Waste Management

The government has once again ruled out the possibility of imposing a 5p charge on disposable coffee cups handed out at high street retailers after calls by the Liberal Democrats.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including new appointments at Biffa and Cromwell Polythene, and the opening of a new EfW facility in Buckinghamshire.

Countrystyle Recycling is considering an appeal after it was fined £300,000 after a worker was injured while repairing a shredder. 

Celebrity chef and waste campaigner Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has accused brands of ‘greenwashing’ responses to the burning issue of coffee cup waste, criticising in particular a campaign to increase high street recycling of takeaway cups.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a new chair for the ESA, a new look for Viridor and a new range of 70 per cent bioplastics for Novamont.

A Lancashire-based plastics recycler has been fined after a worker’s arm was crushed by a conveyor belt.

Professor Margaret Bates, the new President of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management, has prioritised action on waste prevention and reuse for the coming year, as a report on the state of reuse in the UK is launched at her inauguration.

All five of the waste treatment facilities operated by New Earth Solutions before its sale earlier this year have been acquired by PandaGreen Ltd, Ireland’s largest waste management company, as it seeks to move into the UK market.

A 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after a worker died at a Birmingham recycling site last week.