News in Brief
News round-up June 2018Subscription
Aberdeen MRF has 31.4% contamination rate; Recycling firm backs adult learning; Holiday firm picks Biffa; Iceland tries reverse vending
ADBA ‘fully expects’ UK to introduce mandatory food waste collectionsSubscription
Veolia looks to market battery storage systemSubscription
Export figures show knock-on effect of China banSubscription
Ministers pledge £20m for plastics waste innovationSubscription
£8m WEEE fund opens for bidsSubscription
Weekly Prices Update - 22 June 2018Subscription
MRW’s regular reporting of movements in the markets for secondary materials
Sky’s the limit for recycling rate Subscription
The airline Flybe decided to take its recycling commitment to a whole new level
Recovery of a dwindling resourceSubscription
Successful tests in Sweden into the extraction of metals from glass waste and soils could lead to a future where we mine our old landfills for resources
More critical metal by recoverySubscription
Control GHG in biomass plantSubscription
Low-cost feedstock boosts plant plastics Subscription
There’s profit in sticks and stonesSubscription
Tough science ahead in oxo-bio plastics debateSubscription
The brave new world of waste procurementSubscription
Time to walk the walk on a plastics overhaulSubscription
No more mere lip-service to health and safetySubscription
Improvement to safety is a prioritySubscription
New rules test incineratorsSubscription
Taxman looks back in angerSubscription
Joined-up thinking on illegal exports Subscription
Ports along our English coastline are a hive of activity but we know not all of that activity should be happening.
Sustainable packaging is more than recyclingSubscription
Sustainable strategies look beyond recycling and aim to reduce packaging material volumes
Enforcement sees north/south divideSubscription
Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) published its annual compliance report covering the period from 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017
Dumpers now subject to landfill taxSubscription
How fiscal tools can help to combat crime
Trends data offers better resultsSubscription
Producer compliance scheme (PCS) collections were short of the ambitious targets
Regulation needed in the right placesSubscription
Sainsbury’s dropping a food waste campaign may not have been the most widely read story, but it nicely illustrates the limitations of voluntary agreements
Sector starts to see some policy claritySubscription
Moving on as industry waits at the crossroadsSubscription
Big Interview: Rob EdmondsonSubscription
Outsourcing firm Amey is looking to fill gaps in the market to create long-term merchant facilities for residual waste treatment
National Recycling Awards 2017
Winners galore at National Recycling AwardsSubscription
Business Partnership of the YearSubscription
Communications - Private SectorSubscription
Construction Recycler of the YearSubscription
Equipment Innovation of the YearSubscription
Energy from Waste - FacilitiesSubscription
Food Waste Initiative of the YearSubscription
Private-Public Sector PartnershipSubscription
Retail/Service Sector Recycler of the YearSubscription
Team of the Year - PrivateSubscription
Waste Prevention Award - Public SectorSubscription
Best Recycled ProductSubscription
Corporate Recycler of the YearSubscription
Communications – Public/Third SectorSubscription
Energy from Waste - ProductsSubscription
Efficiency Initiative of the YearSubscription
Local Authority Innovation Subscription
Resource Management Business of the YearSubscription
Team of the Year - Public/Third sectorSubscription
Waste Prevention Award - Private SectorSubscription
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment InnovationSubscription
Balers/Shredders
Ripper targets end-of-life vehiclesSubscription
Shredder test centre openedSubscription
Containers
Stylish bin set-upSubscription
Bin hub helps with segregationSubscription
Split bin lid for easier accessSubscription
Blue Angel eco-label awardedSubscription
IT/Software
Sorting
Fast sorting of LDPE filmsSubscription
Picking plant goes mobileSubscription
A sharp eye divides PET trays and bottlesSubscription
Light work made of waste by robotSubscription
Vehicles
Grundon launches low emission vehicleSubscription
App searches for used vehiclesSubscription
Sensing when drivers are distractedSubscription
Loaders shifting Drax fly ashSubscription
