Recycling news: 2002

Industry news Valpak to lose chief executive and operations director The largest packaging waste compliance scheme will see the departure of its two most senior staff this year letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2002 Industry news Waste Watch upgrades recycled products guide The revamped on-line recycled guide will make it easier to find recycled goods and enables details to be up-dated letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2002 Industry news Valpak&#39s glass collection aims to grow markets Mixed collection of glass is helping to increase cullet collection, says Valpak letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2002 Industry news East Anglia&#39s waste campaign is to promote kerbside with the NWAI The "Slim Your Bin" initiative is to promote kerbside recycling following the success of composting and shopping projects letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2002 Industry news Valpak’s glass collection aims to grow markets Valpak operations director Graeme Carus talked to letsrecycle.com about the compliance scheme's cullet collection and explained how this is helping to drive up collection levels. letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2002 Industry news Government blames European Commission for fridge crisis Michael Meacher says he is urgently considering what funding is needed but blamed the EC for the crisis letsrecycle.com News · 31 Jan 2002 Industry news Cambridgeshire councils reject Meacher plan to fund poor performers The argument continues over how 140m should be allocated to boost recycling letsrecycle.com News · 31 Jan 2002 Industry news DEFRA focus on poor performing councils continues Environment Minister Michael Meacher has offered assurances over landfill tax and spoken of allocating 140m for councils letsrecycle.com News · 31 Jan 2002 Industry news Meacher backs light recycling scheme although most tube glass is still landfilled Michael Meacher said today that the fluorescent lamp recycling scheme should act as a model for other industries letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jan 2002 Industry news Perrys Recycling gains ISO 9001 accreditation Perrys looks to expand security destruction service following ISO 9000 approval letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jan 2002 Industry news Government warned to avoid fridge-like crisis for electronics directive A range of delegates to a fridge crisis meeting have warned that care is needed in implementing the WEEE directive letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jan 2002 Industry news Entries invited for Real Nappy Week awards A new set of awards have been unveiled to promote the use of real nappies and reduce landfill volumes letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jan 2002 Industry news Banking community welcomes WRAP&#39s business support plans WRAP is to hold workshops to promote its business development service which has been welcomed by banks letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jan 2002 Industry news SITA appoints new northern director Peter Gillatt has joined SITA from Lafarge UK as director for its northern region letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jan 2002 Industry news Second celebrity fashion show aims to boost textiles recycling Following the success of this month&#39s fashion show, a second show aims to drive the recycling message home letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jan 2002 Industry news IWM gains Royal approval for Chartered status The Institute of Wastes Management has received formal approval from the Queen for chartered status letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jan 2002 Industry news Shake-up for paper industry organisations The director general of the Paper Federation and the CPI has gone and Dr Martin Oldman has taken up the reins letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jan 2002 Industry news Recycling alone will not handle municipal waste, says Meacher Energy from waste firms told to do more as Environment Minister warns of Landfill Directive challenge letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jan 2002 Industry news Sutton confirms weekly collections are reducing contamination rates Early signs are that contamination of Sutton&#39s dry recyclables has reduced following a new weekly collection letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jan 2002 Industry news Waste industry rebuts findings of landfill and health study Another study suggesting links between landfills and health problems has been questioned by the ESA letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jan 2002 Industry news HSE seeks safety improvements in use of mobile loaders and plant The importance of vehicle safety in MRFs and paper stores is highlighted in an HSE report letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jan 2002 Industry news Agency says EfW is an option but councillors stay anxious The Environment Agency says energy from waste is an option but councillors say residents need to be sold the idea letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jan 2002 Industry news North West told targets need real political commitment A regional conference tomorrow will look at a draft report that advises action on many fronts to improve recycling rates letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jan 2002 Industry news Welsh community recycling group receives 270,000 funding Cylch, the Welsh community recycling network, has received funding and praise from minister Sue Essex letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jan 2002 Industry news WRG offers fridge storage option for local authorities Councils can strengthen their "buying power" if they store fridges for the time-being, suggests WRG letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jan 2002 Industry news No more waste theme months, but NWAI is set for June launch There will be no more waste theme months although the waste awareness initiative is moving closer letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jan 2002 Industry news Onyx wins five year contract for Harlow Council A five year contract that includes recycling and trade waste work has been awarded to Onyx letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jan 2002 Industry news London Remade backs Bromley&#39s in-vessel composting unit An in-vessel unit will start taking in green waste for composting in London next month letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jan 2002 Industry news “Packaging waste holders must link to obligated firms” A new compliance scheme has called for more focus on linking packaging waste generation to obligated firms letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jan 2002 Industry news Waste Recycling Group fined 17,000 for offences at Warrington landfill site WRG has been prosecuted for breaching its licence but a 9.5million improvement project has addressed the problem letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jan 2002 Industry news Segregation questions for Agency over landfill pretreatment rules The IWM has responded to a landfill consultation paper with praise for the Agency&#39s pragmatic approach letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jan 2002 Industry news Post-Christmas textiles market welcomes better supplies Drier weather in recent weeks has helped used-clothing supplies in the face of economic uncertainty letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jan 2002 Industry news Environment Exchange sounds warning over cheap PRNs Attempts to meet legal requirements by paying little for PRNs would be unreasonable, says the Environment Exchange letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jan 2002 Industry news Caradon initiative helps charity shops increase recycling A scheme in South East Cornwall which offers work placements at local Oxfam stores has increased textile recycling letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jan 2002 Industry news Audit Commission tells North East Derbyshire to reduce waste arisings North East Derbyshire has made improvements in its recycling service but increased waste arisings are a problem letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jan 2002 Industry news Gloucestershire manufacturers fined 18,000 in packaging waste prosecution Lister-Petter has been prosecuted for failing to recycle under the packaging waste regulations letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jan 2002 Industry news Resolution in sight for Milton Keynes and Plysu&#39s plastics problems Milton Keynes council is suffering from a kerbside box shortage as a result of confusion surrounding the sale of Plysu letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jan 2002 Industry news Aluminium sector hopes for better protocol performance in 2002 A smoother issuing of aluminium PRNs is forecast for the industry after some concerns in 2001 letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jan 2002 Industry news Eduljee appointed as SITA technical director SITA&#39s new technical director has emphasised the importance of being proactive in technical competence letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jan 2002 Industry news Danish government imposes deposit system on bottles and cans The can ban in Denmark is over from January 23 but a deposit scheme is being introduced letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jan 2002