News posts from 2017
EU set for softer targets with 55% recycling by 2025
21 December, 2017
Europe looks set to have softer recycling targets than first proposed by the European Commission with a rate of 55% by 2025 now expected to be set for municipal waste. This will be followed by a 60% rate for 2030 and a 65% rate for 2035. This means that an extra five years has been […]
EA data shows increase in waste management
11 September, 2017
The Environment Agency’s annual data for permitted waste management activities indicates the total tonnages of waste managed in England in 2016 increased in comparison to the previous year. The data, released today (6 September), shows that 203 million tonnes of waste was managed last year, compared to 191.1 million tonnes managed in 2015. Waste Management […]
MRF quality report shows little change in ‘target’
18 August, 2017
Data on the quality of material received at materials recycling facilities (MRFs) for the first quarter of 2017 shows that the volume of ‘target’ material received at facilities has remained relatively static at close to 87%. Published on WRAP’s Materials Facility Reporting Portal this week the data charts the volume of ‘target’ and ‘non-target’ material […]
Eunomia reaffirms residual waste findings
16 August, 2017
Research firm Eunomia has reaffirmed the findings of its 12th Issue Residual Waste Infrastructure Review (RWIR), which found that the UK is heading towards an overcapacity of waste plants. The Bristol-based consultancy has responded to criticism of its report and ‘backed up’ its RWIR with ‘straightforward’ figures. Chart shows Eunomia’s forecasts for residual waste decline: […]
Diversion tactics
4 August, 2017
Achieving a goal of zero waste-to-landfill should be high on the agenda for all companies, but what does this mean? According to The Carbon Trust, over a quarter of the more than 30 million tonnes of waste generated each year in the UK is still being sent to landfill. If the environmental damage this causes […]