Recycling news: 2011

Industry news SITA reveals Olympic goal for plastics-to-diesel Chief executive hopes fuel produced from waste material could be used in fleet servicing 2012 games, and provides update on other projects letsrecycle.com News · 17 Aug 2011 Industry news More councils propose charges for green waste Uttlesford, Poole and Kirklees latest authorities to consider charges as WRAP releases subscription service figures letsrecycle.com News · 17 Aug 2011 Industry news POWERDAY’S ‘SHIRT AMNESTY’ WITH LONDON IRISH GETS UNDERWAY! Powerday’s shirt recycling initiative got underway this week as the London Irish shirts for the new season went on general sale. The offer which gives fans a £10.00 discount voucher when buying a ... Powerday · 16 Aug 2011 Industry news NNFCC hails end of Tesco degradable bags Doubts over degradability led supermarket to drop bags at end of last year, it emerges, in move hailed by bio-derived plastics advocates letsrecycle.com News · 16 Aug 2011 Industry news Work on enforcement alternatives gets underway BSI begins project exploring how standards could help to achieve lighter touch waste regulation letsrecycle.com News · 16 Aug 2011 Industry news Metals recycler fined 80,000 after man crushed Scottish metals recycling specialist Lowmac Alloys pleads guilty in relation to incident at Ayr site where worker was severely injured letsrecycle.com News · 15 Aug 2011 Industry news Cherwell brings glass collection service in-house Oxfordshire district council invests in own vehicle to empty bring banks in move it says will save it 78,000 a year letsrecycle.com News · 15 Aug 2011 Industry news Scotland considers legislating over carrier bags Charge for bag use set to be among options considered in autumn consultation to address blight of plastic carrier bags letsrecycle.com News · 15 Aug 2011 Industry news Defra has no plans to abolish PRN system Department says system will remain despite suggestions by compliancescheme Valpak of considerable doubt over its future letsrecycle.com News · 15 Aug 2011 Industry news Obituary: Kit Strange of Resource Recovery Forum Tributes paid to pioneer of idea of waste as a resource and founder of Resource Recovery Forum not-for-profit network letsrecycle.com News · 15 Aug 2011 Industry news Metals recycler fined 80,000 after man crushed Scottish metals recycling specialist Lowmac Alloys pleads guilty in relation to incident at Ayr site where worker was severely injured letsrecycle.com News · 15 Aug 2011 Industry news SITA unveils plans for Birmingham C&I waste plant Application submitted for 170,000tpa capacity project with C&I waste focus to replace existing operations in city letsrecycle.com News · 14 Aug 2011 Industry news News in Brief Vehicles With news on Viridors trio vehicle, Mercedes-Benz trucks for HW Martin, a Liebherr industrial rehandler and a JCB Teletruk for WasteCare letsrecycle.com News · 14 Aug 2011 Industry news Batteries data delay could be resolved shortly Scheme responsible for missing data acknowledges different interpretation of rules, but says issues with Agency resolved letsrecycle.com News · 14 Aug 2011 Industry news CSG Complete Tank Clean for Major Energy Company Cleansing Service Group (CSG) has completed a contract to clean four fuel oil tanks at Chevron’s fuel terminal in Plymouth. CSG is a Chevron preferred supplier for tank cleaning. The work carried out by CSG’s specialist tank cleaning team at the Plymouth terminal included emptying, de-gassing and cleaning the four 3,000 gallon (13,600 litre) above […] CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 13 Aug 2011 Industry news Wood-waste burning biomass plant approved in Kent German biomass giant STEAG New Energies receives planning permission for its first UK plant on site at Ridham Dock letsrecycle.com News · 11 Aug 2011 Industry news Major advantages in running RCVs on biomethane UK Centre of Excellence for Low Carbon and Fuel Cell Technologies highlights potential of technology following year-long trial in Leeds letsrecycle.com News · 11 Aug 2011 Industry news EA attempts to smooth WEEE evidence system Agency proposals to tighten up evidence rules seen as step in right direction, but concerns over last-minute deals remain letsrecycle.com News · 11 Aug 2011 Industry news CSG Step Up the Heat to Boost Oil Recovery Huge volumes of oily wastewater effluents processed at the UK’s largest hazardous waste treatment facility are now yielding commercial quantities of reusable oil which would once have been incinerated. Waste managers Cleansing Service Group, which runs the 30-acre award-winning facility at Cadishead, Salford, collects and processes thousands of tons of oily water wastes each year. […] CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 11 Aug 2011 Industry news Luxus expands bin recycling capacity Wheeled-bin recycler Luxus has invested in additional reprocessing capacity at its plastics granulating plant in Lincolnshire letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2011 Industry news News in Brief With news on an ASDA recycling contract, WRG in Buckinghamshire, recycling bottles on the Tube and an AD project in Lincolnshire letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2011 Industry news Sims in post-shredder progress towards ELV goals Metals giant reveals that increased recovery of shredder residue means ATF suppliers are able to reach 85% targets letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2011 Industry news Why my can is half full Diana Caldwell of Alupro says more needs to be done to build on positive action already being taken to increase metal recycling rates letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2011 Industry news Appointments round-up Withreports on newrecruits and promotions at WRAP, SITA UK, Casepak, Biffa Municipal and Enpure letsrecycle.com News · 9 Aug 2011 Industry news UK’s aluminium can recycling rate picks up pace Every Can Counts scheme praised as figures show countrys recycling rate is getting closer to European average letsrecycle.com News · 9 Aug 2011 Industry news Recycling improvements save Richmond 4m Council says new deals for sale of recyclables and increase in recycling tonnages contributed to reduction in 2010/11 waste service costs letsrecycle.com News · 9 Aug 2011 Industry news Six refuse vehicles destroyed in Tottenham fire But, depot manager Veolia says that collection service for residents in Haringey unaffected letsrecycle.com News · 9 Aug 2011 Policy & government Confused about costs of nuclear v. renewables? 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There has been a debate going on in the blogosphere lately over the relative cost of nuclear and… Climate Change Committee · 9 Aug 2011 Industry news Four projects awarded 1.1m of Veolia Cre8 funding Veolia Environmental Trust announces beneficiaries of its flagship large-grant funding scheme letsrecycle.com News · 8 Aug 2011 Industry news Paper and metal markets steady for now Recyclers watching volatility in world stockmarkets, but no immediate sign of price falls letsrecycle.com News · 8 Aug 2011 Industry news EXCLUSIVE: South Oxfordshire tops recycling table with 70% letsrecycle.com survey of top-performing councilsin England indicates the district achieved highest recycling and composting rate in 2010/11 letsrecycle.com News · 8 Aug 2011 Industry news Well-managed landfills pose ‘no significant’ health risk Health Protection Agency publishes report looking at impact of emissions from landfill sites on health letsrecycle.com News · 7 Aug 2011 Industry news Investigation begins into latest death at Sonae site Merseyside Police confirm that a demolition worker died at chipboard factory in Knowsley on Saturday letsrecycle.com News · 7 Aug 2011 Industry news Concerns raised over waste eligibility for RHI REA and ESA use consultation on guidance for Renewable Heat Incentive to highlight ambiguity over which waste streams will benefit from scheme letsrecycle.com News · 7 Aug 2011 Industry news Wales prepares for introduction of 5p bag charge Welsh Assembly Government launches campaign to publicise minimum single-use bag charge being introduced on October 1 letsrecycle.com News · 7 Aug 2011 Industry news Waste wood market swamped following Sonae fire Other panelboard manufacturers say they cannot take in any more material while UKs largest recycler of waste wood closed letsrecycle.com News · 4 Aug 2011 Industry news Welsh councils offered help to boost recycling Welsh Environment minister John Griffiths urges authorities to sign up to Collaborative Change Programme letsrecycle.com News · 4 Aug 2011 Policy & government Local Authority collected waste for England: quarterly statistics Provisional results summarising waste collected and managed by local authorities in England from January 2010 to December 2010. GOV.UK · 4 Aug 2011 Industry news ‘Flexibility’ behind rationale for Valpak buyout Steve Gough speaks to Caelia Quinault about the proposal which would see himbecome ashareholder in packaging and WEEE compliance giant letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2011 Industry news Valpak directors propose management buyout Letter sent to members of UKs largest packaging producer compliance scheme asking them to surrender ownership of company in move linked to uncertainty surrounding PRN system letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2011