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The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has issued a new consultation on the revised waste Framework Directive (Directive 2008/98/EC) for England and Wales.
Further details can be found by clicking here while a copy of the consultation document in pdf format can be downloaded by hitting the link (below).
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According to a new straw poll conducted by the National Skip Hire & Recycling Association, there is a huge differential in the sums charged by local authorities for skip permits.
Apparently, a lack of standardisation is allowing some local authorities to charge ludicrous sums, according to a new straw poll from the National Skip Hire and Recycling Association. Indeed, based upon a sample of 18 local authorities selected at random, permit fees vary from no charge in Leicester up to a staggering £26 per day PLUS a £72 application fee in Kensington and Chelsea.
So, is this a reinforcement of the North-South divide? We’d love to hear what you’re paying in your local area so please let us have your thoughts using the Leave A Reply box below.
Full details of the straw poll can be found by clicking here.
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We have found another interesting use for our Dig A Screener product by putting layers of grass into the screening bucket and then letting the screener do its work. What happens is that the good soil is regurgitated and then the sod stays in the screener. Another way of making money out of otherwise useless materials.
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Our decision to offer Dig A Screener and Dig A Crusher products for hire as well as sale has found favour with iTunes’ Demolition Podcast Network and with the Demolition News website.
Following an interview with Demolition News’ founder Mark Anthony, you can now hear our rationale for starting our own hire fleet both online and through your iPod, iPod Touch or iPhone.
To hear the standard MP3 version, simply click the blue link below.
Alternatively, visit iTunes and download the interview and listen to it at your leisure.
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Trade magazine Contract Journal reports that members of the UK Contractors Group have agreed to sign up to the WRAP Halving Waste to Landfill Commitment.
The group, which represents 25 major contractors, will individually report progress in achieving their own waste targets through the use of the WRAP Waste to Landfill Reporting Portal. The portal allows monitoring of individual company performance improvement and permits comparison against industry standards.
Read the full story here.
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Online waste and recycling resource MRW is reporting that the Treasury has launched a consultation on modernising the landfill tax system which includes plans to change the definitions of taxable disposal of waste at a landfill site and inert wastes.
The document titled Modernising landfill tax legislation cites last year’s Waste Recycling Group vs. HM Revenue & Customs case as a key driver for this change.
Read the full story here.
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WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) welcomes its additional £10 million funding announced in today’s budget for the development of reprocessing facilities for food waste. The funding will enable new composting and anaerobic digestion facilities to be built – processing over 300,000 additional tonnes of food waste every year. It builds on our existing programmes which have been operating for over five years and will divert more waste from landfill, create more renewable energy and produce more useful agricultural products.
This funding is in addition to the £10 million to help build anaerobic digestion demonstration plants announced by Hilary Benn in his speech to the National Farmers' Union Centenary Conference on 18 February 2008.
Read further details <a href=”http://www.wrap.org.uk/go.rm?id=26815″>here</a>.
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Chancellor Alistair Darling has announced that there will be a continued increase in the standard rate of landfill tax by £8 per tonne on 1 April each year until 2013 in this year’s Budget.
This will mean that landfill tax will be £56 in 2011, £64 in 2012 and £72 by April 2013. The Government aims to reduce the UK’s dependence on landfill by encouraging further investment into alternative waste management options, such as anaerobic digestion technology.
Click <a href=”http://www.mrw.co.uk/page.cfm/action=Archive/ContentID=1/EntryID=5337″>here </a>for further details.
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A new series of WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) projects being established across the country mean that Scotland is once again at the forefront of trialling innovative new applications for quality compost that will help shape policy and practice across the UK.
The trials - which are being conducted by Forestry Commission Scotland and SAC amongst others in partnership with WRAP - are designed to determine the commercial benefits of using quality compost in applications that range from soil improvement through to the establishment of woodland and biomass crops on brownfield land.
For further information, please click <a href=”http://www.wrap.org.uk/wrap_corporate/news/scotland_trials_set.html”>here</a>.
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Manchester City Council has become the first English council to sign up to WRAP’s (Waste & Resources Action Programme) Halving Waste to Landfill voluntary agreement.
By making this commitment Manchester joins leading clients, contractors and retailers such as Network Rail, Laing O’Rourke, Balfour Beatty, Asda and Marks & Spencer.
Read the full details here.
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