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The Environment Agency says improvements in its approach to reducing the number of high-risk illegal waste sites need to be made, as it appears set to miss targets for the 2019/20 financial year. The public body recently published...
A small number of operators exporting plastic are tarnishing the reputation of the UK industry, two recycling firms have warned. Last month, a BBC investigation reported that some plastic waste from Britain sent to Turkey for ...
Recyclers of plastic from end of life vehicles (ELVs) and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) across Europe have been “severely impacted” by the coronavirus outbreak, according to two recycling bodies.
Global investment firm KKR completed its £4.2 billion acquisition of waste firm Viridor from Pennon Group today (8 July). Phil Piddington, who has been Viridor’s managing director since 2016, assumes the role of the company’s...
WRAP has opened the second round of funding from its £20 million Plastic Research and Innovation Fund (PRIF), with grants of up to £150,000 available to projects which "trial ways to implement refill infrastructure". An
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has urged waste management companies not to forget to control other risks while taking measures to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. The government agency says there has been an increase ...
Waste fuel specialist Geminor says it plans to import 50,000 tonnes of waste wood for recycling to the UK in 2020 in response to increased demand. The company says its first ever shipment of waste wood to the UK arrived in late ...
A dozen environmental advocacy organisations have come together to criticise the European Union for not applying controls on the export of plastic waste to trade between its own member states. Last week, the European Commission ...
The sale of Viridor to Planets UK Bidco Limited is expected to be completed imminently as Pennon Group applied to list 297,283 additional ordinary shares on the London Stock Exchange today (7 July). In an announcement this ...
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China promulgates amendment to its Solid Waste Law
Attorneys Aaron Goldberg and Weiwei Luo of Beveridge & Diamond, Washington analyse the amendments to the Solid Waste Law of China agreed at the end ... read more
Hampshire changes tack and rejects £34m MRF - https://t.co/C0cZ2nmJOl
Viridor sale completed with Wakelin as chairman - https://t.co/ruZW2mpiQR
Geminor to import 50,000 tonnes of waste wood to UK - https://t.co/fZm3uDuV83
Looking ahead to our post-pandemic environment
The coronavirus pandemic has had a significant impact on consumer awareness to waste and recycling, writes Tim Gent, director of UK glass recycling company Recresco. ... read more
