Materials Recycling Week
1 July 2011
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‘Stretching’ packaging recovery targets proposed by ACP to 2020
The Advisory Committee on Packaging (ACP) has set out recommended packaging recovery targets to 2020, advising Government that higher targets should be set for 2013 onwards. -
Almost £80m worth of MRF materials up for grabs, says WRAP
MRFs could expand their recycling waste streams while improving the quality of existing recyclates by reducing contaminants, make more money and save on landfill costs. -
Anglesey AD plant gets final go-ahead
The Environment Agency Wales has granted a permit for an AD waste treatment plant at Bodfforddin Mona, Anglesey. -
B&M acquires WSR's commercial collection routes
B&M Waste Services has bought the commercial waste collection routes of Widnes Skip & Reclaim (WSR) Recycling. -
Crime boss jailed for 65,000 tonne illegal waste site
A crime boss has been given the longest ever sentence for a waste crime, after an Environment Agency (EA) investigation identified a 65,000 tonne illegal waste site in Reading. -
Deaths within waste and reycling industry triple over past year
The number of workplace deaths in the waste and recycling industry has tripled over the past year according to provisional data from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). -
DECC recognises significance of waste combustion technology
The department for energy and climate change (DECC) has recognised the role of incineration in its revised draft national policy statement (NPS) for “nationally significant” renewable energy infrastructure. -
Defra to confirm if MRF Code of Practice is mandatory this Autumn
A decision on whether the MRF Code of Practice, formulated by the Environmental Services Association, will be mandatory rather than voluntary is expected this Autumn, a Defra official confirmed. -
Defra to launch AD strategy steering-group in September
The anaerobic digestion (AD) strategy and action plan will be supported by a steering-group comprised of industry stakeholders and the Government, environment minister Lord Henley has announced. -
DS Smith's refocus on recycled packaging gets results
DS Smith’s refocus on its recycled packaging businesses has paid off with reported full-year results for 2010/2011 showing a 10% underlying revenue increase. -
EC could legislate for EfW district heating networks
Waste incinerators could form part of future local district heating or cooling networks, under proposals launched by the European Commission. -
Everyone needs to know their place in a zero-waste economy
Steve Smith discusses what the influx of new reports mean for the materials sector. -
Fire at EMR scrap yard caused by petrol leak
A fire was ignited at a European Metal Recycling site in Lincoln on Friday (24 June) when petrol leaked from a scrapped car. -
Green and legal guidance on exporting recyclates published by WRAP
A guide on how to export materials for recycling in an environmentally friendly and legal way has been published by the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP). -
Haz waste firm DCC expands with Oakwood Fuels buyout
Hazardous waste specialist DCC Environmental is expanding in the UK with the purchase of Oakwood Fuels, a specialist in waste oil and hazardous waste collection, processing and recycling, for €10.8m (£9.6m). -
Holistic approach
Andrea Lockerbie meets Marcel Goemans and Simon Langley of consultancy and contractor MWH to find out more about its recent acquisition -
IPC breaches data protection by revealing email addresses
The Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) has apologised after breaching data protection rules when it mistakenly revealed the email addresses of 911 recipients in correspondence about Covanta’s proposed Brig y Cwm energy-from-waste facility. -
It makes sense for Welsh to set landfill tax levels, says minister
Proposals to devolve powers to set landfill tax to the Welsh Assembly Government make “good sense”, Welsh environment minister John Griffiths has said. -
Milton Keynes Council revives residual waste treatment contract
Milton Keynes Council is seeking bids for a new residual waste treatment contract, following the withdrawal of PFI credits and the subsequent closure of “Project Reduce”. -
Recycling goes mobile
Southwark Council is developing an innovative solution to tackle waste in the borough’s flats and estates. Philip Reynolds reports -
Responsibility deal for sector is launched by Defra
Defra has today (23 June) launched a responsibility deal for the waste management sector, with the key aims of helping commercial and industrial (C&I) waste producers increase recycling rates and saving them £18bn in waste management costs. -
Rumours of splits between Pickles and Spelman
Environment secretary Caroline Spelman and communities secretary Eric Pickles are no longer on speaking terms, following a telephone argument about the rumoured plans to restore weekly waste collections, it has been reported. -
Scrap sector speaks!
MRW’s monthly scrap panel brings you the real concerns of individual scrap metal merchants across the UK -
Textile recycler calls for more retail support
Value retailers should offer ‘take back’ schemes to quickly and effectively boost their ethical capital, believes Maxine Sault managing director of BCR Global Textiles. -
Time to grasp the AD nettle
Organic waste needs to be separated at source from the waste stream to help the AD sector deliver its potential, argues Charlotte Morton -
TRA highlights difficulties facing firms as textile theft increases
The increase of textile thefts is damaging the livelihoods of commercial textile recycling companies, as well as eroding charitable donations, the Textile Recycling Association (TRA) has highlighted. -
Treasury in talks with ESA over "anti-competitive" trade waste VAT ruling
The Treasury has agreed to review its decision to make local authority trade waste collections VAT exempt if it is proven there is a “distortion of competition beyond a negligible scale” between the public and private sector, claims the Environmental Services Association (ESA). -
Wales achieves 43.6% recycling rate
Wales is on track to meet its 52% statutory recycling target for 2012/13, following a 4.4% increase over the past year to 43.6%. -
Waste review opens debate about incineration tax
The wording of Defra’s waste review documents indicate the possibility of an incineration tax, anti-incineration campaigners have claimed, but the industry remains sceptical. -
What’s in it for me?
Community buy-in may be a way to overcome barriers when new waste facilities are planned, Tiffany Holland reports -
WRG and Focsa to be rebranded
Waste Recycling Group (WRG) will be rebranded to FCC Environment as its Spanish parent company seeks to integrate it with its UK waste collection firm Focsa.
