Recycling news: 2010

Industry news News in Brief With news on the Poolbeg incinerator in Dublin, food waste in Cherwell and using biomethane to fuel vehicles letsrecycle.com News · 8 Sept 2010 Industry news Landfill ban decision hailed as common sense Councils and waste companies welcome government choice not to introduce bans, but organics and wood recyclers disappointed letsrecycle.com News · 8 Sept 2010 Policy & government UK meets 2010 Landfill Directive target and responds to landfill consultations The UK will meet the 2010 Landfill Diversion Target to reduce biodegradable municipal waste to landfill. GOV.UK · 8 Sept 2010 Industry news Councils warned of uncertain future for LATS Government casts doubt over future of Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme in response to consultation on meeting EU targets letsrecycle.com News · 7 Sept 2010 Industry news UK meets 2010 Landfill Directive target Government confirms that EU goal to divert biodegradable municipal waste from landfill has been achieved letsrecycle.com News · 7 Sept 2010 Industry news Minister hails record WEEE collection figures EA data shows collection rate reached 44% in Q2 of 2010, with particular growth in small WEEE figure letsrecycle.com News · 7 Sept 2010 Industry news Government not minded to introduce landfill bans Defra rules out material specific restrictions "at this stage", but Welsh Assembly Government backs bans letsrecycle.com News · 7 Sept 2010 Industry news Waste paper sector, obituary: Peter Anderson Peter Anderson, one of the waste paper sector's older members, died last week at the age of 86. letsrecycle.com News · 6 Sept 2010 Industry news Mercedes-Benz trucks service new Stockport MRF Axor vehicles run six days a week at Junction 25 Recycling Centre, which opened in July letsrecycle.com News · 6 Sept 2010 Industry news Norwich issues reassurance over recycling service Council claims it has contingency plans for waste collections as contractor Connaught encounters financial difficulties letsrecycle.com News · 6 Sept 2010 Industry news EA secures first ever prosecution of WEEE producer Birmingham-based hairdressing supplies wholesaler also hit with fine under packaging recycling regulations letsrecycle.com News · 6 Sept 2010 Industry news Survey shows strong growth in organics recycling sector Waste treated increased by 14% in 2008/09 as industry turnover rose 36%, WRAP/AfOR study reveals letsrecycle.com News · 6 Sept 2010 Council news Proposed Ambitions For Blaby District Working Towards 2026 A. 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The health of - Blaby District Council Blaby Council · 6 Sept 2010 Industry news 45% of plastic bottles now collected for recycling Preliminary findings of Recoup survey show "encouraging" increase in recycling collections between 2008 and 2009 letsrecycle.com News · 5 Sept 2010 Industry news News in Brief With news on visits by Lord Henley in the North West, a Shanks MRF in Glasgow and business support for a Salford waste plant letsrecycle.com News · 5 Sept 2010 Industry news Southwark set to launch food waste pilot London council to run six-month trial of service for 10,000 on-street properties under long-term PFI contract with Veolia letsrecycle.com News · 5 Sept 2010 Industry news Poots pledges 5m for Northern Irish recycling Environment minister awards £2.83m to 16 recycling projects and earmarks a further £2.3m for future initiatives letsrecycle.com News · 5 Sept 2010 Industry news New Earth wins Bath and North East Somerset deal Company set to treat food waste at Sharpness facility in Gloucestershireunder seven-year contract with local authority letsrecycle.com News · 5 Sept 2010 Industry news Policy issues up for discussion at packaging event Government officials and industry experts set to debate regulations and issues surrounding packaging at one-day London conference letsrecycle.com News · 2 Sept 2010 Industry news Richmond to debate adding mixed plastic at kerbside South West London council weighs up service change in move it believes could save it £145,000 per year in disposal costs letsrecycle.com News · 2 Sept 2010 Industry news Defra attends RecycleBank roundtable meeting Meeting discusses issues surrounding incentive scheme including costs and benefits to different communities letsrecycle.com News · 2 Sept 2010 Industry news Waste battery collection rate jumps to 16.15% Latest data shows percentage of portable batteries collected for recycling in Q2 of 2010 well above target for year letsrecycle.com News · 2 Sept 2010 Industry news Severnside works with Envar to tackle paper sludge Recycling firm and organics specialist to develop alternative outlets for 26,000 tonnes-a-year of waste produced in paper-making letsrecycle.com News · 1 Sept 2010 Industry news Enfield approves plans for waste wood biomass plant North London council gives Kedco go-ahead to develop 60,000 tonnes-a-year capacity gasification-based facility at Edmonton letsrecycle.com News · 1 Sept 2010 Industry news West Devon gears up for recycling service change Council outlines plans to deliver kerbside boxes and runs tests on collection vehicles ahead of new service launch letsrecycle.com News · 1 Sept 2010 Industry news Shropshire council blocks Veolia EfW proposal Application for waste management firm's 90,000 tpa capacity Battlefield plant in Shrewsbury unanimously refused letsrecycle.com News · 1 Sept 2010 Policy & government Landfill air quality monitoring: a supplementary survey A report on air quality surveys of specific air pollutants at two landfill sites. GOV.UK · 1 Sept 2010 Policy & government Exposure assessment of landfill sites A study of two typical landfill sites to give information on the substances emitted from the sites. GOV.UK · 1 Sept 2010 Industry news Jayplas opens food grade plastics facility at Corby Plastic recycling firm reveals processing underway at 30,000 tonnes-a-year capacity plant and outlines plans for second facility letsrecycle.com News · 31 Aug 2010 Industry news AmeyCespa acquires Donarbon for 48.6 million Spanish-owned company announces purchase of company responsible for delivering Cambridgeshire's waste PFI letsrecycle.com News · 31 Aug 2010 Industry news Wales cuts waste to landfill by 39% over five years Government data shows continued effort to cut biodegradable waste to landfill, with all 22 councils achieving 2010 target letsrecycle.com News · 31 Aug 2010 Industry news WAG unveils funding to support source separation Welsh Assembly Government makes £3.16m available to help underwrite infrastructure and widen material capture letsrecycle.com News · 31 Aug 2010 Industry news Shropshire to scrap separate food waste collections Council targets £225,000 savings by collecting food waste from south of the county combined with green waste letsrecycle.com News · 31 Aug 2010 Industry news New Earth Solutions Peter Corris dies Tributes paid to technical director of organics recycling firm's energy business after motorcycle accident letsrecycle.com News · 31 Aug 2010 Industry news European plastics body slams dangerous PET study Research report advocating landfilling of material ahead of recycling deemed "unwise" by trade association EuPR letsrecycle.com News · 30 Aug 2010 Industry news Investigation launched into Viridor RCV incident Company to investigate incident in Oldham involving one of its vehicles which left a child badly injured letsrecycle.com News · 30 Aug 2010 Industry news News in Brief With news on an IPC consent order for Covanta, B&M Waste tackling Kilimanjaro and Yorwaste expanding operations letsrecycle.com News · 30 Aug 2010 Industry news REPIC predicts consolidation in UK WEEE sector Compliance schemes says it anticipates fewer but larger schemes and reprocessors, as well as council partnerships letsrecycle.com News · 30 Aug 2010 Industry news End of waste tag for metals to impact on PRNs EU vote set to let metals sector count its materials as a resource rather than waste letsrecycle.com News · 30 Aug 2010 Industry news News in Brief With news on a ministerial launch for a Northern Irish recycling firm, composting in Surrey and business waste in Westminster letsrecycle.com News · 26 Aug 2010