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MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company News
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IKEA raises recycling awareness
Furniture retailer IKEA has partnered with waste management firm Viridor in a bid to raise recycling awareness among its employees in order to try and achieve zero waste to landfill. The Recycle for IKEA training and awareness programme was ...
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Pod recycling system reduces Horsham landfill by 35%
An initiative that combines new recycling technology and a commingled collection system has reduced the amount of waste Horsham council sends to landfill by 35%. Over the last year the ‘Acorn+’ scheme, has introduced a single bin for dry ...
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Thurrock council awards £45m of contracts
Thurrock Borough Council has awarded all its contracts for its waste and recycling services in the area. The £45m seven-year contract was split into six parts following the council’s decision to review the existing services, which were ...
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Meeting Scottish waste reduction targets could cost £1.3bn
Ambitious plans to meet Scotland’s waste reduction targets could cost an additional £1.3bn by 2025, claims a Scottish Government report. The Meeting Scotland’s Zero Waste Targets: Assessing the Costs Associated with New Waste Management ...
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`Good start` for battery collections as Environment Agency publishes Q1 data
Quarter one figures for battery collection “represent a good start” to meeting the end of year targets, believes Environment Agency batteries implementation project manager Bob Mead. The UK has committed itself to collecting 10% of batteries sold ...
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Rethink waste fund launched in Northern Ireland
The Northern Irish Department of Environment has launched a £3.13million fund to provide grants to assist local authority recycling and re-use schemes. The Rethink Waste Fund was announced on May 28 by Northern Ireland Environment Minister ...
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Veolia called to pre-inquiry meeting
The Planning Inspectorate has called all parties involved in the proposed development of an incinerator in Rainworth, Nottinghamshire to a pre-inquiry meeting on June 7 ahead of the third resumption of the public inquiry on September 28. This move ...
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China orders fall for paper and plastic
Orders from China have eased on plastic and cardboard causing concern in the industry. Cardboard prices have recently dropped by GBP£20, knocking its value per tonne down to GBP£60. MRW reported in March, when prices were ...
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EA approves application to export RDF for first time - update
Refuse derived fuel (RDF) is to be exported for the first time after the Environment Agency recently approved an application for the move. Shanks Waste Management will export 40,000 tonnes of the fuel pellets to Holland and Germany in the next 12 ...
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Business summit to discuss sustainability
UK business leaders and policy makers are to debate sustainability in business at a nine-day summit led by IBM in conjunction with the Prince of Wales’ sustainability initiative, it was announced today (June 1). Speaking to the press at ...
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Industry calls on plastic bottle exports to be reviewed
Leading industry figures have called for restrictions to be put on exporting plastic bottles to the Far East, saying the European shortage is “getting critical” for some facilities. European Plastics Recyclers (EuPR) believe the ...
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Swindon to become first authority to own and manage viable landfill alternative
A local authority is set to save GBP£26m over the next 10 years by becoming the first council in the country to own and manage its own advanced thermal treatment plant for its residual waste. Swindon Borough Council plans to stop using ...
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Covanta partnership builds UK`s largest eco-park
Plans to build the UK’s largest eco-park in Manchester have been developed through a partnership between Covanta Energy and Peel Environmental. The GBP£500m investment will create an energy from waste (EfW) facility onsite, which will ...
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BEaR tender now underway
The troubled Central Bedfordshire Energy and Recycling Project (BEaR) has advertised a contract notice meaning that the tender process is now underway. As reported in MRW the BEaR project has faced some hurdles, losing its GBP£79million of ...
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Linpac Packaging creates degradable film
Linpac Packaging has created a degradable cling film to use in packaging for food products. The company, which is part of the same group as Linpac Recycled Packaging but a different part of the business, says it has created OxoLIN in response to ...
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Four to fight it out for Peterborough recycling contract
Peterborough City Council has shortlisted four bidders that will compete for the contract to provide refuse and recycling collections, street cleansing and grounds maintenance. The shortlisted companies are: Amey Enterprise HW Martin Veolia ...
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More cuts for environment and climate change not ruled out
More cuts for Government environmental and climate change projects are not being ruled out, the secretary of state for energy and climate change Chris Huhne said yesterday (27 May). The subject was highlighted in a debate in the House of Commons ...
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Ten fire engines tackle blaze at Viridor MRF
Around 60 fire-fighters were called to Viridor’s Ford materials recycling facility yesterday (27 May) after a fire broke out. West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service was called to the scene at 12.37pm. Two fire engines were initially sent out to ...
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EA approves application to export RDF for first time
Refuse derived fuel (RDF) is to be exported for the first time after the Environment Agency recently approved an application for the move. Shanks Waste Management will export 40,000 tonnes of the fuel pellets to Holland and Germany in the next 12 ...
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Plastics firm fined after worker loses fingers
A plastics recycling firm has been fined GBP£15,000 after a worker had parts of two fingers cut off by a high-speed fan. The employee, who does not wish to be named, was injured as he repaired a drying unit at Roydon Granulation’s ...