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Halving Waste to Landfill commitment

A construction company has visibly demonstrated its commitment to reduce the amount of construction waste sent to landfill by displaying the Halving Waste to Landfill Logo on its hoardings. Leadbitter Group has produced the hoardings, the first of their kind, in association with the Waste & Resources Action Programme and will display them at its Mariner’s Quay development in Newport, Wales. ...

Apr. 6, 2010

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

Baselines for measuring construction waste revealed

Methods for establishing baselines for both construction waste to landfill and carbon emissions on construction sites have been revealed by the Strategic Forum for Construction. It is hoped that having these methods in place to establish baselines will provide a step forward for meeting the targets of the Strategy for Sustainable Construction, launched in 2008. The strategy included targets on ...

Mar. 30, 2010

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

Asda store set to send zero waste to landfill

Retail store Asda has reiterated its pledge to send zero waste to landfill from its store in Bootle, Merseyside. Asda is working with Veolia Environmental Services to divert all its waste away from landfill. The store opened in October last year and previously diverted 99% of its operational waste away from landfill (see MRW story). Asda has now removed the store’s waste compactor and has ...

Feb. 4, 2009

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

Construction body calls for collective action to meet landfill reduction targets

The head of a leading construction body has called for collective action across the construction industry in order to meet a 50% reduction in construction waste to landfill by 2012. Speaking at the Strategic Forum for Construction event, Construction Products Association chief executive Michael Ankers said: “It’s not intended that every company in every part of the industry should adhere ...

Jun. 11, 2010

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

First waste management company signs WRAP construction agreement

Targets to divert 100 per cent of construction waste from landfill have been described as “realistic” by Birmingham-based Premier Waste UK. The waste management company is the first in its sector to sign up to an agreement to Halve Waste to Landfill, organised by the Waste & Resources Action Programme. This voluntary framework aims to help the construction industry work towards halving the ...

Feb. 4, 2009

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

UL Environment Begins Validating Companies` Claims of Landfill Waste Diversion

UL Environment, a business unit of UL, announced today a series of new environmental claim validation service offerings designed to help companies communicate and promote their efforts to reduce landfill waste. UL Environment's Zero Waste to Landfill, Virtually Zero Waste to Landfill, and Landfill Waste Diversion claim validations recognize companies that handle waste in innovative and ...

Jun. 12, 2012

By UL LLC

100 companies committed to halving landfill construction waste

Over the last six months 100 organisations in the construction industry have signed up to the Halving Waste to Landfill agreement. The rate firms are signing up is a strong indication that companies are still keen to efficiently manage their waste. Chair of the strategic forum for construction Nick Raynsford added: “The industry’s response to WRAP’s Halving Waste to Landfill commitment is ...

May 6, 2009

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

Landfill tax will cost councils GBP 600m next year

Landfill tax will cost local authorities in England £600 million next year and the Local Government Association has called for Government to announce plans for what the landfill tax will be beyond 2010/11. An LGA spokesman told MRW that councils in England will be paying £600m to send waste to landfill. From this April landfill tax will go up from £32 per tonne to £40 per tonne. The spokesman ...

Mar. 13, 2009

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

WRAP launches major new voluntary agreement to halve waste to landfill

Today, WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) launches a major new voluntary agreement for the UK construction industry to halve the amount of waste it sends to landfill by 2012. Major clients and contractors, including the Berkeley Group, Bovis Lend Lease, Laing O’Rourke, Stanhope plc, Defence Estates, SEGRO, and Willmott Dixon have already signed up. This agreement comes at a time when ...

Oct. 17, 2008

By WRAP (The Waste & Resources Action Programme)

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 launched on May 28 at the retailer’s distribution centre in Peterborough with a roadshow organised by Viridor to highlight how important recycling is in ...

Jun. 2, 2010

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

Sunny Delight Beverages Co. plants achieve zero waste to landfill

The Sunny Delight Beverages Co. (SDBC) announced today that all six of its manufacturing sites have already reached their sustainability goal of sending zero waste to landfills by 2013. This goal was achieved by the company's Anaheim, Calif.; Littleton, Mass.; and Mataro, Spain plants in 2009 -- four years ahead of schedule -- its South Brunswick, N.J. and Atlanta, Ga. plants earlier this year, ...

Apr. 21, 2010

By CSRwire - Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire

Europe’s first biowaste production plant will reduce landfill input in East London

The first plant in Europe to produce jet fuel from waste will be built in East London and could “drastically reduce” waste sent to landfill by surrounding boroughs, a spokesman for British Airways has told MRW. British Airways has signed an agreement with Solena Group to build the facility, which is set to begin producing fuel from 2014. The self-contained plant will convert 500,000 tonnes of ...

Feb. 15, 2010

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

Smurfit Kappa Recycling gives Argos a helping hand

Packaging recycler Smurfit Kappa Recycling is working with retail giant Argos to help the chain work achieve its ‘zero waste’ to landfill target. Smurfit Kappa Recycling has been working with Argos since September 2006 to divert more than 30,000 tonnes of cardboard and soft plastic waste from landfill. In 2005, Argos set itself a target of achieving zero waste to landfill by 2010. Argos stores ...

Nov. 4, 2008

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

CIWM welcomes landfill tax increase

The landfill tax escalator increases the price of sending waste to landfill to encourage more sustainable ways of managing waste, the Treasury explained. The Government hopes that this will help the UK reach its 2010 targets under the Landfill Directive. CIWM deputy chief executive Chris Murphy told MRW: “This was not unexpected we were told about this last year that landfill tax will be going ...

Apr. 2, 2009

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

Eaton Honors 39 Facilities for Achieving Zero Waste-to-Landfill

Power management company Eaton in 2013 reduced its landfilled wastes by about 18 percent, or 4,900 metric tons, as part of a global zero waste-to-landfill program. During World Environment Month in June, Eaton is honoring 39 manufacturing facilities around the globe that have achieved this milestone. Since 2010, these facilities have eliminated a combined total of 2,750 metric tons of waste ...

Jun. 26, 2014

By Eaton Corporation

Waste to landfill continues to fall

Almost a quarter less waste was sent to landfill in 2007 compared to 2001, a new report from the Environment Agency reveals. In 2001, the year before the EU Landfill Directive came into effect in England and Wales, around 84 million tonnes of waste was sent to landfill, last year the figure stood at 65 M tonnes - a drop of 23%. The amount of waste landfilled in 2006 was 69M tonnes - with the 2007 ...

Nov. 19, 2008

By The Environment Agency - England and Wales

UL Environment Validates First Landfill Waste Diversion Claim; GAF Demonstrates Role as Sustainability Leader

UL Environment, a business unit of UL (Underwriters Laboratories), announced today that leading North American roofing manufacturer GAF is the first company to achieve its new Landfill Waste Diversion validation, per UL ECVP 2799. Launched in June of 2012, UL Environment's Zero Waste to Landfill, Virtually Zero Waste to Landfill, and Landfill Waste Diversion claim validations recognize companies ...

Feb. 4, 2013

By UL LLC

Brent saves £500,000 in waste disposal costs

Brent Council has saved more than £500,000 in waste disposal costs since its introduction of compulsory recycling a year ago. Local residents have diverted an extra 7,000 tonnes of waste from landfill since the council made it compulsory for them to use their green recycling boxes in August 2008. The council will take one refuse vehicle and crew off the road from August due to residents ...

Aug. 7, 2009

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

Eaton’s South Molton Plant Honored for Reducing Waste, GHG Emissions through Zero Waste-to-Landfill Program

Power management company Eaton is honoring its aerospace facility in South Molton, U.K, for achieving "zero waste-to-landfill" by nearly eliminating all wastes sent to landfills through strategies such as recycling, re-use and new work processes. Eaton is encouraging its manufacturing sites to achieve zero waste-to-landfill as part of its waste management program and also as a means to reduce ...

Jan. 6, 2015

By Eaton Corporation

EA recycling claims `unhelpful and untrue`, says LGA

Environment Agency (EA) implications that councils had not held their nerve on recycling during the downturn have been described as “unhelpful and untrue”. Local Government Association (LGA) Environment Board chairman Paul Bettison was responding to comments made by EA chairman Lord Chris Smith (MRW, December 4). Smith said councils should “hold their nerve” and continue to invest in recycling ...

Dec. 5, 2008

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company