Volume 1, Issue 9, 16th February 2006
31 Alloa Business Centre
Whins Road
Alloa FK10 3SA
22nd February 2006, Alloa
Packaging and its implications
RAGS Event
24th February 2006. Perth
Forward Scotland Event
14th March 2006, Glasgow
CRNS Event
22nd March 2006, Perth
Proven Technologies from Europe
CIWM Event
29th March 2006, Perth
Successful can recycling partnerships
RAGS Event
5th June 2006
"Big Recycle" Launch
WRAP Campaign
12 -14th September 2006, Birmingham
RWM 2006
Emap / MRW Event
The Scottish Tareget for recycling or composting of Municpal Solid Waste (MSW) is 25% by 2006. The last quartely results from SEPA's Landfill Allowance Quarterly Monitoring Scheme (July - Sept 2005) shows that 25.1% of MSW was recycled in this period....however the 12 month rolling average (Oct 04 - Sept 05) is still only 21%. The signs are good but are we really there yet?
New Jobs could be created at an glass recycling firm in Shetland after the company secured a supplier on the Scottish mainland. Enviroglass, a Shetland Amenity Trust company, is manufacturing paving slabs from recycled glass.
Consultation: Household Waste Prevention Action Plan
The amount of household waste produced in Scotland is growing at an alarming rate and if changes aren’t made it may double within 20 years. The average Scottish consumer wastes £1597 per year on goods and services that they don’t use, £438 of this is uneaten food. In a bid to stem this disturbing growth in waste, the Scottish Executive and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) have published a consultation paper detailing actions which could be taken by everyone. The consultation closes on the 28th of April - RAGS will be responding on behalf of our members. Contact Claire at RAGS for more information.
Click here for the consultation document
Click here for the SEPA press release
The Scottish Waste Awareness Group (SWAG) has produced an online recycling directory for businesses throughout Scotland. This web based tool, available from 31st January, is accessible via a new 'Waste Aware Business' website. Businesses can search for reuse and recycling services by location and material to find out what is available to them in their local area. A range of service providers are included such as local authorities, the private waste management sector, and community sector organisations.
- Fencing contractor has been fined £400 for dumping wooden posts
Perth and Kinross council are trialing a new recycling service in Perth that will see greater use of kerbside collection.
- Nursery fined for failure to dispose of waste correctly and for illegally burning other waste
This Market report for the week ending February 10th 2006 is brought to you courtesy of The Environment Exchange
Paper traded between £10.00 and £10.75 in good volume, closing at £10.00, down 75p from last week's close.
Plastic traded at £30.00 in good volume, down £1.00 from last week's close.
Steel traded from £123.00 down to £120.00 in fair volume, up £18.00 from last week's close.
Aluminium traded at £147.50 in modest volume, up £2.00 from last week's close.
Recovery traded at £3.00 in light volume, up £1.00 from last week's close.
Wood traded at £10.00 in light volume, up 75p from last week's close.
Local authorities should be given the necessary powers to experiment with variable charging schemes for household waste, a policy think-tank has said. And, new green taxes should make householders think twice about using disposable products, according to the Policy Studies Institute. In a report published today (08/02/06) it states that charging householders based on the amount of unsorted waste they throw out would be the "most effective way of getting consumers to reduce the amount of waste they produce".
Local authorities are being offered fresh support from packaging producers to help them improve recycling services for packaging waste. A major new support programme for councils has been launched by RAGS Member Valpak, the UK's largest compliance scheme, which helps over 3,000 packaging companies meet their legal obligations to recycle packaging waste. In a move welcomed by LARAC and the LGA, councils are now being invited to work with Valpak, its member companies and Valpak's partner reprocessors to assist the UK in reaching the producer responsibility targets set by Europe's Packaging Directive for 2008.
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