Recycling news: 2007

Industry news Prime Minister expresses doubts on fortnightly collections Tony Blair says there "may be better ways" of encouraging recycling; local authorities "disappointed" at his lack of support letsrecycle.com News · 30 Apr 2007 Industry news Composting firms combine efforts to develop infrastructure Three companies in East Midlands merge to form Bio Group, to build and operate advanced composting plants letsrecycle.com News · 30 Apr 2007 Industry news Packaging firm fined 50,000 for failing to recycle Wigan company&#39s "oversight" in not contributing to UK packaging recovery and recycling for eight years leads to prosecution letsrecycle.com News · 29 Apr 2007 Industry news Recycling and waste figures feature in Britain&#39s wealthiest Individuals from metal recycling and waste management sector make this year&#39s Sunday Times Rich List letsrecycle.com News · 29 Apr 2007 Industry news News in Brief With news on in-vessel composting; soils treatment; open windrow composting; safety; and, a plastics exhibit at the Science Museum letsrecycle.com News · 29 Apr 2007 Industry news Record temperatures pose composting questions for councils Councils report surge of green waste as hot weather encourages gardeners, but lack of rain could hit summer tonnages letsrecycle.com News · 29 Apr 2007 Industry news New Earth MBT facility makes start on Bournmouth waste Expanded Dorset plant begins treating black bag and organic waste under contract with Bournemouth council letsrecycle.com News · 29 Apr 2007 Industry news Trading standards call for tougher laws on excess packaging Local authorities demand tougher laws against companies using too much packaging; industry says retailers bear responsibility letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2007 Industry news Veolia agrees deal to buy German waste and recycling giant Veolia is set to expand its recycling operations with the purchase of Sulo, owner of the former Cleanaway in Germany letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2007 Industry news Green light for 4m waste pyrolysis plant in Scarborough North Yorkshire planners approve plans for facility forming part of New Technologies Demonstrator Programme letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2007 Industry news M-Real transfers recycled paper machine to UK Line transferred from Finland to New Thames mill in Kent, boosting production of recycled paper by 50,000 tonnes a year letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2007 Industry news MRF operator seeks industry-wide paper specification Firm operating Milton Keynes materials recycling facility, wants new grade for recovered paper to include MRF-sorted material letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2007 Industry news Biofuel tests for PAS100 compost at former landfills 60,000 tonnes of compost produced to PAS100 standard tested to see if it speeds up growth of biofuel crops like willow letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2007 Industry news Industry refutes Defra packaging recovery figures "Huge discrepancies" exist between statistics published by Defra on packaging recovery in 2006 and industry figures letsrecycle.com News · 25 Apr 2007 Industry news News in Brief Including news on paper recycling in Rugby and London; IT recycling; recycling in Wiltshire and metal recycling in Liverpool letsrecycle.com News · 25 Apr 2007 Industry news London residents reassured about fortnightly bin schemes As first fortnightly collections arrive in London, and newspapers campaign against it, boroughs move to reassure residents letsrecycle.com News · 25 Apr 2007 Industry news Guidance to clarify Compost Protocol soil testing Developers of Quality Protocol for Compost to spell out soil testing procedures needed for companies to comply letsrecycle.com News · 25 Apr 2007 Industry news PVC industry urges retailers to stock more recycled goods With new figures showing PVC recycling collections doubling in Europe, industry campaign seeks wider markets for material letsrecycle.com News · 24 Apr 2007 Industry news Manchester councils seek views on dealing with waste Local councils to develop a Joint Waste Development Plan to address the need for facilities to treat construction and commercial waste letsrecycle.com News · 24 Apr 2007 Industry news Markets “tough” for tyres recycled through pyrolysis Consultancy Juniper casts doubt on the feasibility of recycling scrap tyres through pyrolysis due to problems marketing the output char letsrecycle.com News · 24 Apr 2007 Industry news Council leaders defend alternate weekly waste collections As waste becomes battleground issue in local elections, LGA responds to Canadian study on fortnightly collections letsrecycle.com News · 24 Apr 2007 Industry news Lucky 13 in running for Cheshire&#39s 1bn waste contract 13 companies bidding for county&#39s 25-year PFI contract to finance, build and operate new waste facilities letsrecycle.com News · 24 Apr 2007 Industry news Defra considering separate body to handle packaging data Department looking into proposal that a separate body should manage data for packaging producer responsibility letsrecycle.com News · 23 Apr 2007 Industry news BPI acquisition to bring boost to farm plastics recycling Plastics reprocessor takes over plant in South Wales, after Integrated Polymers and Evolution Polymers goes into liquidation letsrecycle.com News · 23 Apr 2007 Industry news Shanks reports good demand for solid recovered fuel Waste firm has at least five contracts in place for fuel produced at MBT plants at Frog Island and Jenkins Lane, East London letsrecycle.com News · 23 Apr 2007 Industry news Call for co-ordination within waste wood market Need for incentives to push biomass firms to use wood currently going to landfill, rather than diverting it from recycling letsrecycle.com News · 23 Apr 2007 Industry news 50m deal agreed for York recycling and waste services Incumbent contractor, council-owned Yorwaste, wins new deal to continue providing recycling and waste services for York letsrecycle.com News · 23 Apr 2007 Industry news Wood biomass firm praised for fire precautions "Stringent" safety systems mean small fire at fledgling business UK Wood Recycling is dealt with "very quickly" letsrecycle.com News · 22 Apr 2007 Industry news Pete Mansfield leaves Abitibi-Consolidated Recycling Europe UK&#39s first recycling officer leaves business development post after 18 years at the kerbside recycling specialists letsrecycle.com News · 22 Apr 2007 Industry news Anaerobic digestion “big opportunity” for municipal waste UK could learn from Europe&#39s experience with anaerobic digestion for treatment of organic waste, researchers suggest letsrecycle.com News · 22 Apr 2007 Industry news Cyclist dies after collision with recycling truck Police investigating incident in Oxford involving bin lorry, in which 22-year-old man was killed letsrecycle.com News · 19 Apr 2007 Industry news Showcase for 45m waste treatment plant in East London Defra&#39s waste programme director John Burns officially opens "innovative" 45m Frog Island plant in East London letsrecycle.com News · 19 Apr 2007 Industry news Provisional backing for 750m Cambridgeshire waste PFI deal County&#39s cabinet approves 28-year contract for local firm to use mechanical biological treatment for household waste letsrecycle.com News · 19 Apr 2007 Industry news Call for better information on household plastic recycling With markets for plastic packaging waste now becoming established, experts warn of need to better inform public letsrecycle.com News · 18 Apr 2007 Industry news Summer trials for next generation recycling vehicles WRAP to test two collection vehicle designs aiming to improve operations on kerbside schemes letsrecycle.com News · 18 Apr 2007 Industry news Defra highlights need for substantial rise in recycling New financial instruments and targets look set to be announced in the revised waste strategy letsrecycle.com News · 18 Apr 2007 Industry news Sainsbury&#39s food composting trial launched in Dorset Local firm Eco Composting agrees three month deal with Ferndown supermarket with hopes of getting other stores on board letsrecycle.com News · 17 Apr 2007 Industry news Name change for annual national recycling week campaign This year&#39s Big Recycle campaign, renamed as "Recycle Now Week 2007", will take place from June 2 with materials-focused theme letsrecycle.com News · 17 Apr 2007 Industry news “Nationally significant” boost for glass sorting What is believed to be first sorting plant to simultaneously sort three different colours of recycled glass is established in Cheshire letsrecycle.com News · 17 Apr 2007 Industry news Wiltshire signs up to Slough incinerator County council agrees long-term contract to send 50,000 tonnes of waste a year to the Colnbrook energy from waste plant in Berkshire letsrecycle.com News · 17 Apr 2007