Key figures in waste recycling have expressed concern about new resource minister Dan Rogerson’s announcement of Defra plans to decrease its policy and funding activities in the sector, Collect and Recycle (http://www.collectandrecycle.com) reports. A recent letter by Mr Rogerson to members of the industry asserted that although waste was still...
2014/15 to see reduction in waste activities by Defra
Clients of the waste collections of Collect and Recycle (http://www.collectandrecycle.com) may be interested to read of the new warning by recently appointed resource minister Dan Rogerson, that Defra will cut back on activities in the waste and recycling sector for 2014/15. Although Mr Rogerson described waste as “one of his...
Recycling in England not on track to meet EU targets
The mere 0.2 per cent rise in England’s recycling rate in 2012/13 is not a sufficient rate of increase to ensure that UK meets the 50 per cent by 2020 recycling target set by the EU, Defra has said. Users of Collect and Recycle’s (http://www.collectandrecycle.com) waste services may be intrigued...
EU waste legislation backed by trade bodies
The role of European Union legislation in driving forward the waste recycling industry has been supported by the major trade bodies representing the sector in the UK, Collect and Recycle (http://www.collectandrecycle.com) reports. Such support for the waste collections sector comes amid continued work by the government to assess whether current...
UK falls in league rankings for packaging recycling
In news sure to interest many of those firms receiving money for cardboard from Collect and Recycle (http://www.collectandrecycle.com), the UK has dropped three places down the EU packaging recycling league table, from 14th in 2010 to 17th out of the EU’s 27 countries in 2011, recording a below average recycling...
Dan Rogerson is new waste and resources minister
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has confirmed that Lord de Mauley is to be replaced as waste and resources minister by the Liberal Democrat MP Dan Rogerson, many users of IT recyclers Collect and Recycle (http://www.collectandrecycle.com) may be interested to read. The North Cornwall MP’s assumption of...
Fridges Containing Pentane To Be Considered As Hazardous Waste says Environment Agency
The Environment Agency has announced the classification of newer fridges that contain Pentane or Cyclo-Pentane, no longer to be considered as WEEE, these fridges should now be treated as hazardous waste. Used as refrigerants in the cooling system or a blowing agent in the insulating foam, Pentane or Cyclo-Pentane was...
EU in review of waste policy ‘red tape’
The EU’s Landfill Directive, Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive and Waste Framework Directive are all set to come under scrutiny as the European Commission conducts a review of its waste policy with the aim of reducing red tape and businesses’ regulatory burdens, those taking advantage of the cardboard recycling services...
Cabinet reshuffle means more changes at Defra
Business owners taking advantage of IT recycling services from Collect and Recycle (http://www collectandrecycle.com) are likely to be interested in the news that Defra has undergone several changes as part of the latest cabinet reshuffle of the coalition Government. It means a potential review of Defra’s waste and recycling brief...
Recycling is the core of reaching companies’ Corporate Social Responsibility Targets
Recycling is no doubt becoming more integrated into everyday lives, with the Landfill Directive seeking to meet a target of 35% landfill use based on 1995 levels, driving local authorities to make the collection of household recycling more frequent than normal waste. Consumers are and will continue to become more...