Recycling news: 2005

Industry news Magherafelt gears up for food waste collections Northern Irish council to set up in-vessel composting facility compliant with Animal By-Products Regulation letsrecycle.com News · 13 Apr 2005 Industry news Paper merchants voice concerns over commingled exports The recovered paper sector has responded to the controversy over the export of mixed paper and commingled material letsrecycle.com News · 12 Apr 2005 Industry news Dell launches computer donation programme Computer manufacturer Dell has launched a programme to encourage the re-use of computer equipment before recycling letsrecycle.com News · 12 Apr 2005 Industry news Government stance on incineration is “absurd,” say Greens Green Party criticises government for allowing councils to incinerate waste to avoid landfill fines, rather than encouraging recycling letsrecycle.com News · 12 Apr 2005 Industry news Labour Manifesto confirms kerbside recycling for every house Every household in England will have at least two materials collected via kerbside recycling according to labour&#39s manifesto letsrecycle.com News · 12 Apr 2005 Industry news Renewables review may offer boost to waste wood sector More lower quality waste wood could be used for renewable energy recovery under proposed rule changes letsrecycle.com News · 11 Apr 2005 Industry news Welsh councils set for 93m in additional recycling funding Welsh Assembly reveals three years of council recycling funds under the Sustainable Waste Management Grant letsrecycle.com News · 11 Apr 2005 Industry news Electronics recyclers demand level playing field across EU European recyclers of waste electronics urge Commission to review of WEEE Directive&#39s treatment requirements letsrecycle.com News · 11 Apr 2005 Industry news MG Rover crisis casts doubt on brand&#39s ELV arrangements Recycling network provider Cartakeback set for talks with MG Rover administrator over Rover&#39s ELV Directive obligations letsrecycle.com News · 11 Apr 2005 Industry news Newark scrapyard owner fined 50,000 over “horrific” death Bill Briggs-Price of Briggs Metal fined for failing to ensure safety of employee and failing to complete suitable risk assessment letsrecycle.com News · 10 Apr 2005 Industry news Mole Valley opens 4m materials recycling facility Mole Valley council and Grundon Waste Management officially open 40,000 tonne capacity MRF in Leatherhead, Surrey letsrecycle.com News · 10 Apr 2005 Industry news Tories slam “impractical” Clean Neighbourhoods Bill Conservative Party says the government&#39s anti-fly tipping Bill will cost local authorities millions letsrecycle.com News · 10 Apr 2005 Industry news Agency disappointment over Manchester fridge mountain fines Britannia Import Export director and company secretary receive fines of just 500 for breaching site licence conditions letsrecycle.com News · 10 Apr 2005 Industry news Scottish Executive announces 1m for new composting plants Three composting plants run by Scottish Water, William Tracey and GP Plantscape to provide annual 57,000 tonnes new capacity letsrecycle.com News · 10 Apr 2005 Industry news Agency given new flexibility over PRN accreditation Reprocessors and exporters can now apply mid-year for accreditation to issue packaging waste recovery notes letsrecycle.com News · 7 Apr 2005 Industry news Agency: OK to landfill after separation if no market ready Environment Agency says landfilling sorted recyclable materials would be acceptable if there were no market available letsrecycle.com News · 7 Apr 2005 Industry news Hampshire’s Project Integra flounders amid massive row Hampshire county council considers leaving the pioneering waste partnership following row over Project Integra&#39s management letsrecycle.com News · 7 Apr 2005 Industry news Clean Neighbourhoods Bill becomes law The Act has become law after receiving Royal Assent, Defra has announced this morning letsrecycle.com News · 7 Apr 2005 Industry news Credential Environmental bought by Ailsa3 Ventures Automotive waste collector Credential Environmental has been purchased by private venture capital company Ailsa3 Venture letsrecycle.com News · 6 Apr 2005 Industry news Grosvenor warns “UK recycling is in jeopardy” Grosvenor has issued a detailed statement responding to recent comments regarding the export of recyclable materials letsrecycle.com News · 6 Apr 2005 Industry news News in brief EFRA calls for climate change minister, WRAP&#39s paper sludge trial, Linpac supplies Lampcare and Merton encourages home composting letsrecycle.com News · 6 Apr 2005 Industry news Councils may benefit from composting road sweepings Research consultancy ADAS believes there is potential to compost road sweepings, diverting a significant amount of waste from landfill letsrecycle.com News · 6 Apr 2005 Industry news Autogreen signs up Vauxhall and Saab to ELV treatment scheme Vauxhall and Saab sign 10 year contracts with Autogreen, which will offer free disposal of vehicles across its network of sites letsrecycle.com News · 5 Apr 2005 Industry news Welsh Assembly announces 9.5 million fund for businesses The Welsh Assembly has announced a 9.5 million fund to help businesses in Wales reduce the waste they send to landfill letsrecycle.com News · 5 Apr 2005 Industry news Berkshire skip company fined over illegal waste facility Allbins Skip Hire fined for operating an illegal waste management facility following Environment Agency investigation letsrecycle.com News · 5 Apr 2005 Industry news Defra advises against regional view to landfill trading Councils may find limiting landfill allowance trading to select groups of authorities limits Best Value in the LATS system, Defra warns letsrecycle.com News · 5 Apr 2005 Industry news Fire brigade reveals Milton Keynes MRF suffered two fires The fire brigade has said that the Milton Keynes materials recycling facility suffered two fires this weekend letsrecycle.com News · 4 Apr 2005 Industry news Recycle Now awareness campaign claims half year success WRAP&#39s national recycling campaign has claimed that nine out of 10 people now consider recycling to be an important thing to do letsrecycle.com News · 4 Apr 2005 Industry news Liverpool wants MBT plant built in the city Liverpool council has said that it wants the MWDA to build a mechanical biological treatment plant in the city letsrecycle.com News · 4 Apr 2005 Industry news Odour reduction system to feature in Devon composting plant Work about to begin on 8,000 tonne in-vessel plant in Mid Devon, which will use Aerated Static Pile system to reduce odour pollution letsrecycle.com News · 4 Apr 2005 Industry news Recycling failure, but packaging recovery targets are met Reprocessing data for 2004 suggests overall packaging waste recycling target was not hit - plastic and metals targets also missed letsrecycle.com News · 3 Apr 2005 Industry news Defra Waste Partnership Fund recipients announced Defra has announced the recipients of its 3 million Waste Partnership Fund for community groups working with waste letsrecycle.com News · 3 Apr 2005 Industry news News in Brief Paint re-use boost; Carmarthenshire re-starts composting scheme; Christmas recycling record; and, anaerobic digestion guide released letsrecycle.com News · 3 Apr 2005 Industry news East Midlands sets agenda for 50% recycling target for 2015 Regional assembly urges councils in the East Midlands area to surpass national recycling targets in a new draft strategy letsrecycle.com News · 3 Apr 2005 Industry news Huge fire hits Milton Keynes MRF A fire has torn through Milton Keynes material recycling facility with the fire service still in attendance today letsrecycle.com News · 3 Apr 2005 Industry news Manchester “good” for waste services, let down by recycling Audit Commission grades Manchester&#39s service "good" with "promising" prospects", but inspectors say more could be recycled letsrecycle.com News · 3 Apr 2005 Industry news FM Conway denied planning approval for recycling plant Dartford-based construction waste recycling firm denied retrospective planning permission for crushing plant letsrecycle.com News · 31 Mar 2005 Industry news Man killed after accident at Hartlepool waste facility HSE launches investigation after accident involving shredding machinery leads to death of council contractor in Hartlepool letsrecycle.com News · 31 Mar 2005 Industry news East Devon waste and recycling contract on the table East Devon district council seeking new waste management contractor, which will also work with Mid Devon council letsrecycle.com News · 31 Mar 2005 Industry news Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme goes live Elliot Morley welcomes the first flexible target system for councils to cut the amount of municipal waste going to landfill letsrecycle.com News · 31 Mar 2005