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Emphasis on a 'blue-green' Party with the launch of the Conservative Environment Network
Shadow Environment Secretary Nick Herbert stressed the importance of the Conservative Party being a ‘blue-green’ party at the launch of a new green public policy forum advocating a conservative approach to the environment last night (10 March). The Conservative Environment Network (CEN) is an independent organisation, which will support the leadership on environmental issues and look objectively at policy. Formed in 2008 by a group of green policy advisers and specialists, CEN wants to keep action on climate change and environmental issues at the core of the Conservative Party.
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11 Mar 2010
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UPDATE: David Workman moves to CPI as BGMC restructures
David Workman, former director general of the British Glass Manufacturers Confederation, has been appointed director general of the Confederation of Paper Industries, while Dave Dalton steps into replace him at BGMC. Workman, who has been with BGMC since 2001, will succeed Dr Martin Oldman who is due to retire from CPI later this year. more... |
10 Mar 2010
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Advantage West Midlands launches Landfill Diversion Strategy
A new approach to landfill diversion has been officially launched at the House of Commons. The Landfill Diversion Strategy, formulated by Advantage West Midlands as part of its low carbon regional economic strategy, contains a location analysis tool designed to identify sites with potential to host waste technologies as an alternative to landfill. more... |
10 Mar 2010
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Inquest into bin truck death begins
An inquest has begun into the death of a teacher who was found among rubbish at a Brighton waste transfer site in July last year. It is thought Scott Williams, a maths teacher from New Zealand, climbed inside a wheelie bin to shelter from the rain. The bin was then picked up by a dust cart and dumped at a Sussex landfill site owned by Sussex Waste Recycling later that morning.
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10 Mar 2010
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Government and third sector to work together to tackle sustainable development
New proposals detailing ways in which the Government and the third sector can work better together to tackle sustainable development and climate change have been outlined as part of a new report. The report, Shaping our Future, is the work of the joint ministerial and third sector task force, involving ministers from the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Office of the Third Sector, the Department for Energy and Climate Change, the Department for Communities and Local Government and 16 third sector organisations. more... |
10 Mar 2010
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Shanks calls off talks with Carlyle
Shanks today (9 March) announced that potential buyout discussions with the Carlyle Group have ended. Talks were called off after the Carlyle Group offered a final price indication of 120 pence cash per share - a drop from the initial offer of 135 pence per share.
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09 Mar 2010
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Packaging waste targets
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has set ambitious targets to recycle more than 70% of packaging waste by 2020 and to make the packaging recovery note system more transparent. more... |
08 Mar 2010
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Straight acquires Helesi for £1.65 million
Waste and recycling container supplier Straight has acquired the business and some assets relating to the UK manufacturing operations of Helesi for £1.65 million in cash. Straight has acquired assets, including moulds and presses, relating to the manufacture of Helesi’s most popular wheeled refuse and recycling containers in the UK. It will be the first time the firm has sold its own brand of wheeled bins.
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08 Mar 2010
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Campaign to get MPs to support UK Manufacturing
MPs are the target of a new campaign to support the UK manufacturing industry launched by the Confederation of Paper Industries. The campaign involves mailing all MPs in the run up to the general election with a flyer made of corrugated board which asks them to encourage the growth of the UK manufacturing industry. more... |
08 Mar 2010
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New report slams BREW
The Committee of Public Accounts chairman Edward Leigh MP has slammed the Government’s Business Resource Efficiency and Waste Programme for having “little perceptible impact” in helping to tackle business waste. His scathing comments follow the publication of a report by the National Audit Office entitled Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Reducing the impact of business waste through the business resource efficiency and waste programme (5 March). It states that the amount of business waste sent to landfill has fallen, but it is not possible to say how much of this reduction is down to the £240 million funded BREW programme. more... |
05 Mar 2010
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Government miscalculates battery figures
The Government has underestimated how many tonnes of portable batteries the UK places on the market annually, new figures show.Last year, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs published an impact assessment review on batteries. It estimated that the UK sells 30,000 tonnes of portable batteries each year of which approximately 3% are sent for recycling. more... |
05 Mar 2010
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Bristol to lead the way with waste incentive scheme
Bristol City Council has become the first authority in the country to apply for the Government’s financial waste incentive scheme. Following a series of discussions and meetings with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Waste & Resources Action Programme, the city council is taking a formal proposal to Defra on 8 March to seek funding and support for a pilot incentive scheme that would give residents the chance to receive cash incentives of up to £40 depending on how much they manage to reduce their waste. more... |
05 Mar 2010
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TfL Metro contract ambiguous about recycling measures
The lucrative contract retained by the Metro on Transport for London’s network includes new measures to further encourage newspaper recycling, TfL has claimed. The contract, which begins on 6 April, allows distribution of the free morning newspaper on weekday mornings at around 250 underground stations and 14 London bus stations for the next seven and a half years. more... |
05 Mar 2010
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Courtauld Commitment 2 targets unveiled
The Waste & Resources Action Programme has officially launched Courtauld Commitment 2 (4 March) which aims to achieve a more sustainable use of resources over the entire lifecycle of products, throughout the whole supply chain. WRAP has confirmed that it has set a “WRAP-owned” 10% carbon reduction target for signatories to meet. Signatories will have to reduce their packaging by weight, increase recycling rates and increase the recycled content of all grocery packaging, as appropriate. more... |
04 Mar 2010
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WEEE Advisory Body calls for views on IPR
The WEEE Advisory Body is urging all interested WEEE stakeholders to participate in a consultation for a planned report on Individual Producer Responsibility.IPR gives producers the responsibility for their own items and may help to provide an economic incentive to adapt the design of their products to the prerequisites of sound waste management.The aim of the consultation is to provide the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills with an overview of opinion within the industry about this issue. The report will set out how IPR might be “practically and realistically” implemented in the UK. more... |
04 Mar 2010
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Companies "completely under-prepared" for new environmental fines
Thousands of small to medium-sized businesses in the waste industry are completely under prepared for a new regime of strict environmental civil penalties that come into force on 6 April, warned a legal expert.The Environment Agency will become one of the first regulators to be given greater flexibility to enforce environmental law, such as the Hazardous Waste, Packaging and Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations under the Environmental Civil Sanctions Order 2010. Any firm found breaking the above laws could be subject to a new regime of civil as opposed to criminal fines and penalties (see MRW story). more... |
01 Mar 2010
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Ignorance and inconvenience blamed for low furniture and electrical recycling rates
A lack of awareness and inconvenience are being blamed as the main reason why people fail to recycle furniture and large electrical goods, according to a new survey. The research commissioned by the British Heart Foundation Furniture and Electrical Stores found that 17% of people surveyed did not recycle such items because it was too much hassle and a further 16% of people said it was because they didn’t have any facilities nearby. more... |
01 Mar 2010
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IPC starts to take applications for energy projects
The Infrastructure Planning Commission has started to consider applications for energy projects including energy-from-waste plants that produce more than 50MW. The IPC was formed in October 2009 as part of a move to strip local authorities of the ability to block or delay projects considered to be of high national priority. It aims to separate national decisions from individual planning concerns. Planning Minister John Healey said: “If we are to be competitive in the global economy and have a good quality of life, it is clear we need a better system for planning and building the infrastructure the country needs." more... |
01 Mar 2010
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