Recycling news: 2004

Industry news Viridor Glass to increase safety glass recycling St Helens recycler installs new equipment after a 14-month trial recycling plastic reinforcement material in safety glass letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jul 2004 Industry news Valpak calls for new standard for compliance schemes New standard for packaging compliance schemes would free up Agency resources to tackle illegal operators, Valpak says letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jul 2004 Industry news Agency cricitised over low priority for waste reduction The Environment Agency is giving a low priority to the promotion of business waste minimisation, a report claims letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jul 2004 Industry news No space shortage, say hazardous waste site operators The operators of hazardous waste sites have met the Environment Agency and said there will be no short-term capacity shortage letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jul 2004 Industry news BT switches to recycled office paper London Remade celebrates green procurement success as British Telecom signs deal with paper recycler M-real letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jul 2004 Industry news Protocol on table for vehicle recycling shredder residues Talks will start again this afternoon over a protocol covering residue from the recycling of vehicles letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jul 2004 Industry news Sainsbury&#39s installs plastic bag recycling banks As it phases out its &#39penny back&#39 re-use scheme on plastic bags, the supermarket encourages shoppers to recycle old bags letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jul 2004 Industry news Kent tests market for plastic bottle recycling County council introduces collection points at six sites to test the viability of plastic bottle recycling letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jul 2004 Industry news Barnet compulsory scheme prompts 25% increase in recycling London borough celebrates boost in tonnages of materials collected after making kerbside recycling service compulsory letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jul 2004 Industry news Government considers promoting re-use schemes Defra suggests modifying recycling credits system to help finance re-use groups and ODPM proposes local authority re-use indicator letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jul 2004 Industry news Agency closes hazardous site while shredders wait The Atlantic Waste site has been shut down - elsewhere the end of co-disposal sees shredder operators and the EA standing firm letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jul 2004 Industry news EMR and Sims may shut down shredders and ban vehicles A major crisis looms as the UK&#39s largest vehicle recycler prepares a ban because of the end of co-disposal letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jul 2004 Industry news Morley set for crisis talks over shredder residue The end of co-disposal has led to a crisis over shredder residue and emergency talks are to be held on Monday letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jul 2004 Industry news Heart shaped arrow to feature in WRAP campaign WRAP&#39s campaign to promote recycling is to be unveiled next week and include an animated film letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jul 2004 Industry news Morley optimistic over hazardous waste capacity The environment minister has said there will be somewhere for all hazardous waste after the end of co-disposal tomorrow letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jul 2004 Industry news Edinburgh offers cheap rate recycling for businesses The city council has cuts charges for cardboard recycling to traders in part of the city letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jul 2004 Industry news G&P to open battery recycling plant in 2005 Using a French-system, a plant is to be built in West Bromwich for non-lead acid batteries letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jul 2004 Industry news Merseyside reaches 10% but misses target Recycling rates have reached double figures but MWDA chairman is confident of continuing increases letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jul 2004 Industry news Demand for plastics leads to changes for Hyndburn service Hyndburn Borough Council has experienced high demand for its plastics recycling service letsrecycle.com News · 13 Jul 2004 Industry news Jarshire receives first order for travelling waste facility The portable waste facility, which cuts out the cost of taking recyclables to a processor, has received its first order letsrecycle.com News · 13 Jul 2004 Industry news Audit Commission praises Somerset&#39s waste management Somerset&#39s waste minimisation targets are "not sufficiently challenging", but the waste management service is commended letsrecycle.com News · 13 Jul 2004 Industry news Prince Charles opens UPM-Shotton’s third recycled fibre line UPM-Shotton&#39s switch to 100 per cent recycled fibre source has been given the royal seal of approval letsrecycle.com News · 12 Jul 2004 Industry news Warehouse fire may have knock-on efffect for office grades The major blaze at Kimberly-Clark&#39s Northfleet warehouse will see increased UK production letsrecycle.com News · 12 Jul 2004 Industry news Melton trial notches up 59% recycling rate Green waste collection has helped boost the recycling rate in part of the Leicestershire borough to 59% letsrecycle.com News · 12 Jul 2004 Industry news Spending round welcomed by environmental groups A broad welcome has come for the Defra spending settlement although Friends of the Earth is looking at the detail letsrecycle.com News · 12 Jul 2004 Industry news 3m green and food waste facility opens in Buckinghamshire A new in-vessel system designed to treat up to 30,000 tonnes of waste a year has opened in High Wycombe letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jul 2004 Industry news South Lakeland expands alternate collections after success 12,000 more households will join the scheme which has seen 40% recycling in its first phase letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jul 2004 Industry news Bids for funding marred by poor business plans, say WRAP WRAP has received strong interest for two financial schemes, but some business plans submitted are poor quality, it says. letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jul 2004 Industry news Defra wins real terms increase in Treasury review Additional funding for Defra as Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett points to extra resources for waste management letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jul 2004 Industry news News in Brief Wiltshire Wildlife Trusts expands composting; Clean Merseyside Centre receives EU grant; Winners of Lancashire&#39s Red Rose Award letsrecycle.com News · 8 Jul 2004 Industry news Supermarket initiative to increase recycling in Ashfield Ashfield is hoping its campaign with consultancy Save Waste And Prosper will increase its rapidly improving recycling rate letsrecycle.com News · 8 Jul 2004 Industry news Two UK manufacturers to launch recycling bins Two manufacturers based in Nottingham and Winchester are to make domestic wheelie bins and stacked, indoor recycle bins letsrecycle.com News · 8 Jul 2004 Industry news Definition of waste protocol issued for aggregates The Waste and Resources Action Programme has published a quality protocol for use by the aggregates sector letsrecycle.com News · 8 Jul 2004 Industry news New specification system launched for waste plastics PAS 103 gives plastics collectors and traders a grading system for describing the polymer, colour and contamination of a load to buyers letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jul 2004 Industry news 3.5m boost for London recycling London Recycling Fund is financing a campaign to drive up London&#39s recycling rate of 11% letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jul 2004 Industry news Gedling rolls out alternate week collections After successful trials collecting dry recyclables and residual waste on alternate weeks, the council adds 17,000 homes to the scheme letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jul 2004 Industry news NI government admits waste management is a “big challenge” Responding to an advisory board&#39s criticisms, Northern Ireland&#39s Department of Environment plans "effective strategy" letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jul 2004 Industry news UK&#39s seventh worst tyre dump cleared Around 100,000 tyres were removed for recycling from Hibaldstow Airfield in Lincolnshire to make way for community woodland letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jul 2004 Industry news County cost sharing plan “not to blame” for Burnley crisis Lancashire denies its proposals for cost sharing have worsened the financial problems behind Burnley abandoning kerbside collections letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jul 2004 Industry news Guidance on PFI published for councils The 4Ps and Defra finally issue the Procurement Pack for councils on Private Finance Initiative credits in waste management contracts letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jul 2004