15 March 2019‘Reassessing responsibility for waste’
OPINION: David Newman, special advisor on the circular economy for AI firm Ditto Sustainability and former President of the International Soild Waste Association, gives his views on the Resource and Waste Strategy. In December, ...
15 March 2019Veolia and Leon team up for DRS machine
Veolia has teamed up with the restaurant chain Leon to unveil a reverse vending machine which accepts plastics bottles and aluminium cans at its King’s Cross branch in London. The machine has been launched as part of a pilot ...
15 March 2019News in brief (15/03/19)
With news on; Westminster Waste applies to expand facility; W Martin begins Nuneaton deal; MP visits DS Smith facility; UK to ‘double aid support’ for plastic recycling
15 March 2019South Gloucestershire moves from bags to boxes
South Gloucestershire council has announced that it will replace the green and white bags used by residents for recycling with green boxes, following a public consultation. When residents now need replacement bags, they will ...
15 March 2019Plant investment leads to losses at Clean Tech
A £7 million investment in sorting and production equipment contributed to a multi-million pound loss for the plastic recycling firm Clean Tech UK Ltd, but the company says performance has since stabilised. Clean Tech UK, which ...
14 March 2019Extra time to enter the 2019 Awards for Excellence
Following a late surge in demand, the deadline for entries to letsrecycle.com’s 2019 Awards for Excellence has been extended to March 20. Local authorities, businesses, individuals, and waste and recycling companies ...
14 March 2019Waste companies fined following safety breaches
Two companies in the waste sector have this week been fined for safety breaches in separate cases brought by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). On Monday (11 March), Alness-based William Munro Construction (Highland) Limited, ...
14 March 2019Government funding for landfill leachate pilot
Viridor and a UK water purification company have been awarded grant money for a pilot project to harness landfill gas energy to extract water from leachate produced at a Devon landfill site. Viridor and Newbury-based LAT Water ...
14 March 2019OBR predicts Scottish landfill tax ‘displacement’
Scotland’s 2021 ban on biodegradable municipal waste to landfill will ‘mostly benefit UK tax receipts’ – the government’s Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has claimed. The conclusion was reached in the organisation...
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