Latest news - recycling and waste management
Slashing waste red tape risks environment
Ministers’ bid to slash red tape, which includes a raft of waste regulations, risks sweeping away vital laws which protect the environment, MPs have warned.
Waste firm fined over 'horrific' accident
A recycling firm has been fined after a worker lost an arm on an unguarded conveyor system in “horrific incident that was entirely preventable”.
Lord Lewis steps down from key role
The Veolia Environmental Trust has appointed a new chair and executive director.
Business news
'Waste to energy' firm to file for administration
A firm that struck a deal to build multiple renewable energy projects across the country has said it is to file for administration.
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Shanks' revenue and profit up in 'challenging market'
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Workers said to be greener at home
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FCC rebrand for UK waste firms
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Veolia waste division hit by material prices
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Paper recycling rate up
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Britain's billionaire scrap business
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Amec lands role on huge London waste deals
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Wood recyclers hail record year
Local Authority recycling and waste news
Waste projects get rates boost
Councils are to be handed fresh financial incentives to host new renewable energy projects including waste plants, ministers have confirmed.
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Statutory council waste targets urged by experts
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Recycling up in England but London still lags behind
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Firms urged to aid councils bin cash bid
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IESE framework appoints all bidders
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Amec lands role on huge London waste deals
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Southampton waste boss suspended
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Council reports jump in household recycling
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Collection rule changes under fire from both sides
Materials recycling and waste news
Recycled wood specification launched
A new standard for recycled wood product quality has been launched.
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The Big Interview from Materials Recycling Week
BIG INTERVIEW: Charlotte Morton, ADBA
I meet Charlotte Morton, chief executive of the Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association (ADBA), on a platform at Waterloo station on a freezing morning. We are en route to visit the Malaby Biogas AD plant in Warminster, Wiltshire, and she turns up just minutes before our train is due to depart.
Big interview: Anne McIntosh MP
Efra chair and Conservative MP Anne McIntosh hopes to push the waste industry’s concerns up the agenda
The Big Interview: quality matters for Gemma Barratt
Waste management is such a huge industry with significant impacts, the fact I can feel comfortable that I’m part of a company that is doing something for the environment is important
MRW Insight - analysis of the news
Plant doubles UK plastic bottle recycling capacity
The unassuming industrial estate at Hemswell deep in the Lincolnshire countryside is typical of many built on former military air bases. It’s only a quick hop from an illustrious neighbour, the still-operational RAF Scampton, used these days by the iconic Red Arrows but also the airfield from which Guy Gibson VC and his 617 squadron took off to launch their bouncing bombs at German dams nearly 70 years ago.
Opinion
Dose of reality needed for WEEE treatment capacity
Some recyclers have been successful in winning large contracts – sometimes from collection sites a great distance from their operating base; others have only gained low volume contracts and may well be asking themselves (if they are still in business) if it is worth staying in the WEEE sector
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100th birthday special
2012 Handbook
MRW's handbook - the best in the industry
As we look forward to the year ahead and the changes and opportunities it will bring, MRW will continue to provide the information you need to make business decisions, starting with the 2012 handbook.
Features
In pieces about solid recovered fuel
As the growth of solid recovered fuel (SRF) continues in the UK and abroad, MRW looks at the shredding technology required for this high specification process.
Energy grab from waste sent to landfill
Energy-from-waste technologies can extract energy potential from waste and meeting growing demand, while also reducing the impact of waste on the environment.
Good as new
Businesses can reap significant savings by refurbishing or remodelling containers, compared with buying new.
