Recycling news: 2005

Industry news Equipment news in brief News on MAN refuse vehicles, Powerscreen screening machinery, Eva-Shred shredders and Marathon compactors and balers letsrecycle.com News · 25 Apr 2005 Industry news Surrey start-up launches collection service for WEEE Reco-Vie, set up by ex-employees of fridge recycler Technowaste, offers recycling service for waste electronics letsrecycle.com News · 25 Apr 2005 Industry news Newport achieves 25% target early with barrage of schemes Newport council says reason it hit recycling target two years early is thanks to amount of new schemes launched in 2004/05 letsrecycle.com News · 25 Apr 2005 Industry news Food waste collections key to Welsh composting targets Carmarthenshire warns that Assembly composting targets will be tough unless food waste is recycled as it starts new trials letsrecycle.com News · 25 Apr 2005 Industry news Onyx and Cleanaway-run schemes among four under spotlight Environment Agency confirms that 16 of 20 registered compliance schemes met packaging waste obligations in 2004 letsrecycle.com News · 24 Apr 2005 Industry news News in Brief Kent businesses recycle paper; Sims installs truck tyre pre-shredder; Onyx trials textile recycling; Queen&#39s Awards announced letsrecycle.com News · 24 Apr 2005 Industry news Eastleigh offers to be “pay as you throw” guinea pig Eastleigh borough council says if Defra trials pay by weight waste collection schemes, it would be keen to take part letsrecycle.com News · 24 Apr 2005 Industry news PPS10 planning package may fail on waste, ESA warns UKs waste management industry has questioned whether key planning guidance will really deliver more waste plants letsrecycle.com News · 24 Apr 2005 Industry news Lack of local infrastructure stifling supermarket recycling Supermarket chains say recycling of food waste is limited by lack of treatment options in many UK regions letsrecycle.com News · 24 Apr 2005 Industry news Newark MRF receives 430,000 boost Materials recycling facility gains new equipment thanks to support from WRAP&#39s leasing finance scheme eQuip letsrecycle.com News · 21 Apr 2005 Industry news More work needed to help car recyclers deal with air bags Network provider Autogreen warns that more assistance is needed to help dismantlers remove and de-pollute air bags from ELVs letsrecycle.com News · 21 Apr 2005 Industry news European Parliament backs car recyclability Directive Large majority of MEPs favour new Directive to make manufacturers design cars to be 85% recyclable and 95% recoverable letsrecycle.com News · 21 Apr 2005 Industry news Hertfordshire seeks local facilities to compost food waste County signs deal with West London Composting, but seeks more facilities to cater for forthcoming food waste collections letsrecycle.com News · 21 Apr 2005 Industry news Farm plastics reprocessor to tackle domestic mixed plastic Investment at Integrated Polymers in South Wales will see the company look to treat mixed waste plastic from households letsrecycle.com News · 20 Apr 2005 Industry news Report urges UK to take lead from Europe on EfW Institution of Civil Engineers report says UK could generate 17% of electricity through energy from waste letsrecycle.com News · 20 Apr 2005 Industry news Blackpool introduces alternate weekly collections The borough council has become the latest authority to embrace alternate-weekly collection systems, with new contractor Onyx letsrecycle.com News · 20 Apr 2005 Industry news Southampton to begin green waste service Southampton begins green waste collection after glass plan is scrapped due to council rethink on alternate weekly collection letsrecycle.com News · 20 Apr 2005 Industry news Wincanton wins contract to recycle WEEE from Comet Logistics firm Wincanton to handle waste electrical and electronic equipment arising through Comet&#39s home delivery service letsrecycle.com News · 19 Apr 2005 Industry news Recycled wood use boosted by 20m Kronospan investment Chipboard firm Kronospan close to completion in multi-million pound upgrade, increasing its recycled wood use by 30% letsrecycle.com News · 19 Apr 2005 Industry news News in Brief Midlothian gets recycling; Bid to expand Nottingham EfW; National Trust recycles signs; Cine-UK receives packaging fine letsrecycle.com News · 19 Apr 2005 Industry news Agency action “ongoing” over exports of recyclables Environment Agency reaffirms position as investigations continue over potential illegalities in export of recyclables letsrecycle.com News · 19 Apr 2005 Industry news 40% of home composters drop out though lack of support As UK&#39s biggest home composting project gets underway, London community recyclers stress importance of advice for householders letsrecycle.com News · 19 Apr 2005 Industry news Sorting capacity remains under pressure in SE England Christmas waste awareness campaign coinciding with problems at recycling plants means processing capacity stretched to limit letsrecycle.com News · 18 Apr 2005 Industry news Waste contracts now in place for Colnbrook recovery plant Grundon says contracts are in place to supply waste to 100m recovery plant at Colnbrook, which will use Japanese technology letsrecycle.com News · 18 Apr 2005 Industry news Enforcement key as Ireland reveals draft WEEE regulations Electronics producers face 10m fines and 10-year jail terms if non-compliant under forthcoming Irish recycling laws letsrecycle.com News · 18 Apr 2005 Industry news Major challenge presented by hazardous waste regulations Councils will have to separate televisions at civic amenity sites while industry needs to consider the impact on different wastes letsrecycle.com News · 18 Apr 2005 Industry news Questions raised over 2004 packaging reprocessing figures Plastic bottle recycling organisation Recoup raises questions over "big jump" in plastic reprocessing in late 2004 letsrecycle.com News · 17 Apr 2005 Industry news Isles of Scilly to begin waste minimisation work New scheme to start on Isles of Scilly this month, attempting to minimise the amount of waste produced on the islands letsrecycle.com News · 17 Apr 2005 Industry news Somerset offers queue-busting CA site recycling scheme Express civic amenity site scheme allows residents to drop off full recycling boxes and pick up replacement empty boxes letsrecycle.com News · 17 Apr 2005 Industry news Straight profits soar with Blackwall acquisition Straight plc has seen turnover and profits rise in 2004 and new contracts including work for Somerset and Kettering letsrecycle.com News · 17 Apr 2005 Industry news Colchester sets limit on household green waste collections Householders set three-bag limit on amount of garden waste put out for council recycling collections after capacity problems letsrecycle.com News · 17 Apr 2005 Industry news Industry demands Commission rethink on Biowaste Directive Coalition of international trade organisations asks European Commission to get Biowaste Directive back on track letsrecycle.com News · 17 Apr 2005 Industry news Road to the Waste World Cup begins Waste and recycling sector&#39s major football tournament to be staged on September 9 at University College Northampton letsrecycle.com News · 14 Apr 2005 Industry news Spelthorne sees “impressive” results with green waste scheme Following the launch of its green waste scheme in February Spelthorne borough council has seen its recycling rate reach 22% letsrecycle.com News · 14 Apr 2005 Industry news Grundon appeals “bizarre” Gloucestershire MRF decision Grundon to appeal decision by Gloucestershire to turn down planning application for a MRF at Winmoor Farm letsrecycle.com News · 14 Apr 2005 Industry news Agency issues guidance on new hazardous waste regulations Environment Agency urges producers of wastes falling under new definition of "hazardous" to register or fall foul of the law letsrecycle.com News · 14 Apr 2005 Industry news Sonae unveils 6.5m plan to boost wood recycling capacity Chipboard firm invests in additional cleaning technology in bid to avoid production stoppages at Knowsley plant letsrecycle.com News · 13 Apr 2005 Industry news Recycle Now launches first ever compost advert The latest advert from the Recycle Now campaign will be launched on Monday, promoting the use of home composting letsrecycle.com News · 13 Apr 2005 Industry news Essex could house three MBT plants The Essex Waste Partnership, which is applying for a PFI fund from Defra, could involve as many as three MBT plants in its strategy letsrecycle.com News · 13 Apr 2005 Industry news Liberal Democrats: We will ensure 60% is recycled by 2012 The party has released its manifesto today stating targets for recycling along with encouragement of alternatives to incineration letsrecycle.com News · 13 Apr 2005