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Shanks in supply deal for Chinese-owned EfW plant
A Chinese-owned energy from waste plant in the Netherlands has secured a 10-year deal with waste management firm Shanks to burn 100,000 tonnes of RDF per annum for energy recovery. The EEW plant in...
View ArticlePlasrecycle LDPE recycling equipment to be sold at auction
Equipment from the £12 million Plasrecycle LDPE plastic bag recycling plant in Woolwich, West London, is to be offered for sale at auction next month, administrators acting on behalf of the company...
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Plasgran launches municipal services arm
Cambridgeshire-based plastics recycler Plasgran has announced the launch of a municipal services division – which will include wheeled-bin collection and distribution for manufacturers, local...
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Shanks and VGG merger terms agreed
The proposed merger by Shanks Group plc with Dutch and Belgian waste business the Van Gansewinkel Group (VGG) has moved closer after terms were agreed between the two parties. Completion is expected in...
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M&S assesses single polymer in push for recycling
Retail giant Marks & Spencer is assessing whether it could reduce plastic packaging down to one type of polymer which would help recycling, the company revealed yesterday (29 September). Senior...
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BPI director dismisses talk of plastics recycling ‘crisis’
A senior plastics recycling industry executive has downplayed suggestions that reprocessors are under pressure due to the impact of falling oil prices on the price of virgin polymers. Mike Baxter,...
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News in Brief (3/10/2016)
With news on: Five years of Wales carrier bag charge; EU beverage carton recycling rates grow; Gloucestershire joins Duty of Care drive; Recycling earns £6,000 for Torbay charities, and; Pictorial...
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WRAP releases National Recycling Guidelines
WRAP has released its first National Recycling Guidelines at the LARAC conference this week, which have been developed together with industry stakeholders. The WRAP guidelines state that bottle tops...
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Q3 packaging data suggests targets on course to be met
Targets for the collection of packaging waste for recycling look likely to be met comfortably in 2016 – figures published for the third quarter of the year suggest, indicating that PRN prices across...
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News in Brief (25/10/2016)
With news on: East London Biogas trials night-time opening; Plaswood Group extends lumber range; Hackney Recycling Rewards launched, and; Herefordshire in HWRC warning. East London Biogas trials...
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BPI’s Mike Baxter appointed to ACP
Mike Baxter, the director of external affairs for the plastic film recycling and manufacturing firm BPI, has been appointed to represent the plastics sector on the government’s Advisory Committee on...
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Veolia study finds £4bn resource value in business waste
Three business sectors are together generating 13 million tonnes of waste which could generate £4 billion of resource value, according to a Veolia-sponsored report published today (2 November). The...
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US plastics firm moves in for Evolve Polymers
German investment firm Aurelius Equity has sold the PET plastic bottle recycler Evolve Polymers to US packaging firm Plastipak Group in a deal announced today (3 November). The two parties have not...
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News in brief (03/11/2016)
With news on: M&S Christmas card recycling scheme; LIFE project funds industrial conveyor belt from recycled plastic; Gilder Environmental awarded contract for Tamar AD plant, and; Envac to install...
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Evolve Polymers sale was pre-pack arrangement
EXCLUSIVE: The deal that saw US packaging firm Plastipak Group buy the assets of plastics recycler Evolve Polymers was a pre-pack administration arrangement, letsrecycle.com has learned. Following the...
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Centriforce fined £200,000 after safety prosecution
A Liverpool-based recycled plastic product manufacturer has been fined £200,000 after a worker suffered ‘life-changing’ injuries when his arm was caught in a machine. Centriforce was prosecuted at...
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Coca Cola partners on plastic packaging recycling project
Coca Cola European Partners has worked with Viridor and plastics recycling firm PET UK on a project to reprocess PET liner waste from the product packaging for its Smartwater bottled water range. The...
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News in brief (16/11/2016)
With news on: B&M University contract; Powerday ex-offenders scheme; Ardley design award; BPF bottle deposit response, and; ESA consultation. B&M wins University waste contract B&M Waste...
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Regain proposes CVA to tackle ‘unbearable’ debt
EXCLUSIVE: Plastics compounder and recycler Regain Polymers is seeking to enter a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) after a ‘massive reduction’ in credit limits from suppliers, letsrecycle.com can...
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Appointments round-up (5/12/2016)
With news on: Amie Stringer joins RDF exporter Andusia; Recycling Technologies appoints non-executive director, and; New roles at Axion Polymers’ ELV recycling plant. Amie Stringer joins RDF exporter...
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