Recycling news: 2021

Council news Issues with trees - Hillingdon Council Hillingdon Council · 13 Jan 2021 Industry news BPF says plastic recycling could triple by 2030 Plastic recycled in the UK could increase by 3.5 times by 2030, the British Plastics Federation (BPF) has said in its 2021 Recycling Roadmap. The report by the BPF, published yesterday (12 January), highlights what the UK needs to achieve if it is to reduce the reliance on exporting plastic waste for recycling and to … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 13 Jan 2021 Industry news Malvern clinical waste plant to undergo commissioning The 8,000 tonnes-per-year capacity clinical waste treatment plant in Malvern, Worcestershire, is to undergo commissioning following Covid-19-enforced construction delays. Developed by Waste Energy Partners, the facility will be owned by Clinitek (Malvern) LLP. Though commissioning was due to start last year, the plant is said to have experienced numerous issues throughout the pandemic. The smal… letsrecycle.com News · 13 Jan 2021 Industry news Sonoco faces up to carton recycling challenge The carton sector and producers of paper tubes face recycling pressures as Ellen McArthur’s New Plastics Economy grows in influence. Developments at Sonoco, which has its a carton mill in Halifax, aim to find new solutions to sustainability challenges The sustainability challenges facing businesses producing composite packaging have been explained by an American expert in … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 13 Jan 2021 Global Boosting local waste management: Sumitomo SHI FW and Woima Finland Oy bring a scalable, easy-to-deploy power plant solution to the global Waste-to-Energy Market Espoo, Vaasa, January 13, 2021. – The wasteWOIMA® plant is a unique solution to address the challenge of growing municipal... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 13 Jan 2021 Industry news The highest ocean temperatures since 1955 are recorded Despite the COVID related decrease in global carbon emissions, ocean temperatures hit the hottest on record in 2020. Open Access Government — Environment · 13 Jan 2021 Policy & government Evidence and Data on Trans Women’s Offending Rates Submitted by Professor Rosa Freedman, Professor Kathleen Stock, and Profess - UK Parliament Environmental Audit Committee (Commons) · 13 Jan 2021 Industry news Q&A with CAP Member: Faith LeGendre Read the full special feature here… Worn Again Technologies news · 13 Jan 2021 Industry news Quantafuel acquires 40% stake in Geminor Chemical plastics recycling company Quantafuel ASA announced today (13 January) it has acquired a 40% stake in fellow Norwegian business Geminor AS. Quantafuel acquires the shares from Geminor Invest AS, the holding company owned by waste fuel specialist Geminor’s CEO Kjetil Vikingstad and COO Ralf Schöpwinkel. It was just last March that Mr Vikingstad and … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 13 Jan 2021 Global Future farming: cultivating people-friendly food systems Short-term and insecure contracts, dire working conditions, widespread suffering caused by diet-related diseases. Our current food system leaves a lot to be desired for the people working in and buying from it. Asger Mindegaard and Celia Nyssens look into needed changes to make the EU food system a driver of social sustainability – for producers, workers and consumers alike. In its landmark Far… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 13 Jan 2021 Industry news Letsrecycle Live and Demo Expo rescheduled to September In light of the ongoing pandemic, co-located events Letsrecycle Live and the Demolition Expo have been rescheduled to 15-16 September 2021 at NAEC Stoneleigh, Coventry. The showcase exhibition and conference event for the waste, recycling and demolition sectors takes place every two years and was due to be held in May 2021. Now, with uncertainty continuing around the holding of … Read More The … letsrecycle.com News · 13 Jan 2021 Industry news Defra appoints Resource Futures to research gear use in fishing and aquaculture The research study will explore options for improving the management of waste fishing and aquaculture gear that has reached end of life. Resource Futures · 13 Jan 2021 Policy & government The future for environmental regulation: Green growth not red tape Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, delivered a speech this morning at the Westminster Energy and Environment Forum. GOV.UK · 13 Jan 2021 Industry news String of key appointments in waste sector There have been a string of key appointments in the waste industry this week, with the private waste sector trade group UROC, compliance scheme Ecosurety and the RDF Industry Group, all making announcements about their senior leadership teams. UROC UROC has announced a new non-executive board of directors with representation from small and medium sized … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 13 Jan 2021 Industry news Too Good To Go - Too Good To Go Too Good To Go UK · 13 Jan 2021 Industry news Morrisons pay to break £10 an hour barrier - Morrisons Corporate Morrisons media centre · 13 Jan 2021 Council news Report Fly Tipping - forms.melton.gov.uk Melton Council · 13 Jan 2021 Industry news Mold – Shining a Light on the Landscape of Sustainability We recognise the past year has been hard for many, so with this in mind, we’d like to promote some other incredible initiatives working to create stronger, cleaner, and more sustainable communities. Each month we will be promoting a location that is home to one of our repair cafes, celebrating the many other inspirational, forward ... Repair Cafe Wales · 12 Jan 2021 Global Quête de justice contre le racisme environnemental En France et plus largement dans l’Union européenne, les communautées minauritaires comme celle des Roms, sont victimes de racisme environnementale. Cette discrimination doit être adressée par le European Green Deal, pour assurer une transition juste qui ne laisse personne de côté, écrit la deputée européenne Marie Toussaint. * La crise environnementale s’accélère, et il devient de plus en plus… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 12 Jan 2021 Industry news Valpak raises £5,000 through battery campaign Producer compliance scheme Valpak says it raised more than £5,000 for charity through its #PowerToDoMore battery awareness campaign. It says the campaign also resulted in 1,006 new battery collection points at business sites. As part of #PowerToDoMore, Valpak donated £5 to Warwickshire-and-Worcestershire-based charity Springfield Mind for every battery collection box ordered. Battery boxes are … letsrecycle.com News · 12 Jan 2021 Industry news Veolia launches Covid-19 test kit treatment service Veolia has introduced a treatment service for the potentially contaminated waste generated by Covid-19 tests. The waste produced from testing kits is classified as offensive waste (EWC 180104) and non-hazardous chemical waste (EWC 180107). This means it needs to be stored separately from all other waste, and can only be treated at facilities permitted to … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 12 Jan 2021 Council news Darlington Home Online - Darlington BC Darlington Council · 12 Jan 2021 Industry news ReFood lorry driver died of ‘natural causes’ The Metropolitan police has confirmed that a ReFood lorry driver who was pronounced dead at the scene of a house collision in September 2020, died of “natural causes”. The police said this followed a special post mortem examination which established that an inquest into his death was not needed. The collision occurred on 14 September … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 12 Jan 2021 Industry news ‘Incineration tax’ could hit Leicestershire budget Leicestershire county council has said it is considering how a “tax on incineration” could impact its waste budget over the next four years. This comes as the council has detailed how its medium term financial strategy, set out in December 2020, will impact its waste and recycling operations. In a report which will go before … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 12 Jan 2021 Industry news Recycling Association calls for separate paper collections Local authorities should introduce separate collections for paper and cardboard by 2025, according to the Recycling Association. The trade association for independent waste paper processors and their equipment suppliers also wants recovered fibre to meet end-of-waste status by 2025, with other materials to follow by 2030 at the latest. The trade association has laid out … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 12 Jan 2021 Policy & government Woodland creation Large-scale woodland creation is being promoted internationally to mitigate climate change. It can also supply other benefits, such as improving biodiversity, air and water quality. This POSTnote summarises key factors influencing how much carbon is taken up by woodland, the different objectives of woodland creation, constraints to increasing UK tree cover and different finance options. POST (Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology) · 12 Jan 2021 Industry news New Access International website - KHL Group Demolition & Recycling International (KHL) · 12 Jan 2021 Industry news Veolia claims UK work fits with Suez operations Veolia has said the UK operations held by Suez are “complementary” to what Veolia provides, but says any potential deal could take between nine and 15 months for regulatory approval. The potential timeline has been given by Veolia within its proposal detailing how the Paris-headquartered waste management company intends to bid for 70.1% of its … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jan 2021 Industry news Project Beacon aims for 2021 launch after engineering review Zero Waste Scotland has completed its engineering review for Project Beacon, which will see three companies form an “advanced plastics reprocessing facility” in Perthshire. The project is now set to be launched in 2021, “subject to the next stage of the Covid pandemic”, three years after its initial 2018 target. Project Beacon will see three companies – PI … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jan 2021 Industry news ‘Getting charged up about battery recycling’ As is the case every year, demand for batteries increased exponentially in the run up to Christmas 2020, with the average UK household buying an estimated 30 batteries or more every festive period. We talk to Gavin Russell, area sales manager UK at TOMRA Sorting Recycling and the company’s battery recycling champion, about the progress … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jan 2021 Policy & government Fire prevention plans: environmental permits What to include in your fire prevention plan, the fire prevention measures you must put in place, a template for your plan and examples of alternative measures. GOV.UK · 11 Jan 2021 Industry news Coventry’s in-house MRF set to receive planning permission Coventry city council looks set to grant planning permission for an in-house materials recycling facility (MRF) at a planning committee meeting on 14 January. The plans were expected to receive approval on 10 December, but the decision was delayed by a month due to the meeting being postponed (see letsrecycle.com story). A Coventry city council … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jan 2021 Global Meet our members – Zero Waste Italy Zero Waste Europe is happy to introduce the blog series “Meet our members”. Through this series of monthly interviews, we want to give you a chance to get to know our members and the work they are doing. Meet Laura Lo Presti from Zero Waste Italy, Italy Hi Laura, can you give us a brief introduction […] Zero Waste Europe · 11 Jan 2021 Industry news 4R Group receives permit for Yorkshire plant The 4R Group has been granted a permit from the Environment Agency for its “specialist waste-to-land recycling centre” in East Yorkshire. The organics recycling company says the 100,000 tonnes per year capacity plant will provide a “great opportunity to secure much-needed” contingency storage to customers, which will include winter storage options. It added that it … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jan 2021 Industry news The Rocas Brothers x City Harvest London The post The Rocas Brothers x City Harvest London appeared first on City Harvest . City Harvest London · 11 Jan 2021 Policy & government Mr P Giles v Never Despair Recycling Ltd: 1403330/2019 Employment Tribunal decision. GOV.UK · 11 Jan 2021 Industry news Investment firm buys Stark Group - KHL Group Demolition & Recycling International (KHL) · 11 Jan 2021 Industry news Become a member from as little as £5 a month - donate.cpre.org.uk CPRE (the countryside charity) · 11 Jan 2021 Global BPF launches new report: sustainability in the plastics supply chain Plastics bring numerous benefits to our everyday lives, enabling many cutting edge technologies across different sectors and minimising climate change… Plastics Europe · 8 Jan 2021 Industry news European Commission takes first step towards toxic-free food packaging On Friday 18th December 2020, the European Commission finally kicked off a revision of EU laws on chemicals in food contact materials (FCM), with the publication of an Inception Impact Assessment (IIA) for consultation. Almost everything we eat has been in contact with one or more FCMs, including food packaging, factory equipment and kitchen utensils; […] CHEM Trust · 8 Jan 2021