Recycling news: 2002

Industry news Barnet&#39s new recycling site has been shortlisted for a Labour Party award A ministerial visit has been made to Barnet&#39s new recycling site which is operated by ECT Recycling letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jan 2002 Industry news Sutton could lose awards after recycling figures fiasco After major problems with contamination of recyclables, Sutton this week said the situation is improving letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jan 2002 Industry news Meacher endorses card recycling project Cleanaway, Severnside, NAWDO and local authorities are all involved in a Christmas card recycling project letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jan 2002 Industry news WRAP approves 3.6million for recycling research 21 projects have received funding from WRAP to increase glass, plastics and wood recycling letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jan 2002 Industry news Community recyclers given chance to have their say on London&#39s waste LondonWaste and the North London Waste Authority have set up a forum to look at recycling in the capital letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jan 2002 Industry news Government asks for initial views on its waste strategy work The Cabinet Office has named its waste research team and is asking for comments on its scoping study letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jan 2002 Industry news Corus to rebuild Port Talbot furnace By January 2003 Corus plans to rebuild the blast furnace damaged in an explosion last November letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jan 2002 Industry news Cleanaway brings German technology to state-of-the-art Rainham MRF A large MRF planned to run with a double-shift and handling 50,000 tonnes a year has been opened by Cleanaway letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jan 2002 Industry news Wet winter a factor as Shanks is fined 60,000 Problems with leachate and smells resulted in prosecution for Shanks over a landfill site near Milton Keynes letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jan 2002 Industry news Kent plans late night opening for civic amenity sites By raising height barriers and extending opening hours Kent County Council hopes to increase recycling at CA sites letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jan 2002 Industry news Entrust appoints interim chief as uncertainty over regulator remains Entrust urges DEFRA to publish its consultation paper on the landfill tax credits scheme as it appoints interim chief letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jan 2002 Industry news Investigation underway as Cory employee dies after CA site accident An investigation is being carried out into an accident which killed an employee at a Cory site in Kent letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jan 2002 Industry news Shotton seeks to sign newspaper contracts with councils “immediately” Shotton&#39s success in winning funds from WRAP has prompted it to say it will sign contracts immediately with councils letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jan 2002 Industry news Competition rules meant Aylesford changes were dismissed Adherence to WRAP&#39s competition rules meant that a revised Aylesford plan was rejected in favour of Shotton Paper letsrecycle.com News · 13 Jan 2002 Industry news WRAP drops Aylesford and prefers Shotton for newsprint project In a surprise move Shotton Paper has now been appointed as preferred bidder for WRAP&#39s project to increase newsprint recycling letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jan 2002 Industry news WRAP is “misguided” over newsprint decision, says Aylesford Aylesford has reacted with disappointment to losing its preferred bidder status for WRAP&#39s newsprint competition letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jan 2002 Industry news Inspectors tell Sefton to improve recycling As residents call for more recycling services, Sefton says that the lack of markets is making recycling too expensive letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jan 2002 Industry news ECT bids for London Remade fridge funding Community recycler ECT has put in a last-minute bid for fridge recycling money in partnership with a German/Dutch company letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jan 2002 Industry news Plysu deals fresh blow to UK plastics recycling industry The woes of the plastic recycling sector continue with Plysu&#39s owners looking at an asset sale letsrecycle.com News · 10 Jan 2002 Industry news Linpac reports sales success as councils look to the kerbside A range of local authorities have ordered kerbside recycling boxes from Linpac letsrecycle.com News · 10 Jan 2002 Industry news VW Group trials free take-back for ELVs in Dorset A groundbreaking scheme to assess free take-back of old ELVs has been agreed between VW and Charles Trent letsrecycle.com News · 10 Jan 2002 Industry news Wastepack puts compliance emphasis on range of activities The PRN value should reflect administration and actual work costs carried out by a reprocessor, Wastepack has reiterated letsrecycle.com News · 9 Jan 2002 Industry news Low bids for 2001 PRNs surprise packaging waste sector The packaging waste sector has expressed great surprise at bids for 2001 PRNs at 3.25 letsrecycle.com News · 9 Jan 2002 Industry news Agency tackes illegal waste disposal with “zero tolerance” policy The Environment Agency is to clamp down on Isle of Wight businesses who use civic amenity sites to dispose of their waste letsrecycle.com News · 9 Jan 2002 Industry news Composting crisis hits Manchester&#39s recycling rate City of Manchester&#39s recycling rate falls to 1%, but a new strategy and closer working arrangements should increase this letsrecycle.com News · 8 Jan 2002 Industry news Essex tells public to hold on to their recyclables as facilities are overrun Residents are told to keep their Christmas trees and glass at home until the recycling industry has "caught up" letsrecycle.com News · 8 Jan 2002 Industry news Unlicensed Birmingham dismantler fined 6,000 A Birmingham car breaking firm has been fined 6,000 for not meeting licencing or exemption requirements letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jan 2002 Industry news DEFRA holds funding meetings as councils say show us the money for recycling Local authorities have yet to see the 190 million allocated for recycling which is threatening recycling schemes letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jan 2002 Industry news Finland: Event recycling and environmentally-friendly packaging letsrecycle.com looks at one organisation which is carrying out recycling work at outdoor events and a company developing recyclable packaging. letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jan 2002 Industry news Environment Agency seeks court advice over defunct landfill site The Agency is to ask if it can use money set aside for landfill restoration now that a site is not under licence letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jan 2002 Industry news Metals recyclers propose compliance scheme approach for vehicles The creation of service providers to administer end-of-life vehicle recycling has been proposed by the BMRA letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jan 2002 Industry news Thames Waste plans to export 100,000 fridges to Germany Thames Waste Management will export fridges to Germany as a short-term solution to the fridge crisis letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jan 2002 Industry news Simsmetal to install fridge plant as councils begin storage work A fridge plant is to be set up by Simsmetal in the South West as fridges start to be stockpiled letsrecycle.com News · 3 Jan 2002 Industry news DEFRA signals softer approach to hazardous waste rules for end of life vehicles From January 1 ELVs have been categorised as hazardous waste but the government is still to define new controls letsrecycle.com News · 2 Jan 2002 Industry news Windsor advised to consider financial incentives for recycling A report to Windsor and Maidenhead council has suggested that residents be given incentives to recycle letsrecycle.com News · 2 Jan 2002 Policy & government Application of life cycle assessment to investigate options for disposal and processing of end of life vehicles in 2015 This study considers the potential environmental impacts associated with implementing the 2015 targets for recycling. GOV.UK · 1 Jan 2002 Policy & government Waste pre-treatment: a review The results of a review of the different options available for pre-treatment of waste prior to landfilling. GOV.UK · 1 Jan 2002