27th July 2020
Blog by Dr Adam Read (External Affairs Director, SUEZ recycling and recovery UK) Materials market concerns It doesn’t seem all that long ago that China’s closure of its low grade and mixed plastics markets to all overseas material streams was rocking the sector and making headlines far and wide globally. But, the current COVID-19 pandemic has somewhat overshadowed the global
28th May 2020
You would have thought that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were a perfect fit for a waste sector that is going through its own rapid evolution, even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit us. By 2024, expected policy reforms around consistent collections, deposit return schemes and an overhaul of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) are all due to be operational. Though I
14th May 2020
This blog was originally published on CIWMs Circular Online on 12 May 2020. Dr. Adam Read, External Affairs Director at SUEZ recycling and recovery UK, and Helen Chaplin, Technical Development Executive at CIWM explore the issues discussed in the recent CIWM webinar about reuse.
5th May 2020
Despite the massive changes to our normal way of lives, the waste sector has continued to deliver its core services, day in and day out. Results from ADEPT for the last full week of April 2020 show that 100% of residual and clinical waste services continue to be maintained, as well as almost 90% of food waste collections. Dry recycling
18th April 2020
There is much discussion in the media and our sector on the issue of Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) being closed, and whether they should be reopened right now during the national lockdown.
9th April 2020
The circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic are unlike anything we’ve seen before. We’re having to react to a rapidly evolving environment while ensuring that we are following government and Public Health England’s guidelines to minimise the risk of spreading coronavirus. With no real examples of what’s been done before to draw upon, these challenging times present many questions for those
13th March 2020
In the last 30 years, the UK waste industry significantly reduced greenhouse gas emission, bringing it down by 69% from 1990. Remarkably, the last decade has seen some of the most rapid declines in emissions of any sector with exception of heavy industry and power.
6th December 2019
With the general election only days away, the media coverage of the debates, issues, and back stories continues to ramp up, you can’t really escape the plethora of well-crafted soundbites, well-planned photo shoots, and the obvious political sparring that happens when the UK goes to the polls. Now some of the media will tell you they are impartial or even
8th November 2019
Posted by Dr Adam Read. Many things remain uncertain in Britain today – but one thing we can be sure of is that we have a general election looming. There are just four weeks until we decide who will lead the country and finalise a Brexit deal. As we lead up to casting our votes, we might want to ask,
15th October 2019
Posted by SUEZ recycling and recovery UK. In this post we focus on matters that were topical over the summer and the early autumn 2019. From our reactions to the new Environment Bill, updates on initiatives around plastics including bio-plastics and microplastics to food waste and organics.
