Materials Recycling Week
27 April 2012
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£80m investment for small-scale waste projects
Business secretary Vince Cable has announced an £80m investment in waste infrastructure. -
Amec lands role on huge London waste deals
Engineering firm Amec has been awarded a deal by the North London Waste Authority to help evaluate bids for its major waste infrastructure contracts. -
Collections in the sun
Sant Cugat in Barcelona has invested in an underground container system. The synetic energy produced by the vehicles’ braking system is also partially used to provide electricity for operation -
Council reports jump in household recycling
Household recycling rates in the Sandwell area of the West Midlands have risen by 25% during the last 12 months. -
Defra unveils cash for local recycling projects
Community groups, charities and councils with innovative ideas to accelerate recycling rates can now apply for a slice of £650,000 of funding, Defra has announced. -
Energy chief backs renewables
The head of the International Energy Agency has warned that the world’s energy system is being pushed to breaking point while “clean energy” technologies are not being deployed quickly enough to avert potentially disastrous consequences. -
Exporters face higher prices as shipping availabilty returns
Recovered material exporters expect tough trading conditions to continue despite Maersk restarting bookings to the East. -
Five-fold growth predicted in global energy-from-waste market
The global market for thermal and biological energy-from-waste technologies will grow nearly five-fold to $29.2bn (£18.2bn) by 2022, according to a study. -
Huge spike in TVs being recycled
Thousands of televisions are being thrown away across the UK as the digital switchover makes them redundant. -
Interconnected infrastructure
We risk driving material down the waste hierarchy from recycling where support is weak. -
Livingstone's 'cheeky' waste claims challenged
The chairman of the London Waste and Recycling Board has countered claims by Ken Livingstone about his record on waste management when he was the capital’s mayor. -
London Olympics to 'boost recycling industry'
The London Olympics will boost recycling and create jobs in the industry, according to an East London recycling firm. -
Maersk restarts bookings to Asia
Container shipping line Maersk has restarted taking bookings from Northern Europe to Asia after a three-week hiatus. -
Maximum payload
Up until now it has not been possible to completely fill a container due to the size of the bales. Middleton believes it is the first manufacturer to integrate pre-press features in the design -
Plastic film sector hit by recyclates supply
Plastic film and packaging suppliers have expressed concern at the rising cost of diesel at a time when recycled polymers are in short supply. -
Police working on national scrapyard inspection scheme
The police are developing a structured inspection programme for scrap metal dealers as the crackdown on metal theft continues to gather pace. -
Renewables lead into next century
Energy from waste could supply 15% of renewable electricity from 2020 -
Scrap metal dealers are having sleepless nights over cash ban
The scrap metal industry is about to be dragged kicking and screaming into a new era after legislation to ban cash transactions passed through the Commons without debate last week. -
Southampton waste boss suspended
The head of household waste collection in Southampton has been suspended. -
Staff at recycling firm showed symptoms of lead poisoning
A recycling firm has been fined £49,500 for failing to protect employees working with lead. -
Strong performance for EfW giant
US based energy-from-waste firm Covanta has announced strong financial results for the first quarter of 2012. -
The future's bright
Marcus Gover considers five issues that will have the most impact on the recycling industry during the current financial year -
Times are a-changing
The UK aims to source 15% of its energy from renewable sources by the end of the decade, and ACTs can go a long way help deliver this target -
Value of renewables sector put at £12.5bn
The renewables industry is worth an estimated £12.5bn and supports 110,000 jobs, according to research. -
Waste firm is 'carbon neutral'
A north-west independent waste management firm has achieved carbon neutrality. -
Waste sector changes could 'revitalise economy'
Energy from waste could supply more than 15% of the UK’s renewable electricity target by 2020, according to a report. -
Why MRF code of practice is vital and must be mandatory
The Government is likely to the results of its review on a code of practice for materials recycling facilities (MRFs) shortly. Introduced as a part of the Government’s Waste Review last summer, the proposals have been developed in conjunction with a number of industry bodies and aim to ensure minimum levels of quality in the UK waste stream through accurate testing of the materials going into, and coming out of MRFs. -
Wood recyclers hail record year
Wood recyclers increased output to a record 2.8m tonnes last year, figures have revealed.
