• Markets & Policy
IPEN & BAN Report Find Some of Most Hazardous Substances on Earth in Food Chain Yesterday, 16:17 European E-Waste Causing Catastrophic Levels of Toxins in African Free Range Eggs The dire human exposures and food chain contamination from highly toxic plastics in waste in Ghana that includes toxic e-waste shipped from Europe have been exposed by new research from IPEN and Basel Action Network. read more …
Australia & Other Countries Flooding Malaysia with Materials from Kerbside ‘Recycling’ Yesterday, 15:59 VIDEO: Documentary Exposing Australia’s Recycling Lie A short documentary feature from 60 Minutes Australia has highlighted the problems being caused by the country’s reliance on exporting materials from its ‘recycling’ collections. read more …
EPBA Raises Awareness on Portable Battery Collection The day before yesterday, 14:32 Battery Association Goes to Strasbourg to Boost Battery Recycling Rates The EPBA has organised a campaign in the European Parliament in Strasbourg to raise awareness about portable battery collection and recycling. read more …
Largest US Waste & Recycling Firm Continues to Expand Monday, 21:02 Waste Manamgent to Make $4.9bn Acquisition of Advanced Disposal Waste Management, the largest waste and recycling firm in the US, is to Acquire Advanced Disposal for $4.9 Billion Adding Complementary Assets and Customer Base in the Eastern United States. read more …
Monetary Benefit Orders Could Sting Waste Facilities Operating Above Capacity 17.04.2019 14:22 BLOG: New Rules to Confiscate Profits from Environmental Breaches in NSW, Australia Matt Hyatt, Senior Environmental Consultant at Australian firm MRA Consulting Group explains the amended New South Wales regulations to formally detail the method for calculating Monetary Benefit Orders which will confiscate profits gained from breaking environmental laws. read more …
PowerHouse Energy & Development Partner Waste2Tricity Deal with Peel Environmental 12.04.2019 13:28 Lease Agreement for Plastic Waste to Hydrogen Firm’s First Site in Cheshire Waste2Tricity Limited, the development partner of PowerHouse Energy Group plc has concluded negotiations and signed a lease agreement for its first waste to hydrogen site with Peel Environmental. read more … Emerging Leaders Discuss Future with Former US President 12.04.2019 12:59 Barack Obama Leads Round Table Including Swedish Food Waste App Developers Former President Barack Obama and the Obama Foundation invited some of Europe’s emerging leaders, including food waste app co-founders Elsa Bernadotte and Hjalmar Nordegren, for a Round Table discussion in Berlin. read more … Only Major Nationally Distributed Bottled Water Made Using 100% Recycled Plastic 11.04.2019 11:47 Nestlé Waters Wins ISRI’s 2019 Design for Recycling Award In recognition of its use of recycled plastic and its product design centred on recycling, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries has named Nestlé Waters North America as its 2019 Design for Recycling Award winner. read more … Potential €100,000 Fines for Non-Compliance Warns Lorax Compliance 10.04.2019 15:10 Passive Electronic Equipment Suppliers Urged to Prepare for German WEEE Expansion Businesses which manufacture, distribute or export passive electronics to German markets will be obliged to comply with updated WEEE laws, or face fines of up to €100,000 after May 1 this year. read more … Development & Training Key to Encourage Young People to Embrace a Career in Waste 09.04.2019 13:33 BLOG: Making a Career in the Waste & Recycling Industry to Clean up the Earth Alan Colledge, Senior Manager at Cawleys Hazardous Services discusses the value of engaging with young people and offering career progression and training in the waste industry. read more … Fourth Acquisition for the Firm in Just Over a Year 08.04.2019 14:34 Outsourced Waste Management Specialist Reconomy Acquires Prismm Telford, UK based outsourced waste management and recycling services company, has today announced the acquisition of consulting and compliance firm, Prismm Ltd. read more … Bottles, Food Packaging & Cigarette Butts Major Plastic Waste Pollutants 08.04.2019 14:00 Report Identifies Top 10 Plastic Pollutants in Europe’s Rivers & Lakes The top 10 types of consumer plastics polluting European freshwater lakes and rivers have been identified in a new report from Earthwatch Europe and Plastic Oceans UK. read more …
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