Recycling news: 2005

Industry news Record 100m PFI boost for Manchester waste and recycling Greater Manchester Waste Authority wins Private Finance Iniative funding, as does Southwark and Cambridgeshire letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jan 2005 Industry news News in Brief Defra launches procurement help; Belfast becomes Remade; Waste Awareness Wales jumps online; and, WRG appoints new chairman letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jan 2005 Industry news Welsh ELV firms given four weeks to meet green standards Environment Agency extends ELV Regulation "hands off" period for ELV recyclers in North Wales to the end of February letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jan 2005 Industry news SITA materials recycling facility opens in Aberdeen Scottish deputy environment minister opens MRF which will process material collected through city&#39s kerbside collections letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jan 2005 Industry news Draft waste strategy for East Midlands unveiled East Midlands Regional Assembly launches consultation on strategy providing planning guidance for waste management up to 2021 letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jan 2005 Industry news Universities award pay-by-weight waste contracts to Onyx Recycling at Birmingham and Hertfordshire universities set for a boost with new pay-by-weight collections run by Onyx letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jan 2005 Industry news European regulators set for talks on illegal waste exports Environment Agency to take part in first international conference on how to crackdown on illegal waste shipments letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jan 2005 Industry news Lasers deployed by Scottish firm to recycle old televisions Perth-based electronics reprocessor Shore Recycling uses Finnish laser separation technology to recycle cathode ray tubes letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jan 2005 Industry news Compliance schemes secure sufficient PRNs for 2004 Packaging waste compliance schemes believe they have achieved PRN obligations for 2004, but warn of challenges ahead letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jan 2005 Industry news Gaskell to build £2.5m recycling facility on Merseyside Gaskell Waste Services to develop new waste transfer and recycling plant to process up to 75,000 tonnes of waste a year letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jan 2005 Industry news News in Brief Food waste firm secures investment; Prisoners recycle bikes; Edinburgh backs re-use scheme; and, phone recycling in Bristol letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jan 2005 Industry news London boroughs can achieve 2005/06 recycling targets London Remade claims boroughs are on the way to achieving 2005/06 recycling targets despite poor results for 2003/04 letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jan 2005 Industry news Photo Imaging Council launches WEEE compliance scheme Photographic industry organisation links up with packaging scheme Budget Pack to run pre-compliance service for waste electronics letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jan 2005 Industry news We want your foil, say aluminium recyclers Aluminium recyclers have said that there is a good market for aluminium foil to be collected by local authorities letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jan 2005 Industry news Wales hits 16% municipal waste recycling rate Councils in Wales have exceeded national targets for recycling and composting municipal waste in 2003/04 letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jan 2005 Industry news Cambridgeshire calls for residents to recycle phones Community groups to benefit from income from old mobile phones and printer cartridges recycled by residents letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jan 2005 Industry news Morley reassures private waste companies over clause 47 Minister seeks to calm private sector fears over Clean Neighbourhoods Bill clause repealing waste contracting requirement letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jan 2005 Industry news Landfill “unattractive” option for MBT output, expert says Leading researcher warns that long maturation times needed to landfill MBT treated material takes up valuable site space letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jan 2005 Industry news Onyx suffers fire at Marchwood household waste site The emergency services are investigating a fire at Bury Lane household waste recycling centre, run by Onyx, in Hampshire letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jan 2005 Industry news Agency sting traps drivers in illegal ELV de-pollution Environment Agency and Birmingham city council operation against illegal dumping of fuel and tyres prior to vehicle scrapping letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jan 2005 Industry news Top council needs new technology to pass 50% recycling rate Lichfield council, the best council in England for recycling, says only new waste technology can help it improve letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jan 2005 Industry news Bexley given “renewed confidence” in incinerator fight Council welcomes Secretary of State&#39s decision to seek more views over proposals for EfW plant on the Thames letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jan 2005 Industry news Germany and Austria face European court action over ELVs EU Member States to face European Court of Justice for failing to implement the End of Life Vehicles Directive correctly letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jan 2005 Industry news Coca Cola on board to use recycled PET in packaging trial The soft drink giant is among the companies who are helping to trial the use of recycled PET in plastic packaging letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jan 2005 Industry news Inspector backs Belvedere but DTI seeks more views In an unusual move the DTI is to to seek further opinions on the proposed Belvedere efw plant in London letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jan 2005 Industry news Green waste key for improved recycling rates, say councils Councils at both ends of the recycling league table have championed the collection of green waste to improve recycling rates letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jan 2005 Industry news Citiraya officially opens CRT recycling centre Electrical waste recycler Citiraya opened its new site in Wales which uses laser technology to recycle Cathode Ray Tubes letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jan 2005 Industry news Herhof talks may delay Leyland mbt plant A new mechanical biological treatment plant planned for Leyland, near Preston, may be delayed letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jan 2005 Industry news New chair for LARAC as Doran joins Defra Lee Marshall is elected to chair LARAC with the appointment of Andy Doran to a top waste post at Defra letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jan 2005 Industry news Councils warn of double whammy over spending and targets The Local Government Association has warned of funding shotfalls while LARAC seeks variable charging letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jan 2005 Industry news Government to tackle packaging waste export problems Defra&#39s Sheila McKinley pledges to tackle difficulties with UK packaging recovery regulations "as quickly as we can" letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jan 2005 Industry news MBT firm Herhof “at full speed” despite financial pressures Mechanical biological treatment firm Herhof has said its UK activities remain unaffected by a "temporary liquidity stagnation" letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jan 2005 Industry news Defra confidence on recycling clouded by council failures Government confidence in meeting 2005/06 recycling targets dented as 167 councils fail to reach their 2003/04 targets letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jan 2005 Industry news Pembrokeshire aiming at 2007 targets with new scheme Pembrokeshire county council rolls out new recycling scheme hoping to hit its 2006/07 recycling target of 25% letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jan 2005 Industry news Swansea gets tough on residents misusing recycling bags Swansea council takes action against residents who use green recycling bags for mixed household waste letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jan 2005 Industry news English councils recycling more waste than ever before New performance indicators for recycling and composting in England during 2003/04 show a 3% growth in recycling rates letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jan 2005 Industry news Beckett rules out variable charging on household waste Government won&#39t give councils power to charge householders by weight of non-recyclable waste they produce letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jan 2005 Industry news EU electronics recyclers express concern over WEEE delays International recycling congress hears concerns over delays in implementing European WEEE Directive into domestic law letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jan 2005 Industry news Zero waste concept cannot be applied to urban New Zealand Expert in promoting zero waste in New Zealand has conceded that it may not be possible to achieve the ambition in built-up areas letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jan 2005 Industry news Better deal for recyclers as lending firms join eQuip WRAP says firms leasing equipment through "eQuip" programme could gain better deals as more lenders join scheme letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jan 2005