23 October 2020Environment Bill to address regulation and waste crime
A Defra official said yesterday (23 October) he hoped measures intended to tackle waste crime under the Environment Bill would gain royal assent by next summer. David Read is the joint head of waste regulation and crime at Defra. ...
23 October 2020PackFlow finds recycling targets ‘achievable’
Packaging waste recycling and recovery targets for 2020 through to 2022 are “broadly achievable” according to updated PackFlow reports published this week. But, the reports caution that the targets will be "challenging ...
23 October 2020Northern Ireland municipal waste sees 10% hit
Statistics released by the Northern Irish government have shown that the volume of municipal waste collected in the country fell by 10.8% between April and June 2020, compared with the same period last year. The provisional ...
23 October 2020Warwick and Stratford propose joint waste contract
Warwick and Stratford-upon-Avon district councils have proposed combining their waste collections under one contract serving 126,000 households. The councils say their current contracts finish at roughly the same time, which...
22 October 2020NLWA responds to energy from waste report
The North London Waste Authority has provided the following statement in response to the article published on 21 October 2020 titled: ‘
22 October 2020Eco Sustainable awarded £12m organics contract
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) council has awarded a 10-year contract worth £12 million to Eco Sustainable Solutions, for the treatment of the authority’s organic waste. The contract was previously held by Eco ...
22 October 2020Zero Waste Scotland issues Covid-19 grants
Zero Waste Scotland and the Scottish Government have allocated more than £820,000 in grants to waste management firms across the country to adapt in response to the coronavirus pandemic. A total of 40 businesses, covering 105 ...
22 October 2020ESA slams ‘notional’ EfW report
The Environmental Services Association has blasted the authors of a report looking at emissions from energy from waste (EfW) plants for producing an “entirely notional, yet emotive, outcome". The report, ‘Health Effects due to...
21 October 2020EfW plants ‘cause deaths’ of 15 Londoners per year
Fifteen deaths of London residents per year are attributable to emissions of nitrogen oxides and particulate matter from the capital’s five energy from waste (EfW) facilities, a report claims. The study, ‘Health Effects due to...
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