• Markets and policy
Are More Women Joining the Waste Industry? The day before yesterday, 15:01 BLOG: Women to Transform Waste as International Women’s Day Approaches Ahead of International Women’s day on 8 March, Anna Cawley, Director of Customer Service at Cawleys Waste Management discusses the changing opportunities for women in waste. read more …
The Waste Management Community Will Not Stay Neutral on Climate Change The day before yesterday, 14:25 ISWA: In Defense of Science – Global Warming is Not an Opinion ISWA President Antonis Mavropoulos explains why ISWA and the waste management community will not stay neutral towards the efforts to deny or downplay climate change. read more …
Backash Over Net Zero Exports of Recyclable Plastic Packaging Ambitions Thursday, 13:35 Recycling Association Concerned Over MP’s Plans to Ban Plastic Packaging Exports UK trade association, the Recycling Association, has voiced concern over a call for a ban on exports of plastic packaging for recycling. read more …
Producer Responsibility Scheme on Glass Beverage Containers 08.02.2019 13:52 Glass Bottle Recycling Scheme Introduced in Hong Kong Hong Kong’s Environmental Protection Department has rolled out the Glass Container Recycling Charter and a series of promotional and publicity activities to further raise public awareness on glass bottle recycling. read more …
International Maritime Organization Hong Kong Convention Covers Safe 08.02.2019 13:37 Turkey Accedes to IMP Ship Recycling Convention Turkey, one of the five major ship recycling countries in the world, has acceded to the International Maritime Organization Hong Kong Convention, the treaty for safe and environmentally sound ship recycling. read more …
Criminal Already Serving Over 7 Years for Ripping Off Recycling Schemes 08.02.2019 13:27 Dodgy Dugbo the E-Waste Fraudster Ordered to Pay Back More Than £1.3m In the north of England, a convicted crook has been ordered to pay £1,373,060 for defrauding government-backed recycling schemes of millions of pounds.. read more … $313m Contracts to Boost China Everbright’s Portfolio 05.02.2019 13:44 Four Waste to Energy Projects & One Leachate Deal for Everbright in China China Everbright International has secured deals worth $313 million to develop waste to energy projects in Hainan Dongfang, Zhejiang Shengzhou and Shandong Pingdu, as well as a leachate treatment project in Ji'nan. read more … CNIM to Design, Build and Operate 300,000 TPA Sharjah WtE Plant 05.02.2019 11:53 IN DEPTH: Bee’ah and Masdar Double Down on Waste to Energy in UAE In the city of Sharjah the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company and environmental services company Bee’ah have completed the financing of a $220 million waste to energy plant – the country’s first. read more … Global Recycling Foundation Backs Katowice Climate Package 04.02.2019 15:04 Recycling’s Role in COP24 Agreement to Tackle Climate Change Championed The Global Recycling Foundation has welcomed the agreement announced at COP24 for governments to agree to a robust set of guidelines for implementing the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement. read more … Slicker Expands its South East UK Oil Waste Management Presence 04.02.2019 14:07 Slicker Recycling Acquires Fellow Oil Recycling Firm J Vant UK Based waste oil recycling firm, Slicker Recycling, has made a double transaction to acquire J Vant Limited and the Kingsnorth hazardous waste transfer station. read more … 1.2bn Bread Crusts Binned in UK Each Year – Does Nobody Want Curly Hair? 04.02.2019 13:50 NLWA Program to Crunch Down on Crusty Bread Wasters Some people love them. Rumour has it they make your hair curly. But apparently, a lot of people just chuck them in the bin. In the UK alone some 1.2 billion bread crusts are binned each year as one in five people overlook the crusty goodness at the end of their loaves. read more … Problem Six Times Bigger than Great Pacific Garbage Patch 01.02.2019 11:55 Draft EU Law to Tackle Micro Plastic Waste The EU could ban the use of microplastics and microbeads in all products using its powerful chemical laws under a draft bill tabled this week. read more …
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