Latest news - recycling and waste management
Changes to WEEE regulations will benefit councils
Local authorities could generate revenues as a result of the Government’s WEEE proposals, says industry body
Coca-Cola launches study of household recycling habits
Experts identify gap in what people believe about recycling and what they do
EMR ordered to pay £370,000 for worker’s death
“One size fits all” approach to health and safety is not acceptable, says HSE inspector
Hot Topic: China
China's waste quality barrier renews PRN fraud fears
Fears grow as rejected material stokes UK stockpiling with limited reprocessing capacity
Hot Topic: Scrap Metal
Gateshead scrap firm fined £10,000
A Gateshead scrap metal and plastics recycling company has been fined £10,000 for carrying out waste activities without an environmental permit.
Hot Topic: Food Waste
European body to promote factory food recycling
A European trade body has been launched to help the recovery of food waste from factories
Hot Topic: Collections
Brighton refuse collectors ballot to strike
Further disruptions to waste collections are expected after two days of unofficial industrial action over pay
Hot Topic: Circular Economy
Designers should visit recyclers, says sustainability expert
Call for greater collaboration across disciplines
Big Question: How to overcome the waste prevention challenge?
Waste Prevention: MRW View - Waste Prevention Obligation
In March, the Government finally published its call for evidence for the Waste Prevention Programme, promised in the 2011 Waste Review. It ends on 29 April
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Citadel BioCat+
BioCat+ is a natural compound which brings a range of powerful enhancements to the biogas production process
Interactive
VIDEO: Sims metal plant blaze under control
Firefighters have got a large fire at the Sims Metal UK plant in Long Marston, Warwickshire, under control, but say it will take days to put it out completely.
Liveblog: Reactions to food waste report
MRW has compiled reactions on social media to the Institute of Mechanical Engineers’ report that we throw way half of our food, globally.
Liveblog: Reflections on green business from Davos
The UK fears a triple-dip recession, but at the World Economic Forum at Davos the focus is on sustainable business models. See our aggregation of comment around green business at the forum.
Interactive: Map of fires at recycling centres
There has been on average more than one fire a week at recycling centres, MRW has found.
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Opinion
Re-ignite an appetite for landfill bans
Copper Consultancy executive director John Twitchen considers the direction that the main parties’ waste policies need to take to effect real change in attitudes to recycling
Features
Biffa overhauls collections in Kent
Later this summer, and after months of planning, Biffa will roll out the first of extensively redesigned recycling, refuse and street cleansing services for a coalition of three Kent local authorities. Nigel Jones, Biffa municipal mobilisation manager, explains the overhaul
MRW leader
Do we worry about pulling up the drawbridge?
How might a shift in Government policy away from the EU affect the waste sector?
MRW Insight - analysis of the news
The future of councils working in partnership
Working in partnership could help councils save money and bring many other benefits, as long as internal challenges can be overcome.
The Big Interview from Materials Recycling World
We need leadership in UK policy
Shadow minister Gavin Shuker is champing at the bit to tackle waste and resources in the UK. He talks to Christine Ottery about Labour’s waste policy review and how it would work if Labour returns to power in 2015
RWM with CIWM 2013
RWM in partnership with CIWM 2013
Europe’s premier annual resource efficiency and waste management show is on from 10-12 September: read the official launch press release here…
