Recycling news: 2008

Industry news ERP holds most council WEEE collection contracts Producer compliance scheme holds almost a third of contracts in UK, new BERR data reveals letsrecycle.com News · 30 Mar 2008 Industry news Four left in running for 1 billion Cheshire PFI Range of potential solutions likely for 25-year waste treatment contract letsrecycle.com News · 30 Mar 2008 Industry news EA data highlights landfill concerns Environment Agency data reveals an increase in incineration and waste treatment, and an uneven picture for landfill letsrecycle.com News · 28 Mar 2008 Industry news Fresh delay for 3bn Manchester waste PFI contract signing Complexity of UK's largest waste contract sees negotiations extended into April letsrecycle.com News · 28 Mar 2008 Industry news Councils urged to promote meat recycling Many householders unaware that meat can go into food waste collections letsrecycle.com News · 28 Mar 2008 Industry news Boris Johnson pledges to pay Londoners to recycle Mayoral candidate says he will promote schemes to pay Londoners to recycle if elected on May 1 letsrecycle.com News · 28 Mar 2008 Industry news Scottish in-vessel composting facility opened Minister officially opens in-vessel extension at Scottish composting and recycling facility letsrecycle.com News · 27 Mar 2008 Industry news ‘Business as usual’ for battery recycling firm after fire G&P Batteries continues waste battery collections despite fires still burning at blaze-affected plant letsrecycle.com News · 27 Mar 2008 Industry news Surrey EfW site wins county council approval County council agrees to move forward proposals to build energy from waste plant on greenbelt site letsrecycle.com News · 27 Mar 2008 Industry news Hope for summer resolution on EU Waste Directive MEP Caroline Jackson says a deal on revised Waste Framework Directive could be struck by June letsrecycle.com News · 27 Mar 2008 Industry news Defra claims “widespread” support for food waste schemes Research says two thirds of households will regularly recycle food waste if offered collections letsrecycle.com News · 26 Mar 2008 Industry news Scotland holds first Zero Waste Think Tank meeting Environment secretary Richard Lochhead chairs meeting of 13 waste experts in Edinburgh today letsrecycle.com News · 26 Mar 2008 Industry news Wincanton set to open second WEEE recycling plant Logistics company to invest millions in Northamptonshire WEEE recycling facility letsrecycle.com News · 26 Mar 2008 Industry news Plans submitted for 100m EfW plant in Cornwall SITA UK seeks permission to develop waste incinerator to create energy letsrecycle.com News · 26 Mar 2008 Industry news End of an era for waste disposal in Plymouth Council urges residents to double their recycling efforts ahead of closure of city's only landfill site letsrecycle.com News · 26 Mar 2008 Industry news Lancashire plastics plant “fully operational” Intercontinental Recycling has finished commissioning its 30,000 tonne plant near Wigan letsrecycle.com News · 25 Mar 2008 Industry news Viridor buys Scottish WEEE firm for 23 million Viridor announces acquisition of Perth company Shore Recycling letsrecycle.com News · 25 Mar 2008 Industry news News in Brief With news on a prosecution in Norfolk and a recycling competition in Gloucestershire letsrecycle.com News · 25 Mar 2008 Industry news Defra in attempt to cut red tape in PERN system Consultation launched to counter potential barrier to packaging producer responsibility targets letsrecycle.com News · 25 Mar 2008 Industry news Construction work to begin soon on Palm Paper mill Clearance work at site in Norfolk nearly complete, main construction to be completed January 2009 letsrecycle.com News · 20 Mar 2008 Industry news News in Brief Including a Cumbrian recycling campaign; food waste composting; and, a new head at ARCA letsrecycle.com News · 20 Mar 2008 Industry news Green energy subsidies could hit wood recycling, MP warns MP on committee examining Energy Bill fears ROC system may divert waste wood to energy plants letsrecycle.com News · 20 Mar 2008 Industry news Atlantic Paper hits out over export rules Paper exporter accuses government of apathy for failing to clarify waste shipment rules letsrecycle.com News · 20 Mar 2008 Industry news Defra-backed digester told to landfill its compost Environment Agency says Premier Waste's digester residues not fit for restoring land letsrecycle.com News · 19 Mar 2008 Industry news ELV Directive targets: Lindsay Millington, director general, British Metals Recycling Association How the illegal disposal of vehicles is hampering the UK's ELV recycling success letsrecycle.com News · 19 Mar 2008 Industry news Anaerobic Digestion Protocol set for Autumn launch Protocol based on PAS110 to encourage widespread use of AD digestate letsrecycle.com News · 19 Mar 2008 Industry news Founding director Ray Georgeson to leave WRAP Director of policy and evaluation to leave WRAP in June to set up own business in recycling arena letsrecycle.com News · 19 Mar 2008 Industry news Worcestershire council slams recycling smears Council blames high disposal figures submitted to wastedataflow on changes to government wood recycling guidance letsrecycle.com News · 19 Mar 2008 Industry news Concern over enforcement of building waste plans Question over who will enforce Site Waste Management Plans, coming into force next month letsrecycle.com News · 19 Mar 2008 Industry news WRAP to offer millions for food waste plants More than £10m could be made available for in-vessel and anaerobic digestion projects letsrecycle.com News · 18 Mar 2008 Industry news Autoclave system attracts local authority interest Manufacturers of new autoclave waste treatment system claim it is attracting significant local authority interest letsrecycle.com News · 18 Mar 2008 Industry news Tories propose voluntary business action on waste Conservatives appoint ex-ASDA chairman Archie Norman to develop Responsibility Deal letsrecycle.com News · 18 Mar 2008 Industry news FRN introduces quality assurance scheme Furniture Reuse Network establishes quality assurance certification to encourage re-use sector letsrecycle.com News · 18 Mar 2008 Industry news Mayor criticised over “rival” London recycling fund Ken Livingstone announces £24m commercial sector waste fund for new technologies letsrecycle.com News · 18 Mar 2008 Industry news Defra seeks views on forming Joint Waste Authorities 12-week consultation on how councils will establish formal partnerships to improve waste services letsrecycle.com News · 18 Mar 2008 Industry news EA to take tougher line over pre-treatment rules From April, landfill operators will have to obtain evidence from customers of waste pre-treatment letsrecycle.com News · 18 Mar 2008 Industry news Wood sector to challenge waste wood regulations WRA to develop protocol to establish "acceptable" contamination in waste wood letsrecycle.com News · 17 Mar 2008 Industry news Work begins on electronics recycling “super-plant” Construction work begins on major new WEEE recycling plant in Newport, South Wales letsrecycle.com News · 17 Mar 2008 Industry news Major overhaul for Kingston waste and recycling collections Surrey council announces plans to make significant changes to its household waste and recycling collection services letsrecycle.com News · 17 Mar 2008 Industry news West Berkshire signs £500 million PFI deal Veolia awarded contract to handle waste collection, disposal and recycling over next 25 years letsrecycle.com News · 17 Mar 2008