Materials Recycling Week
30 March 2012
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A flare for analysis
Landfill operators need to prove that no landfill gas is migrating off site and causing potentially dangerous gas concentrations in buildings or houses. On sites in the UK and around the world methane gas is being analysed daily and Geotech offers a range gas analysers for this purpose. Steve Billingham reports. -
Accountability in the field
Momote has created an app to help businesses record waste disposed of to help them comply with regulations -
Battery manufacturers in race to meet deadline
UK Battery manufacturers need a big final push to meet their 2011/12 recycling target. -
Biffa's owners open to offers
Biffa’s private equity owners are listening to offers for the waste management giant, MRW understands. -
Biomass subsidy delay proposals slammed
Industry leaders have slammed Government plans to delay subsidies to biomass and energy-from-waste projects. -
Budget failed to commit to green investment
Recycling and renewable energy companies – in common with most other sectors – approach any budget day with a mix of hope and trepidation. -
Business resource efficiency programme extended
A scheme to help businesses in Northern Ireland reduce waste has been extended for another year. -
Caution over boost in paper recycling figures
Paper recycling in the UK has risen by 3.6 percentage points, according to the latest annual figures from the Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI). -
CO2Sense switches to community interest company
Not-for-profit waste and low-carbon specialist CO2Sense is becoming an independent community interest company (CIC). -
Criticism mounts over planning hiatus
Ministers’ decision to delay crucial waste planning guidance for up to 18 months drew strong criticism from industry and political opponents this week. -
Drivers learn new tricks
AT A GLANCE: Many of the drivers have applied the training to their own cars and have seen the benefits for themselves -
Export container problems continue as Maersk halts bookings
Container shipping giant Maersk Line has announced a temporary stop on all bookings for cargo from northern Europe to Asia. -
Export problems add to woes for textiles recyclers
Recovered textile exporters face a triple threat to profits, according to an industry leader. -
Further planning blow as Waste Management Plan delayed until 2013
The publication of a National Waste Management Plan (NWMP) has been delayed, adding to industry concerns that waste projects could face significant hold-ups. -
Further UK acquisition for SAICA
Spanish multinational paper and packaging manufacturer SAICA has taken over Manchester-based recycler Houghton’s Waste Paper. -
Glass recycling rate falls
The UK container glass recycling rate fell in 2010, figures have revealed. -
Infrastructure delivery fears voiced after planning muddle
Waste professionals have voiced their fears after Defra said publication of the National Waste Management Plan (NWMP) would be delayed until the end of next year. -
Kent closer to closing two recycling centres
Kent County Council’s cabinet has endorsed proposals to close two household waste recycling centres. -
MRF code expected to be mandatory
Ministers have begun drafting the MRF code of practice, MRW understands, with senior figures now expecting it to be made mandatory. -
Onsite gasification unit set for launch
A product designed to save the healthcare sector “millions of pounds a year” by allowing on-site disposal of non-recyclable organic waste is to be launched later this year. -
Packaging data underlines plastics challenge
Producers scraped past the 2011 plastics packaging target, provisional data has suggested, leaving a much work required to hit tougher targets in 2017. -
Planning delays branded a ‘joke’ by shadow minister
Defra’s decision to delay the National Waste Management Plan has been slammed by a shadow minister as the outcry over the planning muddle grows. -
Planning reforms exclude waste despite pressure
Ministers have ignored pleas to directly address the waste sector in new planning guidelines, sparking fears waste projects could be hampered. -
Recoup chief calls for 70% bottle recycling
Recoup chief executive Stuart Foster has called for 70% plastic bottle recycling within five years. -
Scrap dealers rush to expose cash ban loophole
Scrap dealers are rushing to register as itinerant collectors to exploit a loophole in the Government’s scrap metal cash ban, according to a former minister. -
Sector deserves direction now
For more than 18 months, one of the most dynamic sectors faces uncertainty -
Short-lived policy is ROC-ing the renewables boat
Continuity and stability in Government policy is essential to attract investment -
Takeover preserves late owner's legacy
The widow of the former head of a waste management company has sold the business to a recycler willing to preserve the company identity. -
Welsh partners pick Agrivert for AD deal
Oxfordshire firm Agrivert has been chosen as preferred bidder to recycle 10,000 tonnes of food waste each year under a 15-year contract for Ceredigion and Powys county councils.
