Recycling news: 2006

Industry news WRAP funds all rubber road and rail highway Believed to be world&#39s first, all rubber road and rail highway made from used tyres could save millions of pounds in road building letsrecycle.com News · 21 May 2006 Industry news Audit Commission praises Ribble Valley recycling Ribble Valley Borough Council believes it could soon be one of the best performing recycling authorities in the country letsrecycle.com News · 21 May 2006 Industry news Wandsworth pilots high rise doorstep recycling scheme Wandsworth extends its popular orange sack scheme to include four inner-London estates letsrecycle.com News · 21 May 2006 Industry news Sharp rise in packaging recovery in first quarter Aluminium packaging recovery has soared with glass also contributing to increased figures letsrecycle.com News · 18 May 2006 Industry news OFT sounds collusion warning over waste contracts A new report looks at potential industry collusion, council contract processes and aiding community sector firms letsrecycle.com News · 18 May 2006 Industry news Community sector defends use of kerbside boxes CRN dismisses Health and Safety Laboratory report claiming wheeled bins are preferable to kerbside boxes for recyclable collections letsrecycle.com News · 18 May 2006 Industry news Leicester holds event to encourage bike recycling City council to run bicycle recycling day to inform local people how to start up bicycle recycling scheme letsrecycle.com News · 18 May 2006 Industry news Liberal Democrats plan waste incineration tax Party looks to bring in tax on incineration and landfill in combined "waste tax" letsrecycle.com News · 17 May 2006 Industry news Recycle Now stamps its authority on UK recycling National campaign teams up with Royal Mail to produce first ever slogan postage cancellation mark letsrecycle.com News · 17 May 2006 Industry news Exeter to prosecute over alleged contamination by resident City council to be first to take resident to court for contaminating recycling bin under section 46 of the Clean Neighbourhoods Bill letsrecycle.com News · 17 May 2006 Industry news Landfill will reign until 2010 Biffa Waste Management&#39s Peter Jones believes the waste industry will opt for landfill until it is replaced as the best financial option letsrecycle.com News · 16 May 2006 Industry news News in brief New chairman for Newport Paper, Edinburgh unveils Can-Can Cow, materials exchange in Peterborough and hazardous waste amnesty in Norfolk letsrecycle.com News · 16 May 2006 Industry news Defra “extremely happy” with high recycling councils Government says across the board increase of minimum recycling target is to avoid punishing significantly improved councils letsrecycle.com News · 16 May 2006 Industry news Cleanaway East London autoclave plant gets go ahead London Thames Gateway Development Corporation gives planning permission for 20 million plant at landfill site in Rainham letsrecycle.com News · 16 May 2006 Industry news WRAP to push high value recycled products Seven companies to share over 100,000 in order to improve marketing of high value recycled wood products letsrecycle.com News · 15 May 2006 Industry news Sulo helps prevent textile thefts in Midlands Container manufacturer provides textile banks to recycler in order to stop the growing problem of clothes being stolen letsrecycle.com News · 15 May 2006 Industry news Broad support for councils to handle business waste Responses to the governments waste strategy review consultation shows suppirt for local authorities handling business waste letsrecycle.com News · 15 May 2006 Industry news LARAC “disappointed” with Defra&#39s new recycling targets Recycling officers say banding local authorities with lowest targets together is wrong letsrecycle.com News · 15 May 2006 Industry news Fire damages waste to energy plant on Isle of Wight A fire over the weekend damaged a plant at Newport adjacent to a Biffa site letsrecycle.com News · 14 May 2006 Industry news Poor performers get 20% short-term recycling targets Extra help to be offered to lowest performing councils and work on inclusion of home composting is stepped up letsrecycle.com News · 14 May 2006 Industry news South Herts Waste Management loses Epping Forest contract Company goes into administration forcing Epping Forest to bring in Cory Environmental to run its collection and recycling service letsrecycle.com News · 14 May 2006 Industry news Viridor to sign Somerset partnership Contract signing will be followed by 25 million purchase of Somerset&#39s own waste management company Wyvern Waste letsrecycle.com News · 14 May 2006 Industry news HSE report calls for limit to size of recycling boxes Major HSE study of collection schemes warns weight of large kerbside boxes can exceed national safety guidelines letsrecycle.com News · 11 May 2006 Industry news Veolia to buy Biffa&#39s loss-making Belgian division Veolia Environmental Services agrees 30.7m acquisition of Biffa Belgium as Severn Trent names new Biffa chairman letsrecycle.com News · 11 May 2006 Industry news Newport food waste recycling scheme collapses City forced to pull plug on food waste scheme after contamination problems see composting firm refusing to take material letsrecycle.com News · 11 May 2006 Industry news Lib Dems criticise Tesco over degradable carrier bag pledge Supermarket bigwigs "don&#39t understand" plastic bag problem, say Lib Dems, after Tesco declares move to degradable bags letsrecycle.com News · 10 May 2006 Industry news New glass recycling plant set for Cheshire Midlands-based firm Recresco establishing new glass colour sorting facility in Ellesmere Port, to open later in 2006 letsrecycle.com News · 10 May 2006 Industry news TEG Environmental to build Somerset in-vessel plant Preston firm&#39s sixth UK in-vessel composting project secures planning permission, working with Halberton Poultry letsrecycle.com News · 10 May 2006 Industry news Packaging waste recovery “moves into 21st century” Industry hails initial success of new online data system, as first-ever performance reports are made electronically letsrecycle.com News · 9 May 2006 Industry news Recycled oil margins depressed, despite high crude prices Oil Recycling Association reveals used oil collection volumes down 30% and investment stifled by legal uncertainty letsrecycle.com News · 9 May 2006 Industry news Aberdeenshire rules out new green waste collection scheme Council decides against beginning free kerbside collection service for garden waste, and instead will promote home composting letsrecycle.com News · 9 May 2006 Industry news Scottish council breaks through 40% recycling barrier Clackmannanshire becomes first local authority in Scotland to recycle more than 40% of municipal waste according to new data letsrecycle.com News · 8 May 2006 Industry news Inner city composting campaign kicks off in Islington Composting firm New Earth Solutions begins tour of UK cities raising awareness of waste issues as part of Compost Awareness Week letsrecycle.com News · 8 May 2006 Industry news Donarbon favourites for Cambridgeshire PFI contract County council holds in-depth talks with local waste firm over 25-year waste contract, other two bidders not yet ruled out letsrecycle.com News · 7 May 2006 Industry news Industry hits back at Friends of the Earth claims on EfW Waste industry calls pressure group "wrong" for suggesting gas power stations more sustainable than energy-from-waste plants letsrecycle.com News · 7 May 2006 Industry news Surprise departure of St Regis chief executive Don Coates leaves post of chief executive of St Regis Paper Company, which owns Severnside Recycling letsrecycle.com News · 7 May 2006 Industry news WRAP to push proven tyre recycling technologies Organisation offering funding for recycled tyres trial using already proven but not currently commercialised technology letsrecycle.com News · 7 May 2006 Industry news Regional agency underlines benefits of local composting As Compost Awareness Week continues, Recycling Action Yorkshire flags up local, on-farm composting project in Selby letsrecycle.com News · 7 May 2006 Industry news Bradshaw survives as Defra gets new team Recycling minister Ben Bradshaw is the only politician to stay at Defra in the ministerial reshuffle letsrecycle.com News · 6 May 2006 Industry news Leicestershire signs EWC to run 13 recycling centres Leicestershire&#39s first-ever county-wide recycling centre contract awarded as it puts final touches to long-term waste strategy letsrecycle.com News · 4 May 2006