials. CHEM Trust has been concerned about the health and environmental impacts of BPA for many years, and in our view, it should be phased out of all food contact applications. However, as […] CHEM Trust · 17 Dec 2015 Industry news ‘Further work needed’ to assess bag charge exemption Defra is to keep its plans to exempt biodegradable plastic bags from the 5p bag charge under review in order to carry out further research into the impacts of biodegradable plastics. The Department published its long-awaited ‘Review of standards for biodegradable plastic carrier bags’ today (17 December) after a three month delay. The report concludes … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Dec 2015 Industry news Construction of Port Clarence biomass plant begins Construction of a £160 million biomass plant in Teesside has started this week, which is expected to become a major outlet for waste wood in the North East of England. The Port Clarence Renewable Energy Plant, owned by UK financial institution Glennmont Partners, will have capacity to treat an estimated 325,000 tonnes of waste wood … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Dec 2015 Industry news Mid UK: Building a stronger future It has been several months since a fire damaged Mid UK Recycling’s plant in Lincolnshire. letsrecycle.com caught up with the firm to find out how it is preparing to move forward with new plans and equipment. A year in the waste industry can be challenging, and for Lincolnshire-based Mid UK Recycling 2015 has certainly been … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 17 Dec 2015 Industry news CLOCS SCHEME WINS AWARD The Construction Logistics and Cycling Safety (CLOCS) scheme has won the Prince Michael International Road Safety 'Premier Award' recognising the scheme’s outstanding achievement in road safety. CL... Powerday · 17 Dec 2015 Industry news Forest of Dean favours Biffa over ‘radical’ waste plan Forest of Dean district council has opted to extend its waste collection contract with Biffa – sinking plans for a ‘radical’ joint waste service across Gloucestershire. The deal, worth an estimated £18 million, will see Biffa continue to service the authority for a further six years after its current contract ends in July 2018. The … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Dec 2015 Industry news Saxlund secures Templeborough biomass system deal Energy technology provider Saxlund International has secured a €4 million (£2.9 million) deal to design and install the waste wood fuel handling system for the Templeborough biomass plant in Rotherham, the company announced today. Construction work on the 260,000 tonnes per year capacity waste wood biomass energy facility started last month and operations are expected … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Dec 2015 Industry news Keep sending your recycling themed Christmas cracker jokes! It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas – so much so that letsrecycle.com has launched its 2015 Christmas competition, sponsored by McGrath. For many people, Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without sitting down to dinner on 25 December and pulling a cracker or two. The jokes within are invariably rubbish, so that’s why this … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Dec 2015 Industry news Waste recruitment: Getting the best candidates Changes are afoot in the waste and recycling recruitment arena, writes Dave Nicholson, managing director of Red Kite Waste. He outlines what it takes to attract the best talent in today’s market. Our clients in the waste and resource management sector constantly challenge us to bring them the best people, and rightly so. However, in … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 16 Dec 2015 Industry news Plant & equipment round-up (16/12/2015) With news on: MRF site in Pentrebach; ACS praises tracking system; Terex|Finlay adds to its range of cone crushers, and; HPR Stoke install Bunting metal separator. MRF opened to help Merthyr Tydfil meet recycling targets Recycling engineers Middleton Engineering have completed a new materials recycling facility (MRF) for Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council designed to support the … Read More … letsrecycle.com News · 16 Dec 2015