Materials Recycling Week
8 July 2011
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£45m Devon EfW plant to divert 60k tonnes from landfill
A £45m energy- from- waste (EfW) plant helping to divert 60,000 tonnes of residual waste from landfill in Devon is to be built by French company Tiru under contract to Viridor Waste Management. -
400,000 tonnes of food waste worth £724m wasted by hospitality sector
Up to £724m could be saved by the UK hospitality sector each year if they tackled food waste, according to today’s report by the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP). -
Alpha Bin Care expands and renames as Alpha Waste Solutions
Alpha Bin Care has made a “hat-trick” of changes to ensure future growth including a renaming, an acquisition and securing UK distributor deals. -
Baler choices
MRW takes a closer look at some recent baler investments made by recyclers and the reasons why -
Boom time for balers
Jonathan Oldfield looks at the increasing importance of balers in generating revenue for companies of all sizes -
Broxbourne streamlines kerbside scheme
Broxbourne Borough council will change its kerbside recycling scheme in August by adding an extra collection box and getting rid of clear sacks. -
Call for Scotland to 'up its game' after failing to meet recycling target
Scotland must “up its game” if it is to deliver its zero-waste ambition, according to WWF Scotland. -
Campaigners lodge legal challenge on Pickles' decision to uphold Cornwall EfW
Waste campaigners in Cornwall have lodged a legal challenge against Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles’ decision to uphold the planning appeal by Sita, allowing the construction of the Cornwall Energy Recovery Centre (CERC) at St Dennis, St Austell. -
Competition heats up for demolition companies
Demolition companies have begun paying for the right to take on contracts to secure the recovery of metals such as steel and copper over their rivals. -
CRR applies for judicial review over rWFD transposition
A “representative” group of stakeholders from the Campaign for Real Recycling (CRR) filed an application for a judicial review over the inclusion of full commingled waste collections within the revised Waste Framework Directive (rWFD). -
CRR members backing judicial review revealed
The group of Campaign for Real Recycling (CRR) stakeholders who are supporting its application for a judicial review over the UK’s transposition of the revised Waste Framework Directive (rWFD) have been now been revealed. -
Data destruction service strengthens presence in Midlands
Printwaste Recycling & Shredding, specialist in confidential data destruction and recycling, is expanding its footprint in the West Midlands after winning significant new contracts. -
Defra defends increase in recycling rejection levels
Defra has defended England’s household waste recycling system following data which showed that the amount of household recyclables collected but not recycled has increased by 37% over the past three years. -
Devonshire dairy unveils anaerobic digestion plant
A dairy has today (1 July) officially opened its own anaerobic digestion (AD) facility that will help power its operations to produce clotted cream and yoghurt. -
EA to use 'waste stream approach' to waste compliance
The Environment Agency (EA) is changing its approach to waste compliance from ensuring individual sites are compliant with the appropriate permits, to a ‘waste stream approach’. This means its focus is on ensuring waste is compliant as it flows through the system, with greater certainty on where it has come from and is going to. -
European guidelines move WtE facilities up waste hierarchy
Waste-to-energy (WtE) plants will now have the opportunity to move up the waste hierarchy after the European Commission published guidelines that classify them as ‘energy recovery’ rather than ‘waste disposal’. -
Exporting wood waste ‘to become long-term trend’
The recent surge in wood waste exports is expected to be a long-term trend rather than the previously predicted short-term effect, a report by Tolvik Consulting has found. -
From the ground up
Nick Churchward explains why the political and regulatory climate for getting new waste and energy infrastructure projects off the ground remains challenging -
J&B Recycling wins £1.5m bring bank contract across Teesside
A recycling banks contract worth £1.5m a year has been awarded to J&B Recycling to operate the first ever standardised scheme across the Teesside area. -
Local authorities may need to revisit organic collection systems, following EU vote
Only compost and digestate that meets end-of-waste criteria may be classed as ‘recycling’ with the rest defined as ‘recovery’, following a vote at the European Commission on 1 July. -
New studies into low carbon vehicle battery reuse and recycling
Six British companies have been awarded Technology Strategy Board funding for feasibility studies into the recycling and reuse of batteries for low and ultra low carbon vehicles. -
Not enough information on financing the industry in Waste Review, says expert
Unanswered questions about where and how finance will be provided to the waste and recycling sector have been left by the Waste Review, according to environmental private equity firm Foresight Group. -
Otto rebrands as ESE
Waste container provider Otto Waste Solutions has now rebranded as ESE (Environmental Systems Expertise), a year after it was acquired by private equity firm Stirling Square Capital Partners. -
Planning permission granted for Sita eco park in Surrey
Sita UK has been granted planning permission by Surrey County Council for its proposed Eco Park at Charlton Lane in Shepperton, subject to it being referred to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. -
Polystyrene container maker opens first UK collection centre
Polystyrene food container manufacturer Dart Products has opened its first polystyrene collection centre, servicing the West Midlands. -
Recovered paper
This month’s analysis of the market -
Responsibility Deal will help SMEs to raise their recycling game
Considering industry challenges from the Responsibility Deal -
RRS overturns Derby planning decision on energy-from-waste plant at High Court
Resource Recovery Solutions (RRS) has successfully appealed Derby City Council’s decision not to grant planning permission for a gasification and mechanical biological treatment (MBT) facility at Sinfin Lane. -
Saica buys up Cutts Recycling
Saica, the Spanish paper firm behind the recycled containerboard mill in Manchester, has bought waste paper recovery firm Cutts Recycling. -
Select and affect
Careful choice of baler type to handle MRF-sorted material will optimise efficiency, advises Jonathan Fallon -
Shanks group chief executive Tom Drury announces departure
Shanks group chief executive Tom Drury will leave the company in October to join debt purchaser Arrow Global as chief executive, it was announced today (5 July). -
Sonoco UK acquires Robinson Paperboard and Packaging
Packaging firm Sonoco UK has bought Robinson Paperboard and Packaging from the Robinson Group for a reported £2.6m. -
Spelman berated for 'lack of ambition' over waste review
Defra secretary Caroline Spelman was told by Labour MPs she has “a lack of ambition” in the House of Commons last week, when they lashed out at the waste review and its lack of targets. -
TEG gets green light for fourth IVC
AIM-listed organics recycler TEG group has been given the go-ahead to build the fourth in-vessel composting facility for the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (GMWDA). -
TEG hits £3.8m target with share placing and open offer
TEG group has conditionally managed to raise its target fund of £3.8m after placing shares on the stock exchange. -
Tetronics builds first plant in Taiwan for WEEE metal recovery
Tetronics, specialists in the treatment of hazardous waste and metal recovery, plans to use its plasma technology to extract valuable metals from waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) with a new plant in Taiwan. -
The case for carbon over weight
MRW’s roundtable on the waste review provoked much debate and generated messages for the Government. In the first instalment of a new series, industry figures discuss carbon metrics and MRFs -
The great planning conflict
Energy columnist Malcolm Chilton explains what the changes to the planning system will mean for the waste industry. -
The provision of recycling knowledge is vital for consumers
…on new approaches to communication -
Thomson Airways will be 'first' UK airline to use biofuel
Thomson Airways will become the ‘first’ UK airline to use biofuel when it begins operating a flight a week from Birmingham Airport next month, using the sustainable alternative to fossil fuel. -
Urbaser wins £2.2m Gosport waste contract
Spanish firm Urbaser has secured its first waste management contract in the UK with Gosport Borough Council worth £2.2 million. -
WRAP launches waste prevention loan fund
A £1m fund to help businesses reduce waste at source has been introduced today by the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) on behalf of Defra.
