Issue : April 2018
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News round-up April 2018Subscription
Design contract for Plastics Pact; Unilever signs up to OPRL; Nestlé seeks total packaging recycling; Company makes million recyclable cups
Take specialist advice and prosperSubscription
Recycling plant managers can improve materials recovery from WEEE and reap the rewards
In waste’s dynamic market, flexibility is the keySubscription
What do waste managers look for when upgrading or commissioning their sorting plants and how do they foresee plants?
Technology drives a change of mindsetSubscription
Combatting food waste with technology has been the focus of several new businesses in recent years
A new vision for skyscrapers and shopsSubscription
Standardising waste management provision, based on information gathered from tenants, is driving environmental and business concerns at London’s Canary Wharf
As customers go mobile, firms must raise their digital gameSubscription
Waste management firms can use such marketing to promote their business, generate leads online and increase profitability
Bring career opportunity to life in the waste sectorSubscription
The waste and resource sector ensure it attracts and retains the workforce it needs
Trends data offers better resultsSubscription
Producer compliance scheme (PCS) collections were short of the ambitious targets
Collaboration cuts construction riskSubscription
Using a trusted partner to deliver an EfW facility
Time to introduce rigour to recyclingSubscription
We stand at a crossroads in resource management in England
Funding scoop for plastic pollution app Subscription
Entrepreneurs from Croydon have won £15,000 to develop a platform which can geo-map sources of plastic pollution
Developing leaders of the futureSubscription
Last year, LondonEnergy had its inaugural intake of graduate trainees and a number of apprentices
Renegotiation is possibleSubscription
Some waste sector PFI deals have delivered good value for money to councils
Show of strength at the seasideSubscription
The World Refuse Championships are a fun day out for all the family while raising money for charity
Tackling the driver shortageSubscription
There is currently a shortage of 52,000 large goods vehicle (LGV) drivers
Bid to deal with our own plastics moves apaceSubscription
Plastics-to-oil specialist Recycling Technologies has generated considerable interest
Councils in a cash crunchSubscription
Carole Taylor speaks to MRW about how she sees her role and that of the organisation in challenging times
PFI costs councils dear and fails recycling ratesSubscription
Private finance initiative (PFI) funding of public sector services has been much criticised lately
Firms ‘to go under’ as industry waits for Defra Subscription
Poor market conditions following China’s crackdown on waste imports is costing businesses thousands of pounds each week
Building blocks minimise fire risk in stacksSubscription
Segregate waste streams to meet legal requirements
Impressed by performanceSubscription
Crusher processes demolition waste
Retail packs are fully biodegradableSubscription
Showcase for diamond jewellery range
MRF now operationalSubscription
Incorporates the latest technologies
Baler cuts packaging waste costsSubscription
Cider maker uses 80-tonne machine
Versatile baler range saves material 'recipes' Subscription
Twin-ram works with multiple waste streams
Moving heat sources spotted in yardsSubscription
Thermal cameras keep crime at bay
Hire firm opts for JCB kitSubscription
Biggest ever order placed
Enhanced metal recovery from mixed recyclingSubscription
Increased demand for efficiency
RCVs are well received by drivers and offer fuel economySubscription
Improving collection services
Tyre spec is crucial to loadSubscription
High degree of traction
RFID tag shuts off vehicle ignitionSubscription
Protection from theft
Truck for outlying areasSubscription
Used for longer distance collection rounds
Electric cars for urban useSubscription
Much of vehicle is recyclable
Moving on as industry waits at the crossroadsSubscription
The waste sector seems to be at a particular and peculiar tipping point
Illegal scrap vehicle firm prosecutedSubscription
Environment Agency investigation leads to fine after owner failed to clear site
Ealing to end unprofitable Amey waste contractSubscription
Eunomia report agrees the 2012 deal is not financially sustainable
Re-shuffle strengthens China's 'green' crackdown Subscription
Department responsible for recycling and waste imports becomes a beefed-up Ministry of Ecological Environment
Mayor urged to step up London's recyclingSubscription
Khan urged to set specific procurement targets and ensure Lwarb’s CE route map is adopted
Why PFI contracts are less flexible than non-PFI contractsSubscription
Under extreme changes such as those being seen in the market currently termination of PFIs by either party may be the ultimate outcome
DS Smith: 'We could recycle all coffee cups'Subscription
Company researching ’working around the clock’ for months at Kemsley mill
Treasurer Bland retires as GMWDA disappearsSubscription
John Bland, treasurer of the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (GMWDA), retires at the end of the month after more than 30 years in the waste management sector.
British Plastics Federation backs PRN reviewSubscription
Trade association supports proposals outlined in Eunomia report
County accused of illegal bid to stop recycling creditsSubscription
Report finds Northamptonshire County Council quit waste partnership the day after assuring partners of a commitment to work together
Markets - Weekly Prices Update - 16 March 2018Subscription
MRW’s regular reporting of movements in the markets for secondary materials
Wales eyes 80% recycling goal by 2035Subscription
Environment minister Hannah Blythyn sets out aspiration during keynote speech
Labour needs to come clean over toxic PFIsSubscription
Given Veolia has a giant 25-year PFI deal which costs council taxpayers of our city £1bn a year, it is hardly a surprise that it is in no rush to adapt to meet the city’s recycling needs
Suspended sentence for man who operated illegal vehicle scrapyardSubscription
Man claimed on-site end-of-life vehicles were to be sold on
Skip operator narrowly escapes prisonSubscription
Waste crimes followed suspended sentence for motoring offences
GIB sale criticised by Public Accounts CommitteeSubscription
MPs says say Green Investment Bank failed to live up to original ambitions and its green intentions are not sufficiently protected
Spring statement and plastics: industry viewsSubscription
The Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond has confirmed plans to consider taxing packaging in a bid to tackle plastic waste. Here are a number of comments from the industry.
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