Recycling news: 2005

Industry news Gloucester farmers form partnership to recycle plastics Baler company Agritel trials collection scheme for farm plastics in which Gloucestershire farmers form a plastics recycling group letsrecycle.com News · 30 Mar 2005 Industry news Cory wins second successive gong at London Transport Awards Cory Environmental receives further recognition for its commitment to transport London waste and recyclables on the River Thames letsrecycle.com News · 30 Mar 2005 Industry news Councils invited to run recycling incentive schemes Defra invites English councils to bid for a 5m fund to help set up schemes to financially reward householders for recycling waste letsrecycle.com News · 30 Mar 2005 Industry news Companies fined 140,000 over tyre recycling fatality Environmental Tyre Disposals and MIDCO Waste Management fined after death of untrained worker at a site in Edmonton letsrecycle.com News · 30 Mar 2005 Industry news DTI approach to business WEEE regulations flawed, HP warns Hewlett Packard warns that estimating how much electronics is sold to businesses means inaccurate producer responsibility system letsrecycle.com News · 30 Mar 2005 Industry news Councils primed for Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme start World&#39s first waste trading scheme starts on Friday, with local authorities in major push to meet EU waste diversion targets letsrecycle.com News · 30 Mar 2005 Industry news Leased packaging to be included in recovery obligations Defra seeks industry views on proposals to include leased packaging within packaging waste producer responsibility obligations letsrecycle.com News · 29 Mar 2005 Industry news Defra unveils details of 284m business waste initiative Elliot Morley launches "BREW" programme, which is to use Landfill Tax revenue to help companies reduce the waste they produce letsrecycle.com News · 29 Mar 2005 Industry news Lottery scheme would boost household waste recycling National Consumer Council calls for national lottery-style incentive scheme to encourage householders to recycle their waste letsrecycle.com News · 29 Mar 2005 Industry news Bath & NES in major clamp down on illegal trade waste With staff facing abuse from trade waste dumpers, council takes action to tackle commercial waste arising at recycling centres letsrecycle.com News · 29 Mar 2005 Industry news Hereford food waste treatment plant in 500,000 expansion Bioganix in-vessel composting plant expands capacity for food waste ahead of the this year&#39s landfill ban on former foodstuffs letsrecycle.com News · 29 Mar 2005 Industry news Wolverhampton and Walsall join plastic recycling scheme Two councils in the West Midlands agree contracts with Nottinghamshire-based plastic bottle recycling firm Recresco letsrecycle.com News · 28 Mar 2005 Industry news Shanks looking at options for London MBT residues Shanks East London is working on routes to market for fuel produced by UK&#39s first mechanical biological treatment plants letsrecycle.com News · 28 Mar 2005 Industry news News in Brief BBC in hunt for star company; Recycling "second nature" in Norfolk; and, recycling improvements in Staffordshire and Somerset letsrecycle.com News · 28 Mar 2005 Industry news Industry slams call to delay landfill ban on shredded tyres Moving landfill ban to late 2007 "will only benefit companies that have failed to invest", Tyre Recovery Association says letsrecycle.com News · 28 Mar 2005 Industry news January start for WEEE producer responsibility “optimistic” Experts in the waste electrical and electronic equipment arena warn of issues still to resolve in regulations in "tight timetable" letsrecycle.com News · 28 Mar 2005 Industry news Defra revises waste management licensing rules Tighter controls on the spreading of material on land, amendments to licence exemptions for composting sites brought in letsrecycle.com News · 24 Mar 2005 Industry news Trading officers call on Easter egg makers to reduce waste Hampshire&#39s trading standards service warns Easter egg manufacturers they could be breaking the law by over-packaging letsrecycle.com News · 24 Mar 2005 Industry news DTI confirms 2006 start for WEEE producer responsibility Government pledges to complete waste electronics regulations by summer 2005, revising approach to producer responsibility letsrecycle.com News · 24 Mar 2005 Industry news Lancashire sets Herhof two week ultimatum over MBT plant County gives troubled technology firm Herhof two weeks to confirm it can provide mechanical biological treatment system letsrecycle.com News · 23 Mar 2005 Industry news Geoff Hadfield appointed chair of Wood Recyclers’ Association Geoff Hadfield of Manchester-based Hadfield Wood Recyclers succeeds Michael Tracey as chair of wood recycling trade association letsrecycle.com News · 23 Mar 2005 Industry news East Northamptonshire awards waste contract to Cory Council re-appoints existing contractor Cory Environmental for waste management, recycling and cleansing contract letsrecycle.com News · 23 Mar 2005 Industry news Cheshire to adopt 50% recycling target for household waste County waste partnership pledges higher recycling target in the long term, and is to use MBT for household waste letsrecycle.com News · 23 Mar 2005 Industry news Glass recycling up 17%, but further growth threatened British Glass reveals new figures for glass packaging waste recovery, but issues warning over mixed glass collections letsrecycle.com News · 23 Mar 2005 Industry news Landfill Directive targets “more easily delivered” with MBT Major study on mechanical biological treatment systems suggests important role for the technologies in treating municipal waste letsrecycle.com News · 22 Mar 2005 Industry news HSE inspections to boost municipal waste safety record Health and Safety Executive inspectors to tour council waste departments in bid to cut injuries and fatalities in sector letsrecycle.com News · 22 Mar 2005 Industry news ICER doubles previous estimate for household WEEE thrown out A new report from ICER doubles previous estimates for the amount of waste electronics arising in the household waste stream letsrecycle.com News · 22 Mar 2005 Industry news Glendale snaps up Eco-Sci to grow composting business West Country green waste firm Eco-Sci has been bought in a strategic local authority move by a Parkwood subsidiary letsrecycle.com News · 21 Mar 2005 Industry news Northumberland needs “more effective” waste partnerships The Audit Commission has said that Northumberland needs to improve its partnerships to better waste management in the area letsrecycle.com News · 21 Mar 2005 Industry news News in Brief Erewash extends recycling service; WRAP show "Recycled Living"; London proved wasteful; and new manager for Welsh campaign letsrecycle.com News · 21 Mar 2005 Industry news Derby council to name site for MRF this month Derby city council has said that a site for a new MRF to be built in the city will be selected by the end of March letsrecycle.com News · 21 Mar 2005 Industry news Hazardous rules set to bring cost burden for CA sites Local authorities will face increased costs for CA sites before the WEEE directive comes into force. letsrecycle.com News · 21 Mar 2005 Industry news SEPA in talks with compliance schemes over 2004 obligations Scottish regulator of packaging waste recovery system confirms it is in negotiations with two schemes over 2004 compliance letsrecycle.com News · 18 Mar 2005 Industry news UK&#39s first household battery recycling plant opens G&P Batteries launches its new battery recycling plant in West Bromwich, which has received praise from Elliot Morley letsrecycle.com News · 18 Mar 2005 Industry news Wandsworth “cautiously” approves 84,000 tonne MRF Cory wins approval for major new materials recycling facility, which will handle up to 84,000 tonnes of recyclables letsrecycle.com News · 18 Mar 2005 Industry news MPs call for clarity on Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme Report from Parliament&#39s EFRA Committee calls for clarity on waste definitions prior to next month&#39s LATS start letsrecycle.com News · 18 Mar 2005 Industry news Millions of tonnes of collected paper could be landfilled Environment Agency demands on paper collected from households means it could end up in landfills, industry claims letsrecycle.com News · 17 Mar 2005 Industry news NE Lincolnshire receives Commission praise for recycling Audit Commission commends North East Lincolnshire council for "extensive" recycling infrastructure letsrecycle.com News · 17 Mar 2005 Industry news Shropshire shortlists four bidders for 600m waste deal Shropshire Waste Partnership names possible contractors for Private Finance Initiative-backed waste management contract letsrecycle.com News · 17 Mar 2005 Industry news Environment Agency welcomes suggested expanded role Sainsbury&#39s chairman Philip Hampton suggests consolidating UK&#39s national regulatory bodies into seven stronger organisations letsrecycle.com News · 17 Mar 2005