Recycling news: 2006

Industry news News in Brief With news of Bath&#39s "Zero Waste Week"; tyre-burning skip operator; two waste campaigns and a WEEE study in Yorkshire letsrecycle.com News · 30 Oct 2006 Industry news Bristol reveals landfill concerns despite recycling success City to build new in-vessel composting plant, but leads local bid to re-negotiate future landfill allowance penalties letsrecycle.com News · 30 Oct 2006 Industry news Herefordshire autoclave plant hits further delay Planned facility to treat 100,000 tonnes of mixed waste each year with steam process fails to win support of councillors letsrecycle.com News · 26 Oct 2006 Industry news Coventry firm develops carpet recycling system Reeds Carpets invest 500,000 in plant to reduce millions of square feet of carpets from exhibitions that go to landfill letsrecycle.com News · 26 Oct 2006 Industry news National battery recycling trials set for expansion Wider range of battery collection systems to be trialled by WRAP, including retail take-back and postal collections letsrecycle.com News · 26 Oct 2006 Industry news Wales “on track” to meet recycling targets Local authorities in Wales reach national average 21.9% recycling rate for household waste, Welsh Assembly reveals letsrecycle.com News · 26 Oct 2006 Industry news LondonWaste appeals composting plant&#39s enforcement notice Waste firm accused by council of disregarding local community in refusing responsibility for enforcement notice letsrecycle.com News · 26 Oct 2006 Industry news MBT versus incineration for Buckinghamshire Single waste treatment plant worth up to 90m needed to cut landfill rates, but county has yet to decide on technology letsrecycle.com News · 25 Oct 2006 Industry news Plans revealed for 45m biomass plant in South Wales Energy firm Express Power to provide market for 175,000 tonnes of locally-collected waste wood each year letsrecycle.com News · 25 Oct 2006 Industry news Centre launched to support local business waste action Landfill Tax-funded BREW Centre to assist councils working with local businesses to reduce and recycle more of their waste letsrecycle.com News · 25 Oct 2006 Industry news Protocol to boost household packaging recycling Packaging group working with county chief executives on plan to close gap between council and industry recycling targets letsrecycle.com News · 24 Oct 2006 Industry news MSP pulls plug on Scotland&#39s plastic bag tax Bill Mike Pringle MSP withdraws his Bill proposing 10p levy on plastic carrier bags, after gaining promises from Scottish ministers letsrecycle.com News · 24 Oct 2006 Industry news ASDA unveils first “zero waste to landfill” supermarket Retail giant forges partnership with waste firms in bid to divert all waste from Dorset store away from landfill letsrecycle.com News · 24 Oct 2006 Industry news News in Brief With news on kitchen waste composting; glass recycling; litter recycling; WEEE software and re-usable nappies letsrecycle.com News · 24 Oct 2006 Industry news Suffolk councillors to debate incinerator plan County&#39s cabinet to discuss stated preference for building incinerator against views of last year&#39s public consultation letsrecycle.com News · 24 Oct 2006 Industry news Cheshire to seek PFI partner under 1bn waste plan Biggest procurement exercise in county&#39s history gears up to search for waste treatment provider under 25-year PFI contract letsrecycle.com News · 23 Oct 2006 Industry news Yellow Pages publisher in recycling talks with paper mill Yell Ltd in attempt to persuade Kent-based Aylesford Newsprint to accept its telephone directories for recycling letsrecycle.com News · 23 Oct 2006 Industry news Local newspaper poll kills Basingstoke collection scheme Councillors abandon plans for alternate-week recycling and waste scheme before full public consultation even takes place letsrecycle.com News · 23 Oct 2006 Industry news Production boost for Brand & Rae recycled glass concrete Fife-based firm gains 315,000 investment to increase its manufacture of concrete made with 30% recycled glass letsrecycle.com News · 23 Oct 2006 Industry news 4m tonnes of UK food waste remain “uncomposted” each year Composting Association says new figures show more food waste processing capacity badly needed if EU targets are to be met letsrecycle.com News · 23 Oct 2006 Industry news Retailers brand Defra bag reduction proposals “unachievable” Defra to look at the detail of suggested voluntary code of practice to cut number of plastic carrier bags given out to shoppers letsrecycle.com News · 22 Oct 2006 Industry news Axion Recycling seeking plastic from waste electronics Following trials plastic reprocessor gearing up for full capacity at new Salford plant by early 2007 letsrecycle.com News · 22 Oct 2006 Industry news Full speed ahead for Lincolnshire plastic recycling plant Alternate Waste Solutions plant now processing 1,000 tonnes of plastic bottles every month using German technology letsrecycle.com News · 22 Oct 2006 Industry news Alternate weekly success for Reading&#39s recycling Borough reveals that recycling tonnages have risen by more than 40% in first two weeks of new collection scheme letsrecycle.com News · 22 Oct 2006 Industry news 1.4m construction waste recycling plant opens in Glasgow Malcolm Construction Services opens new aggregates recycling plant able to handle 350,000 tonnes of material each year letsrecycle.com News · 19 Oct 2006 Industry news Waste industry self-regulation scheme “major step forward” Shanks director says Recycling Registration Scheme is "most positive" step forward for industry regarding waste exports letsrecycle.com News · 19 Oct 2006 Industry news News in Brief With news on recycling in Oxford; "no blow bags" in Bolton; Lloyds takeover; waste firm Smiths; and award for Straight plc letsrecycle.com News · 19 Oct 2006 Industry news Lamp recycling plant doubles capacity as demand grows Mercury Recycling increases processing capacity to 40m lamps each year in response to legislation-led growth in demand letsrecycle.com News · 19 Oct 2006 Industry news Sainsbury&#39s aim to double UK battery recycling rate Supermarket announces new scheme it hopes will see 10% of the nation&#39s household batteries recycled letsrecycle.com News · 19 Oct 2006 Industry news Sims reveals WEEE plastics plan after latest acquisition Sims Recycling Solutions to develop technology for recycling plastics from waste electronics after acquiring German firm letsrecycle.com News · 18 Oct 2006 Industry news Funding agreed for Britain&#39s biggest indoor recycling plant London firm to develop 200,000 tonne-capacity materials recycling facility in strategic location close to Canary Wharf letsrecycle.com News · 18 Oct 2006 Industry news First large-scale biodiesel plant to open in Wales Developer BioWales announces that the 1.2m plant will be able to process 30 million litres of waste oil each year from 2007 letsrecycle.com News · 18 Oct 2006 Industry news Aim to reach higher value markets with compost standard WRAP attempting to build on PAS 100 composting standard to increase amount of compost being sold to a wider range of end users letsrecycle.com News · 18 Oct 2006 Industry news Autoclave firm secures funds for “ambitious” building plan London-based Sterecycle aiming to build five waste recovery plants in UK using autoclave stream treatment process letsrecycle.com News · 17 Oct 2006 Industry news Plan to move London&#39s waste by canal barge Transport for London says Olympics and CrossRail projects could offer opportunity to develop waterways for waste transportation letsrecycle.com News · 17 Oct 2006 Industry news East London scrap yard owner fined 17,000 Stratford firm prosecuted for disposing of waste vehicles in "deliberate and reckless" fashion without correct licence letsrecycle.com News · 17 Oct 2006 Industry news ESA defends recycling plant audit scheme Industry association says new MRF auditing scheme is flexible and will guarantee recycling letsrecycle.com News · 16 Oct 2006 Industry news Cory Environmental set for £500m sale A waste management firm would be "likely" buyer, says bank asked to arrange sale of company building UK&#39s largest incinerator letsrecycle.com News · 16 Oct 2006 Industry news LARAC concerned over “unbalanced” recycling coverage Council officers&#39 organisation warns press reports could undermine public support for recycling as new schemes gather force letsrecycle.com News · 16 Oct 2006 Industry news Cornwall signs 30-year PFI contract with SITA UK Independently-structured contract offers model for future waste PFI schemes, says county, heralding 150m investment programme letsrecycle.com News · 16 Oct 2006