4 December 2018Eight-metre stack agreed in UK Wood Recycling fire plan
UK Wood Recycling (UKWR), part of the Hadfield Group, has received approval for the first Fire Prevention Plan (FPP) allowing waste wood to be stored in stacks of up to eight metres in height. The Middlesbrough-based company ...
16 November 2018Recycle wood first, says Committee on Climate Change
Waste wood should be “reused and recycled wherever possible” before being used as a biomass feedstock, a high level report for government said this week. The recycling emphasis came as part of a report yesterday (16 November) ...
14 November 2018Agency confirms FPP guide for waste wood
The Environment Agency has approved the first sector-specific guide on Fire Prevention Plans (FPPs) for sites handling waste wood, it has been confirmed. The Wood Recycling Association (WRA), which confirmed the ...
12 November 2018PRN pressure rises amid ‘unfair’ aluminium market claim
Concerns around the market for PRNs - packaging waste recovery notes - have prompted a referral over aluminium PRNs to the Competitions and Markets Authority. A request has been made to the CMA by packaging waste compliance ...
9 November 2018Recyclers and insurers differ on fire plans
Fire prevention plans (FPPs) and the challenges and changes they are bringing to the waste industry were at the centre of discussions at a Waste Sector Fire Conference this week. Some recyclers said they had faced commercial ...
5 November 2018Defra faces pressure over wood PRNs
Defra has confirmed that its officials are looking at ways to “alleviate the pressure” that the high price of wood packaging recovery notes (PRNs) is having on the packaging waste sector. But, any swift action is not thought to be likely ...
26 October 2018Q3 PRN figures prompt mixed response
There has been a mixed reaction from packaging recycling experts to the third quarter packaging recycling data released this week. The Q3 packaging data, published on the National Packaging Waste Database (NPWD) website, shows the...
21 September 2018Agency to extend RPS on waste wood classification
EXCLUSIVE: The Environment Agency will extend an interim measure to allow wood recyclers to continue using current methods for handling waste wood including potentially hazardous material. With a crackdown likely on how ...
10 July 2018Monthly data fails to alleviate PRN concerns
With the value of wood packaging waste recovery notes (PRNs) now above the £30 mark and rising, the latest figures published by the Environment Agency show an increase of almost 50,000 tonnes of wood recycled over the past month.
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