Recycling news: 2005

Industry news Consumers to police WEEE obligations of small retailers Defra says it will be up to consumers to alert authorities if retailers don&#39t offer free take-back services for waste electronics letsrecycle.com News · 4 Oct 2005 Industry news Profits up 135% for recycling container firm Straight Recycling container supplier Straight sees profits soar and turnover nearly double following acquisition of Blackwall letsrecycle.com News · 3 Oct 2005 Industry news Finance in place for 180 million Colnbrook incinerator Lakeside Energy from Waste agrees funding for 400,000 tonne-capacity recovery plant with investors led by Bank of Ireland letsrecycle.com News · 3 Oct 2005 Industry news London office workers wooed for textile recycling scheme Recyclers TRAID team up with collectors London Recycling to encourage Londoners to recycle old clothing at the office letsrecycle.com News · 3 Oct 2005 Industry news Lancashire drops preferred bidder for first MBT plant Herhof loses chance to build first mechanical biological treatment plant for Lancashire, project to be included in PFI contract letsrecycle.com News · 3 Oct 2005 Industry news Ealing to recycle food waste to avoid government fines London borough to roll out food waste collection services in order to help avoid stiff penalties for missing waste targets letsrecycle.com News · 3 Oct 2005 Industry news Onyx takes on Shanks hazardous waste business in £28m deal Shanks Group streamlines itself further, with sale of nine chemical treatment plants to waste firm Onyx letsrecycle.com News · 2 Oct 2005 Industry news M-Real launches recycled silk-coated paper A new recycled glossy paper product that uses paper waste only from the UK has been launched by M-Real letsrecycle.com News · 2 Oct 2005 Industry news Four companies invited to tender for Manchester waste PFI GMWDA officially invites Shanks, SITA, Viridor and WRG to tender for UK&#39s largest waste management contract letsrecycle.com News · 2 Oct 2005 Industry news Thematic Strategy focus shifting to composting and plastics Commission reveals EU recycling strategy could focus on biodegradable waste and plastics, ahead of waste with good demand letsrecycle.com News · 2 Oct 2005 Industry news Revised Framework Directive to sit beside Thematic Strategy No changes expected to be made to waste definition, as EU finalises two crucial waste legislation documents letsrecycle.com News · 2 Oct 2005 Industry news Collecting food waste separately works wonders for Somerset County says 79% of households recycle more since food waste collections began separately to green waste collections letsrecycle.com News · 2 Oct 2005 Industry news Northumberland to ask SITA UK for revised waste PFI bid County council asks for revised proposal from sole bidder for private finance initiative waste contract letsrecycle.com News · 29 Sept 2005 Industry news WRWA spearheads power struggle over London&#39s waste Western Riverside Waste Authority claims Mayor&#39s single waste authority "could cost Council Taxpayers an extra 135 a year" letsrecycle.com News · 29 Sept 2005 Industry news Move to single London waste authority “may slow momentum” Personal views of local authority officers in London suggest a move to a single waste authority may have come too late letsrecycle.com News · 29 Sept 2005 Industry news Warning over continued delay to WEEE legislation Compliance scheme warns time is running out if producer responsibility for waste electronics is to start in June 2006 letsrecycle.com News · 29 Sept 2005 Industry news Stirling begins campaign to boost glass recycling Working with glass reprocessor O-I, campaign aims to increase local awareness of clear and brown glass recycling letsrecycle.com News · 29 Sept 2005 Industry news Funds sought for London waste prevention initiative Recycle Western Riverside project to test ideas from the Continent on cutting waste production has funding only until 2006 letsrecycle.com News · 28 Sept 2005 Industry news Finalists revealed in 2005 Awards for Excellence Judges have chosen three finalists in nine categories for the recycling and waste management awards ceremony next month letsrecycle.com News · 28 Sept 2005 Industry news Grosvenor to take over Peterborough recycling plant Waste management firm wins contract to run Peterborough&#39s MRF, which is to go through a 480,000 upgrade so it can take glass letsrecycle.com News · 28 Sept 2005 Industry news Commission to assess revision of waste shipment regulations European Commission says proposal for new regulation on waste shipment will go ahead, but is to undergo economic analysis letsrecycle.com News · 28 Sept 2005 Industry news Prosecutions hit firms failing to recover packaging waste Companies handling more than 50 tonnes of packaging each year warned of recycling obligations after series of prosecutions letsrecycle.com News · 27 Sept 2005 Industry news Pay-as-you-throw linked to boom in illegal waste burning Ireland&#39s variable charging system provoking increase in backyard burning, reported as signficant problem by 80% of councils letsrecycle.com News · 27 Sept 2005 Industry news News in Brief Yellow Pages recycled; Revamp for awareness website; Boost for Sedgefield recycling; Surrey shopping waste campaign letsrecycle.com News · 27 Sept 2005 Industry news Metal recyclers EASCO Group acquire SB Wheeler Norfolk-based EASCO brings number of metal reprocessing sites in the Midlands, north and south east of England to 13 letsrecycle.com News · 27 Sept 2005 Industry news Colorpack Print Packaging Line, Berlin - Packaging Gateway Packaging Gateway (GlobalData) · 27 Sept 2005 Industry news Universities cut waste bills with pay-by-weight collections Bournemouth, Southampton and Portsmouth universities using microchip technology to reduce waste management bills letsrecycle.com News · 26 Sept 2005 Industry news Bradshaw reveals doubts on reduction in waste arisings Speaking at Labour Party Conference, minister Ben Bradshaw says indications suggest no reduction in household waste this year letsrecycle.com News · 26 Sept 2005 Industry news “Considerable increase” in funds needed for Welsh recycling Welsh Assembly committee warns of "very substantial challenge" for councils striving to meet 40% recycling target letsrecycle.com News · 26 Sept 2005 Industry news Objective One funding in composting boost for Merseyside European funding backs 600,000 expansion at a composting business at a farm in the St Helens area letsrecycle.com News · 26 Sept 2005 Industry news Worker dies at Lancashire recycling centre SITA UK employee killed in "tragic accident" at Garstang household waste recycling centre in Lancashire letsrecycle.com News · 25 Sept 2005 Industry news Legal opinion “refutes Defra guidance” over side waste Southampton city council obtains legal opinion appearing to refute Defra guidance on councils refusing to collect side waste letsrecycle.com News · 25 Sept 2005 Industry news Success for Welsh councils in meeting landfill targets Environment Agency confirms all 22 Welsh councils met landfill allowance targets in first six months of scheme letsrecycle.com News · 25 Sept 2005 Industry news Anaerobic digester under construction in Western Isles Earth Tech builds 20,000 tonne-capacity food waste treatment plant on Isle of Lewis, North West Scotland letsrecycle.com News · 25 Sept 2005 Industry news News in Brief New hazardous waste rules; DVD to promote real nappies; Bristol in furniture trials; Bradshaw in can recycling campaign letsrecycle.com News · 22 Sept 2005 Industry news York commits to new collection scheme in face of opposition City of York reaffirms commitment to new alternate weekly collection service despite vocal opposition from local newspapers letsrecycle.com News · 22 Sept 2005 Industry news Double tender process to secure future for Bradford waste City councillors advised to tender for waste disposal contract for up to 2010 as well as a 25-year contract for beyond 2010 letsrecycle.com News · 22 Sept 2005 Industry news Call for recyclables exporters to form trade association Atlantic Paper calls on fellow exporters of recyclable materials to addressing lack of representation for exporters letsrecycle.com News · 22 Sept 2005 Industry news Valpak to push for councils to recycle more packaging UK&#39s largest compliance scheme to lobby government to bring council recycling targets in line with EU Packaging Directive letsrecycle.com News · 21 Sept 2005 Industry news Sainsbury&#39s defends export of UK packaging waste More financially worthwhile to send packaging waste abroad to be recycled, says supermarket, despite sustainability concerns letsrecycle.com News · 21 Sept 2005