Recycling news: 2002

Industry news WRAP and Composting Association work towards BSI standard Industry standards for composted products are making progress with the hope of increasing end markets letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jun 2002 Industry news UK&#39s first fixed fridge recycling plant opens in Newport SimsMetal UK&#39s new fridge recycling plant opens on Monday, promising almost 100% recovery of CFC gases letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jun 2002 Industry news Taylor&#39s picks up where Plysu left off New recycling boxes launched in time for the expected boom in kerbside collection letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jun 2002 Industry news Somerset launches waste awareness campaign Somerset local authorities have begun a waste education programme for local schools and communities letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jun 2002 Industry news Tyre dumping set to soar, the Environment Agency warns 2 million spent clearing up illegal tyre dumps in the UK each year will rise because of the EU landfill directive letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jun 2002 Industry news Bradford awards waste management contracts Waste Recycling Group and YorWaste named for six year contracts letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jun 2002 Industry news Carlisle waste management service is &#39good&#39 and should improve Audit Commission inspectors award two stars to &#39low cost&#39 service letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jun 2002 Industry news South Oxfordshire rejects organic collection Council calls on government to first clarify what waste is acceptable for composting letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jun 2002 Industry news Doncaster community scheme reach 70% participation Just three months into a kerbside scheme, a Doncaster group is reporting a 70% participation level letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jun 2002 Industry news Chesterfield goes narrow Chesterfield council has added a short wheelbase vehicle to its waste fleet letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jun 2002 Industry news DEFRA allocates part of 140m with emphasis on poor performers Environment Minister has spoken of the importance of government funding to boost local authority recycling letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jun 2002 Industry news DEFRA lists councils to benefit from recycling funds Councils that are to receive extra money for recycling have been named although precise figures are still to be disclosed letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jun 2002 Industry news Eight new compost demonstration sites open Community Composting Network offers best practice for local groups letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jun 2002 Industry news WRAP reports on excellent first year The Waste and Resources Action Programme has reported an &#39excellent start&#39 to its work, but with more to do letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jun 2002 Industry news Government decision is a blow to ELV recycling infrastructure BMRA warns that passing recycling costs onto &#39last owners&#39 of end-of-life vehicles will threaten UK compliance in 2007 letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jun 2002 Industry news UK people feel recycling facilities are too few and far between Poll reveals public demand for more amenities – at a lower cost letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jun 2002 Industry news Consultation starts on implementing incineration directive Feedback sought on technical issues, not the role of incineration letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jun 2002 Industry news UK paper mills call for government to suspend part of the PRN system The Paper Federation want merchants exporting used cardboard to be stopped from receiving export-PRNs letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jun 2002 Industry news Manufacturers avoid ELV costs until 2007 The government has announced that &#39last owners&#39 will be responsible for the disposal costs for end of life vehicles letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jun 2002 Industry news London may get energy from waste without the use of incineration Berlin plans to create methanol from waste could avoid both incineration and landfill, conference hears letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jun 2002 Industry news Waste Recycling Group chair quits after two months Shock as Pat Barrett leaves for personal reasons letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jun 2002 Industry news Government criticised over 40 million fridges blunder MPs attack "extraordinary" failings by officials over fridge recycling letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jun 2002 Industry news South and east best for recycling and composting DEFRA publishes regional quality of life indicators letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jun 2002 Industry news Greenpeace protest at Chineham efw plant ended Activists launch new umbrella group to fight energy-from-waste plants as police end Chineham protest letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2002 Industry news New CIWM president questions government waste review Performance and Innovation Unit report may disappoint industry letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2002 Industry news Onyx owner to sell controlling stake Vivendi Universal to become minority shareholder in Vivendi Environment letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2002 Industry news Government decision could threaten end-of-life vehicle recovery targets Metal recyclers fear the industry will suffer if final owners are made responsible for ELV disposal letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2002 Industry news Foreign lessons could lead to 10,000 recycling jobs in London Mayor Ken Livingstone hopes that learning from France, Germany and Russia could boost recycling in the UK&#39s capital letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2002 Industry news High recycling councils may win cut in landfill tax A reduced landfill tax rate in return for successful recycling was one of several ideas floated today by DEFRA letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2002 Industry news Valpak’s business planning manager to join Wastepack Kamila Horak is to make a high profile move and become compliance manager of the rival scheme letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jun 2002 Industry news Onyx starts eviction process at occupied energy-from-waste site Greenpeace has pledged to occupy the Chineham energy from waste site for as long as possible letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jun 2002 Industry news Greenpeace offers to work with industry to promote recycling Activist group holds out olive branch, but defends direct action against incineration letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jun 2002 Industry news Call for more kerbside glass collection UK otherwise likely to miss targets, says expert letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jun 2002 Industry news Compost industry needs legal backing WRAP international comparison finds composting cannot flourish without political support letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jun 2002 Industry news Waste Recycling relaunches compost product as market doubles The green waste composting company will give a new design to its soil improver as public demand soars letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jun 2002 Industry news Celebrity impersonator hopes to start copycat trend in waste Alistair McGowan helps the National Waste Awareness Initiative launch the Rethink Rubbish roadshow letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jun 2002 Industry news End of life fridges head for Hanover Grundon and SULO link to deliver 98% recycling letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jun 2002 Industry news Community groups attack landfill sites and incinerators in new report Friends of the Earth has interviewed members of 50 communities who want radical change to waste management policy letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jun 2002 Industry news Onyx wins Portsmouth deal New vehicle promise helps to land contract letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jun 2002 Industry news Greenpeace invades Onyx energy from waste site at Chineham ESA condemns "climate of lawlessness" as activists chain themselves to equipment letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jun 2002