Recycling news: 2009

Industry news WRAP to lead resource efficiency delivery body Cost savings expected as six organisations to come under WRAP control from April 2010 letsrecycle.com News · 25 Mar 2009 Industry news Energos appointed to 40m Lincs treatment project Gasification specialist to partner lime producer on development of 80,000 tonne-a-year capacity plant letsrecycle.com News · 25 Mar 2009 Industry news Definition of municipal waste set to be clarified in 2009 Defra intends to consult on changes in Spring and change regulations later in 2009 to clear up confusion letsrecycle.com News · 25 Mar 2009 Industry news Scotland looks to learn from Flanders’ success with waste Environment secretary Richard Lochhead visits Begium ahead of review of National Waste Plan letsrecycle.com News · 24 Mar 2009 Industry news News in Brief With news on IVC in Norfolk, the review of the Controlled Waste Regulations and Ray Georgeson letsrecycle.com News · 24 Mar 2009 Industry news Business leaders call for scrappage scheme Temporary initiative for ELVs and WEEE would cost Treasury £500m, CBI claims letsrecycle.com News · 24 Mar 2009 Industry news Call for end to amateurish promotion of recycling New Earth Solutions director urges Government, WRAP and industry to do more to counter bad press letsrecycle.com News · 23 Mar 2009 Industry news Mixed plastics recycling guide issued by Recoup Plastic recycling organisation outlines best practice for councils interested in extending collections letsrecycle.com News · 23 Mar 2009 Industry news Waste2Tricity applies for London Waste Board funding Energy company submits expression of interest to help develop 250,000 tonne-a-year capacity gasification plant letsrecycle.com News · 23 Mar 2009 Industry news Defra considers fall in waste arisings Head of waste programme tells seminar of need to "revise and review" models in light of recession letsrecycle.com News · 23 Mar 2009 Industry news Wiltshire approves Hills MBT plant County council grants planning permission for waste firm's proposed £15 million facility at Westbury letsrecycle.com News · 23 Mar 2009 Industry news Hazardous waste regulations to change from April 6 Defra estimates 72,600 hazardous waste producers will benefit from wider exemption letsrecycle.com News · 23 Mar 2009 Industry news Cashflow and waste-to-energy The economic downturn and its impact on waste planning and EfW letsrecycle.com News · 23 Mar 2009 Industry news Bedford wood recycler reveals 7m biomass plans Growing Beds to develop biomass power station in partnership with technology firm letsrecycle.com News · 20 Mar 2009 Industry news News in Brief With news on Smurfit Kappa appointments, new vehicles for Slough and a Scottish survey letsrecycle.com News · 20 Mar 2009 Industry news Harborough awards 25m contract to Focsa Services Leicestershire council agrees seven year collection deal with possibility of seven year extension letsrecycle.com News · 20 Mar 2009 Industry news Lib Dems to scrap Bristol EfW plans New party in control of Bristol city council looks set to abandon plans for Avonmouth incinerator letsrecycle.com News · 20 Mar 2009 Industry news LARAC reveals battery collection concerns Recycling officers "disappointed" over lack of incentive for councils to collect batteries letsrecycle.com News · 20 Mar 2009 Industry news Councils examine maceration for food waste Recycling officers to meet water sector on Monday to discuss viability of sink shredders letsrecycle.com News · 20 Mar 2009 Industry news Dont blame the media for bad press, look closer to home New Earth Solution's Peter Mills on the waste sector and the media letsrecycle.com News · 20 Mar 2009 Industry news WRG wins 30m Suffolk HWRC contract From May 16, Waste Recycling Group to take over operation of 18 sites in Suffolk letsrecycle.com News · 19 Mar 2009 Industry news Community Waste wins two material sorting contracts Bedfordshire and Aylesbury Vale agree to send material to MRF in Milton Keynes letsrecycle.com News · 19 Mar 2009 Industry news TEG enters partnership to develop AD plants in UK In-vessel composting specialist agrees deal with German AD expert UTS Biogastechnik letsrecycle.com News · 18 Mar 2009 Industry news Framework Directive “could incentivise composting over AD Defra raises concerns over Waste Framework Directive in response to European biowaste consultation letsrecycle.com News · 18 Mar 2009 Industry news Packaging recycling targets for 2008 comfortably met Data published for Q4 2008 shows that performance exceeded expectations letsrecycle.com News · 18 Mar 2009 Industry news Standardised recycling label launched by retailers Environment minister Jane Kennedy welcomes move aimed at replacing current range of symbols letsrecycle.com News · 18 Mar 2009 Industry news News in Brief With news on a Scottish plastics fund, gasification plans and a Yorkshire investment letsrecycle.com News · 18 Mar 2009 Industry news Midex rolls out “rag and bone service” for WEEE and batteries Hampshire-based WEEE reprocessor to offer free house-to-house collections nationwide letsrecycle.com News · 18 Mar 2009 Industry news Landfill Tax set to cost 30 a household LGA repeats call for levy to be returned to councils ahead of April 1 escalator increase letsrecycle.com News · 18 Mar 2009 Industry news Newhaven incinerator clears final hurdle Environment Agency grants environmental permit to Veolia for EfW plant in East Sussex letsrecycle.com News · 17 Mar 2009 Industry news German bin manufacturer considers UK expansion Craemer UK reports two successful years of trading "Kliko bin" from base in Shropshire letsrecycle.com News · 17 Mar 2009 Industry news Metal recyclers condemn exemption review proposals British Metals Recycling Association warns that recyclers could be put out of business by plans letsrecycle.com News · 17 Mar 2009 Industry news Sandwell cuts shortlist for 1bn waste contract Three companies left in the running for 20-30 year integrated waste management deal letsrecycle.com News · 17 Mar 2009 Industry news Scotland launches 466,000 bag re-use campaign Re-use message publicised on TV and radio across Scotland in bid to reduce waste letsrecycle.com News · 16 Mar 2009 Industry news Gypsum recycling firm gears up for guidance change Danish-owned Gypsum Recycling UK rolls out collection system for waste plasterboard letsrecycle.com News · 16 Mar 2009 Industry news Member states urged to improve reporting of waste exports European Environment Agency report highlights problems in combating illegal shipments letsrecycle.com News · 16 Mar 2009 Industry news Recycling still worth a considerable amount to UK economy Waste and Resources Action Programme says that recycling still valuable despite dip in prices letsrecycle.com News · 16 Mar 2009 Industry news Call for green fiscal stimulus in Budget Environmental Audit Committee report calls for "bigger and more coherent" package letsrecycle.com News · 16 Mar 2009 Industry news Green light for 5.5m Dorset AD facility Planning permission granted to Eco Sustainable Solutions to develop plant at Piddlehinton letsrecycle.com News · 15 Mar 2009 Industry news REACH Compliance The Health and Safety Executive has announced the setting up of a special e-mail account for reporting complaints or 'confessions' of non-compliance with the REACH pre-registration and registration requirements. REACHcompliance@hse.gsi.gov.uk Tyre Recovery Association · 15 Mar 2009