Recycling news: 2008
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Industry news
SITA UK expected to bid for Biffa
The Biffa share price has risen with rumours of a bid for the company from SITA UK
letsrecycle.com News · 22 Feb 2008
Industry news
Retail giants recognised for recycling success
Tesco, Arcadia Group, Next and Toshiba among those picking up Severnside awards last night
letsrecycle.com News · 22 Feb 2008
Industry news
Wolverhampton rolls out city-wide flats recycling
Council starts to provide kerbside collections to thousands of "hard to reach" properties
letsrecycle.com News · 22 Feb 2008
Industry news
The potential of reuse: Matthew Thomson, chief executive, London Community Recycling Network
Why reuse is the unsung hero of the waste hierarchy
letsrecycle.com News · 22 Feb 2008
Policy & government
Update on the Treasury minutes to the thirty-fifth report, together with the fifty seventh to sixty fifth reports from the Committee of Public Accounts 2006 to 2007
This document contains the following information: Update on the Treasury from the Committee of Public Accounts 2006 to 2007
GOV.UK · 21 Feb 2008
Industry news
Firm seeks site for first UK nappy recycling plant
Canadian company Knowaste plans three UK plants to recycle disposable nappies
letsrecycle.com News · 21 Feb 2008
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2m tonnes of composting capacity on the way
Industry survey reveals a growing sector, but only small amounts of food waste being composted
letsrecycle.com News · 21 Feb 2008
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WRAP ordered to cut spending by 30%
Defra confirms its recycling delivery body will have to cut nearly a third of spending
letsrecycle.com News · 21 Feb 2008
Industry news
News in Brief
With news of the Cumbria fraud case; two recycling awards; a Sims acquisition; and, quality compost
letsrecycle.com News · 21 Feb 2008
Industry news
MPs slam government’s “retreat” over waste charging plans
Select Committee accuses government of being pressured into backing off on bin-charging proposals
letsrecycle.com News · 21 Feb 2008
Council news
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Wakefield Council · 20 Feb 2008
Industry news
Call for government to help retailers become more sustainable
It is "not enough" for ministers to say that being sustainable is profitable, a BERR official has said
letsrecycle.com News · 20 Feb 2008
Industry news
Schemes to meet as WEEE evidence trading begins
WEEE producer schemes can now officially trade evidence; two schemes to meet to hammer out deal
letsrecycle.com News · 20 Feb 2008
Industry news
WRAP questions quality performance of sorting plants
Local government claims of an average 2% contamination rate for kerbside recycling in doubt
letsrecycle.com News · 20 Feb 2008
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Benn announces 10m anaerobic digestion programme
Government to establish plants to showcase food and farm waste treatment technology
letsrecycle.com News · 19 Feb 2008
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Campaign against bottled water launched in London
Bottled water causes problems including waste, says campaign backed by Mayor and ministers
letsrecycle.com News · 19 Feb 2008
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Merseyside set to unveil heat treatment plant
A Defra-backed waste technology demonstration plant has begun commissioning
letsrecycle.com News · 19 Feb 2008
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Liverpool completes recycling service roll-out
All houses in Liverpool to receive bins or boxes by end of February
letsrecycle.com News · 19 Feb 2008
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MEPs to renew demands for European-wide recycling targets
In return for backing energy-from-waste, EU Parliament to insist on recycling and prevention targets
letsrecycle.com News · 19 Feb 2008
Industry news
Call for Defra to develop Packaging Strategy
Sustainable Development Commission calls for tougher producer responsibility measures
letsrecycle.com News · 18 Feb 2008
Industry news
Minister hails commendable biomass facility
Malcolm Wicks opens multi-million pound facility for chipboard firm Norbord
letsrecycle.com News · 18 Feb 2008
Industry news
News in Brief
With news of organics recycling, CRT glass recycling, waste awareness and tyre dumping
letsrecycle.com News · 18 Feb 2008
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Strategic planning: Andrew Hartley, programme director for Recycling Action Yorkshire
Why its time for the industry to be more proactive and start planning for the future
letsrecycle.com News · 18 Feb 2008
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Food waste scheme on horizon for London borough
Camden seeks way to boost 28% recycling rate after dry recyclable scheme under-performs
letsrecycle.com News · 17 Feb 2008
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Viridor and WRG shortlisted for 25-year Oxfordshire contract
County to choose between incinerator in north or south, for long-term disposal contract
letsrecycle.com News · 15 Feb 2008
Industry news
News in Brief
With news on re-use events; solid recovered fuel; HDPE recycling; and, collection vehicles
letsrecycle.com News · 15 Feb 2008
Industry news
London Mayor candidates unveil plans for waste
Candidates for Mayoral elections pledge to improve London's waste management
letsrecycle.com News · 15 Feb 2008
Industry news
Local authorities hail “pride” in residents’ recycling efforts
Householders praised as figures suggest rejection rate for recycling less than 2%
letsrecycle.com News · 15 Feb 2008
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Scotland achieves 30% recycling rate for municipal waste
12 months to September 2007 saw Scottish councils recycling one million tonnes of material
letsrecycle.com News · 14 Feb 2008
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Tyre industry fears organised crime role in illegal dumping
Tyre industry research suggests illegally dumped tyres costing retailers millions
letsrecycle.com News · 14 Feb 2008
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Crime doesn’t pay for Irish landfill operator
Judge confiscates £400,000 in assets of Coleraine man running illegal landfill
letsrecycle.com News · 14 Feb 2008
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Equity boost for MBT firm ahead of flotation
Dorset company New Earth receives £4m funding from Impax ahead of expected AIM flotation
letsrecycle.com News · 13 Feb 2008
Industry news
Recyclers question ambition of packaging targets
Packaging recyclers say revised producer targets may not boost household collections
letsrecycle.com News · 13 Feb 2008
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Covanta to exhibit plans for Cheshire incinerator
Company bidding for £1bn Cheshire PFI contract to unveil plans for Middlewich plant
letsrecycle.com News · 13 Feb 2008
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Southwark signs ambitious 665m PFI waste deal
Veolia strengthens position in London as awarded first PFI contract of 2008
letsrecycle.com News · 13 Feb 2008
Industry news
Anglian firm reports growing demand for compost
The Composting Company looks for new sites to expand its business after new distribution deals
letsrecycle.com News · 12 Feb 2008
Industry news
Public Attitudes to Packaging 2008
Valpak and INCPEN commissioned Ipsos MORI to carry out research to understand consumers’ concerns and knowledge about packaging and to see if their behaviour matches their concerns. Businesses in the packaging supply chain want to respond to consumers’ concerns by reducing and improving the packaging on products that are genuinely packed excessively. However they [...]
INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 12 Feb 2008
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Viridor seeks PPC permit for Dunbar incinerator
Firm still pushing for EfW plant, despite government opposition to large incinerators
letsrecycle.com News · 12 Feb 2008
Industry news
Smurfit Kappa wins Nottingham paper bank deal
Paper recycling firm will provide 34 banks to 19 locations across the city
letsrecycle.com News · 12 Feb 2008
Industry news
News in Brief
Including Brent's vote on compulsory recycling; commercial waste in East Anglia; and Dumpleton joins Choice
letsrecycle.com News · 12 Feb 2008