Recycling news: 2024

Industry news CCC Advises Against Weakening Carbon Budgets According to the recent announcement from the Climate Change Committee (CCC), the UK has met the Third Carbon Budget (2018 to 2022) with a surplus of 391 MtCO2e, which is mainly assisted by the “economy-shrinking effects of the pandemic”. Despite congratulating the government on meeting its legal obligations for 2018-2022, the CCC warned unequivocally that… ADBA (Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association) · 5 Mar 2024 Industry news Defra Shares Statistics Showing a Decrease in Household Recycling Rates in England The post Defra Shares Statistics Showing a Decrease in Household Recycling Rates in England appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 5 Mar 2024 Industry news WEEE targets hit for first time in seven years Data published by Defra has shown that the UK met its target for the collection of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in 2023. Published on Friday (1 March), the data shows that 473,019 tonnes of household WEEE was collected in 2023, against a target of 471,942, meaning the target was exceeded by 0.2%. The … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Mar 2024 Industry news UK worst of top Western European economies for green spending The UK government ranks worst out of top 5 Western European economies on green spending, new Greenpeace analysis can reveal. Out of the biggest 5 Western European economies, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and the UK, the UK government spends the least in total, and also comes out worst when looking at per capita green energy […] Greenpeace UK · 5 Mar 2024 Industry news Food waste adds 3.7% to Westminster’s recycling rate Westminster council, in partnership with Veolia, has announced that its recycling rate has increased by 3.7% since introducing a food waste collection service. Westminster first trialled food waste collection in 2019, and this was expanded in 2022 and also last year to cover every household “where possible” (see letsrecycle.com story). Today (5 March) the council … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Mar 2024 Industry news New Emmaus film in the finals of the Charity Film Awards A powerful film featuring the Emmaus movement in the North West has reached the finals of the international Charity Film Awards. Across the UK, Emmaus provides a home, training, work... Emmaus UK · 5 Mar 2024 Industry news Environment Agency issues suspension notice to Walleys Quarry The Environment Agency has issued Walleys Quarry with a suspension notice that requires the landfill site to stop accepting and disposing of all types of waste apart from inert waste. Circular Online (CIWM) · 5 Mar 2024 Industry news EU reaches agreement on beleaguered packaging waste policy package The EU has reached a provisional deal on a new swathe of legislation that will ban certain kinds of packaging including miniature toiletry bottles and disposable fast food boxes. edie — Circular Economy tag · 5 Mar 2024 Industry news OPINION: ‘Recycling sector offers quick win for chancellor to raise tax revenue’ Jacob Hayler, executive director of the Environmental Services Association, outlines some of the ‘quick wins’ available to the chancellor ahead of tomorrow’s budget. OPINION: If Jeremy Hunt is scrabbling for revenue-raisers to fund personal tax cuts in this year’s Spring Budget, he could achieve a quick win by clamping down on landfill tax evasion and … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Mar 2024 Industry news Enva to open Scotland’s “only” fridge recycling facility Enva has completed the pollution, prevention control permitting process with SEPA (Scottish Environment Protection Agency) for its new waste electrical and electronic equipment recycling facility in Scotland. When it opens later in the summer, Enva said the facility will be the “only” fridge recycling plant in Scotland and provide domestic recycling capacity for all […] Circular Online (CIWM) · 5 Mar 2024 Industry news Webinar: Food Waste Unwrapped Join our latest webinar, “Food Waste Unwrapped”, hosted by our Sustainability Executive, Emmanuel Skoulides, and our special guest speaker Caroline Monkhouse Flower, CEO at FEAST With Us. Our speakers will explore the impact of food waste and recent developments to tackle the matter. Bywaters · 5 Mar 2024 Industry news ESS Expo partners with Groundwork to address green jobs skills shortage Groundwork, a non profit organisation, has announced it has partnered with the Environmental Services and Solutions Expo (ESS). Through the partnership the two companies will aim to address the skills shortage in green jobs and encourage young people to pursue careers in the industry. ESS and Groundwork have highlighted that there is a need for … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Mar 2024 Industry news Enva receives permit for ‘Scotland’s only fridge recycling plant’ Enva has said it has completed the pollution, prevention control permitting process with the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) for its fridge recycling facility in Perthshire, Scotland. Due to open in the summertime, Enva says the plant will be the only fridge recycling plant in Scotland. The company acquired the plant in a £10 million … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Mar 2024 Industry news Big brands reuse stands at Frankfurt A number of major lighting companies have reused either most of all of their stands at the Light + Building […] Recolight · 5 Mar 2024 Industry news New College Lanarkshire’s Apprenticeship Awards We would like to congratulate our electrical engineering apprentice Bayley Brown who was recently nominated to receive an Apprentice of the Year Award at New College Lanarkshire’s Apprenticeship Awards which take place on Tuesday the 5th of March at their Coatbridge campus. Bayley began his apprenticeship in August 2020 at New College Lanarkshire (Motherwell) doing […] Levenseat · 5 Mar 2024 Industry news Testing rules require car makers to ditch touchscreen for physical buttons for top rating - Engineering and Technology Magazine E&T Magazine (IET) · 5 Mar 2024 Industry news Renewi ensures more and better recycling with new state of the art plastic sorting plant - Renewi Renewi · 5 Mar 2024 Industry news Net-zero networks: Can mobile operators decouple growth from emissions? With the number of global mobile connections rising each year and ever more data being shared digitally, will mobile network operators be able to decouple growth from emissions and achieve net-zero by 2050? edie — Circular Economy tag · 4 Mar 2024 Industry news Human activity pushes Earth’s freshwater resources beyond pre-industrial limits Analysis of global freshwater resources has revealed alarming trends, indicating that human activity has dramatically altered the Earth's freshwater cycle. Open Access Government — Environment · 4 Mar 2024 Industry news International Women’s Day 2024 – enfinium STEM stories Stories from our team ahead of International Women's Day 2024. enfinium · 4 Mar 2024 Industry news It’s Now for Nature Campaign The post It’s Now for Nature Campaign appeared first on Reconomy . Reconomy · 4 Mar 2024 Industry news Viridor seeks permit for carbon capture at UK’s largest EfW Viridor has announced that it has submitted an environmental permit application to install carbon capture and storage technology at its Runcorn energy from waste (EfW) facility. Viridor’s Runcorn plant is the largest EfW plant in the UK by capacity. It is able to process 1.1 million tonnes of waste per year. The company explained that … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Mar 2024 Industry news Altilium partners with Nissan for UK Government backed multimillion-pound Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling Project Nissan-led program aims to close the loop on a UK EV battery supply chain. Altilium, a UK-based clean technology group focused on supporting the transition to net zero, is pleased to announce details of a pioneering new collaborative project led by Nissan, which will see the two companies working together to improve the sustainability of [...] Altilium news · 4 Mar 2024 Industry news Defra ‘remains committed’ to DRS amid reports of delay to 2028 Defra has said it “remains committed” to the deposit return scheme (DRS) following reports in the national media of a delay, which, if true, would see the scheme delayed until 2028. The I newspaper claimed that ministers had put a halt to the DRS, due for October 2025, instead pushing the implementation “until 2028”, quoting … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Mar 2024 Industry news Alfred H Knight extends waste composition services to cover international markets Alfred H Knight has announced that it has expanded its waste analysis capabilities to cater for international markets. Through waste analysis, end users can understand the types and quantities of items being disposed of within their waste streams, including waste wood. By doing this, they can inform recycling campaigns and improvements to waste-handling activities, helping […] Wood Recyclers Association · 4 Mar 2024 Industry news UK to establish “world’s first” UN-backed centre for circular economy research The UK will establish the “world’s first” United Nations-backed International Centre of Excellence on Sustainable Resource Management in the Circular Economy, Resources Minister Robbie Moore has announced. The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) will support the establishment of the centre in the UK, the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) […] Circular Online (CIWM) · 4 Mar 2024 Industry news Are you meeting your legal duties under RPS 291? Waste and recycling firms are being urged to check whether they are meeting their legal duties under RPS 291 – including sharing test results with the WRA – as active compliance checks by the Environment Agency kick in. Under Regulatory Position Statement 291, introduced in November 2023, operators who handle certain kinds of potentially hazardous […] Wood Recyclers Association · 4 Mar 2024 Industry news OPINION: ‘Achieving waste and recycling targets through a zero-waste approach’ In this opinion piece, Chris Williams, the chief executive of waste software company ISB Global, discusses how the government’s “uphill battle” to meet the next decade’s waste and recycling targets. OPINION: According to recent government statistics, the volume of waste recycled by local authorities in England decreased by eight percentage points between 2022 and 2023. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Mar 2024 Industry news UN warns of 56% rise in waste volumes by 2050 without ‘urgent action’ A report from the United Nations Environment Programme has warned that municipal solid waste generation is estimated to grow by 56% to 3.8 billion tonnes by 2050 if urgent action is not taken. Published last week (28 February) the report from the organisation warns that as populations and economies grow, particularly in Central and South … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Mar 2024 Industry news Recycling firm fined £300,000 after man killed by shovel loader Welsh recycling company Atlantic Recycling has been fined £300,000 after a father-of-two was killed by a shovel loader in 2019. Circular Online (CIWM) · 4 Mar 2024 Industry news Suffolk consults on relocating HWRC to build split-level site Suffolk county council and its waste and recycling partner, FCC Environment, have invited the public to share their opinions on a proposal to relocate the Portman’s Walk recycling centre due to growing demand. Under the plans, the recycling centre will be relocated around a mile away to Whittle Road in the Hadleigh Road industrial estate … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Mar 2024 Industry news Atlantic Recycling responds after £300,000 fine over worker death Following an announcement from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) last week that it has been fined £300,000 over the death of a worker in 2019, Atlantic Recycling said it has ‘reviewed and heightened’ its health and safety measures.* A statement from the HSE last week explained that on 4 September 2019, 59-year-old Barry-based Anthony … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Mar 2024 Industry news A water industry shake up could be a blueprint for the wider economy This post is by Guy Thompson, group sustainability director at Wessex Water and managing director of EnTrade, a not-for-profit Wessex Water business. The privatised water industry model is under unprecedented scrutiny. Politicians from all parties are competing to talk tough about water companies and, with […] Green Alliance blog (Inside Track) · 4 Mar 2024 Industry news Firm uses AI and waste plastic to print ‘works of art’ A start-up company is combining the use of AI technology, 3D printing and post-consumer waste to create what it terms […] Recolight · 4 Mar 2024 Industry news 3D printing firm will buy back its downlights A UK firm which prints its downlight range in bio-plastics says it will buy back its luminaires at the end […] Recolight · 4 Mar 2024 Industry news Eighty Thousand Taking Part in UK’s Largest Plastic Waste Survey Nationwide, across all 650 parliamentary constituencies, 80,000 participants have already signed up for The Big Plastic Count 2024, including over 10,000 school classes. They have committed to counting a week’s plastic waste as part of the UK’s largest waste survey starting next week. Greenpeace UK · 4 Mar 2024 Industry news Lamp launches circular lighting service Spanish luminaire giant Lamp has unveiled a light renewal and upgrading service aimed at promoting what it terms ‘a genuine […] Recolight · 4 Mar 2024 Industry news Bring Library of Things to Catford - Library of Things Library of Things · 4 Mar 2024 Industry news Industry Experts Urge 9m People in England with Back Problems to Take a Bed ‘MOT’ With 16.9% (9m) adults in England suffering from debilitating chronic back pain, the National Bed Federation (NBF) is using this year’s National Bed Month in March to raise awareness of the importance that a good quality mattress can make to achieving a healthy and comfortable night’s sleep. It has launched a new campaign urging anyone […] National Bed Federation · 2 Mar 2024 Industry news Peckham Pantry: More Than Just a Social Supermarket The Peckham Pantry, a social supermarket, has redefined the way communities come together to tackle food insecurity, and food waste while supporting the locals. City Harvest London · 1 Mar 2024