Recycling news: 2011

Industry news Waste exports soar to meet RDF demand Environment Agency data indicates four-fold increase in number of companies allowed by regulator to ship material to Europe letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jun 2011 Industry news The Apprentice to delve into world of waste Contestants on seventh series of BBC One business reality show to be tasked with gaining value from scrap material letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jun 2011 Industry news Covanta: EfW critical to UK’s renewable energy mix Major EfW operator claims need for continuous technologies to be included alongside wind and solar efforts letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jun 2011 Industry news Waste Review what to expect Idea of waste as a resource set to underpin strategy for 2012-20 with recycling incentives, EfW, food waste and end of LATS all on the cards letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jun 2011 Industry news Work starts on first standard for bioaerosols Certification body develops monitoring document in order to help gauge presence of airborne particles in ambient air letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jun 2011 Industry news PAS 107 Quality Products from the TRA PAS 107 Quality Products from the TRA TRA members will be the first in Britain to offer Quality Protocol (QP) audits for Tyre Derived Rubber Materials (TDRM) to all its members. Based on the BSI Publicly Available Standards (PAS 107) for these materials, qualifying TRA member companies will from this autumn be able to acquire… Tyre Recovery Association · 3 Jun 2011 Industry news News in Brief With news on Biffa questioning any move towards weekly collections, a new mattress recycling plant and SITA UK on Merseyside letsrecycle.com News · 2 Jun 2011 Industry news Torbay hails Tor2 scheme as recycling rate jumps 9% Much-publicised switch to source-separated scheme said to have helped increase recycling rates in South West council area letsrecycle.com News · 2 Jun 2011 Industry news Biffa scoops 32m Hampshire councils contract East Hampshire district council and Winchester city council expected to save 2m a year after jointly awarding waste and recycling collections deal letsrecycle.com News · 2 Jun 2011 Industry news Nationwide Recycling Ltd placed into liquidation Insolvency practitioner The MacDonald Partnership confirms move concerning glass reprocessor based near Swansea letsrecycle.com News · 2 Jun 2011 Industry news Risk-aversion stalls waste innovation Risk aversion is stalling innovation inwaste mangement, says Julian Gaylor. letsrecycle.com News · 2 Jun 2011 Industry news New Earth suspends operations at Sharpness IVC Organics recycling company shuts down site in order to undertake major expansion of odour abatement system letsrecycle.com News · 2 Jun 2011 Industry news BiogenGreenfinch granted permission for Herts AD Organic waste recycling firm set to develop 45,000tpa capacity facility in north Hertfordshire letsrecycle.com News · 2 Jun 2011 Policy & government Frustration and tortured syntax at the IPCC Boredom, frustration, tense debates over drafting at the IPCC Climate Change Committee · 2 Jun 2011 Industry news Defra moves to allay concerns over PRN changes Consultation document acknowledges impact changes brought about by end-of-waste criteria for metals could have letsrecycle.com News · 1 Jun 2011 Industry news Hull waste firm fined over arm severing incident Transwaste Recycling ordered to pay over 18,000 after ex-serviceman lost right forearm in incident at Hessle Dock site letsrecycle.com News · 1 Jun 2011 Industry news Dalkia’s £40m biomass plant nears completion Plant which will burn 120,000 tonnes of waste wood a year on track to become operational later this month in County Durham letsrecycle.com News · 1 Jun 2011 Industry news News in Brief With news on CRT welcoming end-of-waste status, OF&G allowing waste-derived compost and a temporary HWRC in Poole letsrecycle.com News · 1 Jun 2011 Industry news Spelman writes to Norfolk over EfW opposition Environment Secretary follows-up meeting with local MPs by writing to council to stress that procurement must meet PFI criteria letsrecycle.com News · 1 Jun 2011 Industry news Carbon Budgets viewed as boon to UK waste sector Jacob Hayler, economist at ESA, assesses the implications of the Carbon Budgets on the waste management and recycling sector letsrecycle.com News · 1 Jun 2011 Industry news 1 June 2011 ICELAND AND ANIMAL WELFARE: INDEPENDENTLY MONITORED CCTV CAMERAS IN SLAUGHTERHOUSES Iceland issued a statement on 30 - Iceland Iceland Foods corporate news · 1 Jun 2011 Industry news Severnside rebrands to DS Smith Recycling New-look company confirms role as recycling arm of closed loop paper and packaging business letsrecycle.com News · 31 May 2011 Industry news Salvation Army collects record textile tonnage Trading arm SATCoL issues figures showing 4.5% growth in clothes collected for recycling between 2009/10 and 2010/11 letsrecycle.com News · 31 May 2011 Industry news Rare metal recycling rates discouragingly low Commission and UN to call for action after study shows less than one third of 60 metals have recycling rate above 50% letsrecycle.com News · 31 May 2011 Industry news UK’s most Conservative council to retain AWC Waverley district council stands by system and criticises Communities Secretary Eric Pickles over call for return to weekly waste collections letsrecycle.com News · 31 May 2011 Industry news A land full of waste Ivor Parry, of environmental monitoring firm enitial, looks at the effective maintenance of landfill sites letsrecycle.com News · 31 May 2011 Industry news Sefton aims to save 900,000 with Palm contract Council aims to cut costs around staffing and vehicles by handing paper recycling specialist five-year deal for collection and bring banks letsrecycle.com News · 30 May 2011 Industry news Food waste set to be focus of weekly collection plans Government expected to reveal proposals as part of Waste Review next month letsrecycle.com News · 30 May 2011 Industry news The changing face of municipal waste treatment Paul Dumpleton,regional business manager,Waste Recycling Group, examines how mechanical sorting plants are negating the need for separate recycling collections letsrecycle.com News · 30 May 2011 Industry news Push for Defra answers over organic waste standards Organics recyclers meet with department to clarify whether PAS 100 and PAS 110 compliance will be needed to count towards new recycling goals letsrecycle.com News · 30 May 2011 Industry news Odours cost Suffolk composting firm over 33,000 County Mulch fined after pleading guilty an offence relating to Bury St Edmunds operations between August 2009 and February 2010 letsrecycle.com News · 30 May 2011 Council news Public Licensing Register - Renfrewshire Council Renfrewshire Council · 27 May 2011 Industry news End of Waste changes to PRN system cause concern Defra plans will muddy waters over who should be issuing PRNs, claim compliance schemes and producers letsrecycle.com News · 26 May 2011 Industry news Report links commingled to improved recycling rates Research by consultancy WYG highlights impact AWC and mixed dry recyclables has among top performing councils letsrecycle.com News · 26 May 2011 Industry news News in Brief With news on BBC Springwatch visiting Veolia, a support service for waste transfer notes and MVV plans in South Devon letsrecycle.com News · 26 May 2011 Industry news Pickles refuses Veolias Notts EfW proposal Communities Secretary reverses Nottinghamshire county councils decision to approve 180,000tpa capacity plant letsrecycle.com News · 26 May 2011 Industry news Veolia EfW to take waste from outside Sheffield Company given go ahead to seek 50,000 tonnes of extra material from neighbouring councils despite local objections letsrecycle.com News · 26 May 2011 Industry news CSG Takes on MRH Forecourt Maintenance Programme MRH Retail, the UK’s leading independent fuel forecourt operator, has awarded waste management specialist Cleansing Service Group (CSG) a contract to carry out a nationwide environmental services and maintenance programme at all of its sites. The Epping-based forecourt retail chain, which owns and operates over 300 service stations and accounts for around four per cent […] CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 26 May 2011 Policy & government The Poms cut carbon without whingeing, why can’t we? This is an extract from an article written by Alex Kazaglis, an Australian economist at the CCC, first published in The Punch. In it he gives his personal view of Australian climate change policy in light of the UK's recent commitment to the fourth carbon budget. Climate Change Committee · 26 May 2011 Industry news Shanks to invest 75m in UK on back of strong results Waste firm aims to boost UK share of total profits from 10% to 25% as preliminary 2010/11 results show profits for whole firm fell slightly letsrecycle.com News · 25 May 2011