Recycling news: 2005

Industry news Shanks appoint Dumpleton to materials post Paul Dumpleton has joined Shanks from SITA to take up a materials management position letsrecycle.com News · 10 May 2005 Industry news Community composters angry at exemption costs Community composting groups say the Agency will find it difficult to regulate new waste management licensing exemptions efficiently letsrecycle.com News · 10 May 2005 Industry news Matthew Pinsent returns for Big Recycle Olympic gold medallist Matthew Pinsent confirms he will support the Big Recycle for a second consecutive year in 2005 letsrecycle.com News · 9 May 2005 Industry news News in Brief Plastic Omnium&#39s all in one system; Eden Project&#39s new composter; Sussex launches recycling guide; and Crow&#39s new draining system letsrecycle.com News · 9 May 2005 Industry news Million pound recycling facility to open in Hull "New generation" of recycling facilities in Hull begins with 1.1 million recycling and education centre at Burma Drive letsrecycle.com News · 9 May 2005 Industry news Manchester PFI contract approaches next stage Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority to hold meeting to decide on next phase of record 100 million PFI contract letsrecycle.com News · 9 May 2005 Industry news Morley to stay with Defra Elliot Morley will stay within Defra as a minister, but his portfolio is yet to be confirmed letsrecycle.com News · 9 May 2005 Industry news Peter Mandelson comes to aid of textile recyclers European Commissioner Peter Mandelson is to investigate the increase of textile imports coming from China into Europe letsrecycle.com News · 8 May 2005 Industry news Plastic bag and glass projects receive WRAP funding WRAP has announced that two new projects will receive funding under its Waste Minimisation Innovation Fund letsrecycle.com News · 8 May 2005 Industry news Derbyshire firm fined for illegal fridge storage An Environment Agency surveillance operation has resulted in a Derbyshire firm being fined for the illegal storage of waste fridges letsrecycle.com News · 8 May 2005 Industry news Defra confirms Margaret Beckett re-appointment Margaret Beckett re-appointed as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs following General Election letsrecycle.com News · 8 May 2005 Industry news Environment Agency rejects Cleanapack registration for 2005 Cleanaway has described the Environment Agency as "predatory" after its compliance scheme was refused accreditation letsrecycle.com News · 5 May 2005 Industry news Cory submits Gloucestershire recovery park application Cory Environmental has submitted an application to Gloucestershire council for a waste recovery park at Wingmoor, Gloucestershire letsrecycle.com News · 5 May 2005 Industry news Labour to press on with driving up recycling The Party is celebrating winning a third term in office this morning and will continue with its efforts to make recycling a habit in the UK letsrecycle.com News · 5 May 2005 Industry news Edinburgh awards extended kerbside contract to Abitibi Abitibi-Consolidated has been awarded a three-year contract to collect recyclables from residents in Edinburgh letsrecycle.com News · 5 May 2005 Industry news Experts query Direct Line flyer recyclability claim Plastic flyers promoting Direct Line Insurance, which the company claims are recyclable, seem destined for landfill or incineration letsrecycle.com News · 4 May 2005 Industry news Volvo publishes end-of-life truck dismantling manual Vehicle manufacturer Volvo has published a manual for explaining how best to dismantle its vehicles letsrecycle.com News · 4 May 2005 Industry news Trade waste can generate income and help meet LATS targets A new report by Enviros Consulting states that with careful consideration, councils can reap benefits from collecting trade waste letsrecycle.com News · 4 May 2005 Industry news Oxford could follow Barnet with compulsory recycling Next week the council is to discuss introducing compulsory recycling in a bid to meet its 30% recycling target by 2005/06 letsrecycle.com News · 4 May 2005 Industry news Plastics federation praises Netherlands strong local markets Plastic exporters in the Netherlands sell local recyclers cheaper plastic to maintain domestic market letsrecycle.com News · 3 May 2005 Industry news Agency&#39s fight against illegal dumping on BBC1 tonight Documentary looks at illegal operators claiming to be taking waste legitimately, sometimes making up to 1 million letsrecycle.com News · 3 May 2005 Industry news WRAP publishes standard contract for compost model WRAP publishes model contract to encourage fair contractual arrangements between local authorities and composters letsrecycle.com News · 3 May 2005 Industry news News in Brief JCB&#39s new waste and recycling fleet; Chippenham school rewarded for recycling; Warwickshire to quiz residents on recycling letsrecycle.com News · 3 May 2005 Industry news Just 36% of composted waste generates sales value Composting Association&#39s annual report on UK composting reveals that just over a third of compost generates sales revenue letsrecycle.com News · 3 May 2005 Industry news West Berkshire offers glimpse of PFI “Ecology Village” Residents in West Berkshire offered chance to see council plans for forthcoming Private Finance Initiative waste contract letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2005 Industry news North London “urgently” needs new recycling plant North London Waste Authority recommended to build new sorting facility "promptly" to safeguard commingled collections letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2005 Industry news Pembrokeshire to study impact of home composting Welsh council study could press the case for home composting to be included in Welsh Assembly recycling targets letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2005 Industry news New Code of Practice offers clarity on compost regulations Compost Association launches Composting Industry Code of Practice as Composting Awareness Week gets into full swing letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2005 Industry news WRG financial results in line with expectations Waste Recycling Group reveals results for the 12 months up to December 2004, including revenues of nearly 400 million letsrecycle.com News · 28 Apr 2005 Industry news Preston firm recycles 50,000th “officially scrapped” car Red Ford Sierra receives 50,000 Certificate of Destruction issued in the UK under end of life vehicles regulations letsrecycle.com News · 28 Apr 2005 Industry news Council warning issued on market for recycled glass LARAC advises local authorities to collect different glass colours separately to guard against "downturn" in market letsrecycle.com News · 28 Apr 2005 Industry news Farms plastics recycling scheme starts up in Yorkshire Wrexham reprocessor Recovered Plastics to recycle plastic bottles from farms across Yorkshire, working with JSR Farms letsrecycle.com News · 27 Apr 2005 Industry news WRAP to hold first stakeholder meeting on used tyres Waste and Resources Action Programme to meet with tyre recovery experts to plot way forward on used tyre recycling letsrecycle.com News · 27 Apr 2005 Industry news Carrier bags causing problems for Onyx MRFs in Hampshire Hampshire districts to urge residents not to place recyclables in carrier bags after problems at county&#39s sorting plants letsrecycle.com News · 27 Apr 2005 Industry news Mayor Livingstone calls on Londoners to get composting Ken Livingstone calls on gardeners to keep organic nutrients in London&#39s 100,000 acres of gardens instead of landfills letsrecycle.com News · 27 Apr 2005 Industry news Baylis installs sorting capacity for council plastics Berkshire plastics recycler brings in new sorting machinery in response to this month&#39s Milton Keynes plant fire letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2005 Industry news Scotland edges closer to plastic bag levy A Bill to impose a form of tax on plastic bags from retailers has won cross-party support letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2005 Industry news 200m Cory acquisition backed by equity firm Montagu Montagu Private Equity to fund management buy-out of waste firm Cory Environmental from logistics giant Exel letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2005 Industry news Scrap metal recycler fined for illegal site in East London North Butte Metal Company pleads guilty to operating without waste management licence, fined nearly 30,000 letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2005 Industry news P&L to provide waste software for Sulo weighing systems Oxfordshire software firm P&L signed up to provide waste tracking and billing software for Sulo pay-by-weight systems letsrecycle.com News · 25 Apr 2005