17th March 2017
Andy Hill, Chairman of the Wood Recyclers’ Association, takes a look at recent WRA work, highlighting crucial success on the approach to FPP applications. I’m very pleased to be able to report that the constant focus of your Board and Executive Director lobbying the Environment Agency (EA) on the Fire Prevention Plan (FPP) guidance has finally paid dividends, with the EA agreeing
8th December 2016
The Autumn 2016 legislation update is the first update post Brexit. We look at a number of key pieces of legislation, government and industry news, and what it means for our customers. Cutting paper cup waste The Foodservice Packaging Association (FPA) and the Paper Cup Recovery and Recycling Group (PCRRG) have launched the ‘Paper Cup Manifesto’. This voluntary, industry-wide initiative
7th December 2016
I am pleased to report that we have made significant progress towards our vision ‘to live in a society where there is no more waste’ over the past two years. Throughout 2014 and 2015 we saw profound changes in many aspects of our business, including our name. In the summer of 2015, our company embraced a new name, SUEZ. All
15th November 2016
Stuart Hayward-Higham, Technical Development Director at SUEZ recycling and recovery UK, talks about how to building success through implementing a circular business. In this edition of 60 seconds with SUEZ, Stuart describes the fundamentals of circular business, highlighting data as being ‘the key’ to finding out why and where waste is produced.
14th November 2016
Dr Gev Eduljee, External Affairs Director at SUEZ recycling and recovery UK, shares his thoughts on how data influences the resource industry. According to Gev, data forms the backbone of the circular economy, which is why society needs policymakers to put big data “front-centre of the resource strategy.” The retail, banking and many other sectors joined a digital revolution and
15th September 2016
Recycling and Waste Management Exhibition, RWM, is the most established resource management trade show in Europe, with a heritage stretching back nearly 50 years. In the wake of the EU referendum, this three day long event presented an invaluable opportunity for important networking and learning. Tuesday 13 September 2016 David Palmer-Jones, Chief Executive Officer of SUEZ recycling and recovery UK
25th May 2016
Each quarter, the Source legislation update compiles a round-up of emerging policy and legislation, from the UK and EU, which could have an impact on recycling and waste management practices. During the first quarter of 2016, the European Commission published a major study assessing both the legislation and practice of separate collection systems for waste across the 28 EU member
18th May 2016
In a bid to become increasingly sustainable, businesses cannot be expected to ignore commercial realities, without support from governments, according to SUEZ. Gev Eduljee, the External Affairs Director for SUEZ, said that there are limits to the extent that even the biggest companies can turn the wider economy around by influencing their supply chains. Often, doing so failed to make
30th April 2016
The thorny subject of finance – the little-explored but nevertheless crucial aspect of driving the circular economy. This topic was recently explored at the ‘Finance, the Catalyst to the Circular Economy’ conference hosted by ING Wholesale Banking, the Dutch Embassy and Green Alliance last month (March). The circular economy relies not only on new technologies that recover and recycle materials
24th March 2016
The news that the Environmental Regulation Unit located within the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) will transfer to Defra on 1 April 2016 is to be welcomed. Covering the majority of EU producer responsibility (PR) legislation enacted in the UK (batteries, WEEE, end of life vehicles, and parts of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive) the Unit’s rightful
