Recycling news: 2007

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Industry news Award-winning food waste trial could be expanded With entries now accepted to the Awards for Excellence, previous winner Preston council is building on its own success letsrecycle.com News · 9 Aug 2007 Industry news Pretreatment rules prompt Shanks recycling push Waste firm offers businesses new scheme to comply with forthcoming waste treatment legislation letsrecycle.com News · 8 Aug 2007 Industry news Management changes for Abitibi’s UK recycling arm New leadership for Abitibi-Consolidated Recycling Europe, as parent moves closer to Bowater merger letsrecycle.com News · 8 Aug 2007 Industry news Carrickfergus kerbside recycling rate up 76% Extra kerbside box and fortnightly collections of residual and garden waste see good results letsrecycle.com News · 8 Aug 2007 Industry news New Technologies – where are we now? Emily Ross speaks to Dave Brooks about the New Technologies Demonstrator Programme, shortly before he steps down as head of new technologies at the Waste Implementation Programme. letsrecycle.com News · 8 Aug 2007 Industry news News in Brief With news on a factory opening, a website for business waste recyclers and a newly-elected chairman letsrecycle.com News · 7 Aug 2007 Industry news Scrap yard death crush probed Police and HSE called in after a man is believed to have died inside a van as it was being dismantled letsrecycle.com News · 7 Aug 2007 Industry news Wood recycler introduces foot-and-mouth precautions Hadfields introduces measures to reduce risk of recycled animal bedding becoming infected letsrecycle.com News · 7 Aug 2007 Industry news Carton recycling services sweep across UK Manufacturer Tetra Pak reports over 150 councils are now signed up for free carton recycling banks letsrecycle.com News · 7 Aug 2007 Industry news Bristol slammed over recycling centre planning “failings” Independent watchdog recommends council pays out £4,000 in damages after failing to fully consult residents letsrecycle.com News · 7 Aug 2007 Policy & government NYS Implementation Plan for Ozone (8-Hour NAAQS) - NY Metro Area - extapps.dec.ny.gov New York DEC · 7 Aug 2007 Industry news Verdant wins 10.5 million contract in Bucks Kent company plans to trial alternate weekly collections under new seven-year contract letsrecycle.com News · 6 Aug 2007 Industry news Food waste collection roll-out begins in Rhondda South Wales council begins to introduce kitchen waste collections following successful pilot letsrecycle.com News · 6 Aug 2007 Industry news Recycling rises in Northern Ireland First MBT plants due to open in 2009/10 expected to lead to further improvements letsrecycle.com News · 6 Aug 2007 Industry news WRAP: Quality key to future viability of recycling WRAP launches review of MRF processes, as it warns that demand for materials will rely on quality letsrecycle.com News · 5 Aug 2007 Industry news News in Brief Including news on China's scrap investigation, organic waste composting and anaerobic digestion letsrecycle.com News · 5 Aug 2007 Industry news Credential secures fuel market for waste tyres UK tyre recycler to send 30,000 tonnes of tyre chip a year to Derbyshire cement kiln letsrecycle.com News · 5 Aug 2007 Industry news Leeds to recycle drinks cartons City council, Tetra Pak and ACE provide residents with five collection points under two-year pilot scheme letsrecycle.com News · 5 Aug 2007 Industry news European paper should be sorted in Europe, say EU mills European paper industry denounces use of commingled collection and export of waste paper letsrecycle.com News · 2 Aug 2007 Industry news Battery collections launched across Harlow Council provides kerbside recycling to 30,000 homes following "huge success" of trial letsrecycle.com News · 2 Aug 2007 Industry news Leicestershire to reward districts for recycling County council proposes financial rewards to encourage its districts to recycle more letsrecycle.com News · 2 Aug 2007 Industry news Anaerobic digestion considered for Tyne and Wear Councils launch consultation on region's waste just weeks after Defra invites a bid for PFI credits letsrecycle.com News · 2 Aug 2007 Industry news North Oxfordshire composting site open for business Agrivert opens fourth composting facility in Oxfordshire at Ardley, with 12,000 tpa process capacity letsrecycle.com News · 2 Aug 2007 Industry news First recycled plastic milk bottle on sale 2008 Nampak Plastics Europe says its HDPE bottle with 10% recycled content will be first in supermarkets letsrecycle.com News · 1 Aug 2007 Industry news Health concerns in debate over £300m Runcorn incinerator Halton council decides against inquiry over Ineos Chlor energy recovery proposal for Runcorn letsrecycle.com News · 1 Aug 2007 Industry news Councils urged to collect food waste weekly Recommendations within new guidance on alternate weekly collections include food waste measures letsrecycle.com News · 1 Aug 2007 Industry news Oxfordshire residual waste contenders revealed County council announces shortlist of companies who will be competing to provide an expected 25-year contract letsrecycle.com News · 1 Aug 2007 Industry news Waste Management – Affordable & Reliable Services - Biffa - Biffa Biffa · 1 Aug 2007 Industry news City struggles to cope with post-flood recycling Gloucester town hall chiefs tell residents to keep used plastic bottles for as long as possible letsrecycle.com News · 31 Jul 2007 Industry news London landfill rates increasing, Defra confirms Defra figures show 21% increase in amount of London's waste going to landfill between 2003-2005 letsrecycle.com News · 31 Jul 2007 Industry news News in Brief Including news on waste wood, glass and aluminium recycling, packaging reduction and furniture re-use letsrecycle.com News · 31 Jul 2007 Industry news Former Labour Party chair appointed to WRAP board Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to be WRAP non-executive director, as will Jenny Watson and Andy Hinton letsrecycle.com News · 31 Jul 2007 Industry news Final entry call for Waste World Cup 2007 Those wishing to take part in this year's waste sector football tournament urged to send in entries now letsrecycle.com News · 31 Jul 2007 Industry news First closed loop recycling planned for HDPE milk bottles Waste Exchange Services set to recycle waste milk bottles back into milk bottles using vacuum technology letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jul 2007 Industry news 5 million MRF opens in Leeds Derbyshire-based waste firm H W Martin unveils new materials recycling facility to serve Leeds letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jul 2007 Industry news HSE defends efforts to improve worker safety HSE says improvements made as new report reveals higher than average rates of fatal injuries letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jul 2007 Industry news Profile: Kay Twitchen, Essex county councilor Emily Ross speaks to respected county councillor and self confessed workaholic, Cllr Kay Twitchen about her career path and her priorities for waste and recycling in 2007. letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jul 2007 Industry news Joint venture to develop composting plants Green waste services firm Glendale and in-vessel firm TEG to bid for council contracts together letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jul 2007 Industry news Call for councils to stop collecting plastic film Plastics reprocessor says only plastic bottles should be collected from householders and film sent to landfill letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jul 2007 Industry news Flood victims urged to recycle plastic bottles Bottle banks set up to collect plastic drinking bottles providing Gloucestershire residents with water letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jul 2007