Materials Recycling Week
23 March 2012
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Waste laws poised to be slashed
A raft of waste regulations are set for the axe, ministers have announced. -
ADBA takes its message to major food event
The Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association (ADBA) has announced a partnership with Foodex, a major show for the food manufacturing, processing and logistics sector. -
'Baffling' scrap ban exemption agreed by Lords
A get-out-clause in the Government’s proposed scrap metal cash ban has been described as “baffling” in the House of Lords. -
Budget 2012: Green economy hopes dashed
George Osborne largely ignored the waste industry’s demands in a Budget which dashed fleeting hopes the sector could benefit if the Chancellor opted to use his annual statement to boost the green economy. -
Budget 2012: Packaging targets announced
Ministers are to forge ahead with new tougher packaging recycling targets later this year, including a controversial 5% annual hike for the plastics sector, the Chancellor confirmed in the Budget. -
Budget 2012: Planning reforms to get go-ahead
A radical shake-up of planning rules will feature in this week’s Budget, the prime minister has confirmed, following waste experts lambasting draft proposals. -
Budget 2012: Planning shake-up next week
A radical shakeup of planning laws will take place next week after the chancellor pledged in the Budget to publish the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) next Tuesday. -
Budget 2012: What it means for waste management
George Osborne’s Budget included policy statements on waste and environmental taxes, landfill sites, metals recycling and packaging targets. -
Budget misfires on waste demands
Industry pockets could be hard hit by Whitehall looking at PPP deals -
Contracts and hire deals
MRW reports on deals covering RCVs, excavators and tyres -
Council saves threatened recycling centres
A local authority that threatened to close almost half its recycling centres has announced it will keep them all open – but reduce their opening hours. -
Defra criticised for construction waste law change
The government has come in for criticism after announcing plans to scrap the need for waste management plans for construction sites. -
Defra targets waste PFIs for savings
Waste private finance initiative contracts are to be targeted for retrospective savings as part of probe launched this week, MRW can reveal. -
Defra unveils resource security plan
Ministers have pledged to hand recyclers a key role in an action plan to protect the UK from a global shortage of precious metals and materials. -
EA investigates alleged illegal waste exports
The Environment Agency has launched an investigation after almost 90 containers of alleged illegal waste from the UK were intercepted by Indonesian authorities. -
Executives leave Veolia
The chief operating officer of Veolia Enivronnement has left the company following a management reshuffle. -
Fresh plea for packaging export changes
Reprocessors have proposed changes to the packaging export recovery note system in the wake of this week’s Budget. -
Full force of the law - at last
The Environment Agency taskforce will have the dual benefit of protecting the public and ensuring a level playing field for waste operators -
Hand-picked from prison
Our latest case studies on sorting include resettlement opportunities for offenders in a successful pilot scheme to sort PVC waste before processing -
Industry calls for green growth Budget
Chancellor George Osborne has been urged by leading businesses to deliver on the Government’s commitment to be “the greenest ever” and introduce a growth strategy in the Budget that drives investment in renewables and energy efficiency. -
Monitoring every aspect of business
Elemos can support a well-run MRF and will be positioned to support MRFs in adhering to a mandatory code -
More cash for food surplus charity
A Welsh charity working to redistribute quality surplus food to disadvantaged community organisations has been given a cash boost. -
Nestlé's Easter gift to the environment
Nestlé UK & Ireland has created 100% recyclable Easter egg packaging. -
Pressure mounts for renewable energy targets
The Renewable Energy Association (REA) has welcomed a call by MEPs for binding renewable energy targets for 2030. -
Prisoner waste management scheme set to expand
A scheme in Lincolnshire involving prisoners in waste management could expand to a neighbouring council. -
Reprocessors name Budget wishlist
The Resource Association has set out its four-point wishlist for next week’s Budget. -
Resource action plan a ‘good first step’ but is it enough?
The importance of resource security has been profoundly underlined by an international row currently simmering between the US and China about the export of rare earth metals. -
Scrap trade condemns cash ban exemption
Metal recyclers have condemned a proposal to exempt “rag and bone men” from the scrap metal cash ban . -
Senior Tory slams push for weekly bin round
Former environment secretary Lord Deben has become the latest high-profile Tory to speak out against ministers’ campaign to increase weekly rubbish collections. -
Somerset man fined for running illegal waste site
A Somerset man has been fined for running an illegal waste transfer station. -
WEEE recycling figures are not adding up
Producers of household electrical equipment are paying for collection and recycling costs -
Wet MRF puts paper mill at zero waste
UPM Shotton has declared itself “as close as currently possible” to zero waste after final tweaks were made to a facility designed to recover contaminants.
