Recycling news: 2009

Industry news Regulating aluminium and steel recycling Ian Hetherington on the future for aluminium and steel recycling letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jun 2009 Industry news Former CIWM president Alistair Lamont dies Experience in sector included over 30 years working within industry and local authorities letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jun 2009 Industry news Flats recycling guidance for councils published WRAP online tool stresses need to avoid "one-size fits all" approach when devising, introducing and running schemes letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jun 2009 Industry news Belfast council votes against EfW plans arc21 partnership of councils to look at alternative sites after councilors block plans to use North Foreshire location letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jun 2009 Industry news WRAP awards 1.7 million to Scottish AD project Plans for Scotland's first large-scale AD facility given funding boost from Organics Programme letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jun 2009 Policy & government Adaptation Sub-Committee appointed to advise Government on adapting to climate change – 23 June 2009 Last week Environment Secretary Hilary Benn warned that the UK needs to put plans in place to enable the country to adapt to the threat posed by floods, heat waves and coastal erosion. According to results from the UK Climate Change Projections, the UK faces warmer, wetter winters and hotter, drier summers in future, despite efforts being made to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Climate Change Committee · 23 Jun 2009 Policy & government Adaptation Sub-Committee appointed to advise Government on adapting to climate change – 23 June 2009 The first six members of the Adaptation Sub-Committee to the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) were announced today by Environment Secretary Hilary Benn. Dr Sam Fankhauser, Professor Martin Parry, Professor Jim Hall, Dr Andrew Dlugolecki, Baroness Barbara Young and Mr Graham Wynne will make up the new Sub-Committee, headed by the newly-appointed Chair Lord John Krebs. Climate Change Committee · 23 Jun 2009 Industry news News in Brief With news on GMWDA appointments, installing equipment at AWS and a £4m vehicle contract for Horsham letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jun 2009 Industry news Metal recyclers rally against Indian ‘safeguard duty’ plans Claims that import duty proposals could have "dramatic and adverse" effect on European aluminium scrap market letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jun 2009 Industry news Reducing landfill could save councils over 600m LGA analysis comparing landfilling rate to other European countries shows UK "languishing in the lower leagues" letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jun 2009 Industry news TEG buys 3.1m Norfolk composting facility North-West based composting company announces acquisition of Banham Compost in-vessel facility letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jun 2009 Industry news MRF operators attack “flawed” collection report New group formed by Recycling Association calls for WRAP study favouring source-separation to be "retracted immediately" letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jun 2009 Industry news Recycle Week 2009 kicks off WRAP teams up with Oxfam for week-long campaign as more than 160 local authorities nationwide are set to run events letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jun 2009 Industry news News in Brief With news on Cory winning the letsrecycle.com Pub Quiz, a textiles market update and bin roll-outs in North Lanarkshire letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jun 2009 Industry news Scottish minister opens 7m Viridor MRF Environment secretary Richard Lochhead unveils 60,000 tonnes-a-year capacity plant outside Glasgow as part of Zero Waste drive letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jun 2009 Industry news Caution urged over potential landfill bans Councils and trade bodies welcome Packaging Strategy but warn infrastructure must be built before bans are introduced letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2009 Industry news Plastic sector sees price pressure as export controls tighten Tighter inspections in Chinese ports on exported material start to push export price down for film and bottles letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2009 Industry news Councils gear up for 2009 Recycle Week Local authorities nationwide joined by charities and waste management companies in preparations for campaign next week letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2009 Industry news CRR denies support for Mail bin campaign Campaign for Real Recycling denies backing wheeled bin campaign following Daily Mail claims of recycling sector support letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2009 Industry news LGA says wheeled bins increase recycling Snapshot survey reveals that introduction of wheeled bins can help produce "dramatic increases" in recycling rates letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2009 Industry news Defra outlines plans to tackle C&I waste Department to look at more convergence between municipal and non-municipal waste policy letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jun 2009 Industry news WRAP collection report divides waste sector Waste firms question show of support for source separated while others welcome endorsement of collection method letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jun 2009 Industry news Home composting bins found to divert 150kg of waste a year But, WRAP figure not expected to count towards LATS targets despite original intention of research letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jun 2009 Industry news WRAP publishes research on costs of collecting mixed plastics Three "groundbreaking" studies published looking at cost, challenges and commercial viability of recycling material letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jun 2009 Industry news Waste sector well-placed to respond to new HSE strategy Principal Inspector says waste and recycling remains prominent as strategy targets improvement "across the board" letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jun 2009 Industry news Hadfield wins Greater Manchester wood contract Manchester-based company secures one of the UK's largest waste wood deals with Viridor letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jun 2009 Industry news UK aluminium can recycling rate far below European average Figures published showing UK recycling 52% of cans in 2007, compared to 70% Europe-wide letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jun 2009 Industry news Hillingdon to charge non-residents to use HWRCs London borough launches discount ‘privilege card' for residual waste in a bid to ease Council Tax burden letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jun 2009 Industry news Welsh plastic recycling plant receives 450,000 grant Welsh Assembly Government hands Plastic Sorting Limited second lot of funding to acquire equipment for Ebbw Vale facility letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jun 2009 Industry news CIWM and ESA delighted at Futuresource success Organisers say last week's London event achieved goal of creating "high profile showcase" for waste sector letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jun 2009 Industry news Futuresource: News in Brief Some of the highlights from last week's conference and exhibition, including a pledge on Landfill Tax from Nick Herbert MP letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jun 2009 Industry news News in Brief With news on appointments to the WRAP Board, a UK food waste network and land for arc21 letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jun 2009 Industry news Europe-wide concerns over proposed WEEE collection goals Department of business official reveals UK could have to triple collection rate by 2012 to meet proposed targets letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jun 2009 Policy & government Moving from awareness to action – Guardian Climate Change Summit – 15 June 2009 David Kennedy, Chief Executive of the CCC joined leading figures from across the climate change community to discuss what can be done to encourage action on climate change. In his keynote speech, Kennedy suggested that we need new arrangements to help people take up energy efficiency improvements in the home and to reduce risks for energy companies investing in low carbon technology. Climate Change Committee · 15 Jun 2009 Industry news Recycling sector recognised in Queen’s Honours Sandra Pell from St Edmundsbury borough council and Peter Taylor from TRA among those honoured letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jun 2009 Industry news SITA UK unveils plans for Bristol EfW facility Public events to be held next month over plans to build 400,000tpa facility for C&I waste at Severnside letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jun 2009 Industry news SITA UK and Veolia launch waste manifestoes Waste management giants unveil documents setting out how they hope sector will develop letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jun 2009 Industry news Warning that scrap steel demand could outstrip supply Growth in Chinese steel production offers potential for supply/demand imbalance, BIR convention told letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jun 2009 Industry news Staffordshire Moorlands set to top recycling league table Provisional figures for 2008/09 suggest council now the best performer for recycling and composting in England letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jun 2009 Industry news Project Transform granted 129m PFI funding Joint waste management plan for Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire lands Defra funding letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jun 2009