Recycling news: 2005

Industry news Questions over PRN availability as sector awaits new data Packaging waste recovery notes in some materials are in short supply as sector awaits data on Q2 reprocessing rates letsrecycle.com News · 14 Aug 2005 Industry news Rising operating costs hits recovered paper sector Increased fuel costs and a downturn in arisings hits companies across industry, and could see increased charges for collections letsrecycle.com News · 14 Aug 2005 Industry news Corus reports increase in steel can collections Reprocessor states that steel can recycling collections are increasing significantly, despite current shortage of steel PRNs letsrecycle.com News · 14 Aug 2005 Industry news North Yorkshire awards recycling centre contract to EWC Councillors in North Yorkshire have given the contract to run its household waste recycling centre to Environmental Waste Controls letsrecycle.com News · 14 Aug 2005 Industry news Scotland achieves 17.3% recycling rate for household waste SEPA reveals that Scotland&#39s 32 councils achieved a national average 17.3% recycling rate for household waste in 2004/05 letsrecycle.com News · 14 Aug 2005 Industry news UK paper mills hit by soaring gas prices Confederation of Paper Industries warns of severe economic pressure being faced by the sector, caused by rise in gas prices letsrecycle.com News · 11 Aug 2005 Industry news News in Brief South Herts Waste fined; Machinery on show; Next stage for Cambridge PFI process; Gateshead pushes green waste scheme letsrecycle.com News · 11 Aug 2005 Industry news Carmarthenshire in recycling scheme rescue attempt Temporary transfer station set up and new staff taken on to help save pink bag scheme after row with recycling contractor letsrecycle.com News · 11 Aug 2005 Industry news Government pledges to cover councils&#39 new burdens for WEEE DTI to meet costs borne by councils coping with separately collected hazardous WEEE before delayed start of producer responsibility letsrecycle.com News · 11 Aug 2005 Industry news Irish government approves two WEEE compliance schemes Two WEEE compliance schemes approved ahead of "WEEE Day" in Ireland this weekend letsrecycle.com News · 11 Aug 2005 Industry news ACP task force to look into packaging waste exports Defra&#39s Advisory Committee on Packaging to examine role of exports in meeting UK recovery targets for packaging waste letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2005 Industry news Former Biffa director spearheads Lancashire MBT bid Australian company Global Renewables brings in former Biffa landfill director as part of bid to win Lancashire waste PFI contract letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2005 Industry news MetSkill chief executive appointed director general of BMRA Lindsay Millington, head of metals industry skills organisation MetSkill, to head up British Metals Recycling Association letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2005 Industry news Producers and compliance schemes back “WEEE day” delay Business welcomes delayed start to producer responsibility for waste electrical and electronic equipment letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2005 Industry news WEEE retail compliance scheme will move ahead as planned BRC says it will select company to run retail compliance scheme this month despite retail responsibility pushed back to June 2006 letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2005 Industry news New “added value” wood recycling plant to be built in NI Wood recycling plant to be built in Northern Ireland with help of grant from Waste and Resources Action Programme letsrecycle.com News · 9 Aug 2005 Industry news Official Draw of 2005 Waste World Cup takes place Organisers of this year&#39s football tournament for the recycling and waste sector have drawn the 30 teams for the group stage letsrecycle.com News · 9 Aug 2005 Industry news Defra develops standardised waste PFI contract Government working on standard waste contract for Private Finance Initiative process, expecting publication in March 2006 letsrecycle.com News · 9 Aug 2005 Industry news “WEEE Day” pushed back to June 2006 Start date for producers and retailers to carry out collection and recycling of waste electronics pushed back further six months letsrecycle.com News · 9 Aug 2005 Industry news Agency under fire over packaging recovery data system Government advisory committee hits out at Environment Agency for "blocking" system to improve PRN market and cut fraud letsrecycle.com News · 8 Aug 2005 Industry news Awards for Excellence host named Television broadcaster and journalist Fiona Bruce is to present this year&#39s Awards for Excellence in Recycling and Waste Management letsrecycle.com News · 8 Aug 2005 Industry news Scottish Executive considers non-municipal waste targets Business sector in Scotland could be in line for waste reduction targets or landfill bans under ideas being considered letsrecycle.com News · 8 Aug 2005 Industry news Firm to build 60,000-tonne in-vessel composter in Derby Vital Earth to build massive facility to treat food waste and garden waste in computer-controlled, enclosed environment letsrecycle.com News · 8 Aug 2005 Industry news Crewe residents back one-off charge for green waste scheme Residents in Crewe and Nantwich support proposal for them to pay 20 for an extra bin for green waste collections letsrecycle.com News · 8 Aug 2005 Industry news Carmarthenshire row sees recyclables sent to landfill Payment dispute between two waste firms in Carmarthenshire results in two days&#39 worth of household recyclables going to landfill letsrecycle.com News · 7 Aug 2005 Industry news News in Brief Farm plastic boost in Wales, Walsall kerbside materials increase, Trio vehicle launch and Lancashire&#39s catalogue recycling call letsrecycle.com News · 7 Aug 2005 Industry news Yorkshire “WRAP” combats climate change through recycling New "regional WRAP" set up by Yorkshire Forward to fund recycling projects based on the carbon emission reductions they achieve letsrecycle.com News · 7 Aug 2005 Industry news Task force calls for stronger line on energy from waste Influential Biomass Task Force urges Defra and DTI to actively encourage generation of energy from municipal solid waste letsrecycle.com News · 7 Aug 2005 Industry news VCU in bid to crack UK in-vessel composting market New Zealand firm buys back UK distribution rights for its in-vessel composting system as it seeks to expand services for councils letsrecycle.com News · 7 Aug 2005 Industry news Disgraced plastics reprocessor re-accredited to issue PRNs SS Thermoplastics - prosecuted for wrongly over-issuing packaging recovery notes - has been re-accredited to issue PRNs in 2005 letsrecycle.com News · 4 Aug 2005 Industry news News in Brief WRAP backs gypsum recycling; Bid to move re-use up agenda; New recycling guide for events; and, Compost Doctors hit Wales letsrecycle.com News · 4 Aug 2005 Industry news Lincolnshire district forced to landfill green waste North Kesteven landfills green waste and glass separated by householders, owing to closure of only plant able to take it letsrecycle.com News · 4 Aug 2005 Industry news Agency reveals views on regulation of MBT outputs Environment Agency issues new guidance on environmental controls for outputs from mechanical biological treatment of waste letsrecycle.com News · 4 Aug 2005 Industry news WEEE producers face “unnecessary” costs if complying alone Hewlett Packard warns that producers complying with waste electronics rules outside compliance schemes face unnecessary costs letsrecycle.com News · 4 Aug 2005 Industry news Chinese importer warns of threat to UK plastic exports Chinese demand for European recovered plastics could switch to the Far East if prices keep rising, claims importer letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2005 Industry news News in Brief Doorstepping increases; Kerbside recycling even easier; "No WEEE, no Fee" service offered; Cornwall lays on MRF visits letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2005 Industry news Defra to detail way forward for council recycling soon Government spokesperson says situation concerning council recycling targets beyond 2005/06 will be made clear within weeks letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2005 Industry news Councils slam “sign up or else” approach to WEEE collection Local authority officers object to being "forced" to sign up CA sites as designated collection points for waste electronics letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2005 Industry news High oil price could benefit landfill diversion Composting expert suggests major market opportunity lies in supplying compost for farmers to grow fuel crops letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2005 Industry news WRAP offers funding for waste reduction projects WRAP is seeking to fund new projects that cut the amount of food and packaging waste from products bought in supermarkets letsrecycle.com News · 2 Aug 2005