Compostables, contamination, and plastics: report from the ORG conference
Last week I attended the Organics Recycling Group's annual conference in Cheshire.
Decoding the RWS consultation (III): garden waste
In Defra's consultation on consistency, garden collection is closely linked to food waste collection as both are organic waste and currently collected mixed by 12% of local authorities in England. If both are organic, why are not collected together? There…
PRESS STATEMENT: Green gas industry responds to Spring Statement
Responding to the Chancellor's Spring Statement, Charlotte Morton, Chief Executive of the Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association, said: “The UK’s green gas industry strongly welcomes the government’s commitment to increasing the proportion of green gas in the grid in order to decarbonise the UK’s heat supply, and we look forward to more detail on this in the promised consultation as soon as possible."
Decoding the RWS consultation (II): collection
Following last week's article on consistency, this week we want to open up the discussion on different collection systems as in the Consultation on consistency in household and business recycling collections in England. Defra's proposals to meet the ambitious municipal waste recycling…
Environment Secretary Michael Gove says anaerobic digestion should be “expanded”
Environment Secretary Michael Gove has praised the AD industry's role in recycling inedible food waste and said it should be "expanded".
Decoding the RWS consultation (I): consistency
As explained in our dedicated blog and press release, the Consultation on Consistency in Household and Business Recycling Collections in England. We are going to publish a series of articles covering some aspects included in the consultation: Different collection systems Garden…
ADBA member Bio Collectors features on BBC Breakfast
ADBA member Bio Collectors featured on BBC Breakfast this morning in a piece about food waste prevention and recycling.
PRESS RELEASE: Government funding for weekly food waste collections is huge environmental win – ADBA
The UK’s anaerobic digestion (AD) industry has welcomed a new government consultation published today in which ministers have committed to funding local authorities to introduce weekly food waste collections for all households in England.
Defra consults on England-wide roll-out of separate food waste collections
Following the publication of the Resources and Waste Strategy at the end of last year and after years of campaigning by the AD industry and others, Defra has today launched four consultations to take forward government proposals. The four consultations are…
PRESS RELEASE: Funding for food waste collections needed sooner rather than later
The UK’s food waste recycling industry has written to the Treasury and Ministry for Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) calling for government funding for the rollout of separate food waste collections in England to be fast-tracked.
