Recycling news: 2010

Industry news just the facts – Iconic UK food brands - Global Food Industry News Just Food — sustainability · 2 Jul 2010 Industry news Pure Recyclings flagship MRF takes shape Structure in place for weather-delayed £8m facility in Warwickshire in wake of sale of firm to construction company Kier letsrecycle.com News · 1 Jul 2010 Industry news Rapid growth reported in waste wood sent to biomass Wood Recyclers' Association publishes data for 2009 showing that almost quarter of recovered wood used for energy letsrecycle.com News · 1 Jul 2010 Industry news UK aluminium can recycling rate jumps to 55% Figure for 2009 showing 4% increase revealed at aluminium packaging recycling body's 2010 conference letsrecycle.com News · 1 Jul 2010 Industry news NLWA announces long-lists for two deals under waste PFI North London Waste Authority names bidders for waste services and fuel use contracts under £4bn PFI-backed deal letsrecycle.com News · 1 Jul 2010 Industry news SITA UK wins 200m Aberdeenshire contract Waste management firm awarded 15-year deal with Scottish local authority, which includes developing new facilities letsrecycle.com News · 1 Jul 2010 Industry news Prime Minister questioned over waste incineration David Cameron says all alternatives to incineration should be considered but decision to be taken locally letsrecycle.com News · 1 Jul 2010 Industry news Minister attends inaugural meeting for Courtauld 2 Coalition government shows support for second phase of voluntary agreement to cut waste in retail sector letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jun 2010 Industry news EA signals tougher line over bioaerosols Some composting facilities handling more than 500 tonnes at any one time face tighter permit regulations letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jun 2010 Industry news EXCLUSIVE: Audit Commission to review advice after Pickles letter Council watchdog stresses communities secretary used "out of date" documents but agrees to assess existing policy letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jun 2010 Industry news Veolia breaks ground at Southwark MBT site Waste management firm holds ceremony for "first inner city facility of its kind" being developed under PFI letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jun 2010 Industry news WRAP charts huge rise in AD capacity Forty-one on-farm and commercial anaerobic digestion plants operational in UK, but digestate a challenge, body says letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jun 2010 Policy & government We still need a step change to meet carbon budgets – 30th June 2010 The Committee on Climate Change said today that a step change in the pace of underlying emissions reductions is still required if the UK is to meet its legislated carbon budgets - which require at least a 34% cut in emissions by 2020 relative to 1990 levels. Climate Change Committee · 30 Jun 2010 Policy & government We still need a step change to meet carbon budgets – 30th June 2010 The Committee on Climate Change said today that a step change in the pace of underlying emissions reductions is still required if the UK is to meet its legislated carbon budgets - which require at least a 34% cut in emissions by 2020 relative to 1990 levels. Climate Change Committee · 30 Jun 2010 Industry news Oxford Wood Recycling named Overall winner of the European Social Firm of the Year 2010 by Social Firms Europe. Oxford Wood Recycling creates jobs and training opportunities for those with disabilities and the long-term unemployed. It aims to reduce, reuse and recycle wood and timber - helping to reduce the amount of 'waste' wood currently sent to landfill. Started 5 years ago, OWR meet an environmental and social bottom line and have almost tripled [...] Community Wood Recycling · 30 Jun 2010 Industry news Government confirms plans to scrap planning body Major planning decisions, including large-scale EfW facilities, to be made by ministers but concerns raised over smaller projects letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jun 2010 Industry news News in Brief With news on a new website for Valpak, health and safety in Hampshire and a permit for Veolia's Shrewsbury EfW letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jun 2010 Industry news North Devon completes new 7.5m recycling hub Council completes "challenging" project to relocate works and recycling department to former meat processing plant letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jun 2010 Industry news Preferred bidder named for North Yorks waste PFI Alliance between services company Amey and Spanish waste firm Cespa secures 25-year deal delayed by recession letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jun 2010 Industry news Biffa signs long-delayed 1bn West Sussex contract Company set to develop MBT facility under 25-year contract signed nearly two years after it was named preferred bidder letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jun 2010 Industry news May Gurney forecasts rise in bundled contracts MD of environmental services division claims firm is well placed to respond to money-saving council contracts letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jun 2010 Industry news Wood recycling at risk from large-scale biomass Wood panel manufacturers attack "distorting" renewable energy subsidy which it says has pushed up woodchip prices by 30% letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jun 2010 Industry news BMRA elects Michael Oppenheimer as new president Managing director of West Midlands-based Brookshire Metal takes over helm of metal recycling trade body letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jun 2010 Industry news LARAC announces 2010 conference programme Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee also invites entries to Celebration Awards to be held alongside Liverpool conference letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jun 2010 Industry news Call for urgent action over Green Investment Bank Government-backed commission identifies waste-derived biofuels as one area that could benefit from support letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jun 2010 Council news Street Trader's Licence - Moray Council Moray Council · 28 Jun 2010 Industry news Aerofoil hails groundbreaking Leeds launch Industry-funded initiative works with city council to add aerosols to kerbside recycling collections letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jun 2010 Industry news Peterborough adds new bidders to waste shortlists Council adds Biffa to shortlist for EfW facility and Community Waste now in running for MRF deal as Shanks withdraws letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jun 2010 Industry news Two East Sussex councils unite for paper contract Lewes and Wealden join forces to sign 9,000 tonnes-a-year deal with recovered paper reprocessor Aylesford Newsprint letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jun 2010 Industry news Kerbside WEEE collections only way to reach 85% With tougher EU targets on the cards, WEEE reprocessor Overton Recycling also calls for better policing of system by EA letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jun 2010 Industry news News in Brief With news on re-appointments to the GMWDA, food waste in Harborough and a SITA gasification consultation letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jun 2010 Industry news Delivering efficiency through waste management Norman Thoday, of collection vehicle manufacturer Dennis Eagle, looks at how the waste industry can help councils' push for efficiency letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jun 2010 Industry news East Devon opens state-of-the-art waste depot District council holds official ceremony for £1.5m facility to be operated by council's waste contractor SITA UK letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jun 2010 Industry news Audit Commission links incineration to low recycling Commission signals concerns over incineration slowing recycling and gives some support for AWC letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jun 2010 Industry news Pickles moves to scrap council assessment method Communities secretary confirms end of "costly" performance monitoring, but council officers point to other drivers letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jun 2010 Industry news Coca Cola reports success of London Recycle Zone Over four tonnes of material a day being captured by 260 bins installed in Westminster by company and council letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jun 2010 Industry news Viridor adds to paper volumes in Reconomy deal Viridor has paid £23m for the physical assets side of the Reconomy business in a debt-free deal letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jun 2010 Industry news Palm Paper celebrates official opening Concerns over commingled material and MRF quality as Palm celebrates opening of King's Lynn newsprint mill letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jun 2010 Industry news Severnside retail growth boosts DS Smith Stronger demand for finished product and increased market share of Severnside has helped DS Smith letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jun 2010 Industry news Weather blamed as Wales misses recycling target Provisional figures suggest 40% recycling and composting goal narrowly missed in 2009/10 but progress made letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jun 2010