Recycling news: 2010

Industry news Warning over perverse consequences of council cuts Resource Futures director Julian Parfitt tells LARAC conference that communications and waste prevention should not be sacrificed letsrecycle.com News · 8 Nov 2010 Industry news Defra sets out waste policy timetable Four-year business plan outlines key dates and includes pledge to calculate cost of waste management per household letsrecycle.com News · 8 Nov 2010 Industry news Defra publishes consultation on Schedule 2 changes Legislative change set to allow councils to charge for disposal of waste from premises such as prisons and schools letsrecycle.com News · 8 Nov 2010 Industry news Tougher permitting outlined for composting sites EA interim bioaerosol guidance set to make it harder for composting sites within 250m of sensitive receptors to get permits letsrecycle.com News · 7 Nov 2010 Council news Renfrewshire Libraries - Renfrewshire libraries Renfrewshire Council · 7 Nov 2010 Policy & government How do we thaw this freezing inertia? Despite the UK having the strongest climate change legislation in the world, and cross-party support for action from Politicians, people here remain more pessimistic than in other countries about our ability to solve the climate crisis. Climate Change Committee · 5 Nov 2010 Policy & government British and Danish troops assist mayor to clean up Gereshk Gereshk, the economic centre of Afghanistan's Helmand province, is being transformed from an area blighted by rubbish to a clean and tidy town, open for business and ripe for development. GOV.UK · 5 Nov 2010 Industry news Food sector on track to meet zero waste goal Trade body the Food and Drink Federation claims survey shows its members only sent 9% of waste to landfill in 2009 letsrecycle.com News · 5 Nov 2010 Industry news London Assembly investigates recycling incentives Environment Committee holds meeting to explore how schemes such as RecycleBank could raise recycling rates in the capital letsrecycle.com News · 5 Nov 2010 Industry news Cautious praise for recycling rate increase Councils and waste industry welcome England reaching 39.7% recycling rate but warn of impact of future policies and cuts letsrecycle.com News · 5 Nov 2010 Industry news WAG pledges to push preference for kerbside sort Government outlines collections blueprint focused on source separation and dismisses accusations of being prescriptive letsrecycle.com News · 5 Nov 2010 Industry news WEEE Forum shows how far we have come Dr Philip Morton, of REPIC, discusses the outcomes of last month's International WEEE Forum letsrecycle.com News · 5 Nov 2010 Industry news Defra optimism over landfill diversion questioned Industry experts warn against complacency over 2013 goal in wake of government withdrawing PFI funding for seven projects letsrecycle.com News · 4 Nov 2010 Industry news Viridor buys Norfolk recycling company for £16m Acquisition of Thetford-based Pearsons Group in line with aim of expanding role in recycling sector, says parent company Pennon letsrecycle.com News · 4 Nov 2010 Industry news Sandwell set to sign 650m waste deal next week Local authority acknowledges slight delay in finalising contract with Serco consortium but says deal will start on November 15 letsrecycle.com News · 4 Nov 2010 Industry news England narrowly misses 40% recycling target Defra figures reveal rate for household waste reached 39.7% for 2009/10, while Staffordshire Moorlands remains top council letsrecycle.com News · 4 Nov 2010 Industry news WRAP director Phillip Ward announces retirement Director of local government services to leave in March 2011 after seven years at Defra-funded resource efficiency body letsrecycle.com News · 4 Nov 2010 Industry news Film highlights benefits of closed loop recycling Veolia, Closed Loop, M&S and RecycleBank launch video charting life cycle of M&S milk bottle letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2010 Industry news News in Brief With news on a consultation on poultry litter ash, joint working in Wales and a £250m contract in Ealing letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2010 Industry news Shipping lines halt electronics exports to Nigeria Reports of increased inspections prompt restrictions in move linked to concerns over illegal e-waste exports letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2010 Industry news Rochford district council signs MRF deal with UPM Essex local authority agrees contract to send 9,000 tonnes of commingled material-a-year to paper giant's Shotton facility letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2010 Industry news Defra to develop mature narrative on incineration Department also reveals scale of response to waste review, and plans to lay regulations for revised WFD in January 2011 letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2010 Industry news Wales agrees statutory 70% recycling target National Assembly for Wales passes legislation on legally-binding municipal waste recycling and composting targets letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2010 Industry news Mondi notes “disappointing” Aylesford figures One of Aylesford Newsprint's owners has commented on the financial performance at the Kent mill letsrecycle.com News · 2 Nov 2010 Industry news Shropshire EfW plans come under scrutiny Documentary questions business case behind Veolia's plans for large-scale plant in Shrewsbury letsrecycle.com News · 2 Nov 2010 Industry news Defra long aware of unlawful CA site charges Conflict in law governing civic amenity sites should have been addressed years ago, says critic letsrecycle.com News · 2 Nov 2010 Industry news Wales revises single-use bag charge down to 5p Environment minister Jane Davidson lays draft regulations setting out plans to force retailers to charge for bags from 2011 letsrecycle.com News · 2 Nov 2010 Industry news The planning system, localism, and third party appeals Gev Eduljee, of SITA UK, looks at the impact that the Decentralisation and Localism Bill could have on the waste sector letsrecycle.com News · 2 Nov 2010 Industry news Disappointment over “unambitious” packaging targets The Environment Exchange and Compliance Link become latest to respond to targets announced for 2011 and 2012 letsrecycle.com News · 1 Nov 2010 Industry news News in Brief With news on joint working in Scotland, anger over the withdrawal of waste PFI funding and food waste in Rhondda letsrecycle.com News · 1 Nov 2010 Industry news Warning over steel recycling market uncertainty Former president of BMRA reports production slowdown in Q3, but BIR conference hears of surge in demand for non-ferrous scrap letsrecycle.com News · 1 Nov 2010 Industry news North Lincs plans small WEEE kerbside collections Six month trial will make local authority one of first in UK to include waste stream in kerbside recycling service letsrecycle.com News · 1 Nov 2010 Industry news Veolia welcomes common sense disclosure ruling But, campaigners claim victory for freedom of information in dispute over public release of waste PFI contract details letsrecycle.com News · 1 Nov 2010 Industry news Recresco lowers glass price in wake of PRN slump Glass recycling firm announces mixed glass price drop and warns further falls could lead to material having no market value letsrecycle.com News · 1 Nov 2010 Industry news Councils promote pumpkin recycling West Dorset, Eastleigh and Torbay rollout or extend collections to include lanterns left after the Halloween celebrations letsrecycle.com News · 31 Oct 2010 Industry news NCWRP goes to Hollywood! (well, Pinewood Studios) This month our managing director, Richard Mehmed, visited the set of the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie at Pinewood Studios to discuss the possibility of our network collecting and recycling some of the wood used in constructing the sets. Unfortunately he didn’t get to meet Johnny Depp but it was a very constructive visit. Watch this [...] Community Wood Recycling · 30 Oct 2010 Industry news NCWRP receives visit from South Korea The NCWRP was recently visited by a party of South Koreans that work in job creation for disadvantaged people. They were in the UK for a week looking at possibility of replicating some of our best social enterprise models. They toured and were impressed by the Brighton enterprise and were intrigued how the NCWRP has [...] Community Wood Recycling · 30 Oct 2010 Industry news Low efficiency incinerators on a par with landfill Conservative MP attacks plans for plant in Middlewich during debate in House of Commons letsrecycle.com News · 28 Oct 2010 Industry news CIWM names Barry Dennis as president Director-general of ESA appointed in ceremony held at Lord's cricket ground in London letsrecycle.com News · 28 Oct 2010 Industry news Judges rule on Veolia Notts contract disclosure Company does not have to release more details of PFI deal, but questions over use of papers already released letsrecycle.com News · 28 Oct 2010