News: 2015

Andrew Bird

| 29 December 2015 |

Andrew Bird, Chair of the Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC), considers whether harmonisation in recycling collections is really the way forward.

Solution found to Blaenau Gwent recycling issues

Edward Perchard

| 26 December 2015 |

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Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council is to reintroduce rear-lane recycling collections to 19 areas from January, after protests about the implementation of a new waste collection system.

National KBT survey notes rise in fast-food litter

Edward Perchard

| 23 December 2015 |

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Litter levels are ‘acceptable’ in 90 per cent of surveyed sites in England, though fast-food and carrier-bag litter has increased significantly in the last year, Keep Britain Tidy found in its annual Local Environment Quality Survey of England.

Family home gutted in NI recycling plant fire

Edward Perchard

| 22 December 2015 |

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A family has avoided injury but was left homeless after a fire at a County Down recycling centre spread to their house last night.

‘Promising’ results for Morrisons wonky fruit and veg range

Edward Perchard

| 22 December 2015 |

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A trial range of ‘wonky’ vegetables in 75 Morrisons stores, introduced after pressure from celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, has produced ‘promising’ initial results.

Veolia fined £450k after MRF injury

Edward Perchard

| 22 December 2015 |

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Waste management company Veolia has been fined £450,000 after a worker was seriously injured by a falling stack of baled waste at one of its materials recovery facilities.

GIB sale ‘rushed’, says Environmental Audit Committee

Edward Perchard

| 21 December 2015 |

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The privatisation of the Green Investment Bank GIB has been ‘rushed’ and should not go ahead unless the government can guarantee that it will stick to its original mandate, says the Environmental Audit Committee.

One third of London buses to run on biodiesel blend

Edward Perchard

| 21 December 2015 |

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A third of London’s buses will be running on cleaner-burning diesel made in part from waste fats and oils by March, after two operators signed deals with biodiesel producer Argent Energy.