Recycling news: 2002

Industry news Metal recyclers’ association chief quits after 18 months in the post The British Metal Recyclers&#39 Association has announced that director general David Hulse is to step down letsrecycle.com News · 28 Oct 2002 Industry news Unlicensed collector jailed as East Anglian tyre mountain remains An East Anglian man who handled millions of waste tyres has been sent to prison letsrecycle.com News · 28 Oct 2002 Industry news Parkwood Holdings bought as Viridor continues on acquisition trail A large Sheffield landfill site and recycling operations feature in the latest Viridor purchase letsrecycle.com News · 24 Oct 2002 Industry news Waste Acceptance Criteria vote delayed European Council postpones decision from October to December 2002 letsrecycle.com News · 24 Oct 2002 Industry news Berryman gets 1 million new colour sorting equipment New glass enhancement facility is "UK&#39s largest," glass collectors claim letsrecycle.com News · 24 Oct 2002 Industry news Valpak heralds SITA deal as “powerful argument” for PRN system A new deal in which Valpak gains access to SITA&#39s PRNs shows that the UK&#39s PRN system works, says Valpak chief letsrecycle.com News · 23 Oct 2002 Industry news Chartered Environmentalist qualification sought by new group Umbrella body Society for the Environment announces its goals letsrecycle.com News · 23 Oct 2002 Industry news Government responds to Committee criticisms over fridge regulations The government has responsed to a Committee report criticising its handling of fridge disposal regulations letsrecycle.com News · 23 Oct 2002 Industry news European Parliament publishes text of WEEE agreement The draft text of the agreed Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive has now been made available letsrecycle.com News · 23 Oct 2002 Industry news Hazardous waste forum gets go-ahead Goverment responds to calls for a national hazardous waste advisory group letsrecycle.com News · 23 Oct 2002 Industry news Chancellor&#39s pre-budget report could raise Landfill Tax to 34 a tonne Landfill tax could go up by at least 20 a tonne, but it is feared this will go to public services other than recycling letsrecycle.com News · 22 Oct 2002 Industry news Waste Recycling Group signs new operations director John Bevan will take up the new post directing waste management, energy and quarrying operations in November letsrecycle.com News · 22 Oct 2002 Industry news Kirklees council imposes ban on commercial vehicles at recycling sites The council aims to prevent traders from illegally dumping waste at its recycling centres letsrecycle.com News · 22 Oct 2002 Industry news Don&#39t divert waste tax revenues away from recycling, government is warned Landfill tax should rise and households should be charged for excess rubbish, says the Environment Agency letsrecycle.com News · 22 Oct 2002 Industry news The government is considering plastic bag tax Environment minister Michael Meacher says a tax on plastic bags is being considered letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2002 Industry news Illegal waste operator jailed after Environment Agency investigation A man has been sentenced to eight months in prison after pleading guilty to operating a waste site without a licence letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2002 Industry news Plastics recycling and reuse maybe barrier to electrical waste directive The government adopts a wait-and-see approach to recycling and reuse of waste plastics within the electical equipment waste stream letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2002 Industry news Welsh Assembly allocates 2.4million towards fridge disposal The Welsh Assembly has allocated 2.4 million towards the disposal of waste fridges from its draft budget letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2002 Industry news LARAC calls for used tyre recovery targets to deal with tyre mountain The Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee has written to the DTI about coping with used tyre legislation letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2002 Industry news Richmond takes action on abandoned end-of-life vehicles The London borough is to re-tender its ELV collection contract and will appoint an abandoned vehicle inspector letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2002 Industry news Packaging industry warns of long-term effects of delayed target increase The decision to keep the UK&#39s packaging recovery targets the same in 2003 as those in 2002 has been criticised letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2002 Industry news Details made available on government&#39s Advisory Committee on Packaging The ACP has formed four task force groups to look into the issues surrounding UK packaging waste compliance letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2002 Industry news Biffa and Green Alliance warn of looming crisis in waste management Doing nothing is not an option, warns Biffa while Green Alliance calls for a crackdown on housholds that don&#39t recycle letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2002 Industry news Seeking the perfect future, the latest Biffa book travels the Yellow Brick Road Biffa has published a watershed account of waste management in the UK today and a look into the future letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2002 Industry news Traffic-light scorecard tracks Agency goals Environment Agency welcomes "transparent" assessments letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2002 Industry news European Commission warns UK over its failure to implement ELV Directive The UK has received a second warning after failing to meet the April deadline for adopting end of life vehicle laws letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2002 Industry news Seeking the perfect future, the latest Biffa book travels the Yellow Brick Road The need to be visionary in the way effective UK policies are developed for dealing with waste and resources, is the theme in the latest publication from Biffa, writes Steve Eminton. letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2002 Industry news European Council puts back packaging deadline to 2008 in Corbey proposals European environment ministers have lowered suggested recycling targets to 55%, with a new 15% target for wood letsrecycle.com News · 17 Oct 2002 Industry news European official reveals Commission&#39s doubts about PRN system A European Commission official admitted to uncertainty on the merits of the UK&#39s system of packaging waste compliance letsrecycle.com News · 17 Oct 2002 Industry news Waste plastics prices fall The price of waste plastic bottles in the UK is falling, at the same time as demand from the Far East declines letsrecycle.com News · 17 Oct 2002 Industry news FEAD president warns against environmental setbacks Dominique Pin has warned against derailing environmental measures because of terrorism-related unease letsrecycle.com News · 17 Oct 2002 Industry news Government&#39s 40m towards waste fridges soon to be allocated Government funding of 40m towards the removal of waste fridges could be allocated by the end of this year letsrecycle.com News · 17 Oct 2002 Industry news European Council of Ministers to discuss packaging waste proposals Ministers meet today to decide whether or not to amend the Corbey proposals on the packaging waste directive letsrecycle.com News · 16 Oct 2002 Industry news UK packaging waste targets remain unchanged for 2003 Environment minister Michael Meacher has said that the 59% recovery target for packaging waste will remain the same letsrecycle.com News · 16 Oct 2002 Industry news New Opportunities Fund has new award partner for waste programme Government selects new award partner for the 35m New Opportunities Fund programme, Transforming Waste letsrecycle.com News · 16 Oct 2002 Industry news Shotton reaffirms demand for used newspapers to feed new pulp mill Shotton Newsprint will press on with its newspaper recycling expansion despite the WRAP grant investigation letsrecycle.com News · 16 Oct 2002 Industry news East Hampshire to extend alternate weekly collections Kerbside recycling rate to top 30% thanks to tough recycling scheme letsrecycle.com News · 16 Oct 2002 Industry news Cory signs new contract with Westminster city council Cory Environmental will handle 5,000 tonnes of recyclables a month over 14 years in a deal worth around 40 million letsrecycle.com News · 15 Oct 2002 Industry news DTI informs of stages before WEEE directive becomes law in UK The DTI has published a summary stages involved in the implementation of the WEEE directive into UK law letsrecycle.com News · 15 Oct 2002 Industry news DTI consultation group working on vehicle recovery note system Details have emerged of the "producer choice option" that the government consultation group on ELVs is working on letsrecycle.com News · 15 Oct 2002