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Wales plans to become recycling ‘world leader’ The Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) has set out ambitious recycling targets with the key aim of becoming a “world leader” in waste management. Local councils in Wales have been warned that based on the amount of waste that is currently going to landfill, extra costs of £50m a…
Cheshire West and Chester Council have been conducting research, ‘The Waste Needs Assessment Study’ to evaluate the areas waste needs over the next 20 years. It is examining the type and quantity of waste that will be produced and what facilities are needed to deal with it whilst at the same time taking into account…
A report by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) which has been submitted to the Government’s Science and Technology Committee, has stated that unless quick action is taken to increase the recycling of rare earth metals (REM), the government’s plan to achieve 15 percent renewable energy by 2020 will be unattainable. In the report,…
According to new research only 17 per cent of UK employees have received advice or training at work on energy efficiency and fewer than a quarter have been given information on recycling and waste management. The findings are from a poll of more than 1,000 working people by NEBOSH (National Examination Board in Occupational Safety…
Edinburgh Council has introduced two new waste stream collections to their kerbside recycling scheme. Residents have been given two new recycling boxes in which to collect plastic bottles and batteries. The Council will also be running a pilot food waste project from April 2011.This will see food scraps picked up from 20,000 Edinburgh households in…
Durham County Council are looking to change their waste and recycling arrangements to a Twin Bin scheme across the county. This followed the largest ever waste survey of residents in the county which found that the Twin Bin scheme currently used in Derwentside was the preferred waste option. 74 per cent of residents said the…
How many bins is too many? In a time of public sector cuts, is it better to sort your own rubbish rather than paying more council tax for someone else to do it? How can the government encourage more recycling without alienating people? These were just some of the questions that the press were asking…
Guernsey’s household recycling figures for 2010 have just been released and show a significant increase. 12,122 tonnes of household waste was recycling during the year, up from 8,774 tonnes during 2009. However, the figures also revealed that the amount of household waste produced rose by 2,000 tonnes in the same period.. Public Services Deputy Minister…
The latest figures from Defra show that across the UK we are now, on average, recycling more than 40 per cent of our rubbish. The figure was taken for the 12 months up to June 2010 and represents a 0.4 per cent rise in recycling. Environment minister, Lord Henley commented: “We’re producing less waste and…
Proposals to introduce a new collection target for waste electronics have been endorsed by the European Parliament. If agreed, the new collection target would be set at 85 per cent. In addition to this the new agreement would make producers and retailers responsible for funding the collection of WEEE from households. The proposals now have…
