"Working for our members to be the voice of government on waste minimization and recycling issues"
Posted 12th of January 2012
In 2012 the government must live up to its claims to be the UK’s greenest government ever, according to the Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC).
And, the recycling officers’ organisation is also keen for greater clarity over political leadership on recycling and has v...
Posted 16th of December 2011
Recently I attended on behalf of Municipal Waste Europe (of which LARAC is a member) the second expert group workshop on ‘End of Waste Criteria for biodegradable waste subject to biological treatment’, with the scope extending to compost and digestate from commercial scale reprocessors e...
Posted 14th of December 2011
This week, CIWM brought together a number of local authority representatives for a meeting with DCLG to feed in views on the development of the department’s £250m ‘Weekly Collection Support Scheme’ and Tom Lawrence, our London rep, was there to represent the LAR...
Posted 2nd of February 2012
Recycling minister Lord Taylor today (February 2) praised householders for recycling three times more than they did ten years ago as he unveiled the latest provisional quarterly recycling statistics for England.
For the first quarter of 2011/12 (April-June 2011), 44% of household waste was ...
Posted 1st of February 2012
Nottingham City is finding success with the 'carrot' approach which they have combined with recycling 'market stalls' to make recycling their WEEE easier and more attractive - here's their latest update on their market recycling stall:
WEEEcycling a big draw!!
The special WEEE (Waste...
Posted 30th of January 2012
We have recently been featuring Croydon's communications campaign - and this is why ...
LARAC Member Croydon Council has a tireless communications effort designed to keep its residents involved with their recycling projects. They keep people informed of their recycling methods and, wit...
