Recycling news: 2007

Industry news Tyre shredding plant gets 400,000 upgrade Credential Environmental installs new rotors at Breighton facility to prepare for opening of cryogenic plant in Neath this summer letsrecycle.com News · 15 May 2007 Industry news Car dismantler ordered to pay 24,500 in court Doncaster firm prosecuted for keeping burnt-out ELVs without a licence letsrecycle.com News · 15 May 2007 Industry news Woman dies in collision with council refuse truck Victim believed to have stepped out as collection truck reversed down alleyway police are investigating letsrecycle.com News · 15 May 2007 Industry news Cardboard milk bottles bid to tackle “plastic mountain” Trial of cardboard milk bottles raises concerns from local authorities on contamination of recycling collections letsrecycle.com News · 14 May 2007 Industry news Ecco issues letter of intent as newsprint race hots up Plans for a mill in north-east England move forward as a third contender enters the market letsrecycle.com News · 14 May 2007 Industry news IT firm invests 5m in electronics recycling service SCC upgrades recycling facility in Birmingham as WEEE producer responsibility approaches letsrecycle.com News · 14 May 2007 Industry news News in Brief Including news on the composting quality protocol, waste awareness, WEEE recycling and building materials re-use letsrecycle.com News · 14 May 2007 Industry news Food waste plan to push Cherwell past 50% recycling barrier Councillors recommend trial to test fortnightly collection of food waste in the high-recycling Oxfordshire district letsrecycle.com News · 14 May 2007 Industry news Paper recycling staff in charity cycling challenge Staff members from Abitibi-Consolidated&#39s Bridgewater paper mill to cycle across Britain to raise money for charities letsrecycle.com News · 13 May 2007 Industry news Nationwide standards launched for tyre recycling WRAP launches PAS 107 and 108 specifications governing manufacture and quality of recycled tyre shred and tyre bales letsrecycle.com News · 13 May 2007 Industry news Ealing approves 3.8m recycling improvement programme London borough gives green light to contractor ECT to introduce measures including kerbside plastic recycling scheme letsrecycle.com News · 13 May 2007 Industry news Senior government figures to address landfill challenge High level conference to look at speeding up diversion of waste from landfill to stop UK failing Landfill Directive targets letsrecycle.com News · 10 May 2007 Industry news Strategy to require more council action against fly-tipping English waste strategy will require councils changing to fortnightly collections to run fly-tipping prevention schemes alongside letsrecycle.com News · 10 May 2007 Industry news SITA buys one of the UK&#39s largest metal recyclers Purchase of Norfolk firm marks SITA&#39s first venture into the scrap metal industry letsrecycle.com News · 10 May 2007 Industry news Defra “wrong” to reject London waste authority Lord Whitty, Defra&#39s former minister, questions research behind decision to stick with current waste arrangements letsrecycle.com News · 10 May 2007 Industry news Trial gives full bill of health to recycled milk bottles WRAP publishes results of major trial recycling HDPE plastic milk bottles back into new plastic milk bottles letsrecycle.com News · 9 May 2007 Industry news Surrey set for paper recycling boost after TGM acquisition TGM Environmental to target Surrey businesses for recycling services after acquiring West Horsley firm Waste Paper Co. letsrecycle.com News · 9 May 2007 Industry news News in Brief With news of waste awareness work in Cherwell, Dorset and Croydon as well as a new investment group for waste technologies letsrecycle.com News · 9 May 2007 Industry news Merseyside electronics recycling firm in management buyout St Helens company M Baker Recycling taken over by directors Andy Slaney and Julie-Ann Adams as Michael Baker retires letsrecycle.com News · 9 May 2007 Industry news Limited impact for weekly waste collection campaign Handful of councils may review schemes, but councillors believe campaign against fortnightly collections had little impact letsrecycle.com News · 9 May 2007 Industry news Wrexham signs 25-year PFI waste contract Contract with Waste Recycling Group to bring new composting and materials recycling facilities to the north Wales county borough letsrecycle.com News · 8 May 2007 Industry news Welsh Assembly funding boost for anaerobic digestion plants Funding offered to projects using anaerobic digestion to process organic wastes from commercial or industrial sources letsrecycle.com News · 8 May 2007 Industry news Carton producers team up with Tesco for recycling scheme Shoppers will be able to hand in old cartons for recycling at 100 Tesco stores around UK, under new partnership letsrecycle.com News · 7 May 2007 Industry news Full scale operation for 3m WEEE plastics recycling plant Production underway at Axion Polymers facility in Salford, a plant capable of processing 14,000 tonnes of plastic a year letsrecycle.com News · 7 May 2007 Industry news Big role for boroughs in London&#39s business waste strategy Councils to help businesses recycle more under Mayor&#39s new plan, which proposes 70% recycling target for commercial waste letsrecycle.com News · 7 May 2007 Industry news News in Brief With news on WEEE recycling; EU policy; recycling in Barnet; Aggregates life cycle analysis; and plastics recycling in Bristol letsrecycle.com News · 7 May 2007 Industry news Latest figures show improvement in UK packaging recovery Agencies publish packaging waste recycling and recovery data for first quarter 2007, showing improvement but not for glass letsrecycle.com News · 3 May 2007 Industry news Scotland&#39s largest biomass plant to begin firing this year Facility near Lockerbie will burn waste virgin and recycled wood, expected to be operational by September letsrecycle.com News · 3 May 2007 Industry news Company fined for illegal export of hazardous waste to China East London company ordered to pay 25,000 for attempting to ship fridge waste containing CFCs letsrecycle.com News · 3 May 2007 Industry news Rising demand for compost from landscape gardeners New survey results coincide with the bid to boost further uptake of the product in Compost Awareness Week letsrecycle.com News · 3 May 2007 Industry news Regional network will allow glaziers to recycle their waste Yorkshire firms can arrange for collection of glass, wood and plastics under a recycling system letsrecycle.com News · 3 May 2007 Industry news Kent plastic recycling trials back kerbside collection County council says environmental impact from collecting plastic bottles at five recycling centres outweighed benefits letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2007 Industry news News in Brief With news on an acquisition by Sims; trade waste recycling in Blackpool; battery recycling; IT recycling; and hotel waste letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2007 Industry news Evidence problems for UK vehicle recycling system DVLA says less than half vehicles scrapped last year had certificates issued to prove they were recycled properly letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2007 Industry news Clean, green, recycling fleet gets ready for city&#39s streets Birmingham&#39s new trucks for collecting recyclables meet European standards for low emissions letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2007 Industry news Tesco defends its use of packaging Supermarket chain says it is trying to cut its packaging use, but that packaging is needed to supply goods to its shelves letsrecycle.com News · 1 May 2007 Industry news Aluminium can recycling deal agreed for North East Novelis Recycling teams up with Abitibi-Consolidated Recycling Europe for Teesside can sorting agreement letsrecycle.com News · 1 May 2007 Industry news Waste officers hit out at “scaremongering” national press LARAC criticises press for "peddling their own agenda" on bin collections, but concedes more could be done to inform journalists letsrecycle.com News · 1 May 2007 Policy & government Landfill sites: disposal of very low level radioactive waste This report (HPA-RPD-020) describes a study of the potential radiological impact of disposal of large quantities of very low level waste. GOV.UK · 30 Apr 2007 Industry news Test success for removal of toxins from WEEE plastics Researchers believe technology to remove hazardous fire retardants from waste electronics could be on market in two years letsrecycle.com News · 30 Apr 2007