28 March 2019Call for ‘freedom of choice’ on residual frequency
Councils should retain their “freedom of choice” over frequency of residual waste collections, one local authority expert has suggested. The comments came from Emma Beal, managing director of the West London Waste Authority (...
27 March 2019‘Mountain to climb’ over consistency aims
A senior WRAP official has warned that there is "a mountain to climb” to meet the consistency aspirations within Defra’s Resources and Waste Strategy. Giving the keynote address at the National Food Waste Conference ...
25 March 2019Hertfordshire names organic waste contractors
Hertfordshire county council has awarded the initial parts of a contract for organic waste treatment and composting services, which could be worth up to £4.6 million. Among the companies to successfully bid for the work was ...
22 March 2019‘No default technology for food waste’ – Defra
Mandatory food waste collections proposed for households in England will focus on the way food waste is “presented”, a senior Defra official said last week. Addressing the annual conference of the Organics Recycling Group at ...
21 March 2019Agency warns over plastics in compost and AD
The Environment Agency has threatened a crackdown on poor performing composting and AD sites, where plastic is found in material to be spread to land. And the action could have a knock-on effect on local authorities who could be ...
19 March 2019Agrivert secures AD operations contracts
Agrivert has taken over the operations and maintenance of 12 anaerobic digestion plants, several months after the sale of its UK operating assets to Severn Trent Green Power. The plants, which are on-farm anaerobic digestion (AD...
14 March 2019WRAP’s Maddox talks Strategy, food waste and funding
SPECIAL REPORT: Government has committed to covering the cost of separate weekly food waste collections, a WRAP official influential in some of the thinking behind the Resources and Waste Strategy has told letsrecycle.com.
14 February 2019Targets ‘unachievable’ without non-household waste
England will not reach a 65% municipal recycling target without an increase in the recycling of waste from non-household sources. That’s according to Claire Shrewsbury, head of government and communities at resources charity ...
1 February 2019Aberdeen appoints contractor for AD facility
A contractor has been appointed to build an anaerobic digestion gas to grid plant in Aberdeen which will treat food waste from the city, as well as agricultural material. Austrian-based AD specialist Thöni Industriebetriebe GmbH ...
Environment Secretary @michaelgove signals his support for an ‘all-in’ DRS https://t.co/PEse2DaCDP
Favour clear plastics to maximise recycling, WRAP says - https://t.co/lyE7PmfzmO
General public ‘supports recycling standard’- https://t.co/WVsGv9NDzE
