Recycling news: 2011

Policy & government Green growth: paradigm shift or just spin? by Alex Bowen and Sam Fankhauser, Grantham Research Institute for Climate Change and the Environment. This blog post… Climate Change Committee · 1 Sept 2011 Industry news Stadco – A return to output for automotive pressings - Steel Times International Steel Times International · 1 Sept 2011 Industry news Ireland at 65% packaging recycling in 2010 Ireland's Repak organisation has reported a recycling rate of 65% in 2010 boosted by the use of plastics in RDF letsrecycle.com News · 31 Aug 2011 Industry news Red Tape Challenge puts spotlight on waste rules Producer responsibility and permitting among areas where government is seeking views in move which could see some regulations scrapped letsrecycle.com News · 31 Aug 2011 Industry news War of words erupts over clothes collection costs BHF admits elements of statement attacking commercial textile collectors are misleading as TRA calls for complete transparency letsrecycle.com News · 31 Aug 2011 Industry news GMWDA outlines closure schedule for HWRCs Four sites across Greater Manchester will close later this month, with two more to come, in move expected to save 875,000-a-year from 2015/16 letsrecycle.com News · 31 Aug 2011 Policy & government Empowering our nation, reaching our potential: the future of Scottish devolution Michael Moore, Secretary of State for Scotland, talks to the David Hume Institute about the constitutional future of Scotland. GOV.UK · 31 Aug 2011 Industry news UPM to close range of European paper machines Newsprint and magazine production in Europe will fall significantly but UK mill is unaffected by closure proposals letsrecycle.com News · 30 Aug 2011 Industry news Appointments round-up With news of new faces and appointments at the CK Group, Biffa Municipal, Newport Paper, Faun Zoeller UK and the Green Investment Bank letsrecycle.com News · 30 Aug 2011 Industry news Loddon battery sorting ‘unaffected’ by major blaze Hampshire-based company reveals it is working with compliance schemes to address loss of storage capacity letsrecycle.com News · 30 Aug 2011 Industry news TEG first choice to build 7.5m Welsh AD plant Firm set to work with energy company Alkane to develop facility near St Asaph, which is first to receive WAG council food waste funds letsrecycle.com News · 30 Aug 2011 Industry news Breyer Group reaches 1000 tonne milestone Congratulations to Essex-based construction company the Breyer Group who has become the NCWRP’s first national partner to reach the fantastic milestone of diverting 1000 tonnes of wood waste from their sites. Community Wood Recycling · 30 Aug 2011 Industry news Record month for waste timber collections Figures for collections from national builders smashed all records this month - with more than 400 tonnes of wood being rescued, generating more than £60,000 of income for our members. Community Wood Recycling · 30 Aug 2011 Industry news Permaculture Magazine The NCWRP’s work was covered in a three page spread in the Summer edition of Permaculture Magazine. The feature led to calls from several potential new entrepreneurs who were interested in setting up community wood recycling enterprises in their areas. Community Wood Recycling · 30 Aug 2011 Industry news Veolia unveils innovative MRF sorting technique Company claims optical technology it plans to roll out nationwide will make it easier to collect and sort wider range of materials letsrecycle.com News · 29 Aug 2011 Industry news EU rapporteur rejects staged WEEE targets MEP responsible for WEEE Directive recast raises prospect of stalemate by refusing to accept a host of Council proposals letsrecycle.com News · 29 Aug 2011 Industry news Scotlands recycling rate reaches 38.2% for 2010/11 SEPA figures show increase from 36.7% recorded in 2009/10 but make clear scale of challenge set under Zero Waste plans letsrecycle.com News · 29 Aug 2011 Industry news The metals recycling melting pot Tom Bird, of Van Dalen Recycling, explores what recent mergers and acquisitions mean for the metals recycling sector letsrecycle.com News · 29 Aug 2011 Industry news Rabbit Group fined for breaching planning controls East Sussex skip hire and commercial waste company pleads guilty to four offences relating to waste being stored at site in Newhaven letsrecycle.com News · 25 Aug 2011 Industry news Textile recyclers refute claims they wont buy rags Charity reports of recyclers not taking low quality material questioned by TRA, which says prices need to be sustainable' letsrecycle.com News · 25 Aug 2011 Industry news News in Brief With news on a waste merger referral to the Competition Commission; contracts for MGB Plastics and Interserve; recycling success in North Derbyshire; and the repatriation of waste in Northern Ireland letsrecycle.com News · 25 Aug 2011 Industry news BIS vows to get tough as UK misses ELV target again Latest figures for 2009 show UK still short of 85% European goal, but department confident it will be met in near future letsrecycle.com News · 25 Aug 2011 Policy & government Government response to CCC aviation report published – 25 August 2011 The Government published a response to our 2009 Aviation Report today, setting out new evidence on emissions forecasts and on the cost-effectiveness of a range of policies that could help to reduce emissions from aviation by 2050. This builds upon CCC analysis of whether and how the previous Government’s target to reduce aviation emissions to 2005 levels could be met. Climate Change Committee · 25 Aug 2011 Industry news Veolia wins Chesterfield waste collection contract Plastics to be collected by Derbyshire borough council for first time under new deal, and card removed from green waste bin letsrecycle.com News · 24 Aug 2011 Industry news REA urges government to back biomass Renewable Energy Association calls for adequate support and certainty from governments RO banding review letsrecycle.com News · 24 Aug 2011 Industry news Festival recycling drive yields 66,000 plastic bottles Coca Cola-run Swap for Swag initiative run at V Festival in Staffordshire, as 2.27 tonnes of bottles and cans are also collected around festival site letsrecycle.com News · 23 Aug 2011 Industry news Light bulb phase out prompts CFL recycling push Recolight compliance scheme to push awareness of low-energy bulb recycling as 60 watt traditional bulbs are phased out on September 1 letsrecycle.com News · 23 Aug 2011 Industry news May Gurney in line for 126m Cheshire contract Senior officers at Cheshire West and Chester council recommend executive appoint services company as preferred bidder for 14-year collection deal letsrecycle.com News · 23 Aug 2011 Industry news Birmingham trial could lead to more Nectar schemes Loyalty card company reveals trial scheme withBirmingham city council to incentivise recycling may be followed by others letsrecycle.com News · 23 Aug 2011 Industry news Lord Henley visits Preston recycling charity Recycling minister shown site run by Recycling Lives, which also operates a commercial WEEE and metal recycling facility letsrecycle.com News · 22 Aug 2011 Industry news Final push for WEEE TV advert campaign As more names sign up to fund WEEE awareness initiative, organiser claims it could now reach over 12 million viewers letsrecycle.com News · 22 Aug 2011 Industry news UPM paper deal set to net Surrey councils extra 2m Guildford and Reigate & Banstead councils sign two-year contract to sell material to paper giant at competitive price letsrecycle.com News · 22 Aug 2011 Industry news Exhibitors gear up for RWM 2011 letsrecycle.com previews one of the largest events in the waste industry calendar, which takes place in Birmingham from September 13-15 letsrecycle.com News · 21 Aug 2011 Industry news Dutch metals recycler sets sights on UK expansion Van Dalen says it has real desire to double size of UK operations in next three years, with acquisitions on the cards letsrecycle.com News · 21 Aug 2011 Industry news Glasgow moves to AWC to boost its recycling rate Council which has one of the lowest recycling rates in Scotland introduces changes to collection service for 110,000 homes letsrecycle.com News · 21 Aug 2011 Industry news News in Brief With news on bottle recycling at V Festival; a composting safety film; Derbyshires new 1.1 million HWRC; FRN members achieving ISO accreditation; and a textile recycling companys expansion letsrecycle.com News · 18 Aug 2011 Industry news Norfolk reveals plans for 600,000 recycling centre County council to relocate existing recycling centre in Caister to adjacent site to create a more spacious, modern facility letsrecycle.com News · 18 Aug 2011 Industry news Work starts on 300,000tpa Staffordshire EfW plant Veolia joins Staffordshire county council for groundbreaking ceremony at Four Ashes in south of county letsrecycle.com News · 18 Aug 2011 Industry news PackFacts INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 18 Aug 2011 Industry news Outside interest puts Valpak buy-out on hold Company adjourns meetings to give non-executive directors time to consider expressions of interest from third parties letsrecycle.com News · 17 Aug 2011