With news on: Northern Ireland recycling progress; Veolia launches London fund; Ecosurety in support for PIRAP; Peterborugh ERF funding, and; Cae Post joins Duty of Care campaign.
Northern Ireland reports recycling rise
Provisional local authority collected waste management statistics for July to September 2016 have been published by Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.
The Northern Ireland Executive has published latest data on the recycling of waste
The figures suggest that Northern Ireland’s councils collected 267,013 tonnes of LAC municipal waste between July and September 2016. This was a 3.7% increase on the 257,445 tonnes collected during the same three months of 2015.
The household waste preparing for reuse, dry recycling and composting rate was 48.5% between July and September 2016, an increase on the 45.3% recorded during the same three months of 2015. At council level, rates varied from 40.9% in Belfast to 55.1% in Mid Ulster, the Northern Irish Executive said.
The LAC municipal waste energy recovery rate was 17.8%, an increase of 1.6 percentage points on the July to September 2015 rate of 16.2%. The highest rate was recorded in Newry, Mourne & Down at 50.7% and the lowest was 2.8% in Fermanagh & Omagh.
The quarterly landfill rate for household waste only was 33.4%, a further reduction on the 38.2% recorded during the same three months of 2015.
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Veolia launches London recycling fund
Veolia London has launched a £50,000 ‘Recycling Fund for Communities’, set up to support grassroots projects to ‘inspire people to think differently about waste and resources’ in the capital.
Veolia’s Recycling Fund has launched in London
The fund can provide a cash boost of up to £1,000 for equipment, materials and even volunteers to help get projects off the ground. It is aimed at small projects that are popular with and make a difference to London communities.
The Recycling Fund for Communities is being managed via community crowdsourcing website, SpaceHive, which allows projects to fundraise from multiple targets and attract support from within the community at the same time.
Elsie Grace, Project Manager for Veolia London said: “Veolia is working with councils, businesses and communities all over London to help preserve resources and create a more sustainable future. We’ve got up to £50K set aside to support the best projects in 2017, we want people to think about materials and waste and if they do that, they could get a boost from us. So whether it’s promoting recycling as part of an event, using recycled or reused materials as part of a project or running something like a swap shop that gets the whole community involved in, we are keen to hear about it.”
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Ecosurety pledges support for plastics action plan
Packaging compliance scheme Ecosurety has signed up to support the Plastics Industry Recycling Action Plan (PIRAP), an industry-led campaign aimed at boosting plastics recycling.
PIRAP looks to boost the recycling of plastic packaging
Launched in 2015, the initiative is backed by organisations including WRAP, the British Plastics Federation (BPF) and Packaging and Films Association (PAFA) and seeks to provide a road map for the plastic packaging supply chain to improve the recycling of the material.
Pledging support for the intiative, James Piper, managing director of Ecosurety, said: “Through the launch of Circularety this year, we have actively engaged with the different sectors involved in plastic packaging recycling.
“We’re proud to support this initiative as it lines up with our vision of making positive and sustained changes to improve recycling in the UK. Compliance schemes are in a privileged position to contribute and advise on how recycling can progress in the UK and we look forward to playing an active role in PIRAP.”
Helen Jordan sustainability issues executive at the British Plastics Federation, said: “PIRAP was launched in 2015 to provide a collaborative approach to meeting the government plastic packaging targets. PIRAP was the first time that the whole plastic packaging value chain was brought together and shows how each stage of the value chain can impact on recycling.”
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Viridor to offer cash to Peterborough community schemes
Waste and resources firm Viridor has launched the Viridor in Peterborough Fund and is calling for applications to share part of the funding pot across the next 30 years of its partnership with Peterborough city council.
Viridor’s Peterborough ERF
Opened in early 2016, Viridor operates the state-of-the-art Energy Recovery Facility in, Fengate, in partnership with the city council that treats 85,000 tonnes of residual waste per year. Associated with the partnership is a pot of funding to distribute to community projects in the area.
The fund comprises of an annual contribution of £20,000 from Viridor with an additional ‘top-up’ to the fund of one pound for every non-Peterborough council tonne of waste brought to the ERF. Any community-led organisation in the Peterborough administrative area will be eligible to apply for funding.
Paul Rowland, regional manager for Viridor said: “We have developed a really productive partnership with Peterborough City Council to help them divert their non-recyclable waste away from landfill and to generate enough energy for around 15% of the City.
“At the start of 2016 we opened the state-of-the-art Peterborough Energy Recovery Facility and with this investment comes a commitment to support the communities in which we work, I encourage any local community projects to investigate whether they will be eligible for support from the fund.”
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Cae Post signs up as Duty of Care ambassador
Cae Post, the recycling social enterprise based in Welshpool, has become an ambassador for the right Waste, right Place campaign, a national initiative aimed at raising awareness of the Duty of Care for waste.
Cae Post is the Welshpool-based local authority
Managed by the Environmental Services Association (ESA), the campaign was launched in April 2016 following evidence of non-compliance with Duty of Care legislation for waste, and mounting costs on local authorities and private landowners for tackling fly-tipping.
Cae Post offers trade waste and recycling services in Powys and Shropshire. The company is keen that businesses in the area are fully aware of their responsibility for the good management of waste and recycling.
Speaking about the announcement, Sue Packer, general manager at Cae Post said: “Our mission as a charity is to create employment and promote positive environmental action. We support right Waste, right Place, as a way to encourage all organisations to think about the environmental impacts of their waste and to adhere to best practice with regard to waste management.”
Sam Corp, Head of Regulation at the ESA, commented: “We are delighted that Cae Post has become a right Waste, right Place Campaign Ambassador. We are looking forward to working with Cae Post to raise awareness of Duty of Care in their area and to many more organisations signing up to the programme in the near future.”
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