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2016 has not been without its upheavals and excitement. Whether you think it may be the beginning of the end or the start of a political reformation bringing a new impetus to growth in the West, the coming year is not going to be dull. There is no doubt Brexit will have an effect on…
2017 looks set to be another year of transition in the waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) sector – with the movement in the market caused by the WEEE Regulations continuing to have an effect. In the first quarter, we expect to find out if WEEE collection targets from last year have been met –…
ITV Studios, Ginsters, CEMEX and Warwickshire county council are among 42 businesses and public bodies recognised for their efforts to reduce waste to landfill and promote sustainability, as part of the Investors in Zero Waste recognition scheme. The 42 organisations were issued with a stars status certificate and a plaque at a ceremony at London’s Glaziers…
Battery producer compliance scheme BatteryBack is using the Christmas holiday to engage householders on battery recycling – as efforts to improve the UK’s battery collection rate continue. The collection of batteries is being promoted by BatteryBack. Research commissioned by the scheme suggests UK households will consume around 280 million batteries this Christmas – with up…
Within the local authority arena there were two interesting developments at the end of 2016 perhaps signalling future changes for service delivery in England. The Somerset Waste Partnership has become the largest grouping of local authorities to decide to move to collecting residual waste on a three-weekly basis from dates in 2017. The Partnership has…
Official figures reported by the government for the recycling of waste from UK households have indicated that recycling rates dropped in 2015 – the first time that the figure has fallen. A statistical release on the data, published on 15 December indicated that the combined recycling and composting rate for waste from households stood at…
Food waste produced by the UK’s seven largest retailers increased by 20,000 tonnes in 2015, according to figures published on December 13 by retail trade association the British Retail Consortium (BRC). The data, in the report ‘Reducing food waste from farm to fork’, shows that retailers Asda, The Co-op, M&S, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, and Waitrose…
A report by MPs due to be published in early January is likely to warn of a ‘very rocky road ahead’ in terms of putting waste laws into new domestic laws. Speaking in December, the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee chair Mary Creagh MP previewed the findings of an inquiry into the Future of…
Officials at the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs are seeking views on changes to waste packaging recycling targets – with a number of options considered up to 2020. These options include keeping the targets for paper, steel, aluminium and wood packaging at the same level as 2017 through to the end of the…
