Recycling news: 2010

Industry news UPM to work with councils to ensure MRF quality Paper giant reveals its £17m development in North Wales will focus on quality testing of feedstock letsrecycle.com News · 28 Oct 2010 Industry news Wood workers to down tools over biomass subsidies Over 600 employees at Kronospan wood panel plant to down tools over rise in virgin and waste wood being sent for energy generation letsrecycle.com News · 28 Oct 2010 Industry news South London councils to continue procurement Partnership pledges to proceed with plans to build waste infrastructure despite withdrawal of PFI funding under Spending Review letsrecycle.com News · 28 Oct 2010 Council news The City of Salford - services.salford.gov.uk Salford Council · 28 Oct 2010 Policy & government Welcome to GreenStep Cities & Tribal Nations - GreenStep Cities Minnesota PCA · 28 Oct 2010 Industry news HRH The Duke of Edinburgh opens Lakeside EfW Formal opening of joint venture between Grundon and Viridor in Berkshire also attended by Japanese ambassador letsrecycle.com News · 27 Oct 2010 Industry news Veolia to establish UK battery recycling plant Duracell decides to sign up to scheme company runs with WasteCare, prompting announcement of plans for facility letsrecycle.com News · 27 Oct 2010 Industry news Council leaders caution government over AD focus Local Government Group uses response to waste policy review to call for guidelines on where technology is best option available letsrecycle.com News · 27 Oct 2010 Industry news Waste sector voices concern over localism agenda Trade bodies CIWM and ESA stress that proposals to give councils greater planning powers must not impede waste development letsrecycle.com News · 27 Oct 2010 Industry news Metals and plastics bodies welcome packaging goals Positive response to announcement of increase in steel and plastic recycling targets, but others question ambition letsrecycle.com News · 26 Oct 2010 Industry news Sterecycle 85m integrated waste site gets go ahead Essex county council grants company conditional permission to develop 240,000tpa capacity site based around autoclave technology letsrecycle.com News · 26 Oct 2010 Industry news ESA seeks greater government support for EfW Trade association publishes policy proposals which includes calls for an "active stance" on waste treatment technologies letsrecycle.com News · 26 Oct 2010 Industry news Cory consortium recommended for Norfolk PFI Alliance with US energy-from-waste specialists Wheelabrator chosen by council's waste strategy board for treatment deal letsrecycle.com News · 26 Oct 2010 Industry news Welsh councils warn 70% recycling could cost 30m Ahead of Welsh Assembly vote next month on legislation enabling ambitious targets, WLGA claims new goals are unaffordable letsrecycle.com News · 26 Oct 2010 Policy & government UK packaging recycling targets for 2011 and 2012 and summary of packaging consultation published UK packaging recycling targets for 2011 and 2012 have been published today. GOV.UK · 26 Oct 2010 Industry news Packaging targets to remain broadly the same Plastics and steel only areas where targets will rise in 2011 and 2012, Defra reveals letsrecycle.com News · 25 Oct 2010 Industry news Code of practice launched to tackle metals theft Trade association BMRA and police officers' body join forces to establish voluntary guidelines for metals recycling companies letsrecycle.com News · 25 Oct 2010 Industry news Viridor secures planning consent for Ardley EfW Company receives permission to build 300,000tpa facility to treat Oxfordshire council's residual waste at second attempt letsrecycle.com News · 25 Oct 2010 Industry news Lincs confirms WRG for landmark EfW deal Northampton-based firm officially named preferred bidder to design, build and operate 150,000tpa North Hykeham plant letsrecycle.com News · 25 Oct 2010 Industry news Changes to animal by-product waste rules welcomed Retailers claim agreement on regulations affecting catering and food waste disposal will save them millions of pounds a year letsrecycle.com News · 25 Oct 2010 Council news East Kilbride Waste and Recycling Centre - South Lanarkshire Council South Lanarkshire Council · 25 Oct 2010 Industry news Small rise in packaging waste targets expected Ministers to unveil long-awaited proposals setting out next year's obligations for packaging producers letsrecycle.com News · 24 Oct 2010 Industry news PRN prices stay low as figures confirm oversupply Environment Agency publishes reprocessor and exporter packaging recycling data for third quarter of 2010 letsrecycle.com News · 24 Oct 2010 Industry news Community buy-in for waste plants to be explored Promoting AD also emphasised as Prime Minister unveils plan to unlock £200bn of investment in infrastructure letsrecycle.com News · 24 Oct 2010 Industry news WRG set to build Lincolnshire EfW plant County councillors have decided on their preferred choice of contractor with details due soon letsrecycle.com News · 24 Oct 2010 Industry news Work underway on 9m Bedfordshire biomass plant Construction starts on facility intended to divert 30,000 tonnes of waste wood from landfill letsrecycle.com News · 24 Oct 2010 Industry news Civil engineers broadly welcome infrastructure plan Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Director General, Tom Foulkes, responds to the announcement of the National Infrastructure Plan and also to last week's spending review letsrecycle.com News · 24 Oct 2010 Council news Cadcorp WebMap 9 Mobile - St Albans City and District Council St Albans Council · 22 Oct 2010 Industry news Concern over impact of PFI axe on private sector Waste management firms question government's commitment to landfill diversion as they grapple with Spending Review letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2010 Industry news Lancs appeals order to pay HWRC bidder damages Judges to decide whether recycling firm can sue council for up to £5 million over award of HWRC contract letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2010 Industry news News in Brief With news on a waste transfer deal for WRG, planning refusal for Cyclamax and Eco sending wood to Sweden letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2010 Industry news Warning over risks posed by collecting batteries Many retailers and offices not carrying out risk assessments, delegates told at National Household Hazard Waste Forum letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2010 Industry news Stoke faces bill for sending less waste to EfW Contractor launches legal claim for £645,000 payment after local authority fails to achieve minimum tonnages for 2009/10 letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2010 Industry news London supercouncil considers sharing waste services Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham table plans which would see all services merge letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2010 Industry news St Regis Paper Co found guilty of misleading EA Company and technical manager convicted in case concerning effluent discharged from papermill into Devon river letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2010 Industry news NLWA calls for reversal of 258m PFI funding cut Waste authority slams bizarre decision as Cheshire councils seek urgent meeting with Defra over withdrawal letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2010 Industry news Shock among councils hit by PFI removal Local authorities weigh up implications of CSR announcement amid concern that councils not consulted letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2010 Industry news Lessons from London Jeff Cooper, of the International Solid Waste Association, accompanies a fact-finding mission to London by Scandinavian waste managers letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2010 Industry news Agrivert opens £9m Cassington AD plant Organics recycling firm unveils 45,000 tonnes-a-year capacity plant set to handle food waste in Oxfordshire letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2010 Industry news Renewable Heat Incentive decision a breakthrough Anaerobic digestion and renewable energy sectors praise commitment in Spending Review to reward production of heat from waste letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2010