Materials Recycling Week
12 November 2010
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Advanced thermal technolgy's role in renewable energy
The time is right for advanced thermal technologies to take their rightful place and help contribute to the UK’s renewable energy targets, writes Peter Mills -
An answer for carton recycling
This summer, Stora Enso’s Barcelona paper mill started operating its full scale pyrolysis plant which can recycle used cartons. Andrea Lockerbie went to see it -
Anaerobic digestion coming on stream
With news that Agrivert and Adnams have opened new AD plants, Ruth Faulkner finds out how they got them up and running -
Bristol's plastic recycling jumps 10-fold
Residents in Bristol have dramatically increased the amount of plastic they are recycling according to new figures. -
Businesses and communities to be more involved in waste, says Minister
Businesses will be pushed to go “further and faster than ever before” to eliminate waste, when the Government unveils its reviewed waste strategy in the spring, the secretary of state Caroline Spelman has said. -
Defra business plan sets out timetable for key waste announcements
A definite timetable for the publication of key waste policy announcements has been revealed, following the publication of Defra’s departmental business plan. -
EMR appoints long-serving adviser non-executive director
Metal recycler EMR has appointed Edward Pysden - who successfully brought the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority’s municipal waste disposal contract to a conclusion - as a non-executive director. -
Getting the waste sector to adopt a flexible approach
To drive the sector forward, we need to take a more customer-focused approach and listen, writes Stuart Hayward-Higham -
Localism key theme to Defra waste strategy
Localism and giving more power to consumers looks to be a key theme of Defra’s waste strategy, following secretary of state Caroline Spelman’s address at the WRAP conference yesterday (9 November). -
Progress on use of recycled PP in food grade applications revealed
The Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has said it is making good progress when it comes to the development of recycled polypropelyne (PP) for use in food packaging. -
Recycling update from BIR meeting
The latest BIR meeting found positive tones coming from the metals meetings and an update on the end of waste criteria from the European Commission. MRW reports -
Report signals change for health and safety at work
An overhaul of health and safety legislation could be on the way if recommendations put forward by Lord Young are taken up, writes Jeremy Eden -
Sandwell signs 25-year deal with Serco
A waste improvement deal worth around £650m has been officially signed by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. -
Second public consultation to be held on future of Arpley landfill site
Waste Recycling Group (WRG) has announced dates for a second public exhibition into its plans to extend the life of the Arpley landfill site in Cheshire for a further 12 years. -
Size matters in the super council debate
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Taxation shift is a business opportunity for the industry
The recent Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) will have far reaching effects in the waste industry, quite possibly resulting in the rewriting of many business plans to account for the new political realities that funding the deficit has caused local authorities and businesses.However, one line in the CSR, which will have a major effect over and above the spending plans, is the fundamental change to the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC). This has been changed from a complicated carbon -
Waste oil plant officially opens
A plant which turns waste cooking oil, collected from local authorities and commercial sites, into a sustainable biofuel has been officially opened in Norfolk. -
WEEE recycler fined over nitrogen incident
WEEE reprocessing firm Overton Recycling has been fined £13,000 by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a worker was knocked out by nitrogen gas used in a fridge recycling machine. -
WEEE recycling progress
Great strides have been made in UK WEEE recycling but there’s still scope for more knowledge and improvement in the sector, as Tiffany Holland finds out -
Westminster dismisses bin cut claims
Reports that Westminster City Council in London is planning to halve the number of litter bins in the borough have been “taken out of context”, according to a council spokesman. -
Zero waste, reducing waste and business deals to be WRAP's future focus
“Now more than ever we need to work together,” WRAP chief executive Liz Goodwin told waste industry stakeholders at the organisation’s annual conference.
