28 September 2018
Focusing on glass sorting at Recresco
SPECIAL REPORT: Beth Slow visits Recresco’s glass recycling facility in Cwmbran, South Wales and talks to Tim Gent about the company’s activities and the aim to increase the glass yield from mixed glass. Recresco is one of the...
10 September 2018
Metals sector welcomes EU’s BAT conclusions
The British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA) has welcomed publication last month (August 2018) of the BAT (best available technique) Conclusions for the Waste Treatment BREF of the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) in the Official ...
16 August 2018
Collaborating on quality
DS Smith Recycling (UK) managing director, Mat Prosser, explains to Steve Eminton how a collaborative approach to quality in fibre supply is paramount. For Mat Prosser, managing director of DS Smith Recycling (UK), the need to ...
9 August 2018
Used tyre exporters ‘will face import restrictions’
Exporters of used tyres from the UK need to be better prepared for potential foreign import restrictions, as some of the current destinations begin to establish internal waste collections. That’s according to Peter Taylor OBE, ...
9 August 2018
Reflections on the procurement toolkit webinar
SPECIAL REPORT: An overview of the recent webinar which looked at forthcoming public sector procurement best practice. The recent letsrecycle.com webinar on Local Authority Waste Services and Contracts ...
31 July 2018
Amey overcomes ‘teething problems’ in Milton Keynes
Amey's gasification plant in Milton Keynes is up and running, and despite some teething problems, it is now operating at expected levels of energy generation. The advanced thermal treatment (ATT) plant is one of three technologies...
24 July 2018
Valpak: Producer responsibility and the NAO study
On 23 July the National Audit Office published a report into the PRN/packaging waste system in the UK and made a number of observations. In response, compliance scheme Valpak, has put together its thoughts (below) on the NAO study and related ...
19 July 2018
Guidance on recent China export rules
Inspection organisation CCIC London has kindly provided this summary of two recently introduced waste regulations, which cover the export of recyclable materials to China, to letsrecycle.com. As part of the Chinese government’s ...
11 July 2018
Copenhagen – Will its waste be wonderful?
SPECIAL REPORT: Jeff Cooper, a former president of ISWA - the International Solid Waste Association - reports on the association’s recent waste and recycling event in Copenhagen and reflects on current and planned activities. ...
Investigation underway into Restore Datashred fatality - https://t.co/EzSLX6WiC7
RECOUP calls for collaboration on plastics - https://t.co/8dfpHPDSHq
Obituary: John Simmons - https://t.co/VTYPgyvAMK
