Materials Recycling Week
25 May 2012
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Government 'misses a trick' with rates-for-waste plans
Plans to hand councils fresh financial incentives to host renewable energy projects including waste plants have been given a lukewarm reception from industry chiefs. -
Waste offender’s permit revoked
A waste operator has his permits revoked following a string of offences, the Environment Agency has announced. -
AD digestate trials look to wider use
A series of trials is underway to try to establish new markets for the use of digestate, the by-product of the anaerobic digestion (AD) process. -
Consider the 'other AD'
Anaerobic digestion might be the flavour of the month but Bill Butterworth argues that its poorer cousin aerobic digestion in some circumstances might be more appropriate. -
Energy Bill 'does nothing' to solve uncertainty
The draft Energy Bill has failed to provide the firm commitment to renewables crucial to lever in finance for energy-from-waste (EfW) projects, industry chiefs have told MRW. -
Going beyond the plastic bottle stream
New guidance from WRAP aims to help local authorities manage their plastic collections more effectively. -
Lord Lewis steps down from key role
The Veolia Environmental Trust has appointed a new chair and executive director. -
LWaRB holds talks with charities over textiles plan
The London Waste and Recycling Board (LWaRB) has held “constructive” talks with charity bosses over controversial plans to tender for a pan-London textile recycling bank contract. -
Materials trading scheme set up
An EU-backed project has set up an online market place to link sellers and buyers of materials across the south-east of England. -
Minister says department will not reduce food waste
An MP has expressed “shock” and “concern” at a minister’s refusal to reduce the food waste his department produces a year. -
One tonne metal dragon found in scrap yard raid
Police in London have found a statue of Christ, an ornamental dragon and hundreds of memorial plaques amongst items seized at a scrap yard. -
Power up and go
Running costs are a fraction of those for a diesel-powered vehicle, as “fuel” spend can be as little as 3p per mile. -
Scrap dealers accused by councils over metal theft
A row has broken out between councils and scrap metal dealers over the metal theft crisis. -
Shanks' revenue and profit up in 'challenging market'
Waste management firm Shanks Group has reported a “robust” performance for the year. -
Slashing waste red tape 'risks environment'
A Government bid to slash red tape, which includes scrapping a raft of waste regulations, risks sweeping away laws vital to protecting the environment, an influential group of MPs has warned. -
Specially secure shredding
Growing concern surrounding corporate fraud and personal identity theft means an increasing amount of documentation is considered confidential. -
Statutory council waste targets urged by experts
Local authorities should have a statutory duty to develop and implement low carbon plans, according to the Government’s Committee on Climate Change (CCC). -
Strikes planned for Sheffield recycling centres
Staff at five household recycling centres in Sheffield are to strike this weekend over alleged job and pay cuts. -
Tackling crime together
Councils and the British Metals Recycling Association have come to blows this week over dealing with metal theft.The BMRA has called for a national licensing scheme to replace the current situation where councils are responsible for local registration – and claimed that council records are up to 80% incorrect.Labour councillor Clyde Loakes, vice-chair of the Local Government Association’s environment committee, blamed the industry for an increase in theft and said that councils -
Time for clear data about London's waste
Planning is often identified as one of the great barriers to the delivery of waste management infrastructure. But for waste planners in London, these problems are largely self-inflicted. The challenges now facing the Capital do not stem from the planning system, but from the poor implementation of it. -
Two councils sign deal with UPM
Two south Midlands local authorities have signed a dry recycling contract with paper producer UPM. -
Two national reps leave LARAC
Two of the Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee’s six national representatives have left the body. -
Wales marks Sustainability Week
A series of activities is taking place from 21 to 27 May to mark Wales Sustainability Week. -
Waste firm fined over 'horrific' accident
A recycling firm has been fined after a worker lost an arm on an unguarded conveyor system in “horrific incident that was entirely preventable”. -
Waste projects get rates boost
Councils are to be handed fresh financial incentives to host new renewable energy projects including waste plants, ministers have confirmed. -
'Waste to energy' firm to file for administration
A firm that struck a deal to build multiple renewable energy projects across the country has said it is to file for administration. -
WEEE firm's approved exporter permit suspended
An electronics recycling firm has had its approved exporter permit suspended by the Environment Agency after hazardous and non-approved waste was found in containers awaiting shipment abroad. -
White van man can be part of the solution
They don’t have the best reputation and my first real encounter with white van man certainly wasn’t a positive one. But this experience has often made me wonder if he provides the answer to the puzzling gaps in the UK’s electronic waste data.
