Recycling news: 2011

Industry news Sims acquires metals recycling rival Dunn Brothers Purchase means metals giant will now operate a shredder in Birmingham, with acquisition covering nine facilities in all letsrecycle.com News · 8 May 2011 Industry news NI government defends waste procurement process Department of Environment claims bidder withdrawals do not weaken country's ability to deliver long-term waste contracts letsrecycle.com News · 8 May 2011 Industry news Drax Power ‘to target garden waste’ for burning Drax chief executive Dorothy Thompson says company will seek garden waste and wood diverted from landfill letsrecycle.com News · 8 May 2011 Industry news FOE slates coalition government waste policy Campaign group document raises particular concerns over relationship between Defra and CLG and lack of new target-setting letsrecycle.com News · 8 May 2011 Industry news SITA reveals plans for waste plastic-to-diesel plant Waste management company submits proposals for 6,000tpa capacity facility at Avonmouth to turn waste stream into fuel letsrecycle.com News · 5 May 2011 Industry news ECO Plastics’ 15m plant expansion plans approved Plastic bottle recycling firm granted permission to extend recycling operations as part of move to meet Coca-Cola contract needs letsrecycle.com News · 5 May 2011 Industry news Englands recycling rate creeps up to 40.3% Latest quarterly household waste figures show continued increase in rate, as well as downward trend in waste generation letsrecycle.com News · 5 May 2011 Industry news Hadfield Wood Recyclers restructures company Wood recycling firm names GI Hadfield and Son as official group holding company and announces appointments letsrecycle.com News · 5 May 2011 Industry news Waste Review set to spell end for joint strategies Defra expected to remove legal requirement for councils in two-tier areas to jointly set out municipal waste plans letsrecycle.com News · 5 May 2011 Council news Election results for Farnham Upper Hale, 5 May 2011 - modgov.waverley.gov.uk Waverley Council · 5 May 2011 Policy & government Local Authority collected waste for England: quarterly statistics These provisional results summarise waste collected and managed by local authorities in England in the 12 months from October 2009 to September 2010. GOV.UK · 5 May 2011 Industry news Waste experts bemoan loss of regional spatial plans Consultants and council officers claim removal of regional planning strategies robs sector of valuable information for waste planning letsrecycle.com News · 4 May 2011 Industry news Skan acquires waste vehicle specialists Boughton Assets and businesses at two sites involved in manufacturing specialist equipment for sector taken over by West Midlands-based firm letsrecycle.com News · 4 May 2011 Industry news Dundee unveils plans for food waste pilot Proposals to run scheme to be considered next week in light of government requirement for separate collections of waste stream letsrecycle.com News · 4 May 2011 Industry news Spelman to meet Norfolk MPs over EfW plans Environment secretary set to discuss controversial plans for proposed 268,000tpa facility in Kings Lynn letsrecycle.com News · 4 May 2011 Industry news South London waste firm fined 65,000 over odour Hinkcroft Transport charged with breaching conditions of permit at New Cross facility opposite SELCHP plant letsrecycle.com News · 3 May 2011 Industry news Mytum & Selby aims to open two new MRFs by 2013 Yorkshire-based waste company reveals progress on facilities as well as production of first compost from organic waste recycling site letsrecycle.com News · 3 May 2011 Industry news News in Brief With news on Defra scrutiny in the Commons, an MWDA waste bag giveaway and an SNP visit for Viridor letsrecycle.com News · 3 May 2011 Industry news MGB begins Cheshire East wheeled bin roll-out Waste container manufacturer supplying 45,000 bins as council moves to three-bin service in bid to save over 1m in costs letsrecycle.com News · 3 May 2011 Industry news Photo Exclusive – Machine topples at Metal Mountain… - Demolition News Demolition News · 3 May 2011 Industry news Liverpool plastics reprocessor invests 1m in plant Centriforce expands manufacturing capacity for all-purpose board produced from plastic waste by 50% letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2011 Industry news Spate of fires hit waste sector over Bank Holiday Plastic recycler Jayplas, waste giant SITA UK and paper and organics recycling firm Wormtech all suffer blazes over long weekend letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2011 Industry news Former Defra waste chief joins ESA as advisor Roy Hathaway to take on part-time consultancy role for industry body, less than two months after leaving department letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2011 Industry news Compost Awareness Week 2011 in full swing Councils focus on passing on composting knowledge as well as promoting home composting and peat-free compost use letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2011 Council news Make a payment - Kirklees Council Kirklees Council · 1 May 2011 Industry news NCWRP featured in Permaculture magazine The latest (Summer 2011) edition of Permaculture magazine has an article on how Richard Mehmed started the Brighton & Hove Wood Recycling Project and has gone on to “franchise” the business model through the NCWRP. The article’s already generated a lot of interest particularly from potential entrepreneurs wanting to set up wood recycling social enterprises [...] Community Wood Recycling · 30 Apr 2011 Industry news March best month ever on NBCS March 2011 was a record-breaking month for the National Builders Collection Scheme with 18 members of our network collecting between them over 2,700 cubic yards of waste wood from 72 different national builder sites. That’s a lot of wood saved from landfill! As you can see from the below there has been massive growth in [...] Community Wood Recycling · 30 Apr 2011 Global Hitachi Zosen Inova EPC contract signed for new Energy-from-Waste plant in Teesside, UK ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 29 Apr 2011 Industry news Veolia sets out plans to tackle Royal Wedding waste Refuse contractor lays on army of collection staff to handle 140 tonnes of waste expected to be left along procession route letsrecycle.com News · 27 Apr 2011 Industry news Paper recycling rate fell by 2% in 2010 Paper sector trade body CPI claims depressed recycling down to lag in recycling industry responding to increased consumption letsrecycle.com News · 27 Apr 2011 Industry news News in Brief With news on WRG planting energy crops at landfill site, UPM working with Vertaris and recycling ticket stubs letsrecycle.com News · 27 Apr 2011 Industry news Herts names Veolia preferred bidder for EfW deal Waste management firm appointed for councils 800m, PFI-funded waste treatment contract letsrecycle.com News · 27 Apr 2011 Industry news Defra affirms support for recycling incentives Government sets out aim to assess means of supporting councils to reward residents for recycling as part of Waste Review letsrecycle.com News · 27 Apr 2011 Industry news New Technology Among Award Front-Runners Cleansing Service Group’s pioneering technology designed to recover maximum volumes of valuable oil from aqueous wastes has been shortlisted in this year’s National Recycling Awards. The company’s Thermal Desorber, which recently took runners-up spot in the 2011 Salford Business Award for Technology, is now among the front runners for the NRA Best New Technology award. […] CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 27 Apr 2011 Industry news Biffa dismisses perceived commingled export risks Waste management company defends practice following consultancy advising Somerset Waste Partnership against switch letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2011 Industry news BBC to explore operations at Viridors Ford MRF Sorting and separating technology in use at companys West Sussex plant set to be subject of Bang Goes the Theory programme letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2011 Industry news Defra confirms possible June date for Waste Review Government gives strong signal that planned May date for review of existing waste policy could be put back letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2011 Industry news Tesco defends recycling bank service change Retail giant stresses move to single contractor will benefit councils as national media scrutinise practices letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2011 Industry news Survey reveals extent of North East C&I waste Research carried out by North East Sustainable Resource Board breaks down levels of business waste arising in region letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2011 Industry news European Commission waste regulations: the value is in the detail Ian Hetherington, director general of the BMRA, assesses the impact of changes to European end-of-waste regulations on the metals sector letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2011