Did you see Viridor’s chief executive in Undercover Boss on Channel 4 recently? For those of us in the industry it made really compelling viewing. The issues he came across were not just confined to Viridor but applied to the industry as a whole: Health & Safety, staff welfare and retention, public apathy to recycling [...]
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New Government Bins Pay as You Throw
Householders may soon benefit from greater incentives to recycle their waste, as the new government bins Labour’s previous plan to levy householders with a “pay as you throw” charge, in favour of a new recycling reward scheme, which is already being successfully pioneered by the Windsor & Maidenhead Council in Berkshire.
Under the new [...]
Could the Environmental Sector Benefit from General Election Result?
So the voting’s over and the politics has begun all over again. David Cameron hasn’t achieved a Conservative majority, Gordon Brown hasn’t yet left Downing Street and Nick Clegg hasn’t done nearly as well for the Liberal Democrats as the opinion polls were suggesting. What next? We seem to have entered a constitutional paralysis while all parties [...]
Spring has Sprung in the RWM Floor Plan!
As we approach Easter the final stands for RWM 10 are being snapped up. In fact with 85 % of stand space already sold out and the backing of some major industry names, we’ve a Floor Plan that suggests a very healthy industry indeed! Bang in the centre is the new Viridor Visitor Lounge where visitors [...]
Clarity from Mayor on Waste Strategy
Are you still wondering exactly how Boris Johnson intends to end landfilling London’s waste in 15 years – particularly with the challenges posed by flats? You are not alone. Just this week the London Assembly Environment Committee called for “more detail and clarity” on some of the Mayor’s proposals and to know more about the [...]
Going Batty Over Battery Recycling
Working in the industry as I have said before does tend to make you a bit of a hoarder. I just can’t bear to throw anything away. Even more so when I know that there are supposed to be facilities for recycling them having followed the progress of the Battery Directive over what now seems [...]
Promising start to a year of promises
Happy New Year to you all from the team at RWM. On our long journeys to work through the snow we’ve been reflecting on the eventful past 12 months and wondering what 2010 has in store for us!
This time last year the industry was still in a state of shock after the recession had hit. [...]
Resource Waste Management Summit
If your job requires you to keep abreast of all the latest developments in resource and waste management, here is an event coming up early next year that I think you should seriously consider attending. It’s called the Resource Waste Management Summit and it is taking place at the Olympia Conference Centre in London on the 9th and 10th February 2010. [...]
Recognising Achievement at National Recycling Awards
Recycling and Waste Management may not be the most glamorous sector of the UK industry, but there are times when those of us who work in it day-in, day-out have reason to be proud, whether that’s when you review the whole industry at an event like RWM, or if you consider some of our outstanding innovators [...]
MRW Calls Time for Quality
Paul Sanderson, respected editor of RWM’s Headline Media Partner MRW (Materials Recycling Week) has sought to put a stake in the ground when it comes to the long running debate of source separated vs. commingled waste collections in this country. As Paul himself puts it, “<This debate> has been going on for a few years [...]
