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20 April 2018

Further Chinese import restrictions announced

Metals / Plastics

The Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment has announced that China will ban imports of 32 types of solid waste by the end of 2019, including waste plastics from industrial sources. Further specialised material restrictions ...

20 April 2018

DHL secures Masters of Waste 2018 trophy

General

DHL won the Masters of Waste Tournament on Wednesday (April 18) for the second time, racking up a tournament-record score of 109. The team, consisting of Ashley Smart, Simon Potter, Chris Adam and Chris Brown , came three ...

20 April 2018

Viridor fined over moving vehicle fatality

Waste Management

Viridor has been fined £237,500 after being found guilty of health and safety failings during a trial at Plymouth Crown Court. The waste management company was the operator of an 18 tonne Telehoist skiploader vehicle that killed ...

20 April 2018

Associations call for ‘frictionless’ waste trade post-Brexit

General / Waste Management

The organisations representing both the British and Dutch waste management industries have called for continued trade in waste for recycling and recovery post-Brexit. In a joint statement, Jacob Hayler, executive director of the ...

19 April 2018

Environmental Protection Act to be introduced

Legislation

Environment secretary Michael Gove was questioned by the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) yesterday, as part of its ‘short inquiry’ into the government’s 25-year Environment Plan. Michael Gove stated that he aimed to ...

19 April 2018

Creagh says sector ‘wildly behind’ in communications

Councils / Paper

Labour’s former shadow environment secretary Mary Creagh has called on local authorities and industry to make better use of public communications budgets to ensure residents know what can be recycled. In particular she urged ...

19 April 2018

Ward Recycling opens deep sea export dock

Metals

Derbyshire-based Ward Recycling has opened a dedicated deep sea export dock facility at Associated British Ports (ABP) in Immingham. Ward Recycling, which is involved in metal recycling and waste management, said the deep-sea ...

19 April 2018

British Glass promotes glass recycling to schools

Glass

Glass sector trade association, British Glass and its member companies have teamed up with the National Schools Partnership to teach school children about glass recycling. The education programme aims to help children become ‘...

18 April 2018

Waste sector backs Costa’s coffee cup recycling plan

Packaging / Paper

Coffee cup recycling took a step forward today with Costa Coffee, part of Whitbread, committing itself to recycling the same volume of cups it puts onto the market. In a form of self-imposed producer responsibility, the company ...