Recycling news: 2009

Industry news letsrecycle.com clinches cricket victory over Shanks Online news publisher edges a one-run victory over waste management firm in Lincolnshire letsrecycle.com News · 24 Aug 2009 Industry news Shropshire council appoints ex-Windsor waste chief Unitary authority welcomes Larry Wolfe as head of waste management, but rules out trials of RecycleBank at present letsrecycle.com News · 24 Aug 2009 Industry news WRAP overhaul set to create 5.7m in efficiency savings Further details of delivery landscape review reveal energy from waste high on agenda for new single resource efficiency body letsrecycle.com News · 23 Aug 2009 Industry news Priority sites for waste identified in West Midlands Advantage West Midlands publishes research into suitable sites for construction of new technologies letsrecycle.com News · 23 Aug 2009 Industry news Carpet a “potential feedstock” for composters Recycling body says 35% of domestic carpets could potentially be composted as UK trials of organic carpet treatment begin letsrecycle.com News · 23 Aug 2009 Industry news Waste containers arrive back in UK from Brazil EA investigation into alleged illegal Brazil waste exports continues as 71 containers set to enter Felixstowe letsrecycle.com News · 20 Aug 2009 Industry news Corus re-opens its doors to steel packaging scrap Steel giant reveals that it is to start buying cans and urges collectors to get in touch letsrecycle.com News · 20 Aug 2009 Industry news News in Brief With news on risk guidance for bioaerosols, a bike reuse scheme in Durham and a BIR survey on carbon savings letsrecycle.com News · 20 Aug 2009 Industry news Scotland posts 34.3% recycling rate for 2008/09 "Modest" rise in municipal recycling and composting rate leaves country nearly 6% short of 2010 target letsrecycle.com News · 20 Aug 2009 Industry news The future of recycling in East London Textile recycling and materials recycling facilities ... letsrecycle.com News · 20 Aug 2009 Industry news Skip hire bosses ordered to pay 234,393 for “waste mountain” Directors of North-East firm sentenced for waste offences in second highest ever confiscation achieved by EA letsrecycle.com News · 19 Aug 2009 Industry news Scottish Government launches draft Zero Waste Plan Twelve week consultation launched on plans to move country towards achieving ambitious Zero Waste targets letsrecycle.com News · 19 Aug 2009 Industry news Biffa unveils plans for its first waste incinerator Company proposes EfW facility in Leicestershire capable of handling 300,000 tonnes of residual waste a year letsrecycle.com News · 19 Aug 2009 Industry news Cotswold approves plans to save 200,000-a-year District council looks to build on vastly improved recycling record and cut costs with introduction of 10 collection zones letsrecycle.com News · 19 Aug 2009 Industry news Search underway for eight more ‘zero waste places’ Applications invited from councils to run initiatives which aim to demonstrate best practice in waste management letsrecycle.com News · 18 Aug 2009 Industry news Windsor prepares for second phase of RecycleBank trial Windsor and Maidenhead council rolls-out blue wheeled bins for dry recyclables following green waste pilot letsrecycle.com News · 18 Aug 2009 Industry news WRAP reappoints Entec to council advisory role Northumberland-based consultancy firm handed four-year contract to provide support framework for local authorities letsrecycle.com News · 18 Aug 2009 Industry news Charging for collection The Eversheds legal team on the problems of charging for waste collection letsrecycle.com News · 18 Aug 2009 Industry news New Earth to develop gasification project next year Organic Waste treatment firm confirms plans to produce energy from RDF at Canford following investment fund success letsrecycle.com News · 18 Aug 2009 Industry news Third sector hopeful ahead of Scottish Waste Plan launch Sector confident of gaining increased role in government's agenda ahead of draft waste plan publication this week letsrecycle.com News · 17 Aug 2009 Industry news Paul Bettison to leave LGA environment post Councillor Gary Porter, from South Holland district council, appointed to lobby on waste and recycling issues letsrecycle.com News · 17 Aug 2009 Industry news Body established to support council procurement LGA and Partnerships UK joint venture, Local Partnerships, to provide support in areas including waste letsrecycle.com News · 17 Aug 2009 Industry news NLWA appoints Norfolk waste expert as MD North London partnership hands high profile role to head of Norfolk Environmental Waste Services, David Beadle letsrecycle.com News · 17 Aug 2009 Industry news News in Brief With news on a food waste campaign in London, schools using compaction systems and a £20,000 packaging fine for a shoe firm letsrecycle.com News · 16 Aug 2009 Industry news Hot weather leads to wasps at Norfolk recycling sites Council urges residents to wash glass and cartons to stop them from attracting pests letsrecycle.com News · 16 Aug 2009 Industry news Retailers call for domestic appliance scrappage scheme British Retail Consortium claims time-limited initiative would help to encourage take-up of energy-efficient products letsrecycle.com News · 16 Aug 2009 Industry news Minister decides not to intervene in steel PRN market Environment Agency confirms that no steps to be taken despite ongoing concerns that 2009 targets could be missed letsrecycle.com News · 13 Aug 2009 Industry news Peterborough campaign targets contamination City-wide poster awareness initiative urges residents to keep residual waste out of recyclable stream letsrecycle.com News · 13 Aug 2009 Industry news First council signs up to Midex WEEE service Basingstoke and Deane looks to collect 200 tonnes of WEEE house-to-house in year-long trial letsrecycle.com News · 13 Aug 2009 Industry news West Sussex seeks outlets for refuse-derived fuel Council and preferred bidder Biffa seek companies interested in handling 150,000 tonnes of material each year letsrecycle.com News · 13 Aug 2009 Industry news Tyre chipping facility opens outside Bristol Lafarge subsidiary Sapphire confident waste tyres processed by plant will be burnt in cement kilns, despite mothballing letsrecycle.com News · 12 Aug 2009 Industry news Waste giants distance themselves from Brazil case Major UK companies claim no involvement with firms alleged to have illegally shipped waste to Brazil letsrecycle.com News · 12 Aug 2009 Industry news Vehicle dismantlers wary of post scrappage scheme “void” But, sector positive over impact of government-led initiative as figures reveal it has scrapped over half of planned vehicles letsrecycle.com News · 12 Aug 2009 Industry news Exeters recycling rate hit by fall in paper volumes Council claims recycling rate down for first quarter of 2009/10 as residents purchase fewer newspapers and magazines letsrecycle.com News · 12 Aug 2009 Industry news Camden to become latest council to collect mixed plastics London borough to expand range of materials collected from October 1, including mixed plastics and drinks cartons letsrecycle.com News · 11 Aug 2009 Industry news Work begins on 15m Cheshire MBT facility Developers Organic Waste Management looking to secure both household and business waste letsrecycle.com News · 11 Aug 2009 Industry news News in Brief With news on Indian import controls, research by Premier Waste and new members for the Tyre Recovery Association letsrecycle.com News · 11 Aug 2009 Industry news LondonWaste proposes AD facility in Edmonton Waste management company consults on proposals for anaerobic digestion facility at its existing EcoPark letsrecycle.com News · 11 Aug 2009 Industry news Government approves waste-fuelled power plant in Cheshire Green light given to build 95MW facility following public inquiry into proposed large scale waste treatment site letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2009 Industry news £5.5m metal recycling plant opens in Manchester Irish-owned Howarth Metals unveils "state-of-the-art" plant in city centre letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2009