23 May 2018
Keith Trower calms the markets at Viridor
INTERVIEW: In the wake of months of volatile recycling markets, the appointment of a former oil man to head up Viridor’s resource and recycling division looks to have been a sound move. Keith Trower, who took on the post of ...
16 May 2018
Central Beds opts against three-weekly residual waste service
Central Bedfordshire council has committed to introducing a separate food waste collection service for householders, as well as exploring options for the introduction of a separate collection for glass. However, the council has ...
3 May 2018
Veolia secures Wetherspoon work with ‘data insight’
Veolia has won a contract to provide waste and recycling services for hotel and pub chain WD Wetherspoon. The contract, which is just getting underway, will see Veolia implement food and coffee ground recycling scheme which, it ...
19 April 2018
British Glass promotes glass recycling to schools
Glass sector trade association, British Glass and its member companies have teamed up with the National Schools Partnership to teach school children about glass recycling. The education programme aims to help children become ‘...
11 April 2018
Viridor wins £1.3m Scottish glass contract
Viridor has completed a £1 million upgrade of its Scottish glass recycling plant and has secured a Scottish Procurement contract covering five Scottish local authorities. As part of the contract, worth £1.3 million, Viridor will...
4 April 2018
East Sussex councils discuss adding glass to commingling
Four district and borough councils on the East Sussex Joint Waste Partnership look likely to add glass to their commingled collection service as part of a new household waste collection contract from July 2019. The inclusion ...
28 March 2018
Deposit scheme to fit in with ‘other measures’
Environment Secretary Michael Gove has confirmed today (28 March) that the government will introduce some form of deposit return system (DRS) for single use drinks containers. A deposit scheme could cover plastic and glass bottles, as well ...
14 March 2018
Veolia opens St Helens glass recycling facility
Veolia and Knauf Insulation, have officially opened a new ‘high-tech’ glass recycling facility in St Helens, which will reprocess glass fines to use in insulation. Each year, over 60,000 tonnes of used glass ...
9 March 2018
National Audit Office to review PRN system
The National Audit Office (NAO) has announced a review into packaging recycling obligations – commonly known as the PRN system. The review, announced today (9 March) will assess the effectiveness of the PRN scheme, including ...
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