Steve Eminton

Disposable vapes are “inherently unsustainable products”, meaning an outright ban remains the most effective solution to this problem, local authorities have said. In an early reaction to consultation from the government on policies around smoking and vaping, the Local Government Association has spoken of the waste management challenges disposal vapes bring. Cllr David Fothergill, chairman … Read More

Two former directors of a liquidated Teesside vehicle recycling site company have been ordered to clear an illegal scrap site of hundreds of vehicles, following an investigation by the Environment Agency. Brothers Yusuf Mohammed, 48, and Munir Mohammed, 58, both of Phoenix Sidings in Stockton-On-Tees, both pleaded guilty to two offences of operating an illegal … Read More

GAP Group has announced plans to build a fridge recycling plant at the Binn Eco Park near Perth in Scotland. The company already operates a fridge recycling plant in Gateshead, north east England. It says that the proposed facility at Glenfarg, near Perth, will be one of the “most technologically advanced fridge recycling and processing … Read More

Reduced prices which it has been paying for used cardboard and other paper grades have helped recycler and paper manufacturer DS Smith, in the face of lower prices for the cardboard boxes it makes. Also in the paper sector today, tissue and hygiene product maker Essity published a trading statement which was upbeat, speaking of … Read More

Just days after publishing its proposals for consistent recycling, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has had to defend its policies after errors were found in a document summarising consultation responses. Executive Summary Yesterday evening (26 October) Defra said that it had removed the Executive Summary from its report on the consultation responses … Read More

A concern has been raised with letsrecycle over changes to rules around the accreditation of certain recycling businesses so they can count as a reprocessor or exporter within the PRN system. PRNs – packaging waste recovery notes – are the currency at the heart of the UK’s current system for producer responsibility on packaging. The … Read More

Carbon credits for recycling and the burgeoning paper market in India have been highlighted at the Bureau of International Recycling’s recent meeting of its Paper Division. During the World Recycling Convention in Abu Dhabi, BIR’s Paper Division heard from the UK’s Ranjit Baxhi, managing director of J&H Sales International who is also a former BIR … Read More

Environmental campaign and networking group Zero Waste Europe has produced a report which details what it says are the limitations of pyrolysis technology. Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) is the European network of communities, organisations, local leaders, experts, and change agents working towards the elimination of waste in our society and receives some EU funding. In … Read More

By 2028/29, the new extended producer responsibility scheme for packaging (EPR) and the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) will save the public purse £20 million a year, according to HM Treasury. In an analysis of EPR and DRS published alongside yesterday’s Autumn Statement from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, the assumptions and methodologies behind the two polices are … Read More

The UK government yesterday (7 January) reissued the international statement condemning Houthi attacks against commercial shipping in the Red Sea, but this looks unlikely to ease export concerns in the waste paper sector. Waste or recovered paper businesses across the UK have told letsrecycle of their current concerns around the exporting of material. Exports have … Read More