16 June 2021WasteCare compliance schemes merge
The Leeds-based WasteCare Group announced yesterday (15 June) that it is to consolidate its three producer compliance schemes under the umbrella of a single company. The schemes it runs for batteries, packaging and waste ...
16 June 2021News in brief (16/06/21)
With news on: S. Norton reports business as usual after fire; DS Smith renews Reigate and Banstead partnership; Walsall invests in Mercedes-Benz Econic; Enva extends ScotRail contract; and, Novati sponsors rap artist
15 June 2021Coastal Recycling becomes ‘employee owned’
Exeter-based waste management company Coastal Recycling is now 100% employee-owned, after establishing an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) to take over the company. The Trust, which is operated for the benefit of all employees...
15 June 202135 under 35 finalists revealed
This year’s rising stars of the waste and recycling industry have been announced as part of the 35-under-35 awards. More than 130 entries were received from across the UK waste and recycling sector, and an independent ...
15 June 2021Wastewise secures £3m Derby contract
Waste management firm Wastewise has been awarded an initial three-year contact worth £1 million a year to treat mixed garden and food waste from Derby city council. The contract, which has the option of a two-year extension, will...
15 June 2021Biffa to treat more soil at Skelton Grange
Biffa has increased the throughput at its soil treatment facility at the Skelton Grange Landfill Site near Leeds by 20,000 tonnes to 50,000 tonnes per year. In its application to vary its permit Biffa said the increased throughput...
15 June 2021Birmingham to roll out ‘mobile’ HWRCs
Birmingham city council said today (15 June) it is to roll out a fleet of 'mobile' household waste and recycling centres (HWRCs) as part of efforts to reduce fly-tipping. The £1.4 million initiative will see four units of mobile ...
14 June 2021Pow targets rigid plastic packaging
Recycling minister Rebecca Pow said on 11 June that more consistent recycling collections in England would enable all households and businesses to recycle rigid plastic packaging. Mrs Pow was responding to a written parliamentary ...
14 June 2021‘Reckless’ haulier fined for Northants waste deposits
Peterborough-based haulage company BRC Haulage Ltd and its director have been ordered to pay £9,923 for "moving waste in and out of an illegal waste site" in Fineshade, Northamptonshire. In a statement published on 11 June, the...
