RECYCLING CREDITS CONSULTATION
Defra has issued a consultation paper looking at potential changes to the recycling credit scheme. Proposals include Increasing the flexibility of payments from waste disposal to waste collection authorities in two-tier areas; updating and making statutory the Government's guidance on recycling credit payments to third parties; modifying the basis on which the financial value of recycling credits is calculated and to widen the scope of the scheme to include all re-use and potentially minimisation credits.
See www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/recycling-credits/consult.pdf
CONSULTATION ON FUNDING FOR LANDFILL AFTERCARE
Proposals have been made to ensure landfill operators make funds available from the first day of the site's operation to help maintain their sites following closure. Presently, landfill operators are only required to make a payment to the Environment Agency in the event that their company goes under. The Agency is consulting on these proposed changes, with comments required by the 30th November 2004.
See: http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/commondata/105385/landfill_prov_858620.pdf
CONSULTATION ON THE WASTE MANAGEMENT LICENSING AMENDMENT (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2004 - EXEMPTION CHARGING SCHEME
Recent changes to the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994 extend SEPA's powers to charge for regulatory duties undertaken in connection with the following paragraphs of Schedule 3 of the 1994 Regulations: spreading of sludge; recovery operations at sewage treatment works; composting and composting for mushroom cultivation; burning of dunnage (packaging). The scheme includes two elements: an initial registration fee - which covers regulatory duties for the first year and an annual renewal fee - for any extension to this period, where no changes are made to the activity as registered.
To view the proposed scheme
See www.sepa.org.uk/pdf/consultation/current/wml_amend.pdf
SEPA COMPOSTING POSITION STATEMENT
SEPA has issued a position statement on composting which includes advice to local authorities to be aware that composting mixed waste is not a long term solution and in the longer term they should be moving towards segregated collection of biodegradable material for composting; be aware that composted mixed waste is not fully recovered and remains waste and to be aware of the guidance on diversion targets given in the National Waste Plan 2003 and the BSI PAS 100 and Composting Association standards.
See www.sepa.org.uk/pdf/guidance/waste/sepa_comp_position_sep04.pdf
£1O MILLION WASTE FUNDING FOR NORTHERN IRELAND COUNCILS
The Department of the Environment has released £10 million to help all 26 councils in Northern Ireland with the implementation of their Waste Management Plans.
See: http://www.nics.gov.uk/press/env/040907f-env.htm
EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE CONDEMNS UK FOR DELAYS IN TRANSPOSING END-OF-LIFE VEHICLES DIRECTIVE
Three countries, Finland, France and the UK, have become the first ones to be condemned by the ECJ for failing to transpose the 2000 Directive 2000/53/EC on end-of life vehicles into national law by the deadline of 21 April 2002.
See: http://www.eel.nl/index10.htm
WASTES TESTING GUIDANCE
The Environmental Services Association Research Trust (ESART) has produced a practitioner's guide to testing waste for onward reuse, treatment or disposal acceptance.
http://www.esart.org/projects/complete/ESART%20prac%20guide.pdf
WEEE - IS THE UK READY?
12th OCTOBER, NOTTINGHAM
The Waste Electrical and Electronic (WEEE) directive will soon be transposed into UK Law, with the government recently publishing its final consultation on draft Regulations and guidance. The National Clearing House is the intended implementation mechanism for ensuring all WEEE that is collected, is treated and recycled according to UK and EU standards, whilst allowing for producers to meet their obligations through competitive tendering for collection, treatment and recycling services. The CIWM WEEE seminar will examine how this is likely to work in practice and what implications it will have on the range of stakeholders involved. For the programme and registration details see:
http://www.ciwm.co.uk/mediastore/FILES/10972.doc
http://www.ciwm.co.uk/mediastore/FILES/10965.doc
LOCAL AUTHORITY ISSUES BRIEFING SESSION
CIWM's Collection, Recycling and Environmental Cleansing Special Interest Group are holding a briefing session on Monday 8 November at Peterborough Moathouse hotel. Speakers include Defra on Clean Neighbourhoods and what happens once the consultation responses are in. BVPI 199, one year on and does alternate weekly collection really work? If you are interested in attending contact events@ciwm.co.uk
HAZARDOUS WASTE SEMINAR
Following the high demand for the first Hazardous Waste Seminar the CIWM recently held, a second event will held on the 22nd October in London. The event will examine the recently released Review of the Special Waste Regulations consultation paper and the implications of this for the various stakeholders involved in managing hazardous wastes. For more details of this event please contact events@ciwm.co.uk
USE LESS, RECYCLE MORE ROADSHOW
A series of ten regional events for the construction and waste industries, as well as policy makers, are being run under the banner of Construction Resources: Using Less and Recycling More. The free to attend events are being organised by companies including UK
Ceed, Constructing Excellence and the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management. The events will demonstrate ready-to-use tools and plans and provide an opportunity to learn more about the new DTI Code of Practice on site waste management. Events will be taking place at venues nationwide, including Doncaster on 17th September, Peterborough on 21st September and Birmingham on 23rd September. For more details contact simonc@ukceed.org
HNC IN WASTES MANAGEMENT - LAUDER COLLEGE, DUNFERMLINE
Lauder College is looking to run the HNC Course previously offered at Stow College. The Course will start in January 2005 provided that a minimum of 15 students enroll. Anyone interested should contact Jan Thomson at the College janthomson@lauder.ac.uk as soon as possible.
IMPLEMENTING CHANGE - SCOTTISH WASTE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, EXHIBITION AND AWARDS DINNER
The above event organised by Eventful Scotland will be held on the 5th& 6th October at The Hilton Hotel, William Street, Glasgow. The opening address will be given by Ross Finnie MSP - Minister for the Environment and Rural Affairs and the conference will include sessions on Partnerships and Planning, Materials and Markets and Waste Regulation. For further details contact Mary Harley m.f.harley@gcal.ac.uk
NORTH WEST CENTRE OPEN MEETING - THE WEEE DIRECTIVE
The above meeting will be held on 17th September 2004 at The Harris Conference Centre, Garstang Road, Preston. The meeting will include speakers from The Environment Agency, Electrolux, CREATE, LARAC and Cedilla Systems. For further details contact Lawrence Conway: l.conway@southlakeland.gov.uk
ONE-DAY CONFERENCE: PAY-BY-WEIGHT IN PRACTICE
Thursday 23rd September in Cork, Ireland.
Considering a Pay-As-You-Throw system? Ireland already has several years experience of PAYT for domestic waste and has been phasing in PBW over the past year. This event, organized by the Republic of Ireland Centre of CIWM, will showcase a range of systems and will also present operational experience. We invite waste managers and council officers from all parts of Ireland and Britain to come and see how well PBW is working here.
For further details contact: mark.heesom@greenstar.ie
EXPORT NEWS
Export leads provided in this section are forwarded from TradeUK, which is the Department of Trade & Industry's Internet based export service for UK companies. It uses the global network of British Embassies and Consulates to source and deliver by e-mail export sales opportunities direct to desktops. The TradeUK website (www.tradeuk.com) also contains an archive database of all the export sales leads, enabling companies to conduct independent searches for export leads for their products and services.
FCO TRAVEL ADVICE: Advice on travel to any country is available on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's travel advice website; http://www.fco.gov.uk. If you are planning any business trips abroad you are strongly advised to check the website for the latest update or telephone the FCO on 0870 6060290.
13-SEP-04:Tenders and Public Sector Opportunities:CYPRUS
STUDY OF COMPILATION OF A NATIONAL INVENTORY OF CONTAMINATED SITES
http://www.tradeuk.com/1/plsql/a_s.main?n=96215043&c=75542&s=TradeArea
CIWM & ESA TRAINING
14th September ~ Duty of Care
14th - 16th September ~ An Introduction to the Management of Wastes
21st - 22nd September ~ Practical Aspects of Landfill Gas & Groundwater Monitoring
22nd September ~ Geology, Hydrogeology, Hydrology & Landfill
23rd September ~ Leachate Monitoring
29th - 30th September ~ Legislation for COTC Candidates
For further information on the above training courses, please visit our web site on www.ciwm.co.uk . You can also email us at training@ciwm.co.uk or call the training department on 01604 620426.
WRAP'S NEW ORGANIC TRAINING PROGRAMME
WRAP will be holding a series of new training courses for the composting industry, the first round of courses are detailed below:
- Producing Quality Products: Excellence as Standard:
> 21st and 22nd October; Scotland
- Improving Organic Waste Management Operations: Achieving optimum efficiency & quality:
> 4th and 5th November, South
- Building Organic Waste Management Facilities: The right foundation:
> 21st and 22nd September 2004; Midlands
> 23rd and 24th November; South
- Successful Compost Marketing: Planning for Profit;
> 19th and 20th October; Scotland
- Improving organic waste management collection: Optimising collection schemes:
> 18th (evening start) and 19th November; Midlands
- Developing Organic Waste Management Strategies: Looking to the future:
> 22nd September 2004; South
> 16th November; Midlands
For further information and an application pack please contact the CIWM training department on training@ciwm.co.uk or 01604 620426.
