7 May 2021LARAC urges more time for consistency response
The Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC) is urging Defra to reinstate a full 12 week consultation period for its consultation on consistent collections, declaring the reduced timescale of eight weeks as “...
7 May 2021Biffa opens waste ‘transport hub’ in East London
Biffa has turned “previously unused” land in East London into a ‘transport hub’, linking waste sites in the capital with the waste management company’s landfill sites in the north by rail. The Renwick Road site in ...
7 May 2021Clarity Environmental launches recycling quality standard
Compliance scheme operator Clarity Environmental has launched a quality standard for recycling, targeting packaging producers. Clarity’s Recycling Evidence Quality Standard (CREQS), announced yesterday (6 May), will carry ...
7 May 2021Defra expands single-use carrier bag charge
Defra has today (7 May) confirmed the single-use carrier bag charge will be increased from 5p to 10p, and extended to all businesses in England from 21 May. Since the charge was first brought about in 2015, Defra has reported ...
6 May 2021Consistency consultation due ‘shortly’
With local elections taking place today (6 May), it is believed an announcement on the delayed consultation on consistent collections could be due very soon. The consultation on consistency in recycling collections is one of three...
6 May 2021Hindley ‘to move from Alupro to PodBack’
The Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) has announced that its executive director, Rick Hindley, has stepped down for another recycling post. It is understood Mr Hindley will be joining the coffee pod recycling ...
6 May 2021Health secretary wades into Walley’s Quarry row
The health secretary, Matt Hancock, wrote to the Environment Agency this week (4 May) expressing “grave concerns” about the “current situation” at the Walley’s Quarry landfill site near Newcastle-under-Lyme. Run by waste...
6 May 2021Opinion: Dry AD ‘offers new opportunities’ for waste sector
OPINION: Ben Brown MSc, Director of WRM explains why he considers Dry AD offers advantages and opportunities for the waste sector in the UK. Anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities are well established ...
6 May 2021Veolia sees Q1 fall in UK revenue
Veolia’s UK revenues fell by 6.2% in the first quarter of 2021, when compared with the same period last year, despite global revenues growing by 4%. In a report published on 5 May, the waste giant said global revenues in Q1 of...
