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National Recycling Awards shortlist revealedSubscription

26 April, 2019 By MRW staff

Entrants vying for the top spot in around 20 categories

Tenders and contract wins round-up for 26 April 2019Subscription
Shadow waste minister blames austerity for stalled recycling rates Subscription
Chair says EA is losing waste crime battleSubscription
Biodegradable waste landfill ban could cost Scotland £1.15bn Subscription
Gove hints at all-in drinks deposit scheme Subscription
Suez rejects Defra's EPR scheme optionsSubscription
Council scores prosecutions against fly-tippersSubscription
Tenders and contract wins round-up for 19 April 2019Subscription
Export markets crucial to deal with rise in fibre packaging Subscription
Think tank says DRS will cost too muchSubscription
Bring back metal theft task force, urges BMRASubscription
ESA slams incineration tax proposalSubscription
Tenders and contract wins round-up for 12 April 2019Subscription
Coffey: scrutinise waste directors as sector 'fed up with cowboys'Subscription
Materials lost from recycling stream could cost UK £1bn by 2035Subscription
Biffa backs WasteAid projects in developing countriesSubscription
Reconomy buys Prismm in fourth acquisition over 12 monthsSubscription
Waste sector gender pay gap growsSubscription
Veolia's City of London waste fleet to be fully electricSubscription
Huge council-owned MRF on cards for central EnglandSubscription
Recycling in high-rise flats needs 'robust' actionSubscription
Lithium battery suspected cause of fire at Viridor facilitySubscription
Valpak secures Shropshire WEEE contractSubscription
Sainsbury's spoofed over alleged plastics inactionSubscription
Organised crime suspected in rash of Surrey fly-tipsSubscription
Tesco launches plastics-to-oil recycling trialSubscription
Project finds gold and silver going to waste in WEEESubscription
EA opts for simpler closed landfill chargeSubscription
Council partnership blasts waste strategy proposalsSubscription
Environment Agency could be merged with other Defra agencies Subscription
China could enforce total ban on waste imports by next yearSubscription
Axion warns recycling targets will be missed without investmentSubscription
Chris Carey’s textiles recycling hit by fireSubscription
Recycling rate falls in ScotlandSubscription
MPs warn about offshore break-up costsSubscription

European WEEE exports 'poisoning Africa's food'Subscription
Council to reshape 'unsustainable' waste contractSubscription
Biffa backs commingled household collectionsSubscription
Sector success in Queen's AwardsSubscription
Plastic waste 'swamps south-east Asia' after Chinese banSubscription
Andusia expands into clinical waste due to 'lack of UK capacity'Subscription
Welsh recycler secures £600,000 for expansionSubscription
Council warns of adverse impact from resources and waste strategy Subscription
Ecosurety launches rival ‘hybrid’ EPR modelSubscription
Spend money on service not review, says former Birmingham bin bossSubscription
'Public inquiry needed' for clinical waste stockpiling scandalSubscription
Councils call on banks to save Renewi’s Derby EfWSubscription
Man killed at council HWRCSubscription
Prime minister warns of incineration tax if recycling rates missedSubscription
Veolia's homeless programme 'should be expanded'Subscription
Gangsters to be taken down in 'Al Capone' landfill tax stingsSubscription
Waste food firm runs biogas vehicles to meet new emissions ruleSubscription
Pollard to step down from Cory RiversideSubscription
Tenders and contract wins round-up for 5 April 2019Subscription
£200m Hull EfW project appoints new engineersSubscription
Benefits of metal recycling 'need to be explained to younger people'Subscription
Kier worker suffers serious injuries in Somerset crashSubscription
Viridor in £1.75m settlement with councilSubscription
Amey appeals against councillors' decision to block £200m incinerator Subscription
Waste criminal banned as company directorSubscription
Advisers named for deposit return scheme designSubscription
Metals sector gets hazardous material guidanceSubscription
Inquiry launched into plastic food and drink packagingSubscription
EU faces legal threat over biodegradable plastics legislationSubscription
Tenders and contract wins round-up for 29 March 2019Subscription
Europe votes to ban single-use plastics by 2021Subscription
Cory Riverside to GLA: London facing waste capacity crisisSubscription
Council waste service to redevelop Viridor siteSubscription
Anger grows over scrapping of bring banksSubscription

News round-up April 2019Subscription

Ship to take plastic recycling message round world; Charity names partner for medical device reuse; Detergent firm to slash plastics use; Children successfully ‘Recycle wth Michael’

More round-ups

Collaboration is keySubscription

By John Redmayne

There is a danger that debates over extended producer responsibility and deposit return scheme will fall back into familiar arguments that has bogged down the industry for years

We can deliver a revitalised systemSubscription

By Julie Fourcade

The EPR and DRS consultations give us the chance to build an optimal system that reduces waste, increases recycling and delivers financially back into that very system

Call for food collections gets louderSubscription

By Kerry McCarthy

Bristol MP Kerry McCarthy on a lively discussion on using food waste as a resource

Scotland prepares for a landfill banSubscription

By Laura Tainsh

Laura Tainsh on reaction to new legislation

What will EfW look like after Brexit?Subscription

By Beth Watkins

Beth Watkins on the energy-from-waste sector’s untapped potential

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Analysis

Together we can make the waste strategy workSubscription

By Greg Pitcher

An MRW-organised round table held in Westminster – in partnership with FCC Environment, the European Recycling Platform and Policy Connect – discussed the Government’s consultations on a deposit return scheme and extended producer responsibility