Materials Recycling Week
13 July 2012
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A stitch in time...saves tonnes
If consumers looking to ‘donate’ clothing get the wrong message through the media, it could even increase the landfill tonnage -
BA lifts of for waste biofuels
British Airways is one of the partners backing a scheme to produce jet fuel made from biomass compatible with oil-based fuels. -
Biffa wins appeal for Shepshed EfW plant
Biffa has won planning permission for an energy from waste plant in Shepshed, Leicestershire, after the secretary of state overturned the council’s decision to reject it. -
Big Interview: Veolia's Jean-Dominique Mallet
Head of Veolia’s UK arm tells Neil Roberts the company is in the UK for the long term and prepared for the challenges facing the industry -
Britannia rules for bin weighing
MRW’s weekly kit pages feature the latest product focus - this week Enviroweigh. -
Contracts: 13 July 2012
MRW’s pick of the week’s new business -
Different waste segregated
MRW’s weekly kit pages feature the latest product focus - this week B&M Waste Services’ Portable Recycling Station. -
End-of-waste decision for glass but paper and copper delayed
The European Commission has backed end-of-waste criteria for glass but failed to agree separate regulations for paper and copper. -
Ferrous - UK market overview - 13 July 2012
In the north-east, most of the region’s yards are reporting scrap price reductions of £10 per tonne. Demand from the local mills remains patchy at best. Some merchants note that planned summer maintenance downtime has been brought forward a few weeks, as the poor economic climate and lower demand has tempered production rates. -
Food waste forum to launch
A forum to discuss how to cut the amount of food waste going to landfill will be launched by The Green Food Project, the joint government and industry initiative. -
Glass - 13 July 2012
The volatility in the packaging recovery note (PRN) market this year is causing difficulties. -
Global news - 13 July 2012
MRW’s weekly round-up of recycling and waste management news from around the world -
Greater co-operation between councils and businesses urged
A senior figure in the waste management sector has called on local authorities and commercial waste producers to work together more closely. -
HMRC publish interim landfill tax guidance
Tax officials have published further guidance on when the lower rate of landfill tax should be applied, designed as an interim solution to the hiatus which has rocked the industry. -
How best to create energy
It’s not just about waste any more, it’s about industry’s energy supply and reducing carbon footprint at a time when energy prices are rising. Peter Jones chair of energy-from-waste, Waste2Tricity reports. -
Industry tries to agree acceptable contamination levels
Waste chiefs are attempting to agree a pan-industry line on the thorny issue of what level of contamination should be allowed in material charged at the lower landfill tax rate, MRW has learned. -
Joint effort urged on clothes recycling
Waste minister Lord Taylor has urged collaboration between local authorities and charities to help cut the amount of clothing sent to landfill, as the two sectors bid to resolve their row about textile bring banks. -
Landfill clothing could make £140m
Around £140m could be generated if all clothing sent to landfill was given to charities, local authorities or other organisations for recycling or re-use, according to fresh research. -
LME METALS round-up - 13 July 2012
Metal prices were easier this week because the markets were unsure how much stimulus the US Government would provide to its economy. The US economy created 80,000 non-farm jobs (more or less permanent jobs) in June, fewer than the 90,000 hoped for but perhaps enough to put off the next round of quantitative easing. -
MRF gate fees drop 40%
MRF gate fees have fallen 40% compared with last year, according to WRAP. -
New radioactive waste chair appointed
Professor Laurence Williams has been appointed as chair of the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has announced. -
North London Waste Plan decision delayed
A decision on the future of the North London Waste Plan has been delayed after the deadline for councils to demonstrate compliance with the duty to co-operate was extended until the end of the month. -
Ottaway seeks advice as councils report 'spiralling' metal theft
The MP whose parliamentary bill is intended to overhaul regulation of the metals recycling industry has visited scrap merchants as research reveals 88% of councils are victims of metal theft. -
Pieces of a progressive economy
Are we ready for a circular economy? Can we afford not to be? Paul Levett, consultant and chair of LRS Consultancy, reports.For people working in the world of resources and sustainability, phrases like ‘closing the recycling loop’, ‘life-cycle analysis’ and ‘cradle to cradle’ are second nature and have been increasingly used over the years. The ‘circular economy’ is a more recent term being promoted by high profile campaigners, like the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. -
Plastic bag data reveals Welsh success
The number of single-use plastic bags issued by supermarkets has risen in England but dropped off in Wales following the devolved administration’s decision to tax carrier bags, official estimates have revealed. -
Quality plan for waste unveiled for Wales
The Welsh Government has published a Collections, Infrastructure and Markets Sector (CIMS) Plan to outline how the economy can provide sustainable, high quality recyclate for reprocessors of recycled material and manufacturers of products from recycled materials. -
Recovered paper - 13 July 2012
Brown grade prices have lurched further to the south in response to low levels of demand from the spectrum of domestic, continental and Chinese mills. All appear to be reasonably or even heavily stocked with recovered fibre while carrying largely unpromising order books. -
Recycler to dismantle e-voting machines
KMK Metals Recycling has been awarded a contract to disassemble and recycle 7,500 experimental e-voting machines no longer wanted by the Irish government. -
Safeguard the supply
How will a circular economy affect the waste and resources sector? -
Scrap metal bill reaches key stage in the Commons
A radical shake-up of the scrap metal trade could clear a significant hurdle in the House of Commons today - or be killed off. -
Task force launched to tackle rising cost of resources
A task force to tackle the rising cost of global resources has been launched by the environmental charity Green Alliance. -
Veolia UK profits surge 20%
Veolia’s UK waste arm posted a 20% profits hike for last year as revenues from the company’s private finance initiative (PFI) contracts portfolio surged. -
Viridor buys Manchester waste firm
Viridor has bought Manchester business JWT Waste Services for £7.6m, to expand its presence in the North West. -
Waste collection fares well in survey
A survey of local services suggests waste services and those collecting from households are held in good regard. -
WEEE sector is charged up for change
WEEE regulations have remained largely unaltered since they came into force in July 2007 – but change is now in the air.
