Recycling news: 2023
Fresh every day from industry press, GOV.UK and research feeds — plus the historical archive. Last updated 3 Aug 2026.
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Industry news
REA responds to Environmental Audit Committee’s new report
REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 6 Jan 2023
Industry news
Epping Forest challenges Biffa and residents to improve services
Residents and waste contractor Biffa have this week both come in for criticism from Epping Forest district council. Sanctions In the face of disrupted waste and recycling collections in recent weeks, yesterday (5 January) the councillor with responsibility for waste and recycling criticised Biffa, threatened sanctions and said the firm’s contract will not be renewed. … Read More
letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jan 2023
Industry news
News in brief (06/01/2022)
With news on: Fly-tipping concerns raised in Carmarthenshire; Envar trials solution for compostable packaging; views sought on Dorset EfW plant; and, Cheltenham announces change to HWRC opening hours. Three-weekly switch sparks Carmarthenshire fly-tipping concerns Carmarthenshire county council has quashed concerns that its switch to three weekly at the end of the month could increase fly-tippi…
letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jan 2023
Council news
Exclusion Advice and Support - Nottingham City Council
Nottingham Council · 6 Jan 2023
Research & science
Research and Technology Organisations and Smart Specialisation - joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu
EU Joint Research Centre (JRC) news · 6 Jan 2023
Industry news
K+U Ventures Commits to Investment in Altilium Metals
Altilium Metals is excited to announce an investment from K+U Ventures, an Amsterdam based clean technology investor in circular ventures that support the transition towards a sustainable global economy. The new investment starts 2023 with growing momentum for Altilium Metals as a supplier of the technology metals needed for the energy transition by recycling existing [...]
Altilium news · 6 Jan 2023
Global
It’s time to Refuse Single-Use Plastics
Environmentalists worldwide are stepping up their efforts to call businesses and global leaders to phase out single-use plastic (SUP) to address plastic pollution and the climate crises. Onsite and online […]
GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 5 Jan 2023
Industry news
REA welcomes Labour’s renewable energy priorities
REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 5 Jan 2023
Industry news
WRA launches next phase of fence post and decking tests
The Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA) has launched a second phase of sampling and testing fence posts and decking as part of its ongoing waste wood classification project. The trade association, which represents 90% of the UK’s wood recyclers and reprocessors, hopes this second phase will confirm that the amount of wood treated with hazardous substances … Read More
letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jan 2023
Industry news
WRA launches tests to confirm hazardous wood treatments diminishing in household waste stream
A second round of tests is underway to confirm that hazardous treatments in the household waste wood stream are diminishing and are soon likely to disappear altogether. The Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA) has launched phase two of the sampling and testing of fence posts and decking as part of its ongoing Waste Wood Classification (WWC) […]
Wood Recyclers Association · 5 Jan 2023
Industry news
Murfitts plans tyre recovery and recycling plant in UK
Tyre recycling and reprocessing company Murfitts Industries has announced an agreement with a French firm to use Norwegian technology for the development of a pyrolysis and material recovery plant in the UK. A planning application for the plant is expected within the next six months although the location has not been revealed, the company said … Read More
letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jan 2023
Council news
Street problem report - Chelmsford City Council
Chelmsford Council · 5 Jan 2023
Industry news
Ecotec Services administration process moves forward
The administration process at Worcester-based biomass boiler manufacturer Ecotec Services progressed this week (3 January), as a notice of ‘deemed approval’ was published. Ecotec went into administration on 27 October 2022, with a total ‘deficiency’ of £2.9 million noted, including debts to Barclays, Close Brothers and HMRC. The deemed approval notice was published by the … Read More
letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jan 2023
Industry news
ITV selects eBay as Love Island’s fashion partner for second year running
eBay has confirmed that it will be the fashion partner for ITV’s Love Island again this year, with the broadcaster keen to promote pre-loved clothing instead of fast fashion.
edie — Circular Economy tag · 5 Jan 2023
Industry news
Councils halt waste sofa collections over POPs enforcement
Councils have temporarily begun to halt the collection of waste soft furnishings, blaming the Environment Agency’s enforcement of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) regulations. In Cumbria, the council said yesterday (4 January) that its 14 household waste and recycling centres (HWRCs) will “temporarily be unable to accept” items such as sofas and armchairs, bean bags and … Read More The post…
letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jan 2023
Industry news
10 easy ways for your business to go green in 2023 - First Mile
First Mile · 5 Jan 2023
Industry news
Aldi Extends Partnership with Company Shop Group to Help Reduce Food Waste. | - Company Shop Group
Company Shop Group · 5 Jan 2023
Research & science
Defects in diamond could sense structures of single molecules - Princeton Engineering
Princeton Engineering News · 5 Jan 2023
Industry news
Altilium Metals receives first shipment of “black mass” for qualification at its planned Teesside plant, recycling battery waste from 150,000 EVs
The new order, at the MT level was received at our EV Battery Recycling Technology Centre in Devon, for processing at our scale up line, the only one in the UK. Here we attain data to make informed decisions on mixed feedstocks, scalability and product quality at our planned commercial plants. What is “black mass”? [...]
Altilium news · 5 Jan 2023
Industry news
IKEA Kitchen Planner - IKEA
IKEA UK newsroom · 4 Jan 2023
Council news
Contact the Parking team - Lambeth Council
Lambeth Council · 4 Jan 2023
Industry news
Former Construction Equipment Association chief receives MBE
Rob Oliver, who retired as the Chief Executive of the CEA (Construction Equipment Association) in 2021, has been awarded an MBE in the King’s first New Year’s honours list. The Award of Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) was made in recognition of Oliver’s services to the construction equipment manufacturing sector. He...
Skip & Waste Magazine · 4 Jan 2023
Industry news
CSG awards Botley pre-school technology funding
A Botley pre-school will be able to update its technology for its pupils and staff after being awarded funding from CSG, the leading UK waste management company. CSG’s Community Chest, its new initiative to support good causes across the country, has awarded Pavilion Pirates, on the outskirts of Botley and Hedge End, £670 that it […]
CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 4 Jan 2023
Industry news
Notification of (virtual) AGM
Save the date! Our AGM will be taking place on Tuesday 24 January from 10:30 til 13:00.
Reuse Network · 4 Jan 2023
Industry news
Eleven Maidstone binmen injured ‘slipping on ice’
Maidstone borough council says 11 of its 68 members of frontline waste collection staff suffered injuries slipping on ice in the lead-up to Christmas, though fortunately none were serious. Icy conditions in the final few weeks of December “really affected our services”, the council says, meaning some residents’ bins went uncollected. In the week before … Read More
letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jan 2023
Industry news
Milestone for Enva’s easichick recycled poultry bedding
Animal bedding manufacturer, easibedding, has announced it has reached a significant milestone having now manufactured over a third of a million tonnes of its recycled wood poultry bedding product, easichick. The company, which is owned by Enva, has recently seen significantly increased demand driven by the efforts of UK poultry farmers to combat the spread of avian […]
Wood Recyclers Association · 4 Jan 2023
Industry news
Taylor becomes LARAC’s executive director following restructure
The Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC) announced yesterday (4 January) that it has agreed a new staffing structure following the departure of its head of external affairs. John Coates left the role on 23 December to become policy and external affairs manager at Newry-based waste management company Re-Gen Waste (see letsrecycle.com story). The new … Read More
letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jan 2023
Industry news
Defra: Cross compliance guidance for 2023
Cross compliance guidance has been published by Defra for 2023; it aims to simplify the various rules that farmers who claim certain payments are expected to follow for 2023. Those who need to comply with cross compliance are farmers/ land managers who claim the following payments: Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) Countryside Stewardship (CS) agreements…
ADBA (Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association) · 4 Jan 2023
Policy & government
Mr A Gatesz v Suez Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd: 3320264/2019
Employment Tribunal decision.
GOV.UK · 4 Jan 2023
Industry news
Andusia secures one million tonne RDF export deal
Refuse derived fuel (RDF) specialist Andusia is to supply 200,000 tonnes a year of fuel to German energy from waste (EfW) group EEW. Andusia will begin supplying the RDF from this month (January) on a five year basis, totalling one million tonnes. The contract award from EEW comes on top of an existing contract to … Read More
letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jan 2023
Industry news
Waste sector outlook for 2023: part 2
In the second of a two-part series, we ask key figures from across the industry what the biggest issues in the waste and resources sector will be in 2023 and what they hope for. Sam Horne, chair of NAWDO If the last few months of 2022 are anything to go by, it’s clear that 2023 … Read More
letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jan 2023
Council news
(5) DM2022/01214 - The Pastures, 80 Carshalton Road, Banstead, Sutton SM7 3DX / Planning Committee.docx - London Borough of Sutton
Sutton Council · 4 Jan 2023
Industry news
Going shopping to always shopping - how consumer behaviour is shaping Retail - British Retail Consortium
British Retail Consortium news · 4 Jan 2023
Council news
Supervising Food Safety – Level 3 - Torfaen County Borough Council
Torfaen Council · 4 Jan 2023
Research & science
Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery - Wiley & Sons
Journal of Industrial Ecology (Wiley) · 4 Jan 2023
Council news
Job Vacancies - Powys County Council
Powys Council · 4 Jan 2023
Global
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES NEW EUROPEAN COMMISSION
EXPRA · 3 Jan 2023
Industry news
Staff to vote on Merseyside HWRC strike as action in the Wirral cancelled
More than 200 collection crew members employed by Biffa on a contract with Wirral metropolitan borough council have cancelled planned strikes after an agreement over pay was reached on 28 December. And, 180 workers employed by Veolia at the 22 household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) across Merseyside have suspended their own industrial action to vote … Read More
letsrecycle.com News · 3 Jan 2023
Industry news
Record-breaking year for Bunting-Redditch
Bunting-Redditch registered a record-breaking sales output in 2022. Despite the global economic challenges, the demand for Bunting’s metal separation equipment has never been higher. Equipment sales to companies in the recycling, plastics, mining, and mineral processing sectors drove sales growth in the year. Bunting is one of the world’s leading designers and manufacturers of magnetic separato…
Skip & Waste Magazine · 3 Jan 2023
Industry news
Are you facing issues in connecting to the electrical grid? Contact us
It has come to ADBA’s attention that some members are unable to increase plant output due to a lack of infrastructure and capacity in the electricity grid. ADBA is collecting accounts of this and would like to hear from you if you are experiencing this problem. Furthermore, we would like to know how much additional capacity…
ADBA (Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association) · 3 Jan 2023