Recycling news: 2008

Industry news SPECIAL REPORT from Hong Kong How the market crisis for recyclable materials is viewed by the Hong Kong government letsrecycle.com News · 13 Nov 2008 Industry news WRG wins 40m recycling centre contract Three Yorkshire councils award deal as they begin PFI procurement with Barnsley as lead letsrecycle.com News · 13 Nov 2008 Industry news Staffordshire EfW wins planning permission However, hurdles remain for proposed £600 million plant near Cannock letsrecycle.com News · 13 Nov 2008 Industry news Councils urged to use full ‘flexibility’ of LATS EA encourages authorities to bank, trade or borrow allowances during economic downturn letsrecycle.com News · 13 Nov 2008 Industry news Concerns raised over waste exemption reforms Composters and farmers question impact of planned changes to waste permitting letsrecycle.com News · 12 Nov 2008 Industry news Potential of higher MRF gate fees raised Councils could face bigger bills as prices for many recovered materials remain low letsrecycle.com News · 12 Nov 2008 Industry news Gloucestershire awarded 92m in PFI credits Defra grants funds to county council based around energy-from-waste reference project letsrecycle.com News · 12 Nov 2008 Industry news Packaging targets for 2008 tight but achievable However, Advisory Committee on Packaging may recommend changes to packaging targets for 2009 letsrecycle.com News · 11 Nov 2008 Industry news Special report: The Aldridge MRF and falling market prices Chris Sloley visits Aldridge to assess how the fall in value of recyclables is affecting one MRF operator letsrecycle.com News · 11 Nov 2008 Industry news Agency to allow six months storage for recyclables EA warns of need to protect the environment but is to take softer approach at permitted sites letsrecycle.com News · 11 Nov 2008 Industry news Textile prices high despite economic slowdown However, contract problems and concerns over shipping regulations raised at BIR event letsrecycle.com News · 11 Nov 2008 Industry news News in Brief With news on a Government recycling website, a demolition protocol and a Royal visit to Abitibi letsrecycle.com News · 11 Nov 2008 Industry news Government issues statement over falling prices Defra, EA and WRAP outline priorities in wake of plunging materials prices letsrecycle.com News · 11 Nov 2008 Industry news Market squeeze impacts on council’s recycling service Hertfordshire becomes early example of falling commodity prices impacting on service as mixed plastics trial ends letsrecycle.com News · 11 Nov 2008 Industry news Storage guidance to be published soon Agency in back-to-back meetings with Defra and WRAP to address falling material values letsrecycle.com News · 10 Nov 2008 Industry news Paper sector slams Defra and WRAP over targets The government and WRAP have gold-plated recycling targets without thinking about markets, says CPI letsrecycle.com News · 10 Nov 2008 Industry news Paper Round secures “largest ever contract” Office recycling firm wins £2 million Transport for London deal letsrecycle.com News · 10 Nov 2008 Industry news Rugby to send materials to 8 million MRF Council signs deal with Pure Recycling to process 8,000 tonnes of commingled recyclables a year letsrecycle.com News · 10 Nov 2008 Industry news Cullet prices stable despite downturn Lack of dependence on Far East exports insulates glass reprocessing market letsrecycle.com News · 10 Nov 2008 Industry news Are we recycling enough? Stuart Wardlaw, head of environment and safety at Dickinson Dees LLP, considers waste reduction letsrecycle.com News · 10 Nov 2008 Council news Derby City Council homepage - Derby City Council Derby Council · 9 Nov 2008 Industry news Report published to put packaging in perspective Industry study addresses negative perceptions about packaging waste in the UK letsrecycle.com News · 7 Nov 2008 Industry news WRAP to research carbon impact of collections Project to take place with CRR despite WRAP acknowledging differences of opinion letsrecycle.com News · 7 Nov 2008 Industry news Monday meeting to address falling material values Defra to meet with Environment Agency to look at changing guidance over storage of recyclables letsrecycle.com News · 7 Nov 2008 Industry news Downturn in metals market expected to continue BIR event told that steel market unlikely to recover until Q2 of 2009 at the earliest letsrecycle.com News · 7 Nov 2008 Industry news Congleton compensates man after Ombudsman ruling Cheshire council accepts ruling of maladministration in response to resident's complaint over collections letsrecycle.com News · 7 Nov 2008 Industry news Shanks shares rise in response to strong results Results for first half of 2008-09 published as firm bids for PFI deals with energy giant letsrecycle.com News · 6 Nov 2008 Industry news South West Devon advertises 796m PFI contract Bidders Day held on Tuesday to brief firms interested in 28-year waste treatment deal letsrecycle.com News · 6 Nov 2008 Industry news England reaches 34.5% household recycling rate Rate of recycling growth slows as East Lindsey crowned top recycler letsrecycle.com News · 6 Nov 2008 Industry news The secrets behind East Lindsey’s recycling success Lincolnshire council reveals measures which helped it to top the recycling league table letsrecycle.com News · 6 Nov 2008 Industry news UK could struggle to meet packaging targets for 2008 Concerns expressed that UK will have to rely on PRNS carried over from 2007 following sharp fall in exports letsrecycle.com News · 5 Nov 2008 Industry news Welsh waste awareness campaign launched TV and radio advertising to focus on food waste, furniture reuse and steel can recycling letsrecycle.com News · 5 Nov 2008 Industry news David Cameron visits WEEE recycling firm in Kent Conservative leader outlines policies for small companies at SWEEEP recycling firm letsrecycle.com News · 5 Nov 2008 Industry news Bank of Ireland set to lead on Manchester PFI funding Banks in talks but uncertainty remains over when contract will reach financial close letsrecycle.com News · 5 Nov 2008 Industry news Scottish minister opens WEEE glass recycling plant Mike Russell praises innovation at cleaning plant in Ayrshire developed by Restructa letsrecycle.com News · 5 Nov 2008 Industry news Recycling and recovery in Sweden (part 1) World-renowned international recycling expert, Jeff Cooper, takes a look at the latest developments in Sweden letsrecycle.com News · 5 Nov 2008 Industry news Recycling and recovery in Sweden (part 2) In part two of our special report on recycling and waste in Sweden, Jeff Cooper visits a WEEE recycling facility and a biogas plant letsrecycle.com News · 5 Nov 2008 Industry news Price of plastics shows no sign of stability Calls for Environment Agency help on stockpiling issue as prices continue to fall letsrecycle.com News · 4 Nov 2008 Industry news Defra monitoring markets; lunchbox & teapot advice Defra is monitoring the recycling market, while WRAP and Envirowise offer advice on lunchboxes and teapots letsrecycle.com News · 4 Nov 2008 Industry news Agency to act as recycling crisis unfolds Environment Agency looks at storage; 9-point plan; councils report on problems; emergency committee idea letsrecycle.com News · 4 Nov 2008