Recycling news: 2011

Industry news Waste fuel permitted for export tops a million tonnes Agency figures reveal amount of refuse-derived fuel permitted for export, but only 6% of permitted material exported letsrecycle.com News · 22 Sept 2011 Industry news News in Brief With news on a Peel wood-to-energy plant, a meeting for Bioflame, May Gurney in Cheshire, Veolia in the South of England and ECO Plastics working with Coca Cola letsrecycle.com News · 22 Sept 2011 Industry news Minister hails Welsh towns 74% recycling rate John Griffiths uses speech at Cylch conference to praise slow recycling initiative, where material is collected intensively at kerbside letsrecycle.com News · 22 Sept 2011 Industry news Valpak decision suspended indefinitely Future of company up in the air as non-conflicted directors tell members they need more time to consider outside expressions of interest in business letsrecycle.com News · 21 Sept 2011 Industry news Mixed reaction to WRAP markets warning Recyclers remain cautious over potential for market crash after warning from WRAP chief last week letsrecycle.com News · 21 Sept 2011 Industry news LGA claims victory over councils paying EU fines Local Government Association says amendments to Localism Bill will prevent fines for failing to meet European targets being arbitrarily passed onto local authorities letsrecycle.com News · 21 Sept 2011 Industry news United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Contract for CSG The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority has appointed Hampshire-based waste management specialists Cleansing Service Group to manage waste and boost recycling at its Culham site in Oxfordshire. The contract will involve the collection of a wide range of hazardous and non-hazardous waste streams including oils, resins, paints, cutting fluids and oily rags. CSG will also […] CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 21 Sept 2011 Industry news OFT calls for more competition in organic waste market But, body which enforces competition law says regulators need to ensure level playing field between waste companies and sewage companies letsrecycle.com News · 21 Sept 2011 Council news BRECKLAND COUNCIL – DEVELOPMENT CONTROL DEPARTMENT ENFORCEMENT ITEMS –13 February 2012 ATTLEBOROUGH – MR HOLBROOK, SWANGEY - Breckland Council Breckland Council · 21 Sept 2011 Industry news HSE: No waste sector deaths so far in 2011/12 Health and Safety Executive says industry will remain priority for interventions despite progress and government moves to cut red tape and costs letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2011 Industry news Somerset set to keep HWRC charge despite income gap Report recommends councils maintain 2 charge at four sites, but no plans to introduce charge at other sites at this time letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2011 Industry news Energos looks ahead to Knowsley gasification project Company to launch C&I plant in Knowsley and concedes Isle of Wight could have been different letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2011 Industry news Scotland reaffirms commitment to 70% recycling Finance minister John Swinney confirms 2025 targets in speech outlining spending plans for next three years letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2011 Industry news Video – Testa Corp dismantles bridge… - Demolition News Demolition News · 20 Sept 2011 Industry news Biffa Cannock EfW approval overturned Councillors reject proposals after being asked to reconsider previous permission due to issues over proposed Biffa payments to Community Fund letsrecycle.com News · 19 Sept 2011 Industry news SCA and Casepak bid to grow as Leicester MRF opens Casepak unveils Leicester MRF which will complement SCA Recyclings facility in Southampton letsrecycle.com News · 19 Sept 2011 Industry news Time running out to enter Wood Recycling Awards Companies and councils invited to enter inaugural Wood Recyclers Association awards ahead of ceremony on November 1 in Solihull letsrecycle.com News · 19 Sept 2011 Industry news Commission spells out future waste policy direction European Resource Efficiency Roadmap includes potential for minimum recycled content targets and funding for recycling letsrecycle.com News · 19 Sept 2011 Industry news WRG grows its energy business Chief executive Paul Taylor discusses companys change in focus letsrecycle.com News · 19 Sept 2011 Industry news Pickles approves SITA Severnside EfW plans Proposals for facility intended to treat 400,000tpa of commercial and industrial waste given permission on appeal letsrecycle.com News · 18 Sept 2011 Industry news New recycling minister welcomed by waste sector ESA, CIWM, LARAC and Friends of the Earth say they look forward to working with Lord Taylor of Holbeach following departure of Lord Henley last week letsrecycle.com News · 18 Sept 2011 Industry news Plasma firm secures further funding support SEPA and council officers visit plasma demonstration site in Swindon with APP confirming more financing in place letsrecycle.com News · 18 Sept 2011 Industry news European U-turn creates battery recycling confusion Defra admits to challenge after Commission confirms it will push ahead with requirement for member states to report efficiencies by September 26 letsrecycle.com News · 18 Sept 2011 Industry news The hazardous waste challenge Rebecca Eatwell of PPS Group investigates the opportunities and challenges for the waste sector in delivering a new generation of hazardous waste facilities letsrecycle.com News · 18 Sept 2011 Industry news Cheshire work to create NW foothold for May Gurney Services and infrastructure company looks to expand further after success in Bristol and Cheshire West and Chester letsrecycle.com News · 15 Sept 2011 Industry news Lord Taylor replaces Henley as recycling minister New minister with knowledge of agriculture and waste takes on portfolio in surprise move as Lord Henley moves to crime prevention letsrecycle.com News · 15 Sept 2011 Policy & government CCC visit to Tilbury power station By Indra Thillainathan, Senior Analyst With new European environmental legislation set to close many existing coal fired power… Climate Change Committee · 15 Sept 2011 Industry news Agency takes joint-working approach on waste crime Head of waste at Environment Agency claims money is not an issue despite reduced resources and puts WEEE and C&D waste among priorities letsrecycle.com News · 14 Sept 2011 Industry news Biffa claims Judicial Review could hit recycling Biffa accuses Campaign of self-interest while CRR responds that switching to kerbside sort can save money and is not expensive letsrecycle.com News · 14 Sept 2011 Industry news Minister pledges zero tolerance for textiles crime Nick Hurd calls for consistent message on clothes collections and to ensure public trust in using clothing collections is not lost letsrecycle.com News · 14 Sept 2011 Industry news Minister pledges zero tolerance for textiles crime Nick Hurd welcomes enforcement action and calls for more to be done to ensure public trust in used clothing collections is not lost letsrecycle.com News · 14 Sept 2011 Industry news Date labelling guidance will cut food waste Defra publishes best practice document for food industry advocating end of sell by and display until dates letsrecycle.com News · 14 Sept 2011 Industry news Municipal Waste Composition 2006-2007 INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 14 Sept 2011 Industry news Textile Recycling Association endorses positive actions to protect reputation of £200 million p.a. charity fundraising clothing collections The Textile Recycling Association wishes to publicly endorse all the positive initiatives presented at today’s Charity Clothes Collection Symposium in London, which has been organised by the Institute of Fundraising and the Fundraising Standard’s Board. We have recognised for some time that the problems caused by Bogus Charities and disagreements amongst different charity fundraisers have [...]… Textile Recycling Association · 14 Sept 2011 Council news East Devon District Council - East Devon District Council East Devon Council · 14 Sept 2011 Industry news Municipal Waste Composition 2006/2007 This report presents estimated compositional analysis of England’s municipal waste and recycling streams. It uses data collated and analysed from the most recent national compositional estimates, reported in Defra WR0119: Municipal Waste Composition: A Review of Municipal Waste Component Analyses, Resource Futures 20101, hereafter referred to as the WR0119 study. [...] INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 14 Sept 2011 Industry news Edinburgh gets 1.3m boost for food waste roll-out Government financial support will help council to proceed with phased roll out of service for households following successful trial letsrecycle.com News · 13 Sept 2011 Industry news SARIA takes majority stake in food waste recycler PDM Doncaster-based PDM claims increased involvement from German company will allow it to fast-track plans for AD network letsrecycle.com News · 13 Sept 2011 Industry news WRG plans first AD plant in the UK Company proposes Neath Port Talbot facility to treat 52,000tpa of source-separated food waste, mostly delivered by councils nearby letsrecycle.com News · 13 Sept 2011 Policy & government Westfield Stratford City opens Jeremy Hunt hails economic legacy from 2012 Games as £1.8 billion retail gateway to Olympic park officially opens. GOV.UK · 13 Sept 2011