Recycling news: 2004

Industry news Seven waste companies bid for Cornish 60m contract Cornwall county council has revealed seven companies are bidding for its 25-year PFI-backed waste management contract letsrecycle.com News · 25 Apr 2004 Industry news News in Brief Peterborough trials alternate week collections; Diageo and Berryman to recycle glass; new recycling centre for Bristol letsrecycle.com News · 22 Apr 2004 Industry news Leeds tenders 25-year recycling contract The contract will cover the management of over 37,000 tonnes of recyclables from kerbside collections and waste sorting sites letsrecycle.com News · 22 Apr 2004 Industry news LGA urges DEFRA to make long term decisions on waste The Local Government Association tells government to create a framework for councils beyond the 2005-06 recycling targets letsrecycle.com News · 22 Apr 2004 Industry news Herefordshire composter celebrates ABR approval Bioganix Ltd gains approval for composting material including former foodstuffs under Animal By-Products Regulation letsrecycle.com News · 22 Apr 2004 Industry news RDF should be landfilled, says Friends of the Earth Pressure group says refuse derived fuel (RDF) from mechanical biological treatment should not be burned in cement kilns letsrecycle.com News · 21 Apr 2004 Industry news Wyre borough&#39s in-house team takes over collections The council&#39s direct works organisation takes delivery of 12 Dennis Eagle vehicles for refuse and recycling contract letsrecycle.com News · 21 Apr 2004 Industry news Herefordshire and Worcestershire eye up new technologies Consulting on a joint municipal waste strategy, councils in the counties aim to recycle 33% and recover 45% of waste by 2015 letsrecycle.com News · 21 Apr 2004 Industry news Packaging sector attacks Agency over small business figures Figures for the amount of packaging generated by smaller businesses are doubted by the Packaging Federation letsrecycle.com News · 20 Apr 2004 Industry news Project Integra adds batteries hazardous waste service Batteries and fluorescent lighting recycling collections are added to nine household waste recycling centres in Hampshire letsrecycle.com News · 20 Apr 2004 Industry news NCS invests 1.7m into North Norfolk collection fleet Norfolk County Services buys 15 vehicles for a new collection contract which will convert the district to alternate week collections letsrecycle.com News · 20 Apr 2004 Industry news European Commission stands firm on new Battery Directive Commission defends its original proposal for collection and recycling targets after Parliament votes for 87 amendments letsrecycle.com News · 20 Apr 2004 Industry news Profit growth for recycling container manufacturer Straight Leeds-based company has seen profits increase by 48%, while turnover almost doubled in the year ending December 2003 letsrecycle.com News · 19 Apr 2004 Industry news Cumbria consults residents ahead of new recycling strategy The county council and six districts are aiming to produce a co-ordinated approach to recycling letsrecycle.com News · 19 Apr 2004 Industry news Liverpool footballers champion recycling awareness campaign Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority ends 180,000 campaign with high profile event at Anfield football stadium letsrecycle.com News · 19 Apr 2004 Industry news Minister approves 34 million PFI for Northumberland The county council plans a 28-year contract with targets to reduce its waste growth from 5% to 1% by 2015 letsrecycle.com News · 19 Apr 2004 Industry news Green waste charges of 25p per sack hit participation ECT and Bath and North East Somerset say charging more than 25p to collect green waste leads to a "significant drop" in participation. letsrecycle.com News · 19 Apr 2004 Industry news Lancashire seeks bidders 25-year waste treatment contract Expressions of interest invited by Lancashire Waste Partnership for contract supported by 75 million in PFI credits letsrecycle.com News · 18 Apr 2004 Industry news Fridge recycling project given lottery money A North-London based recycling scheme helping to divert fridges from landfill, has been awarded more than 230,000 letsrecycle.com News · 18 Apr 2004 Industry news News in Brief Birmingham composting project to expand; Seminars to highlight new waste technologies; And, Snowie wins waste contract letsrecycle.com News · 18 Apr 2004 Industry news Call for compost producers to join certification scheme Composting Association believes more producers are needed in its certification scheme to help maximise its retail impact letsrecycle.com News · 18 Apr 2004 Industry news Belgian tax on drinks packaging sparks criticism New "ecotax" aiming to reduce packaging waste in Belgium meets with little favour from the European steel packaging industry letsrecycle.com News · 15 Apr 2004 Industry news Environment Exchange opens 2005 forward market for PRNs The online packaging waste recovery note market is offering businesses the chance to secure 2005 PRNs well ahead letsrecycle.com News · 15 Apr 2004 Industry news 200 foot long recycling message greets St Helens road users St Helens council has put up a giant display to get their residents recycling letsrecycle.com News · 15 Apr 2004 Industry news New contingency plans for potential hazardous waste crisis The Environment Agency and DEFRA are working on plans to cope with a shortage of hazardous waste disposal routes from July letsrecycle.com News · 15 Apr 2004 Industry news Microsoft announces PC refurbishment programme for Europe Software giant Microsoft has unveiled plans to support computer recycling in Europe letsrecycle.com News · 14 Apr 2004 Industry news Weighing equipment firm enters wheeled bin market PM Onboard has formed a partnership with a Bradford-based injection moulding company letsrecycle.com News · 14 Apr 2004 Industry news Hills Group opens new Wiltshire compost facility The Marlborough-based group has added to its Wiltshire portfolio of recycling facilities with a new central composting plant letsrecycle.com News · 14 Apr 2004 Industry news Tribute paid to former BWPA Secretary Jeff Jones the former secretary of the British Waste Paper Association, has died at the age of 73 letsrecycle.com News · 13 Apr 2004 Industry news WEEE producer compliance scheme appoints chief executive Former Cleanaway managing director Dr Philip Morton is to head up REPIC, the Recycling Electrical Producers Industry Consortium letsrecycle.com News · 13 Apr 2004 Industry news Shanks unveils 400,000 upgrade to Redbridge MRF London borough&#39s materials recycling facility has new machinery to sort material from expanded kerbside service letsrecycle.com News · 13 Apr 2004 Industry news Cheshire councillors clash over energy-from-waste County councillors debate the inclusion of thermal waste treatment in Cheshire&#39s draft Waste Local Plan letsrecycle.com News · 13 Apr 2004 Industry news Dundee firm develops chemical feedstock recycling catalyst A Scottish company unveils plans to manufacture a catalyst to clean the emissions from waste plastics chemical feedstock recycling letsrecycle.com News · 12 Apr 2004 Industry news Midlands advertising campaign boosts desire to recycle More interest in recycling resulted from a TV campaign which could help Warwickshire councils earn 750,000 letsrecycle.com News · 12 Apr 2004 Industry news Composting Association calls on WIP to take on planning role DEFRA&#39s Waste Implementation Programme should co-ordinate waste planning to tackle UK&#39s "huge shortfall" of capacity, CA urges letsrecycle.com News · 12 Apr 2004 Industry news WEEE clearing house proposal gains momentum A central body to administrate waste electronics gets general support from stakeholders in government consultation letsrecycle.com News · 12 Apr 2004 Industry news New 4m plant to recycle Birmingham&#39s regeneration waste Local firm Premier Waste UK will use Dutch technology to segregate and recycle over 600t of waste a day letsrecycle.com News · 7 Apr 2004 Industry news Consumers should pay for electronics recycling, says REPIC Recycling Electrical Producers Industry Consortium calls for visible fees on new goods to pay for recycling existing electrical equipment letsrecycle.com News · 7 Apr 2004 Industry news European Parliament backs battery recycling target MEPs vote for 50% collection target of batteries and the phasing out of cadmium in new producer responsibility legislation letsrecycle.com News · 7 Apr 2004 Industry news Dismantlers: 10 mile maximum journey for ELV last owners Motor Vehicle Dismantlers Association warns against making last owners travel long distances to dispose of end of life vehicles letsrecycle.com News · 7 Apr 2004