Recycling news: 2010

Industry news Sims acquires Wincantons WEEE recycling assets Purchase for £17.5m gives metals recycling giant additional reprocessing capacity in North East and Midlands letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2010 Industry news Singapore’s Tuas Incinerator officially opened Singapore has opened its fifth incinerator letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2010 Industry news AWS Eco Plastics fined 23,000 for dust and litter Firm operating one of Europe's largest plastic bottle recycling facilities prosecuted following case brought by EA letsrecycle.com News · 2 Aug 2010 Industry news Sainsburys launches phone charger recycling drive Supermarket giant to work with Valpak in four-week initiative that it claims could increase charger recycling rates by over 50% letsrecycle.com News · 2 Aug 2010 Industry news Rollout of reduced size Yellow Pages gets underway London and Isle of Wight become first to receive smaller directories in bid to drive down waste letsrecycle.com News · 2 Aug 2010 Industry news Defra set to ease regulation on waste-derived fuel Consultation launched on changes to permitting including removing need for permit for smaller combustion facilities letsrecycle.com News · 2 Aug 2010 Industry news EA clamps down on illegal ELV sites in North West Regulator secures successful prosecutions against three illegal car waste sites and fires warning to other illegal site operators letsrecycle.com News · 1 Aug 2010 Industry news News in Brief With news on Biffa's work on its West Sussex contract, funding for AD firm Monsal and can recycling in Corby letsrecycle.com News · 1 Aug 2010 Industry news Waste review collection pledge will worry councils Industry and Local Government Association express concerns over pledge to increase frequency of waste collections letsrecycle.com News · 1 Aug 2010 Industry news Growth in councils offering trade recycling service But, WRAP survey finds 37% of those running residual trade waste service do not offer a recycling option letsrecycle.com News · 1 Aug 2010 Industry news Opportunities for smaller waste contractors never greater Daniel Leaver, of Wardell Armstrong, looks at benefits of a large AD facility being given go-ahead in Scotland letsrecycle.com News · 1 Aug 2010 Industry news Gate fees rose in 2009 despite recession, study shows The third annual WRAP Gate Fees Report signals continued rise in costs despite trading environment letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jul 2010 Industry news Date set for Waste World Cup 2010 Teams invited to enter annual six-a-side mixed gender football tournament to take place in Northampton on September 10 letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jul 2010 Industry news Veolia signs 1bn Staffordshire waste PFI contract County council awards long-term waste management deal based on development of energy-from-waste plant at Four Ashes letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jul 2010 Industry news Aberdeen attributes recycling rate hike to AWC Scottish local authority records highest ever figures since adopting new collection system in May letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jul 2010 Policy & government The path towards a zero waste economy: waste review launched The Government’s review of waste policies has been formally launched today. GOV.UK · 29 Jul 2010 Industry news Buxton Water launches recycle on-the-go initiative Company owned by Nestlé Waters becomes latest to help fund bins, starting with 18 in its home town letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jul 2010 Industry news Two to battle it out for Hertfordshire waste PFI County council announces companies left in running for £800 million contract focused on EfW technology letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jul 2010 Industry news More frequent collections targeted in waste review Publication of call for evidence and terms of reference also reveals focus on infrastructure, including EfW, and incentives letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jul 2010 Industry news Minister hails significant food waste service Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond officially launches commercial food waste collection scheme run by Keenan Recycling letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jul 2010 Industry news Closed Loop chases 30m funding to fuel expansion Plastic recycling firm brings investment firm UBS on board in effort to raise capital for Deeside plant letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jul 2010 Industry news Oxfordshire sets date to seal Viridor waste deal Members vote to put pen-to-paper on 25-year deal despite planning refusal for pivotal 300,000tpa capacity incinerator at Ardley letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jul 2010 Industry news Waste sector welcomes grandfathering decision But, concerns raised over planning issues and difficulties facing EfW plants in becoming accredited under ROC subsidy letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jul 2010 Industry news Concerns raised over giving Scotland landfill tax powers Call for caution made by sector bodies as government holds first meeting of group tasked with devolving tax-raising powers letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jul 2010 Industry news Lower-priced food more likely to be wasted Defra publishes analysis linking food and drink waste research to data on purchases letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jul 2010 Industry news TEG reveals plans for its first AD facility Joint venture with equity firm Albion set to see 16,000tpa plant developed at company's Perth composting site letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jul 2010 Industry news News in Brief With news on a packaging fine for a flooring firm, Eunomia research on emissions and recycling rates at a Bedford HWRC letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jul 2010 Industry news WEEE sector joins forces to fund TV ad campaign Compliance schemes and reprocessors funding initiative aiming to boost public awareness, with focus on small WEEE letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jul 2010 Industry news DECC confirms grandfathering for EfW technologies Decision provides certainty for investors in biomass, energy from waste, AD, gasification and pyrolysis, says government letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jul 2010 Industry news First MBT under Greater Manchester PFI takes shape Resource Recovery Centre in Manchester to start taking waste at start of September letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jul 2010 Industry news One-day packaging waste conference announced Financial pressures, new policies and higher recycling targets among issues to be addressed at event in London letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jul 2010 Industry news Funding secured for UK-wide Electronic Duty of Care Project aiming to develop internet-based waste transfer note system for introduction in 2012 receives £1.74m in EC backing letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jul 2010 Industry news Cory chief executive Malcolm Ward steps down Cory director Peter Gerstrom appointed to role as former ESA chairman ends 20-year association with waste management firm letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jul 2010 Industry news Global steel scrap demand down 13.2% in 2009 BIR report reveals full impact of economic crisis on market, as well increased reliance on exports from outside EU letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jul 2010 Industry news Medway hands Veolia 200m contract extension Unitary authority signs 25-year treatment and disposal deal with waste firm, and seven-year collections contract letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jul 2010 Industry news Staffs refutes claims of charging for HWRCs County council rebuffs suggestion it could force residents to pay to use its 14 recycling centres as it looks to cut costs letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jul 2010 Industry news Aluminium PRN prices firm up on back of Q2 figures Quarterly packaging recycling data shows that businesses still on track to comfortably meet most targets for 2010 letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jul 2010 Industry news Poots blocks 40m Belfast EfW proposal Environment minister backs Planning Service decision to block consortium's plans for 140,000 tonnes-a-year capacity plant letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jul 2010 Industry news Probe launched into Londons varied recycling rates Special investigation set up by London Assembly to find reasons for difference in performance among councils in the capital letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jul 2010 Industry news Recycling minister tops bill at LARAC 2010 Lord Henley to deliver keynote address at local authority recycling officers' annual conference in Liverpool in November letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jul 2010