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Boost to the scrap industry as Mandelson announces an £80 million loan to Sheffield Forgemasters
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has announced the Government is offering Sheffield Forgemasters an £80 million loan to build a 15,000 tonne press and finishing facility that will also boost the scrap industry. Designed to strengthen the UK’s civil nuclear supply chain, the facility will produce ultra-large forgings such as reactor pressure vessels, integral to modern civil nuclear reactors. Currently, these can only be produced in Japan for the global market, making Sheffield Forgemasters the second only in the world with necessary nuclear accreditation able to make the very largest forgings required.
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17 Mar 2010
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WRAP report reaffirms recycling is the best end of life option for most materials
Fresh research regarding the environmental benefits of recycling reaffirms that recycling generally remains the best option for most materials in the UK waste stream. Work undertaken by the Waste & Resources Action Programme reviewed life cycle analyses of additional materials from the previous report carried out in 2006, including food waste, garden waste, textiles and biopolymers. Other materials also looked at in Environmental Benefits of Recycling - 2010 Update were wood, plastics, paper and cardboard. Pyrolysis, gasification, anaerobic digestion, composting and energy from waste technologies were additionally examined.
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16 Mar 2010
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Oxo-degradable plastics may not be as 'green' as producers claim
Degradable plastics may not be as environmentally friendly as producers believe, finds research by Loughborough University backed by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Producers of oxo-degradable plastics regularly tout it as being a solution to the plastic bag litter problem, claiming the plastic is 100% degradable or biodegradable. But Defra’s report asserts that because it can take two to five years in the open environment to break down, it will still appear as litter until it starts to degrade.
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15 Mar 2010
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Plans for plants that can turn waste plastic into fuel
A new plant which turns mixed waste plastics into liquid synthetic fuels is now fully operational in Ireland, with the promise of more similar plants to come in the UK and throughout Europe. Cynar Recycling’s first plant in Portlaoise, Ireland can process up to 10 tonnes of waste plastics per day. Although plants can be built to process up to 20 tonnes of waste per day producing up to 19,000 litres of fuel products at a conversion rate of 95%.
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12 Mar 2010
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Shanks supply agreement for Closed Loop
Waste management firm Shanks will supply plastic bottles collected
from its London operations to bottle-to-bottle recycler Closed Loop
Recycling’s plant in Dagenham, east London.
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11 Mar 2010
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Material sectors criticise Government's unachievable packaging recycling targets
Key figures across the recycled plastics, aluminium and wood industries have expressed their concerns over the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs proposed packaging recycling targets for 2020. Some sectors believe the Government’s targets are over-ambitious and need to be revised. They say more infrastructure and work on increasing the recovery rates of materials needs to be put in place before such targets can be reached. more... |
10 Mar 2010
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Drax calls on Government to change co-firing regulations
The Government needs to change biomass co-firing regulations which restrict competition and create an uneven playing field for independent electricity generators, power plant owner and operator Drax believes. Britain’s biggest and most efficient coal fired power plant, is concerned that its plans to further increase its co-fired coal and biomass capability are being damaged by regulations restricting the number of Renewables Obligation Certificates (ROCs) from co-firing with regular biomass that electricity suppliers can present.
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09 Mar 2010
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Bristol submits waste incentive proposal
Today (8 March) Bristol City Council submitted its proposal to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to trial a waste incentive scheme. Under the scheme householders would receive 50 pence for each kilogramme of waste reduced from its average waste levels but householders would only be able to receive a maximum of £17.50 a year.
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08 Mar 2010
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Greenstar WES announces record r-HDPE plastic flake production
Greenstar WES has announced record production levels of food grade recycled HDPE plastic in December 2009. Nearly 700 tonnes of food grade recycled HDPE plastic flake was produced at the end of last year, boosting its overall 2009 production total to 5,900 tonnes.
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02 Mar 2010
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AWS receives planning permission to rebuild plant
AWS Eco Plastics has been granted conditional planning permission to rebuild the sort line, which was destroyed after a fire at its Hemswell plant. Unanimously agreed to by the council and recommended by the planning committee, recycled food grade PET producer AWS is set to begin building immediately with the goal to be fully operational by September 2010. more... |
02 Mar 2010
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Scotland launches £5 million plastic recycling fund
Zero Waste Scotland is launching a £5 million capital grant scheme to develop plastics recycling infrastructure in the country. The scheme was launched on 26 February on behalf of the Scottish Government as part of its Zero Waste Scotland programme. The money will be awarded to facilities capable of sorting, recycling and reprocessing a range of plastic waste, with a focus on plastic packaging and bottles from household waste. more... |
02 Mar 2010
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