16 August 2018
Collaborating on quality
DS Smith Recycling (UK) managing director, Mat Prosser, explains to Steve Eminton how a collaborative approach to quality in fibre supply is paramount. For Mat Prosser, managing director of DS Smith Recycling (UK), the need to ...
16 August 2018
EMR ‘must sell’ five sites, rules competition authority
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has ruled that global metals recycling company EMR must sell five of the UK sites it owns as part of a recent acquisition, to avoid creating a “worse deal for consumers”. The CMA...
15 August 2018
Blaze hits JWS waste site in Salford
The Greater Manchester Fire Service has confirmed that police and ambulance crews attended a fire last night (August 14) at a site owned by JWS Waste and Recycling in Salford. However, the company has since said it is ...
15 August 2018
Cups and cartons HWRC pilot launches in Cornwall
Cornwall council and ACE UK have launched a pilot to offer collection points for cartons and paper cups at seven of Cornwall’s household waste recycling centres (HWRCs). Residents are being urged to take their empty food and ...
15 August 2018
EU State Aid case sought over commercial collections
EXCLUSIVE: Max Recycle has reported Durham county council to the European Commission for allegedly breaching state aid rules with regards to commercial waste collections. The complaint was filed earlier this month and accused the ...
14 August 2018
Kent extends recyclables contract with Viridor
Viridor is set to continue its recycling partnership with Kent county council following agreement on a 24-month contract extension through to July 2020. The processing and selling of kerbside recycling contract, which has been ...
14 August 2018
Helistrat signs waste deal with Bestway Retail
Helistrat has been awarded a three year contract worth an estimated £700,000 for the management of waste and recycling at over 200 Central Convenience and Bargain Booze stores across the UK. The Portsmouth-based waste ...
14 August 2018
‘Unique opportunity’ for sector at Fire Conference
More than 250 people are set to attend the Fire Conference later this year, which will see a range of key decision makers in the sector share best practice for fire prevention in the waste industry. Taking place on 7 November...
14 August 2018
Hampshire drops glass tender over DRS ‘concerns’
Hampshire county council has abandoned its procurement of a glass processing contract due to “uncertainty” over the impacts that a deposit return scheme (DRS) could have on council collections. Earlier this year, Hampshire ...
Collaborating on quality - https://t.co/xUEeYBvx4I @DSSmithRecycle
Fire ongoing at Recresco’s Cheshire site - https://t.co/5dwC4MipEt
RT @SomersetWaste: Gas not gold at rainbow's end. Wells drilled into Somerset landfills divert powerful climate changing methane gas -… https://t.co/e7GvX72PxD
