Recycling news: 2004

Industry news West Sussex to give residents waste digester for Christmas West Sussex council is offering its residents a free garden food waste digester as part of its bid to cut landfill rates in the borough letsrecycle.com News · 23 Nov 2004 Industry news Queen&#39s Speech heralds new waste powers Environment Agency and local authorities set for new powers to tackle illegal waste disposal and other environmental crimes letsrecycle.com News · 23 Nov 2004 Industry news Quality of life changes underly aims of neighbourhoods bill The Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill, featured in the Queen&#39s Speech, is being prepared following consultation this year letsrecycle.com News · 23 Nov 2004 Industry news Yorkshire community recyclers receive lottery boost A community group in Calderdale receives 300,000 grant to provide kerbside recycling collections for 25,000 households letsrecycle.com News · 22 Nov 2004 Industry news Investment firm targets hazardous waste sector for takeovers Investment company Augean to acquire two hazardous waste management companies for 106 million letsrecycle.com News · 22 Nov 2004 Industry news Consolidation is focus for new Shotton procurement chief UPM-Kymmene has made a number of appointments at its recovered newsprint mill in North Wales letsrecycle.com News · 22 Nov 2004 Industry news Waste minimisation targeted by 284 million government fund Margaret Beckett announces new fund using landfill tax revenue to help businesses reduce the amount of waste they produce letsrecycle.com News · 22 Nov 2004 Industry news New recovery data suggests shortage of plastics PRNs Latest figures for packaging waste reprocessing in the first three quarters of 2004 suggest difficult task for plastics letsrecycle.com News · 19 Nov 2004 Industry news New aluminium chief aims to boost recycling levels Paul Martin has taken on the chief executive post at Alupro as the aluminium sector faces up to higher targets letsrecycle.com News · 19 Nov 2004 Industry news 100,000 more Northern Irish homes set for kerbside recycling Bryson House Recycling wins four council contracts in Northern Ireland to provide multi-material recycling collections letsrecycle.com News · 19 Nov 2004 Industry news Viridor Waste Management acquires Mac-Glass Recycling One of the largest independent glass recycling companies in Scotland is to become part of Viridor Glass Recycling letsrecycle.com News · 19 Nov 2004 Industry news Latest packaging waste recovery figures published by Defra The government has released data showing reprocessing of packaging waste in the third quarter of 2004 letsrecycle.com News · 18 Nov 2004 Industry news Cumbrian publisher fined 20,000 for not recycling packaging Coordination Group successfully prosecuted by Environment Agency for not complying with packaging regulations letsrecycle.com News · 18 Nov 2004 Industry news Hewlett Packard study questions benefits of cartridge re-use Research casts doubt on green benefits of re-using printer cartridges compared to HP&#39s cartridge recycling programme letsrecycle.com News · 18 Nov 2004 Industry news Paper production levels off and mid-grade prices rise Prices paid for mid-grades for the tissue sector have risen but there is some pessimism in the board sector letsrecycle.com News · 17 Nov 2004 Industry news Onyx launches recycling service for commercial electronics The waste company has teamed up with electronics recycling specialist Silver Lining to offer WEEE collection and recycling letsrecycle.com News · 17 Nov 2004 Industry news Sims UK opens multi-million pound metals recycling terminal One of the biggest dock-side metals recycling sites in the world has been opened in the port of Newport in Wales letsrecycle.com News · 17 Nov 2004 Industry news Council&#39s “glass and grass” collection scheme a success North Kesteven council says issuing recycling bins for the combined collection of green waste and glass, has achieved good results letsrecycle.com News · 16 Nov 2004 Industry news Market stability goal for proposed Welsh compliance scheme A new Welsh packaging waste compliance scheme is aiming to provide long-term fixed pricing in the recovery system letsrecycle.com News · 16 Nov 2004 Industry news Maidstone wins award for recycled paper collection quality Council recognised by paper reprocessor Aylesford Newsprint for cleanliness of recovered paper supplied to the Kent mill letsrecycle.com News · 16 Nov 2004 Industry news MDF could be used in low-grade paper, claims research Trials have found that broken down chip board and MDF could be used in low-grade paper making applications letsrecycle.com News · 16 Nov 2004 Industry news Bradford seeking new technology approach to waste diversion Metropolitan district to seek new 25-year waste disposal contract using new treatment technology to reduce landfill rates letsrecycle.com News · 16 Nov 2004 Industry news Carton recycling “substantially” increases at Fife plant Three million cartons recycled each week at the recycling plant in Fife, Liquid Food Carton Manufacturing Association claims letsrecycle.com News · 15 Nov 2004 Industry news Waste Awareness Wales launches new media campaign Waste Awareness Wales has launched a bilingual recycling campaign in an attempt to push Wales towards its 2020 target of 40% letsrecycle.com News · 15 Nov 2004 Industry news News in Brief Recycled aggregates threaten quarry restoration; Walsall waste service "excellent"; and, seminar to discuss waste infrastructure letsrecycle.com News · 15 Nov 2004 Industry news Corus increases price paid for steel cans Corus Steel Packaging Recycling is now paying an extra 15 a tonne for steel cans delivered to its CanRoute collection centres letsrecycle.com News · 15 Nov 2004 Industry news London boroughs failing recycling targets, expert warns 26 London boroughs have failed to reach their government set 2003/04 recycling targets a leading consultant has said letsrecycle.com News · 15 Nov 2004 Industry news Agency warns public against use of illegal scrapyards Environment Agency highlights concerns over vehicle dismantling sites in Essex not meeting environmental standards letsrecycle.com News · 12 Nov 2004 Industry news Ten English councils awarded 6.5m in recycling grants Local authorities that narrowly missed out on previous government funding are have recycling projects funded by Defra letsrecycle.com News · 12 Nov 2004 Industry news Derby council takes delivery of first Kerbside Kollector II The first of a new breed of kerbside recycling collection vehicles has arrived to boost waste management in Derby letsrecycle.com News · 12 Nov 2004 Industry news Valpak backed study aims to boost glass and can collection A packaging waste data collection exercise is set to help show how collection of cans and glass from households can be targeted letsrecycle.com News · 12 Nov 2004 Industry news Council expresses &#39shock&#39 over death of collection operative South Shropshire council has expressed its sadness over an accident on Monday which killed a refuse collection operative letsrecycle.com News · 11 Nov 2004 Industry news New study offers best practice tips for kerbside collection The CIWM has produced a new report on how to best manage the logistics of kerbside collection of organics and dry waste letsrecycle.com News · 11 Nov 2004 Industry news CIWM on attack over shortage of funds for Defra CIWM claims that if the EA and Defra are to effectively oversee the Landfill Directive they will need better resources letsrecycle.com News · 11 Nov 2004 Industry news Sony and HP in first pan-European WEEE compliance scheme Sony, HP Braun and Electrolux set up WEEE compliance scheme to deal with responsibility across Europe letsrecycle.com News · 11 Nov 2004 Industry news Oil price pressure set to increase costs of collection sacks Local authorities could soon be paying more for collection and refuse sacks as higher oil prices push up manufacturing costs letsrecycle.com News · 10 Nov 2004 Industry news G&P to process batteries from West Sussex scheme "Household" batteries from collections at 11 West Sussex CA sites will be processed at the G&P&#39s new West Bromwich site letsrecycle.com News · 10 Nov 2004 Industry news Residents given say on Surrey&#39s waste framework Residents in Surrey have been given the chance to comment on the council&#39s draft policies for the new Waste Development Framework letsrecycle.com News · 10 Nov 2004 Industry news Textiles sector to push producer role in EU meeting European textiles recyclers are set to make key points including the need for producer responsibility at a meeting in Brussels letsrecycle.com News · 9 Nov 2004 Industry news London Remade to work with NHS over waste and recycling Hospitals and surgeries will be included in a project to improve recycling and waste minimisation letsrecycle.com News · 9 Nov 2004