Recycling news: 2007

Industry news Essex councils accused over charity waste charging Charity shops say Essex councils overcharging for disposal, county seeks legal advice letsrecycle.com News · 16 Nov 2007 Industry news Charity shops will be “dumping ground” under bin charge plan Tories say non-recycling penalties will lead to unwanted junk "piling up" outside charity shops letsrecycle.com News · 16 Nov 2007 Industry news Lincolnshire plastics recycling plant set for expansion AWS to reprocess waste HDPE and PET plastic bottles into material suitable for food packaging letsrecycle.com News · 15 Nov 2007 Industry news Allington MRF reopens as incinerator is repaired Kent resumes sending recyclables to sorting facility, as EfW plant problems are rectified letsrecycle.com News · 15 Nov 2007 Industry news Germany’s fridge recycling emissions “humiliatingly bad” Study suggests nearly two thirds of CFC emissions from fridges escape during recycling in Germany letsrecycle.com News · 15 Nov 2007 Industry news Five councils to test recycling incentive powers Minister lays out plans for pilot recycling incentives, denies it will prove a "stealth tax" letsrecycle.com News · 15 Nov 2007 Industry news London councils confirm Bill to tackle free carrier bags London Local Authorities (Shopping Bag) Bill to enter Parliament November 27, for levy or ban on free disposable bags letsrecycle.com News · 14 Nov 2007 Industry news Leicestershire and Staffordshire go for PFI County councils submit funding bids to the government for energy-from-waste plants letsrecycle.com News · 14 Nov 2007 Industry news Newhaven incinerator wins second green light East Sussex council upholds original planning permission- but new hurdle emerges letsrecycle.com News · 14 Nov 2007 Industry news Composters probe hospital fly outbreak Investigation begins in Newham after fly infestation is linked to Rocket composter letsrecycle.com News · 13 Nov 2007 Council news Deferred Entry - Primary School - Moray Council Moray Council · 13 Nov 2007 Industry news Veolia “not seeking to dominate London” UK's largest waste firm is looking to become "a reference point" in terms of service delivery letsrecycle.com News · 13 Nov 2007 Industry news Budget airline introduces onboard recycling service Monarch Airlines brings in multi-material recycling service for flights into Gatwick letsrecycle.com News · 13 Nov 2007 Industry news Wood waste biomass plant hailed as first of many Minister opens Wilton 10 plant in Middlesbrough, labels it "forerunner" in UK energy letsrecycle.com News · 13 Nov 2007 Industry news News in Brief With news of Scottish recycling efforts; steel can recycling; construction waste; and composting letsrecycle.com News · 13 Nov 2007 Industry news Sheffield EfW plant praised but recycling steadies Landfill diversion through energy from waste was highlighted at an opening ceremony last week letsrecycle.com News · 12 Nov 2007 Industry news WRAP investigates market for recycled MDF Project looks at replacing virgin wood flour with MDF in wood-plastic composites letsrecycle.com News · 12 Nov 2007 Industry news Exporters look for meeting over soaring freight costs Freight Transport Association hits out at shipping costs but lines talk of container shortage letsrecycle.com News · 12 Nov 2007 Industry news Britain still topping Europe in use of landfills UK still sends more waste to landfill than other EU countries, says Local Government Association letsrecycle.com News · 12 Nov 2007 Industry news Energy from Waste: Dr Gev Eduljee, SITA UK’s technical director Should incinerators be granted recovery status? letsrecycle.com News · 12 Nov 2007 Industry news Agrivert expands Oxfordshire composting operations Company uses WRAP funding to establish new concrete pad and take on new turning machine letsrecycle.com News · 11 Nov 2007 Industry news Londoners back action on disposable shopping bags Local authorities in the capital say consultation reveals support for a ban or levy on single-use bags letsrecycle.com News · 9 Nov 2007 Industry news Hounslow social enterprise to build AD facility Community Initiative Partnerships plans anaerobic digestion plant to process 60,000 tonnes a year letsrecycle.com News · 9 Nov 2007 Industry news M&S target energy from anaerobic digestion plants Retail chain signs agreements to source energy from two facilities, hopes for many more letsrecycle.com News · 9 Nov 2007 Industry news Call for scrutiny of carbon impact of collections London councillor wants carbon from source-separated and commingled collections calculated letsrecycle.com News · 9 Nov 2007 Industry news Firm to use chemical process to recycle PET bottles Petagain Ltd plant in north of England to process 20,000 tonnes of plastic bottles a year letsrecycle.com News · 8 Nov 2007 Industry news Higher freight charges start to bite Domestic paper prices are coming under pressure as the export sector faces up to higher costs letsrecycle.com News · 8 Nov 2007 Industry news News in Brief With news of an AbitibiBowater review; PVC floor recycling; RFID bin tags; and, carbon emissions letsrecycle.com News · 8 Nov 2007 Industry news Waste Watch to launch education network Not-for-profit group setting up network to link up waste education and waste professionals letsrecycle.com News · 8 Nov 2007 Industry news Biffa to pay out 32,500 over landfill problems Waste company found guilty of failing to tackle odour problems at a Hertfordshire landfill site letsrecycle.com News · 7 Nov 2007 Industry news Shanks keen to capitalise on “proven” MBT process Reporting latest financial results, Shanks says it is "well-positioned" in municipal waste market letsrecycle.com News · 7 Nov 2007 Industry news Plans shaping up for London AD plant Veolia Environmental Services working to develop facility to treat food waste letsrecycle.com News · 7 Nov 2007 Industry news Sims acquires West Midlands metal recycling merchant UK's second largest metal recycler strengthens presence in Midlands with acquisition of ER Coley letsrecycle.com News · 7 Nov 2007 Industry news England “well on the way” to recycling respectability Council and waste industry chiefs praise "substantial" rise in recycling rates, but say more work to do letsrecycle.com News · 7 Nov 2007 Industry news Minister calls for more industry action on packaging Despite rising recycling targets for industry, five million tonnes of packaging still landfilled each year letsrecycle.com News · 6 Nov 2007 Industry news Firm to set up first plastics recycling training centre First centre of its kind in Europe to train workers in operating plastics recycling machinery letsrecycle.com News · 6 Nov 2007 Industry news Essex plastics recycling firm to expand Second production line for Express Recycling & Plastics will allow it to recycle wider range of plastics letsrecycle.com News · 6 Nov 2007 Industry news England breaks 30% barrier for household recycling Defra releases figures for 2006/07 showing increase in recycling, but says "more to be done" letsrecycle.com News · 6 Nov 2007 Industry news Quality protocol proposed for flat glass WRAP and the Environment Agency put plans to reduce the administration burden on glass recyclers out to consultation letsrecycle.com News · 6 Nov 2007 Industry news Householders split over incentives for recycling Survey finds 80% of householders believe they have duty to recycle, only half back incentives letsrecycle.com News · 5 Nov 2007