Recycling news: 2004

Industry news Eight local authorities benefit from PRN fund from EMR Reloaded fund from European Metal Recycling aims to extract more metal packaging from the household waste stream letsrecycle.com News · 11 Mar 2004 Industry news High price of scrap impacts on abandoned vehicle problem High scrap prices mean abandoned vehicles are quickly removed from streets, but with claims of "illegal" operations letsrecycle.com News · 11 Mar 2004 Industry news South Gloucestershire invests 1 million in waste plant The council has upgraded its "Sort It" centre to handle material from new alternate weekly recycling and refuse collections letsrecycle.com News · 11 Mar 2004 Industry news Wyvern to build 1million in-vessel composter Somerset-based company unveals plans to build for a second facility to take kitchen and food factory waste from Dorset and Somerset letsrecycle.com News · 10 Mar 2004 Industry news News in Brief Composting trial begins in Perthshire; Harborough turns multi-material; and, Dundee regenerates through recycling letsrecycle.com News · 10 Mar 2004 Industry news Warwickshire targets government bonus with prize draw County council aims to improve kerbside participation to increase recycling and meet public service agreement letsrecycle.com News · 10 Mar 2004 Industry news Recycling schemes may end if credits system is dropped Local authority recycling officers have warned they could abandon recycling schemes if DEFRA ends recycling credits letsrecycle.com News · 10 Mar 2004 Industry news Suffolk councils sign 10-year recycling contract Six councils in Suffolk form a consortium for a materials sorting and sale contract with Viridor Waste Management letsrecycle.com News · 10 Mar 2004 Industry news Northampton awards 1m container contract to Straight All 85,000 households are to receive 44-litre and 55-litre boxes in a new multi-material kerbside recycling scheme letsrecycle.com News · 10 Mar 2004 Industry news PRN market set for “mixing and matching” this year Packaging waste recovery analysts suggest UK will reach targets in 2004, but securing right kind of PRNs will be difficult letsrecycle.com News · 9 Mar 2004 Industry news Coke fuel manufacturer to expand tyre recycling Moncktons Coke and Chemical Company plans to use up to 20,000 tonnes of tyres a year to make coke-based fuel letsrecycle.com News · 9 Mar 2004 Industry news Newport provides recycling service for batteries Welsh city to take batteries at its CA site, but recycler warns cost of battery recycling still prohibitive for many councils letsrecycle.com News · 9 Mar 2004 Industry news Recycling report warns of need to increase capture rates Latest Aylesford Newsprint recycling report shows almost all councils providing kerbside recycling schemes, but capture rates need to rise letsrecycle.com News · 9 Mar 2004 Industry news Valpak highlights importance of increasing glass collections Chief executive of Valpak speaks out on the challenges ahead in packaging waste, and diversification into WEEE letsrecycle.com News · 8 Mar 2004 Industry news Retailers warn of “blackhole” in WEEE funding plan British Retail Consortium slams government proposals to fund the collection of waste electrical and electronic equipment letsrecycle.com News · 8 Mar 2004 Industry news Anglesey to look at recycling options after successful trial Welsh Isle could opt for "high recycling" strategy, but delays decision on residual waste because of unanswered questions letsrecycle.com News · 8 Mar 2004 Industry news New era for “producer responsibility” scheme Valpak Valpak's new chief executive, Steve Gough, talks to letsrecycle.com about diversifying from its origins as the UK's largest packaging waste compliance scheme into a producer responsibility compliance scheme. letsrecycle.com News · 8 Mar 2004 Industry news CIWM calls for more funds for DEFRA and Environment Agency Chartered Institution of Wastes Management president Steve Aston calls for greater funding for DEFRA and the EA letsrecycle.com News · 5 Mar 2004 Industry news Wales to offset hazardous waste crisis with European funding The Welsh Assembly wants to help waste companies bid for European funding to build treatment facilities in Wales letsrecycle.com News · 5 Mar 2004 Industry news Tyre recyclers urged to collaborate with civil engineers New report into uses of waste tyres calls on tyre recyclers and engineers to demonstrate the use of tyres in construction letsrecycle.com News · 5 Mar 2004 Industry news WEEE clearing house option gets general support Key players in waste electrical and electronic equipment recycling say central body is needed to co-ordinate producer responsibility letsrecycle.com News · 5 Mar 2004 Industry news Royal visit for Rockware glass recycling plant Prince Andrew pays tribute to the company&#39s achievements as it celebrates 50 years of glass recycling at Knottingley letsrecycle.com News · 5 Mar 2004 Industry news Paint re-use schemes divert 113,000 litres from landfill Community RePaint re-use projects report a 22% increase in 2003 but funding continues to pose problems letsrecycle.com News · 4 Mar 2004 Industry news Good public response as Selby kerbside enters final phase Selby expands kerbside recycling across the district, and is now collecting 250 tonnes of paper and glass a month letsrecycle.com News · 4 Mar 2004 Industry news Text messages to encourage Lisburn residents to recycle A free service from the Northern Irish council will send texts to remind householders to use Lisburn&#39s kerbside collection letsrecycle.com News · 4 Mar 2004 Industry news London pub chain turns bottles into bars Pitcher and Piano installs bar counters made from recycled bottle glass, supplied by a Hackney-based manufacturer letsrecycle.com News · 4 Mar 2004 Industry news DS Smith announces plan for 170m packaging accquisition DS Smith which owns Severnside, the UK&#39s largest recovered paper company, looks to buy LINPAC Containers for 170m letsrecycle.com News · 3 Mar 2004 Industry news News in Brief More funding for waste awareness; John Cobring to retire from glass recycling firm; And, London Remade matchmaking success letsrecycle.com News · 3 Mar 2004 Industry news Derby kerbside trial success leads to scheme expansion City council picks up 41% of householders&#39 waste on 5,500-property trial and is now to expand scheme to 32,000 properties letsrecycle.com News · 3 Mar 2004 Industry news Glasgow tackles trade waste bag scam City council estimates 100,000 counterfeit trade waste bags have been fraudulently sold to businesses letsrecycle.com News · 3 Mar 2004 Industry news Low capture rates impact on UK plastic bottle recycling Recoup survey of UK councils says although 60% of councils now offer plastic bottle recycling services, capture rates are low letsrecycle.com News · 2 Mar 2004 Industry news DEFRA invites bids for 30m Demonstrator Programme Applications are being accepted for grants to support building 10 waste treatment plants using new technologies letsrecycle.com News · 2 Mar 2004 Industry news Recovered paper official appointed to paper confederation The CPI now has a sector manager for the recovered paper sector with the recruitment of Peter Seggie letsrecycle.com News · 2 Mar 2004 Industry news Consumers should not pay for recycling old WEEE, says HP Hewlett Packard says a visible fee should not be imposed on new items to cover the recycling of existing electrical equipment letsrecycle.com News · 2 Mar 2004 Industry news More leadership needed from councils over new waste plants South East England Regional Assembly calls for more leadership in decisions over new waste and recycling plants letsrecycle.com News · 2 Mar 2004 Industry news Snowie Group slams Scottish waste planning policy Waste management firm criticises Scottish Executive after rejection of 4m materials recycling facility in Stirling letsrecycle.com News · 1 Mar 2004 Industry news Job losses loom at Bridgewater Paper Company Up to 60 jobs could be lost at the Bridgewater mill at Ellesmere Port which makes recycled newsprint letsrecycle.com News · 1 Mar 2004 Industry news News in Brief Community re-use group celebrate CRED awards; free training for London composters; and, "could do better" message for teachers letsrecycle.com News · 1 Mar 2004 Industry news Southampton to suspend expansion of fortnightly collections Opposition councillors unite to force a re-think on the city&#39s alternate-weekly refuse and recycling service letsrecycle.com News · 1 Mar 2004 Industry news Street performances feature in Merseyside recycling campaign A "magic forest" will form part of a range of activities to raise recycling awarness on Merseyside letsrecycle.com News · 27 Feb 2004