Recycling news: 2009

Industry news Oxford starts clamping down on “side waste” City council to fine repeat offenders as it looks to boost kerbside recycling performance letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2009 Industry news Defra seeks views on Animal By-Products Regulation review Input sought on draft plans for implementing European proposals to overhaul rules governing food waste disposal letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2009 Industry news Recycling doubles in Chester under revamped service Battery and glass collections help boost performance in city under scheme introduced by contractor Focsa letsrecycle.com News · 9 Aug 2009 Industry news All facilities under Greater Manchester PFI approved Authority "delighted" after partnership with Viridor-Laing secures approvals for 23 sites under £4bn deal letsrecycle.com News · 9 Aug 2009 Industry news HSE publishes hazardous waste guidance for HWRCs Health and Safety Executive offers practical measures for site operators handling potentially dangerous material letsrecycle.com News · 9 Aug 2009 Industry news Defra outlines plans for sustainable food strategy Strategy aimed at securing UK food supply to be developed later this year but issue of waste receives little attention letsrecycle.com News · 9 Aug 2009 Industry news Veolias waste arm hit as operating cash flow declines Half year report for French parent company of Veolia Environmental Services claims waste divisions impacted by downturn letsrecycle.com News · 6 Aug 2009 Industry news News in Brief With news on a £2.3m WRAP grant scheme, a purchase for Countrystyle and a recycling centre in Derbyshire letsrecycle.com News · 6 Aug 2009 Industry news Producer responsibility minister and rainforest expert to speak at LARAC Liverpool Arena event to look at national and international issues as LARAC seeks to shape policy agenda letsrecycle.com News · 6 Aug 2009 Industry news Threats to the recycling infrastructure Ian Hetherington looks at the potential effects of plans to change environmental permitting regulations letsrecycle.com News · 6 Aug 2009 Industry news Ten years of the Landfill Directive Liz Parkes, head of waste and resource management at the Environment Agency, looks back on a decade of waste management under the Landfill Directive, and forward to the challenges that remain. letsrecycle.com News · 6 Aug 2009 Industry news Depackaging review to assist food waste treatment WRAP reviews depackagers to drive development of food waste treatment using anaerobic digestion and in-vessel composting letsrecycle.com News · 5 Aug 2009 Industry news Scotlands first batch gasification plant officially opened Waste and energy company Scotgen unveils Dumfries plant licensed to process 60,000 tonnes of waste a year letsrecycle.com News · 5 Aug 2009 Industry news Quarterly data shows 36.9% recycling rate for England Figures for the year ending December 2008 show impact of recession on waste arisings but recycling continues to improve letsrecycle.com News · 5 Aug 2009 Industry news Community Waste confirmed as MK MRF operator Waste and recycling firm beats competition from eight other rivals to land 15 year deal at 93,000 tonnes-a-year Milton Keynes plant letsrecycle.com News · 5 Aug 2009 Industry news Illegal waste exports expected at end of August EA awaits repatriation as Brazilian media claims shipment of 41 containers of waste material held up by bad weather letsrecycle.com News · 4 Aug 2009 Industry news News in Brief With news on an appointment for Covanta, a contract signing for Selby and new accounts for Greenstar letsrecycle.com News · 4 Aug 2009 Industry news Lamp and batteries compliance schemes team up Recolight and ERP announce "strategic alliance" to offer combined battery and lamp collections letsrecycle.com News · 4 Aug 2009 Industry news Beds partnership denies conflict of interest over land purchase The issue of land ownership with regard to a waste infrastructure tender has surfaced in Bedfordshire letsrecycle.com News · 4 Aug 2009 Industry news AWS passes food-grade quality challenge test’ Newcastle-based firm given go-ahead to produce food contact packaging from recovered plastic at Lincolnshire plant letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2009 Industry news Milton Keynes and Northants announce PFI long-list Ten firms in the running for council partnership's £138m PFI-backed, long term residual waste contract letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2009 Industry news Hampshire waste firm fined 60,000 over worker’s death HSE warns companies over risk assessments after employee died at waste transfer station after being hit by a vehicle letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2009 Industry news SITA forced to withdraw leaflet on proposed EfW plant Company seeks review of decision by Advertising Standards Authority to uphold five complaints letsrecycle.com News · 2 Aug 2009 Industry news Novelis cuts price paid for aluminium cans Delivered-in price falls by £75 but company claims there is potential for market to grow in 2009 letsrecycle.com News · 2 Aug 2009 Industry news Knowaste nappy plant delayed until 2010 Knowaste launches plastics roof tiles venture as outlet for recycled nappy plastics despite delays on Tyseley facility letsrecycle.com News · 2 Aug 2009 Industry news Existing operator set to retain Milton Keynes deal Successful bidder for long-running contract to operate 93,000 tonnes-a-year capacity MRF expected to be announced this week letsrecycle.com News · 2 Aug 2009 Industry news Electrolink reassures councils over WEEE at civic amenity sites Councils have been reassured by Electrolink over contracts as the debate over WEEE evidence moves forward a stage letsrecycle.com News · 2 Aug 2009 Council news Contact us: Electoral Services - Calderdale Council Calderdale Council · 30 Jul 2009 Industry news Viridor acquires Lancashire plastics recycling firm for 8.1m Viridor announces acquisition of Lancashire-based plastics recycler, Intercontinental Recycling Ltd letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jul 2009 Industry news Penalties for serious waste crime getting tougher Environment Agency reports that fines totalling £3 million handed out in 2008 following series of prosecutions letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jul 2009 Industry news Waste sector adequately prepared for Swine Flu, says WISH Industry health and safety advocates say no formal position to be given on pandemic unless situation worsens letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jul 2009 Industry news High Court backs Agency and BERR in WEEE case Compliance scheme REPIC's case that the UK failed to transpose waste electrical equipment laws correctly has been dismissed letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jul 2009 Industry news Peter Mills calls for smaller waste-to-energy projects Peter Mills examines the ways energy-from-waste can be taken forward in the UK letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jul 2009 Industry news WEEE minister welcomes ruling in REPIC case Minister for Business, Ian Lucas, hails court ruling as resounding endorsement of UK system letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jul 2009 Industry news REPIC claims success in High Court ruling Compliance scheme REPIC has welcomed the result of the WEEE case it took against the government letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jul 2009 Industry news Home compost bin supply measures announced IESE explains options for councils when supply network ends on September 1 as it sets up replacement framework for January letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jul 2009 Industry news Incinerators at risk from hike in bottom ash tax, LARAC warns Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee hits out at Treasury proposals to modernise Landfill Tax letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jul 2009 Industry news Four shortlisted for Bradford and Calderdale PFI Bradford metropolitan council and Calderdale council move to next stage of procurement for long-term waste treatment contract letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jul 2009 Industry news WRAP notes potential health risk of exhaust fumes Report calls for research into impact of fumes mixed with bioaerosols but finds fortnightly collections are safe letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jul 2009 Industry news London boroughs look to pilot RecycleBank in 2010 Mayor "working actively" with interested councils to introduce American recycling incentive scheme in the capital letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jul 2009