Recycling news: 2006

Industry news Hull council achieves significant recycling milestone Recycling rate for 2005/06 achieved by council following four year turn around from 6% letsrecycle.com News · 4 May 2006 Industry news Compost Awareness Week lines up “dirty weekend” Organisers of this year&#39s campaign aim to highlight fun involved in home composting with series of events starting Sunday letsrecycle.com News · 4 May 2006 Industry news News in Brief With news on London Sustainability Weeks, the recycling of hard plastics and household recycling in Hackney, Trafford and Hampshire letsrecycle.com News · 3 May 2006 Industry news Planning inspector backs sites for Dorset MBT plants Proposed sites for two mechanical biological treatment plants approved, but site for third plant rejected letsrecycle.com News · 3 May 2006 Industry news Gloucestershire begins construction waste consultation County in bid to reduce waste produced by local construction and demolition firms and instil recycling in new homes letsrecycle.com News · 3 May 2006 Industry news Two companies in frame for UK’S biggest-ever waste contract Greater Manchester disposal authority names favoured bids for contract thought to be worth 4 billion over 25 years letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2006 Industry news Food waste research paves way for minimisation strategy WRAP commissions MEL Research to prepare way for major analysis of nation&#39s food waste generation letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2006 Industry news Government “peddling myth” of green energy-from-waste Friends of the Earth launches fresh attack on incineration, claiming gas-fired power stations emit less greenhouse gases letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2006 Industry news Novelis offers 1,000 for tonne of aluminium cans UK&#39s largest aluminium reprocessor increases price for used aluminium beverage cans for fourth time in five months letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2006 Industry news Recycled glass outlets increasing, says WRAP The Waste and Resources Action Programme has told the glass industry of the potential opportunities for reusing glass letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2006 Industry news Porsche caught by packaging regulations Luxury car company ordered to pay 27,000 following failure to comply with packaging waste rules letsrecycle.com News · 1 May 2006 Industry news Kerbside plastic collections reach 11 million households Recoup survey shows that almost half of UK households can now recycle plastic bottles from the kerbside letsrecycle.com News · 1 May 2006 Industry news London recycling plants running “at full capacity” Time running out for much-needed investment in major new recycling facilities in the capital, industry meeting hears letsrecycle.com News · 1 May 2006 Industry news Corus hails UK recycling success for steel packaging Steel reprocessor highlighs data showing UK recycled 51.4% of steel packaging in 2005, reveals changes to investment strategy letsrecycle.com News · 27 Apr 2006 Industry news Express Recycling to begin WEEE plastic recycling Express Recycling says that the second of three lines at its new hard plastic recycling plant will handle plastic from electrical waste letsrecycle.com News · 27 Apr 2006 Industry news Tyre recycling firm expansion continues after fire setback Sunday&#39s fire outbreak quickly dealt with at Murfitts Industries, which has now taken delivery of new recycling machinery letsrecycle.com News · 27 Apr 2006 Industry news WIP team to develop energy market for waste wood Defra says Waste Implementation Programme will now work to divert waste wood from landfill towards energy recovery letsrecycle.com News · 27 Apr 2006 Industry news Defra defends packaging recovery investigation Government says it takes fraud allegations "very seriously", stating fact-finding mission will report back in June letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2006 Industry news EMR increases Reload fund and lets businesses in Bids are now being invited for funds to support household packaging recycling projects letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2006 Industry news Waste companies await decision on Greater Manchester PFI Meeting of waste disposal authority next week could see bidders dropped from shortlist for massive PFI waste contract letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2006 Industry news News in Brief Including news on reusable nappies; composting; food waste targets; Bryson House Recycling; and support for small recyclers letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2006 Industry news WRAP signs 20 companies to assist with communications Army of outside agencies to support Waste and Resources Action Programme and its "Recycle Now" campaign until 2010 letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2006 Industry news Defra funding helps Gloucestershire reach 30% recycling rate County increases recycling rate nine percentage points in two years through new kerbside scheme and advertising campaign letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2006 Industry news Government accused over paper packaging investigation CPI says Defra showing "little resolve" in tracking down possible fraud in paper packaging producer responsibility system letsrecycle.com News · 25 Apr 2006 Industry news 750,000 plan to bring reprocessing plants to East London London Remade programme to open door for two new reprocessing plants in Dagenham, offering 100,000 tonnes of capacity letsrecycle.com News · 25 Apr 2006 Industry news New glass recycling service for Warwickshire pubs ECT Recycling to run scheme as part of series of WRAP trials also run by social enterprise groups in Scotland and London letsrecycle.com News · 25 Apr 2006 Industry news Recovered prices steady but paper mills offer optimism Two global paper businesses have reported sound first quarter results with some price rises for finished product letsrecycle.com News · 25 Apr 2006 Industry news Sims Group launches vehicle recycling network online Metal recycling giant launches website to show last owners of vehicles where they can dispose of their old cars free of charge letsrecycle.com News · 25 Apr 2006 Industry news Lee Marshall returns as LARAC chair With a new job at Powys county council, Lee Marshall re-elected as chair of Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee letsrecycle.com News · 25 Apr 2006 Industry news Tesco makes recycling pledge as profits hit record levels Supermarket claims new recycling machines could provide 10% of increase needed in UK packaging recovery to meet EU targets letsrecycle.com News · 24 Apr 2006 Industry news Environment Agency chief recuperating after riding accident Waste industry wishes Baroness Barbara Young well as she recovers at home from surgery following horse riding accident letsrecycle.com News · 24 Apr 2006 Industry news News in Brief Including news on composting, community recycling, new guidance on scheme evaluation and a new environmental consultancy letsrecycle.com News · 24 Apr 2006 Industry news SRC Recycling wins West Sussex abandoned vehicle contract Eastergate firm to collect and depollute abandoned vehicles in three-year contract with county and district councils letsrecycle.com News · 24 Apr 2006 Industry news Somerset states ambition for new waste diversion efforts County council begins work on two-year consultation process to assess waste recycling and treatment options letsrecycle.com News · 24 Apr 2006 Industry news Law firm Nabarro Nathanson wins three council contracts Company to provide legal advice to Somerset Waste Partnership, Telford & Wrekin and North Tyneside councils letsrecycle.com News · 24 Apr 2006 Industry news Taylor invests 100,000 in bin rebuild operation Taylor brings re-build and repair operation in from the cold with new purpose-built facility at Worcestershire HQ letsrecycle.com News · 23 Apr 2006 Industry news Boeing interest in new carbon fibre recycling process Warwickshire firm says aerospace giants interested in new pyrolysis process that can recycle carbon fibre letsrecycle.com News · 23 Apr 2006 Industry news Veolia wins seven-year Hastings collection contract Borough re-signs incumbent contractor despite achieving one of the lowest recycling rates in South East region in 2004/05 letsrecycle.com News · 23 Apr 2006 Industry news Real Nappy Week celebrates 10th anniversary National campaign promoting use of washable nappies gets underway for 10th time, with events planned across the country letsrecycle.com News · 23 Apr 2006 Industry news Turkey farm demonstrates recycled glass filtration system Five-month WRAP-funded trial demonstrates use of recycled glass in the filtering of water at Norfolk-based Bernard Matthews letsrecycle.com News · 23 Apr 2006