8 November 2018Renewi records UK municipal return to profit
Renewi has recorded a profit of £2.2m in the UK municipal division of its company so far this financial year, up from a loss of £3.5 million in the same period last year. This was put down to a number of factors including the ...
8 November 2018Inquest opens into Nechells metals site fatalities
The Coroner's Inquest into the deaths of five men killed in an incident at Hawkeswood Metal Recycling, Nechells, Birmingham in 2016 started this week. Five workers aged between 40 and 56 were killed when a wall collapsed on them ...
8 November 2018Judge rejects a judicial review for Rookery Pit EfW
A protest group in Bedfordshire has failed to obtain a judicial review into the granting of an environmental permit to Covanta, for its Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) in Rookery Pit, Bedford. The protest group, Bedfordshire ...
8 November 2018Construction starts at Hooton gasification plant
Aviva Investors has acquired the 240,000 tonnes capacity gasification facility which is being developed by CoGen in Hooton, Cheshire. The purchase of the Hooton Bio Power facility by the Aviva asset management business comes in ...
7 November 2018B&M Waste relaunches bin sleeping campaign
B&M Waste is relaunching its annual winter ‘Refuse not Refuge’ campaign, warning of the dangers of sleeping in bins. Launching this month, the campaign is aimed at reducing the number of people seeking refuse in waste ...
7 November 2018Viridor collaborates with brands on product packaging
Viridor has announced it is working with a number of leading highstreet retail brands to ensure product packaging can survive the sorting process at its UK polymer recycling facilities. According to Viridor, collaboration across ...
7 November 2018EU discussions centre on single use plastics
Lobby groups who are keen to see the European Parliament’s idea of having at least 35% of recycled plastic in beverage bottles by 2025 are keeping the pressure on within Europe as discussions take place in Brussels. Crucial ...
6 November 2018Authorities warned about site of Liverpool ‘recycling centre’ fire
Crews from Mersey Fire & Rescue have this afternoon left the scene of a fire at a ‘recycling centre’ in Birkenhead, 20 hours after the incident was first reported. One person involved in the ownership of the site, ...
6 November 2018Energy blow with turbine shutdown at Edmonton
The North London Waste Authority (NLWA) is facing restricted capacity at its “ageing” energy from waste facility in Edmonton, with the “unplanned” shutdown of one of its four turbines. However, LondonEnergy Ltd (LEL) – ...
Recycle wood first, says Committee on Climate Change - https://t.co/JZACNsbsVn
Tower Hamlets to bring waste services in-house- https://t.co/N7Zu6r7jTd
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