Recycling news: 2007

Industry news Wine company hit by 70,000 fine under recycling regulations London firm Bibendum pleads guilty to charges of avoiding producer responsibility to recycle packaging waste letsrecycle.com News · 10 Sept 2007 Industry news Exeter trade waste scheme could boost recycling by 25% City council proposals to reduce commercial waste could also generate revenue letsrecycle.com News · 10 Sept 2007 Industry news Colossal MRF planned for Birmingham Waste firm Greenstar announces plans for 250,000-tonnes-a-year plant in West Midlands letsrecycle.com News · 10 Sept 2007 Industry news Scotland to set “more ambitious” recycling targets Scottish councils invited to waste summit in October to discuss raising of recycling targets letsrecycle.com News · 10 Sept 2007 Industry news Injunction served against North London waste site Neasden waste transfer station forbidden from handling waste following "significant" opposition letsrecycle.com News · 9 Sept 2007 Industry news 43% of waste technologies “unproven” Analysis of global waste technologies warns councils that many have not been fully proven letsrecycle.com News · 9 Sept 2007 Industry news Valpak wins 2007 Waste World Cup Producer responsibility specialists win after extra time against ACM Waste Management in final letsrecycle.com News · 9 Sept 2007 Industry news Fresh delay for 3bn Manchester PFI waste deal Contract signing put back to December, hold-ups include preparations for newly-acquired waste sites letsrecycle.com News · 9 Sept 2007 Industry news National network formed to oppose incineration Friends of the Earth helps establish new outfit to co-ordinate campaigns against burning of waste letsrecycle.com News · 9 Sept 2007 Industry news Waste policy: Dr Michael Warhurst, senior waste and resources campaigner, Friends of the Earth What's next for waste policy? letsrecycle.com News · 9 Sept 2007 Industry news Price rise for exporting waste to China UK Shipping Lines announce that waste freight costs to the Far East are rising from next month letsrecycle.com News · 6 Sept 2007 Industry news Defra meets industry to discuss textiles impact Clothing, textiles and fashion industries seek ways to cut environmental impact of their activities letsrecycle.com News · 6 Sept 2007 Industry news News in Brief With news on MBT guidance, finance, sorting technology and packaging reduction letsrecycle.com News · 6 Sept 2007 Industry news “More recyclables collected on commingled schemes” Figures revealed during discussions on quality of material sorted by MRFs letsrecycle.com News · 6 Sept 2007 Industry news The world of consultancy Emily Ross investigates whether consultants always live up to expectations letsrecycle.com News · 6 Sept 2007 Industry news Coca-Cola to recycle all its US plastic bottles Drinks company to build "world's biggest" food-grade PET bottle recycling plant in South Carolina letsrecycle.com News · 5 Sept 2007 Industry news Lincolnshire recycling firm to turn waste into fuel Mid UK Recycling reveals plans for RDF plant for 50,000 tonnes of waste a year letsrecycle.com News · 5 Sept 2007 Industry news Demand for recycler paper set to rise, says WRAP Price, quality and reliability pushing buyers to buy more recycled paper products, survey finds letsrecycle.com News · 5 Sept 2007 Industry news Pioneering scheme planned for recycling roof plastic Derbyshire company's plans to develop a collection network are backed by industry recycling campaign Recovinyl letsrecycle.com News · 4 Sept 2007 Industry news Elderly woman dies in collision with Biffa waste truck Inquest into death of 82-year-old woman opened and adjourned while police continue to investigate in Dorset letsrecycle.com News · 4 Sept 2007 Industry news Major UK paper recycler reports “strong” financial results Severnside and St Regis owner DS Smith reports good performance despite rising costs letsrecycle.com News · 4 Sept 2007 Industry news Green light for 17m Wrexham recycling plant Planning consent for recycling and in-vessel composting facility with 80,000 tonnes annual capacity letsrecycle.com News · 4 Sept 2007 Industry news BPI looks for more UK reprocessing of film Polythene giant BPI has reported more used film available but still faces export challenge letsrecycle.com News · 3 Sept 2007 Industry news Agency demands tougher fines for waste offences Annual Spotlight report gives Environment Agency cause for concern over illegal waste activities letsrecycle.com News · 3 Sept 2007 Industry news Bexley launches SME food waste recycling service First London council to offer household food waste recycling extends service to businesses letsrecycle.com News · 3 Sept 2007 Industry news Literacy boost for waste management staff Workers offered courses to improve reading and writing in scheme road-tested by Cory in Southend letsrecycle.com News · 2 Sept 2007 Industry news Community composting limited by lack of space Barriers to community composting revealed in Defra survey letsrecycle.com News · 2 Sept 2007 Industry news Kirklees rolls out fortnightly collections Scheme moves forward despite opposition from Labour councillors who want to keep weekly waste collections letsrecycle.com News · 2 Sept 2007 Industry news Pre-treatment: Dr Gev Eduljee, SITA UKs technical director Landfill Pre-treatment - are there hidden dangers, or are we right to be relaxed? letsrecycle.com News · 2 Sept 2007 Industry news Welsh recycling firm has licence suspended Flintshire firm Recyclo cannot accept waste until further notice until "problems" are sorted out letsrecycle.com News · 30 Aug 2007 Industry news Bid for 60m Welsh organic waste park Welsh Assembly provides 17-acre site for anaerobic digestion and gasification facilities letsrecycle.com News · 30 Aug 2007 Industry news Poole in race to save commingled recycling service Unitary borough needs new MRF before 2011 for kerbside service that includes glass letsrecycle.com News · 30 Aug 2007 Industry news Yorkshire councils awarded 65 million PFI credits North Yorks given funding as councils in South Yorks prepare a bid letsrecycle.com News · 30 Aug 2007 Industry news News in Brief With news on clinical waste recycling, food waste digestion and tackling waste in Covent Garden letsrecycle.com News · 29 Aug 2007 Industry news Search for UK’s best recycling and waste facilities Still time to enter this year's Awards for Excellence, which includes awards for best infrastructure letsrecycle.com News · 29 Aug 2007 Industry news Veolia named preferred bidder for Shropshire PFI contract Waste company proposes an energy recovery plant and in-vessel composter for 27-year contract letsrecycle.com News · 29 Aug 2007 Industry news Novera “optimistic” of alternative funding for gasification plant Renewables subsidies to make up lost grant after East London facility pulls out of Defra support scheme letsrecycle.com News · 28 Aug 2007 Industry news HSE bid to cut infections from needles in waste Safety advice aims to reduce risk of viral infection for waste collection staff from "sharps" letsrecycle.com News · 28 Aug 2007 Industry news UK plastics recycler begins exporting to drive up quality AGP will bypass traders at Chinese ports by shipping material directly to its own reprocessors in the Far East letsrecycle.com News · 28 Aug 2007 Industry news Wrangle over waste charges for schools and charities Defra tells councils they should not charge certain institutions for waste disposal services letsrecycle.com News · 27 Aug 2007