Recycling news: 2008

Industry news Call for councils to check WEEE arrangements WEEE recycler advises local authorities to check relationship with producer compliance schemes letsrecycle.com News · 4 Nov 2008 Industry news Stockpiling begins as commodity collapse hits Ireland Government pledges support for waste management companies as short term measures start letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2008 Industry news Valpak to issue code of practice for Green Dot logo Recycling firm explains responds to concerns over "consumer perception" of symbol letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2008 Industry news Waste paper prices move sharply down Concerns grow at low prices in recovered paper sector as mixed papers reach new low and card price falls letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2008 Industry news News in Brief With news on a Salvation Army textiles campaign, a Cawleys appointment and a paint reuse project letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2008 Industry news Scrap metal market in crisis Drop in prices and overseas demand as reports emerge of scrap yards closing letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2008 Industry news Zero for steel cans as aluminium can price drops by 100 p/t Novelis reduces aluminium can price as Corus cuts price for steel cans to zero letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2008 Industry news Waste Sampling and Pre-Assessment Service Management of waste is becoming more complex with legislation driving stricter controls to ensure that there is no harm to the environment or to human health, thus developing the need for stringent pre-acceptance and analytical testing regimes for your waste. The Environment Agency have begun a National Campaign targeting waste producers, waste facilities and waste […] Augean · 31 Oct 2008 Industry news News in Brief With news on proposals for North London's waste, paint reuse and recycling at Halloween letsrecycle.com News · 31 Oct 2008 Industry news Policeman dies following collision with Viridor waste truck Viridor cooperating fully with the relevant authorities following incident in Sheffield last week letsrecycle.com News · 31 Oct 2008 Industry news WEEE reprocessors warn of higher gate fees Falling prices for recovered metals and plastics set to raise costs for producer compliance schemes letsrecycle.com News · 31 Oct 2008 Industry news Corus cuts price paid for steel cans to zero Steel giant announces that the price it offers for cans and packaging will now be £0 a tonne letsrecycle.com News · 31 Oct 2008 Industry news Deadline comes for last planned round of PFI funding Over £1bn expected to be awarded to councils submitting outline business cases by today letsrecycle.com News · 31 Oct 2008 Industry news Call for less prescriptive approach over Londons waste London Councils publishes proposals for changing Mayor's waste strategy ahead of review letsrecycle.com News · 31 Oct 2008 Industry news North Tyneside fined 40,000 following mans death Council accused of "inadequate safety management" after a man was killed by a reversing refuse truck letsrecycle.com News · 31 Oct 2008 Industry news News in Brief With news on the Climate Change Bill, a SITA appointment and recycling in Croydon letsrecycle.com News · 30 Oct 2008 Industry news Concerns over HSE statistics for recycling sector Health and Safety Executive figures show an increase in major and fatal injuries reported letsrecycle.com News · 30 Oct 2008 Industry news Bradford narrows down bids for 25-year PFI deal Eight bidders chosen to go forward in search for contractor to manage Bradford and Calderdale's waste letsrecycle.com News · 30 Oct 2008 Industry news Two pioneering AD companies merge Bedfordshire-based BIOGEN (UK) Ltd has acquired Shropshire-based AD specialist Greenfinch letsrecycle.com News · 29 Oct 2008 Industry news Greenstar looks for more support over planning Chief executive calls for more government "commitment" to help speed development of recycling facilities letsrecycle.com News · 29 Oct 2008 Industry news CRR calls for more investment in quality recycling Campaign suggest that export 'squeeze' could lead to landfilling of low quality commingled materials letsrecycle.com News · 29 Oct 2008 Industry news Warning of dramatic increase in abandoned cars Vehicle dismantlers claim that big fall in metal prices could also hit council contracts letsrecycle.com News · 29 Oct 2008 Industry news Contaminated soils to be subject to Landfill Tax Plans agreed to phase out exemption of materials from contaminated land from Landfill Tax duty by 2012 letsrecycle.com News · 29 Oct 2008 Council news Welcome to Peterborough City Council - Peterborough City Council Peterborough Council · 28 Oct 2008 Industry news Mixed plastics recycling now even more uneconomical Falling prices are likely to affect viability of collecting "cost-marginal" materials, LGA suggests letsrecycle.com News · 28 Oct 2008 Industry news Defra publishes waste facility design guidance Document aimed to enable delivery of "high quality and locally appropriate" plants letsrecycle.com News · 28 Oct 2008 Industry news Investigation launched into fire at Demonstrator site Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority looking to establish cause of blaze at £13m facility letsrecycle.com News · 28 Oct 2008 Industry news Last chance for decisive action over carrier bags London Councils suggests amendments to Climate Change Bill ahead of third reading today letsrecycle.com News · 28 Oct 2008 Industry news Paper sector predicts more stability in November However, experts warn that difficulties likely to remain in finding short-term markets for material letsrecycle.com News · 28 Oct 2008 Industry news News in Brief With news on a fine for Carluccio's, a Royal visit to Abitibi and furniture reuse letsrecycle.com News · 28 Oct 2008 Industry news Plastic bottles stockpiled after prices take another knock British Plastics Federation voices concern that some material could be sent to landfill following latest decline letsrecycle.com News · 27 Oct 2008 Industry news AWS secures rHDPE contract with Nampak "Largest" deal secured ahead of sharp decline in plastic bottle prices letsrecycle.com News · 27 Oct 2008 Industry news Fiddling while carbon burns Greenstar's Ian Wakelin, on why we must move quickly to reduce carbon emissions and recycle more letsrecycle.com News · 27 Oct 2008 Industry news WRAP identifies factors affecting plastics and paper prices Three reports published today in wake of sharp fall in commodity prices letsrecycle.com News · 27 Oct 2008 Industry news Aluminium can price falls again Councils, waste management companies and third sector hit as Novelis cuts UBC price for third time in October letsrecycle.com News · 27 Oct 2008 Industry news Downturn set to squeeze out low quality materials Full implications of economic crisis on recycling sector explored at WRAP event letsrecycle.com News · 23 Oct 2008 Industry news China: A long term market for UK materials? WRAP and Valpak examine the future of sending recovered paper and plastics to China letsrecycle.com News · 23 Oct 2008 Industry news Haringey rolls out borough-wide estates recycling London council introducing facilities for paper, card, plastic, cans and glass to 10,000 properties letsrecycle.com News · 23 Oct 2008 Industry news Over three hundred councils now offering carton recycling Carton manufacturers led by Tetra Pak report that they have helped 86% of councils to recycle cartons letsrecycle.com News · 23 Oct 2008 Industry news Tax should have no adverse effects on waste oil collection Defra defends plans to tax recycled fuel oil from November despite mounting calls to scrap the measure letsrecycle.com News · 22 Oct 2008