Recycling news: 2006

Industry news Coca-Cola offers market for recycled plastics Drinks firm says high proportions of recovered PET could be used making its bottles if material was available in UK letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jun 2006 Industry news Bradshaw applauds competition between waste technologies Visiting East London MBT plant, local environment minister stresses importance of full range of waste treatment options letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jun 2006 Industry news Survey suggests lack of training damages UK recycling rate Qualification body offering new NVQ for recycling staff says lack of training means recyclable material can end up in landfill letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jun 2006 Industry news Grosvenor criticises council attitudes to waste collections Company accuses waste collection staff of still seeing waste as "waste" rather than a "resource" letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jun 2006 Industry news Defra moves step closer in improving waste management data Government reveals how many waste recycling and disposal plants are currently operating in England and Wales letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jun 2006 Industry news Recycling future is bright for Dover Audit Commission expects big improvements from local authority that failed to achieve recycling target in 2003/04 and 2005/06 letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jun 2006 Industry news New environment secretary launches Big Recycle campaign WRAP&#39s national recycling campaign, now in third year, uses World Cup as publicity focus letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jun 2006 Industry news Just Food - Global Food Industry News | Market Research and Reports - Global Food Industry News Just Food — sustainability · 2 Jun 2006 Industry news Packaging producers “losing sight” of recycling duties With packaging producers&#39 recovery targets getting tougher, Defra calls for producers to invest in collection schemes letsrecycle.com News · 1 Jun 2006 Industry news Central fund could drive up council packaging collections Industry and local authorities discuss options to help drive up recycling rates for household packaging waste letsrecycle.com News · 1 Jun 2006 Industry news WRAP to fund recycling research for manufacturing sector Market developers seek companies to carry out research into the use of recycled materials in the manufacturing industry letsrecycle.com News · 1 Jun 2006 Industry news Calderdale schools recycling campaign takes “gold” award Project in which school pupils become "ambassadors" to spread recycling message wins top marketing industry award letsrecycle.com News · 1 Jun 2006 Industry news Composting market “must expand by 15 times” to meet targets Industry stresses urgent need to find new outlets for composted municipal waste if Landfill Directive targets are to be met letsrecycle.com News · 1 Jun 2006 Industry news Telford and Wrekin begins waste treatment search Unitary borough considers possible waste treatment technologies to divert waste from landfill under a new contract letsrecycle.com News · 31 May 2006 Industry news Somerset launches plastic carrier bag recycling scheme County council unveils recycling initiative for plastic carrier bags at county household waste recycling centres letsrecycle.com News · 31 May 2006 Industry news Straight wins bin supply contract for Lincoln Leeds-based container firm to provide 75,000 bins for new twin bin scheme run by Lincoln city council and Cory letsrecycle.com News · 31 May 2006 Industry news Low-cost packaging compliance service launched New service offers assistance for companies wishing to handle packaging recovery obligations outside compliance schemes letsrecycle.com News · 30 May 2006 Industry news PRNs and composting seminars at Thursday&#39s letsrecycle show A free full-day programme of demonstrations and seminars runs alongside the letsrecycle.com Live! event at Stoneleigh letsrecycle.com News · 30 May 2006 Industry news News in brief With news on composting, campaign against arson, Defra&#39s ACP, success for Recycle Now and a new chairman for Trio Skips letsrecycle.com News · 30 May 2006 Industry news Tetra Pak recycling comes to Durham Carton collection points are added to two recycling centres in the county thanks to 300,000 pledge from Tetra Pak letsrecycle.com News · 30 May 2006 Industry news Credential Environmental sells off hazardous waste arm 8 million for automotive waste specialists in acquisition that could include two transfer stations in Worcester and Hinckley letsrecycle.com News · 29 May 2006 Industry news Multi-material sorting plant to open in Cardiff New recycling facility to open in Welsh capital to allow city council to expand kerbside collections to entire city letsrecycle.com News · 29 May 2006 Industry news Oxfordshire sites achieve 60% recycling rate County council praises waste management contractor as its household waste recycling centres set strong standard for recycling letsrecycle.com News · 29 May 2006 Council news Home - Rugby Borough Council - Rugby Borough Council Rugby Council · 29 May 2006 Industry news Seven shortlisted for Cleanaway UK A mixture of waste contractors and venture capitalists are vying to acquire Cleanaway UK from Brambles letsrecycle.com News · 25 May 2006 Industry news New incinerator “will not divert” Perth from recycling Waste firm seeks permission for energy-from-waste plant, but says proposal does not threaten high recycling rates letsrecycle.com News · 25 May 2006 Industry news PCA director dies after long illness Cliff Davis-Coleman, director of Public Contractors Association and dies aged 45 letsrecycle.com News · 25 May 2006 Industry news Recycling and waste sector prepares for major exhibition letsrecycle.com Live! - the first major recycling and waste management event of 2006 - takes place this week near Coventry letsrecycle.com News · 25 May 2006 Industry news Recyclers offered world&#39s first airbag deployment courses Motor manufacturers fund training programme for UK recyclers to safely remove hazardous airbags from old cars letsrecycle.com News · 25 May 2006 Industry news New funding programme for tyre recycling infrastructure WRAP to fund projects aiming to expand UK tyre recycling infrastructure, including grants for new plants and equipment letsrecycle.com News · 24 May 2006 Industry news Food industry calls for stronger recycling infrastructure Manufacturers aiming at new waste reduction targets call on Defra to help expand treatment options available letsrecycle.com News · 24 May 2006 Industry news North Kesteven set to top English recycling league Provisional results suggest Lincolnshire authority could push St Edmundsbury into second place in 2005/06 recycling table letsrecycle.com News · 24 May 2006 Council news MERTHYR TYDFIL COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL - MERTHYR.GOV.UK Merthyr Tydfil Council · 24 May 2006 Industry news “Limited progress” in European PVC recycling effort Concerns over collection of post-consumer PVC plastic revealed in major review of plastics industry recycling plan letsrecycle.com News · 23 May 2006 Industry news Merger to create community recycling super-group Three community-based waste and recycling consultancies to combine efforts with formal union letsrecycle.com News · 23 May 2006 Industry news Verdant set to run South Oxfordshire green waste scheme Waste firm preparing new opt-in fortnightly collection service for green waste letsrecycle.com News · 23 May 2006 Industry news WRAP funds recycling trials for small inner-city businesses SMEs in Oxford and Manchester city centres receive flexible recycling services letsrecycle.com News · 22 May 2006 Industry news News in brief WEEE Man returns, Humber gets phone recycling, cooking oil powers plant, education at Newport MRF and Abitibi rewards recycling school letsrecycle.com News · 22 May 2006 Industry news Exeter contamination case adjourned for two weeks Council prosecution of recyclable contaminating resident will be heard in two weeks time letsrecycle.com News · 22 May 2006 Industry news Middlesbrough rolls out kerbside recycling scheme Multi-material scheme reaches 95% of residents as council looks to boost recycling rate letsrecycle.com News · 22 May 2006