17 May 2017
Obligation data offers clearer picture of 2017 packaging targets
Data published this week has confirmed that packaging recycling targets for 2017 look largely on course to be met by the end of the year, with performance in steel, paper and wood ahead of schedule. Obligation data which was made ...
4 May 2017
News in Brief (04/05/2017)
With news on: Glamorgan Cricket Club sees recycling boost; Ealing hits recycling target ahead of schedule; Rental sector recycling guide, and; Cawleys vehicle investment.
28 April 2017
Q1 packaging data shows plastic, steel and wood rise
Latest packaging recycling data published this week has suggested that processing of plastics, wood and steel has increased in the first quarter of 2017, compared to the same period 12 months earlier. The provisional data, ...
5 April 2017
PRN revenue topped £50 million in 2016
Revenue from the UK’s packaging recovery note (PRN) system totalled over £50 million in 2016, figures published by the Environment Agency this week suggest. This would suggest that the income from PRNs fell when compared to the...
28 March 2017
Re-Gen announces glass recycling deal with High 5
Northern Ireland firm Re-Gen Waste has announced a £10 million contract with glass recycling specialist High 5 Recycling Group. Under the terms of the contract, the Newry-based recycling and waste management company will ...
27 March 2017
Veolia secures outlet for St Helens’ cullet plant
Veolia has secured a take-off contract with Knauf Insulation for the supply of recycled glass cullet from a refining and drying plant to be developed at St Helens, Merseyside. Due for completion by the end of 2017, Veolia's £...
13 February 2017
Packaging recycling likely to have hit 8.2m tonnes in 2016
Provisional data for the 2016 compliance year shows the amount of packaging recycled or recovered in the UK is likely to finish at an estimated 8.2 million tonnes. The estimated figure has been taken from monthly reporting figures...
13 February 2017
Recresco fined over door crush incident at Cwmbran
Glass recycler Recresco has been fined £50,000 after one of its workers suffered crush injuries from a roller shutter door at its sorting facility in South Wales. The waste business was also ordered to pay costs of £9,944 at a ...
10 February 2017
Wales sees MRF target material boost but England static
Data on the quality of material received at material recovery facilities (MRFs) has been published for the third quarter of 2016 – suggesting that the volume of ‘target’ material received at facilities stood at close to 87%.
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