Recycling news: 2008

Industry news Coventry fined 125,000 over collection vehicle death City council also to pay £40,000 in legal costs over incident in which 11-year-old was killed letsrecycle.com News · 12 Feb 2008 Industry news Defra confirms packaging recovery targets for 2008 to 2010 Overall recovery target is 72% in 2008, aluminium and glass recycling target increases reduced letsrecycle.com News · 11 Feb 2008 Industry news Mayor unveils London business recycling plan Ken Livingstone launches consultation on strategy to encourage businesses to go green letsrecycle.com News · 11 Feb 2008 Industry news Government urged to review waste legislation LARAC chair seeks review and targeting of PRN funds to kerbside recyclables letsrecycle.com News · 11 Feb 2008 Industry news Coventry scrap yard hit by 200,000 fine Easco (Midlands ) Ltd - acquired last year by SITA UK- prosecuted following death of worker in 2005 letsrecycle.com News · 11 Feb 2008 Industry news Collect, sort, throw away: Mal Williams, chief executive of Cylch Why MRF-based sytems just aren't working letsrecycle.com News · 11 Feb 2008 Industry news Biffa directors agree £1.2bn takeover bid Biffa recommends bid from Montagu/GIP consortium; But, other interested buyers are circling letsrecycle.com News · 8 Feb 2008 Industry news News in Brief With news of re-usable nappies in North London, WEEE recycling and recycling in Northumberland letsrecycle.com News · 8 Feb 2008 Industry news Devon takes control of its WEEE evidence notes Authority caught in row over electronics producer funding takes action to cope with recycling costs letsrecycle.com News · 8 Feb 2008 Industry news Doubts cast over Herefordshire autoclave Plans by Estech Europe to build 100,000 tonne facility uncertain despite planning victory letsrecycle.com News · 8 Feb 2008 Industry news Shake up for Viridors Northern region Waste firm announces plans to restructure business in anticipation of short and long-term growth letsrecycle.com News · 7 Feb 2008 Industry news MBT approved in Wales in face of local opposition Torfaen council gives green light to plans by Shanks to build a speculative 120,000 tonne plant letsrecycle.com News · 7 Feb 2008 Industry news Significant improvement in waste collection safety HSE reveals "very encouraging" findings from inspections into waste collection management letsrecycle.com News · 7 Feb 2008 Industry news MPs demand answers over BREW and WRAP budget cuts Minister says businesses may not need more help to cut waste; Cuts to affect Recycle Now campaign letsrecycle.com News · 7 Feb 2008 Industry news Shanks in second Castle Cement fuel deal Waste fuel to go to Ketton kiln; Defra to develop fuel standards letsrecycle.com News · 6 Feb 2008 Industry news WRAP cuts communications roster to 14 firms Banbury organisation rethinks marketing and PR partners for streamlined new business plan letsrecycle.com News · 6 Feb 2008 Industry news Brent councillors to vote on compulsory recycling Residents could be banned from putting recyclable materials in residual bins from June letsrecycle.com News · 6 Feb 2008 Industry news Four left in race for North Yorkshire waste contract North Yorkshire and city of York councils name shortlist for multi-million pound PFI deal letsrecycle.com News · 6 Feb 2008 Industry news WRAP sheds 31 staff, budget cuts still undecided Organisation seeking 25% budget cut as Defra troubles suggest further cuts may be needed letsrecycle.com News · 5 Feb 2008 Industry news News in Brief With news on metal thefts; Verdant Group; polystyrene waste and Smurfit Kappa Recycling letsrecycle.com News · 5 Feb 2008 Industry news Damage from illegal vehicle disposal “equivalent to oil spill” Claim that an oil tanker worth of harmful fluids seeps into environment each year from ELVs letsrecycle.com News · 5 Feb 2008 Industry news Latest pest report backs AWC schemes AWC schemes working well, say pest controllers, but home composting posing problems letsrecycle.com News · 5 Feb 2008 Industry news Why we need the EP Regulations: Tricia Henton, director of environment protection, Environment Agency Why the legislations will cut bureaucracy and make life easier for the industry to comply. letsrecycle.com News · 5 Feb 2008 Industry news Fresh start for Straight after “poor” trading year With a new home after a difficult 2007, container firm predicts growth in 2008 letsrecycle.com News · 4 Feb 2008 Industry news Scheme offers household WEEE drop-off sites for businesses Producer scheme Valpak offers 80 sites for service firms to drop off unwanted household electronics letsrecycle.com News · 4 Feb 2008 Industry news Help from Defra minister sought in WEEE dispute Electrolink and collection partners to seek meeting with Joan Ruddock in producer funding row letsrecycle.com News · 4 Feb 2008 Industry news Greater London Authority backs new technology waste plants GLA unveils report claiming that MBT, AD and gasification produce "far lower" greenhouse gas emissions letsrecycle.com News · 4 Feb 2008 Industry news Emissions from household waste forecast to fall Improved waste management reducing emissions but waste is growing, according to EEA letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2008 Industry news DS Smith announces 104m investment for Kemsley mill Packaging giant to buy adjacent New Thames mill and convert it to lightweight CCM production letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2008 Industry news News in Brief With news on EU legislation; a sixth Veolia MRF; and a fridge recycling standard letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2008 Industry news Collection strikes called off in Bristol Refuse collectors vote to accept revised pay deal from employer SITA UK letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2008 Industry news Illegal landfill operator has 1.2m in assets seized A record for any environmental crime, judge orders seizure of assets of John Craxford Plant Hire letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2008 Industry news Corus raises price offered for collected steel cans Steel reprocessor increases payment for a tonne of cans taken to CanRoute centres to £125 letsrecycle.com News · 31 Jan 2008 Industry news Revised pay deal halts Bristol collection strike Series of collection strikes temporarily suspended with revised pay deal offered by SITA letsrecycle.com News · 31 Jan 2008 Industry news Electrolink holds talks with WEEE partners over collection costs Electronics industry compliance scheme to meet waste management partners over DCF costs letsrecycle.com News · 31 Jan 2008 Industry news Peers warn of “fatal flaw” in bin charging schemes House of Lords ridicules idea of councils billing homes in advance using estimates of past recycling letsrecycle.com News · 31 Jan 2008 Industry news Seven Scottish councils to trial food waste schemes Aberdeenshire to kick off Scotland's food waste collection trials in February letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jan 2008 Industry news Demand prompts plasterboard recycling expansions Landfill Tax and Site Waste Management Plans for buildings boost demand for plasterboard recycling letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jan 2008 Industry news AbitibiBowater wins two paper bank contracts North American paper recycling firm agrees deals with neighbouring Hampshire councils letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jan 2008 Industry news M Baker buy-out reinforces Shore operations in England Scottish firm talking to customers and suppliers of St Helens plant after rescuing operation letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jan 2008