Volume 1, Issue 8, 23rd January 2006
31 Alloa Business Centre
Whins Road
Alloa FK10 3SA
Keep Scotland Beautiful Chief awarded OBE
1st February 2006, Stirling
CRNS Event
6th - 12th February 2006, Edinburgh
Scottish Environment Week
Scottish Environment Link Event
22nd February 2006, Alloa
Packaging and its implications
RAGS Event
29th March 2006
RAGS Event
5th June 2006
"Big Recycle" Launch
WRAP Campaign
12 -14th September 2006, Birmingham
RWM 2006
Emap / MRW Event
New WRAP web site to help buying & selling of plastics now online
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Chief Executive of Keep Scotland Beautiful, John Summers was awarded on the 31st December 2005 an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen's New Years Honours List for services to the Environment:
"Throughout my working life of 40 years in local government and the charity sector I have been involved in trying to improve the quality of local environments and there has never been a time when it has been more important that these issues are confronted, tackled and addressed. A sustainable future for Scotland depends on the actions we take now on tackling global warming, waste management, energy conservation, marine pollution, sustainable transport and environmental education."
The minutes of the RAGS AGM and our accounts for 2004/05 are now available in the members area of our website
The £10 million integrated waste management site been established on the Isle of Lewis has started to take shape. The site will be home to one of the few major anaerobic digestion plants currently being developed in the UK and the equipment should be arriving by the end of the month.
The DTI has announced it decision on the final changes to the Renewables Obligation Order 2006. The draft order also includes the proposed changes, which will be introduced in Scotland and Northern Ireland to come into force from 1 April 2006.
The Health and Safety Executive is looking into the safety aspects of different types kerbside recycling containers.
WRAP are now looking for new applications for its Waste Minimisation Innovation Fund. The programme which was launched in 2004 is now opened to any organisation with an innovative idea that will significantly reduce packaging or food waste from the home, but the project needs to involve a retailer or major brand as this will maximise the chance a successful innovation will be widely adopted.
Andy Doran, the former chair of LARAC, is leaving DEFRA to become the new national manager for Novelis, the largest aluminium recycling company in the UK.
In the next few weeks the draft consultation for the Waste Strategy for 2006 will be released it was announced at DEFRA Packaging Conference on Tuesday 17th January in London. DEFRA’s director of Environment Quality and Waste, Neil Thornton, said the Strategy would seek better connections between the management municipal and non-municipal waste. It was also revealed on the same day through the BBC that the strategy also suggests the proportion of burned waste could rise from 9% to 25% in the next 15 years.
Environment Agency Officers and Police raided an illegal waste site in Chelmsford
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- Man fined £100 for allowing waste to be dumped on his land (Scotland).
Kent County Council Scrapstore helps provide Brazilian Youth Cello Orchestra with 130 cellos and 400 violins
- The owner of a skip hire company was sentenced to prison for eight months (England)
- The operator of a illegal waste transfer station in Berkshire sentenced (England)
The first grain bio-ethanol plant in the UK has been granted planning permission in Henstridge by South Somerset District Council. The plant will produce bio-ethanol, which will be blended with petrol for use as fuel for cars and contribute towards the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (a requirement for all road fuel to contain 5% bio-fuel by 2010).
This Market report for the week ending January 20th 2006 is brought to you courtesy of The Environment Exchange
Spot 2005
Steel traded between £159.50 and £145.00 in modest volume, closing at £145.00, down £15.00 from last week's close.
Paper traded from £11.75 up to £12.50 in modest volume, up 50p from last week's close.
Glass traded from £17.50 up to £20.00 in modest volume, up £14.50 from last week's close.
Wood traded between £12.00 and £10.00 in light volume, closing at £12.00, down £3.00 from last week's close.
Plastic traded from £30.00 up to £37.50 in light volume, up £7.50 from last week's close.
Recovery traded at £3.50 in light volume, unchanged from last week's close.
Spot 2006
Wood traded at £10.25 in modest volume.
Plastic traded from £32.50 down to £30.00 in modest volume, down £2.50 from last week's close.
Aluminium traded from £142.00 to £145.00 in light volume, up 50p from last week's close.
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Ecco Newsprint UK has put a planning application in for the construction of a paper mill near Redcar in the North East of England, which will produce 100% recycled newsprint. If the planning is granted this will be the first newsprint mill to be built in the UK for ten years.
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