13 December 2018News in brief (13/12/2018)
With news on: Danone partners with Ecosurety on packaging compliance; Council bids to reduce HWRC waiting times; Ellgia announces Cambridge hospital contract; Cheshire East consults on collection changes; and, East Devon to trial ...
13 December 2018Hertfordshire Waste Partnership details ‘challenging’ year
The Hertfordshire Waste Partnership (HWP) has incurred “significantly reduced income streams in a number of areas” for the last financial year due to challenges in recycling markets. The announcement from HWP – the ...
12 December 2018Waste Strategy offers ‘hope’ over stagnating recycling rates
Senior waste industry figures have said they hope measures introduced in Defra’s upcoming Resources and Waste Strategy will help to boost stagnating recycling rates. The latest statistics on household waste and recycling were ...
12 December 2018East Riding hails ‘teamwork’ in recycling rate success
The best and worst performing local authorities in the newly-released Defra statistics for recycling in England have responded to their positioning in the league table. Across the board, England saw a small 0.3% reduction in ...
11 December 2018Recycling rate shows growth on annual year basis
Defra has said it is encouraged by the increase in recycling of household waste for the calendar year 2017, to 45.2% - up from a rate of 44.9% for the previous year. The annual figure is more positive than the 0.3% decrease in the...
11 December 2018England’s recycling rate drops – East Riding top again
EXCLUSIVE: England’s recycling rate, including composting, has fallen by 0.3% to 44.8% in the 2017/18 financial year, compared with 45.1% in the previous period. According to the Defra statistics, released this...
11 December 2018ReFood calls for uniform collections
ReFood is calling on district councils to implement uniform recycling collections in 2019, including separate ones for food waste, after proposals were rejected by the Local Government Association (LGA) earlier this year. “The ...
10 December 2018Two HWRC projects move forward
Plans for HWRCs have taken steps forward with separate announcements made by two local authorities. Plans for a new household waste recycling centre (HWRC) in Bristol to increase levels of reuse and recycling, were taken before ...
7 December 2018NLWA renews contract with LondonEnergy
The North London Waste Authority (NLWA) has agreed a contract with LondonEnergy which will see the company continue to manage the authority’s waste and operate the redeveloped Edmonton Park energy from waste facility. ...
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