Materials Recycling Week
11 May 2012
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GIB and Energy Bill in Queen’s Speech
A new Energy Bill and legislation to set up the Green Investment bank (GIB) will be on the Parliamentary programme for the coming year. -
Agrivert secures 15-year Welsh AD deal
Anaerobic digestion and composting specialist Agrivert has secured a 15-year deal to recycle food waste for Ceredigion and Powys County Councils. -
Better bin management
Reducing the wheelie bin’s carbon footprint can offer cost efficiencies and a more sustainable future for local authorities - Peter Atterby explains how -
Biffa slams IESE framework
Waste management giant Biffa has set out its reasons for not bidding for a place on the controversial Improvement and Efficiency South East framework. -
Boris urged to up his game on waste
Boris Johnson was in bullish mood after securing another four years at the City Hall helm but he faces calls from the industry to up his game on waste. -
Bridge that gap
Inspections of weighbridges are due to become more vigilant after reports that more than a quarter of UK weighbridges are giving false readings. Chris McAllister explains how to ensure accuracy. -
Caution over future of UK waste sector
The UK waste management economy remained relatively resilient despite the recession, but could yet be hit by a further downturn, a report has concluded. -
Concern mounts as EfW sector awaits ROC review
An energy-from-waste developer has called on the Government to speed up the Renewables Obligation Banding Review process after officials said it may not be published until June. -
Councils make fresh attempt to grab PRN cash
Councils are stepping up attempts to grab a slice of the cash generated by the Packaging Recovery Notes (PRN) system, ahead of a crucial report expected next month. -
Firms urged to aid councils bin cash bid
Waste firms have been urged by ministers to help councils with their bids for cash from the £250m weekly bin collection fund. -
GMWDA: a sea change
Developing sustainable local waste systems that encourage recycling and compost is difficult. Drs Sally Gee and Elivira Uyarra report on how Greater Manchester achieved it -
Hazardous TV waste export storm
Hazardous waste from old TVs is being sent abroad for uses banned in the UK, according to senior industry figures. -
High volume of PRN deals in April
April saw a third of this year’s trade in packaging recovery notes, data has revealed. -
Investment fund backs three waste initiatives
An environmental investment fund has announced £14m backing for developments in biomass, anaerobic digestion and energy-from-waste. -
Minister targets plastic bottles
Waste minister Lord Taylor has outlined plans to boost plastic bottle recycling which could see producers sign up to a new responsibility deal. -
MRW's ferrous price guide - UPDATE
MRW has recently re-set prices following feedback from readers. Responses suggested that while the rises and falls we were capturing were about right, the prices themselves were too low to be a true reflection of the market. -
New ways with waste
End-of-waste criteria for biowaste are under discussion across Europe. David Collins looks at likely effects in the UK -
Olympic bins ordered
A special range of bins has been ordered to sit on the streets around the Olympic Park. -
Quality debate needs mature heads
While consensus is unlikely, squbbling must be resisted -
Recycling up in England but London still lags behind
London has remained at the bottom of the league table for household recycling, more than 16 percentage points behind the Eastern region at the top. -
Revealed: MRF code of practice details
Defra has presented plans for its much-vaunted materials recovery facilities code of practice to key stakeholders, MRW has learned. -
Six jailed for scrap metal scam
Six people have been jailed after a scrap metal export scam that saw them cheat the taxman out of hundreds of thousands of pounds. -
Solution to food waste does not lie solely in AD
We shouldn’t just put all our eggs in the AD basket but consider a multitude of options to ensure that food waste has its own recycling hierarchy -
Tornado sweeps into north west
Voluntary measures to combat metal theft are being rolled out in the north-west of England following successful implementation in other areas of the country. -
UK waste to power Amsterdam homes
Sita UK is to supply Amsterdam with up to 600,000 tonnes of waste-derived fuel from South-east England. -
Veolia eyes Wembley success
Veolia Environmental Services expected this weekend’s FA Cup Final to be the greenest ever. -
Veolia waste division hit by material prices
The waste management division of multinational services firm Veolia Environnement has reported a fall in revenue for the first quarter of 2012. -
Waste criminal ordered to pay back almost £1m
A waste crime boss has been ordered to repay more than £917,000 under the Proceeds of Crime Act – or face four and half years in jail.
