10/05/2021
Consistency consultation cautiously welcomed
The consultation on consistent collections has been broadly welcomed by the waste industry, though concerns…
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07/05/2021
Clarity Environmental launches recycling quality standard
Compliance scheme operator Clarity Environmental has launched a quality standard for recycling, targeting packaging producers.…
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07/05/2021
Defra expands single-use carrier bag charge
Defra has today (7 May) confirmed the single-use carrier bag charge will be increased from…
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06/05/2021
Hindley ‘to move from Alupro to PodBack’
The Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) has announced that its executive director, Rick Hindley, has…
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06/05/2021
Health secretary wades into Walley’s Quarry row
The health secretary, Matt Hancock, wrote to the Environment Agency this week (4 May) expressing…
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06/05/2021
Veolia sees Q1 fall in UK revenue
Veolia’s UK revenues fell by 6.2% in the first quarter of 2021, when compared with…
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06/05/2021
Agency in crackdown over ‘illegal metals recyclers’
With cases of catalytic converter thefts rising across the UK, the latest stage in crackdown…
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06/05/2021
Commercial waste volumes ‘to rise by 23%’
Commercial waste volumes are predicted to rise by 23% in the current financial year (2021/22) when compared…
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05/05/2021
Appointments round-up (04/05/2021)
With news of an ELV chief for EMR; new faces and a departure at CIWM;…
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04/05/2021
EA blames legal delays for waste at Telford site
The Environment Agency has blamed a “complex legal process” for the non-removal of old bales…
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