Recycling news: 2003

Industry news Oswestry abandons integrated contract Planning problems force Shropshire to put far-reaching integrated collection and disposal contract on hold letsrecycle.com News · 22 Sept 2003 Industry news Liberal Democrats sign up to Zero Waste The party adopted a policy striving for zero waste by the year 2020 in the UK with a ban on thermal treatment letsrecycle.com News · 22 Sept 2003 Industry news WRAP launches compost specifications for landscaping The Waste and Resources Action Programme document provides guidance on performance criteria for compost made from waste letsrecycle.com News · 22 Sept 2003 Industry news Environment Agency issues notice against WRG site Waste Recycling Group has been given 21 days to reduce odours at its Welbeck compost site letsrecycle.com News · 21 Sept 2003 Industry news News In Brief Dacorum expands fortnightly collection; Recology launches recycled wood plastic composite; Waste firms Firbank and Chiltern merge letsrecycle.com News · 21 Sept 2003 Industry news LARAC hits out at possibility of material specific targets Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee said council targets for specific materials would undermine producer responsibility letsrecycle.com News · 21 Sept 2003 Industry news Latest packaging recovery figures show increase in recycling The government has published UK packaging waste recovery figures for the first two quarters of 2003 letsrecycle.com News · 18 Sept 2003 Industry news Aylesford Newsprint wins Black Country contract A contract for used newspapers and magazines in the West Midlands has been secured by Aylesford Newsprint letsrecycle.com News · 18 Sept 2003 Industry news Letter to the Editor: Fortnightly Collections Response to survey that revealed Southampton residents were broadly in favour of fortnightly refuse and recycling collections letsrecycle.com News · 18 Sept 2003 Industry news Minimisation key to Welsh hazardous waste plans The Welsh Assembly responds to charges it is unprepared for the closure of Wales&#39s hazardous waste landfill sites next year letsrecycle.com News · 18 Sept 2003 Industry news UK needs battery recycling plant, warn Bristol experts The team behind Bristol&#39s battery recycling pilot says such schemes are impractical as long as batteries must be shipped abroad letsrecycle.com News · 18 Sept 2003 Industry news Explanation of twin-bin collection service leads to support A MORI Poll found that Southampton residents support new fortnightly collections as long as the scheme is explained to them letsrecycle.com News · 17 Sept 2003 Industry news Mystery surrounds judging of 35m community recycling fund Community sector panel is kept secret in contrast to transparent approach by DEFRA to local authority panel letsrecycle.com News · 17 Sept 2003 Industry news B&Q to use recycled glass to build ten new store car parks A 1 million agreement between B&Q and RMC Surfacing will see Valpak providing recycled glass for the project letsrecycle.com News · 17 Sept 2003 Industry news Councils failing to push glass recycling, survey warns British Glass says more communication between business and local authorities is needed to meet industry packaging recycling targets letsrecycle.com News · 17 Sept 2003 Industry news Plastics from ELVs should be burned, APME claims European polymer producers have said plastics from end of life vehicles should be burned rather than mechanically recycled letsrecycle.com News · 16 Sept 2003 Industry news Welsh waste will have to be dumped in England, Liberals say The Welsh Assembly government has failed to prepare for new hazardous waste regulations, the Welsh Liberal Democrats have said letsrecycle.com News · 16 Sept 2003 Industry news Morley urges councils to pool recycling targets Environment Minister encourages local authorities to pool resources and targets for recycling letsrecycle.com News · 16 Sept 2003 Industry news Demand for recycled aggregates set to rise in 2004 WRAP has said next year&#39s change from British to European standards for aggregates will have a positive impact on recycling letsrecycle.com News · 15 Sept 2003 Industry news Salvation Army launches online textile collections records Paper, postage and time all saved thanks to high-tech linking of hand-held collection monitors with the web letsrecycle.com News · 15 Sept 2003 Industry news News in Brief New powers for Environment Agency; Wrexham people support energy-from-waste plant; and Belgian recyclers visit London letsrecycle.com News · 15 Sept 2003 Industry news Scottish Western Isles launch tyre baling facility Comhairle nan Eilean Siar invests in long-term solution to region&#39s tyre waste letsrecycle.com News · 15 Sept 2003 Industry news Government allocates 1.5m to improve DEFRA&#39s waste policy Responding to criticism from MPs that it is "too timid" on waste, the government is to recruit new officials letsrecycle.com News · 15 Sept 2003 Industry news Packaging recovery notes won&#39t provide required investment British Glass has said the PRN system will not come up with the 200m needed to reach the UK&#39s glass packaging recovery targets letsrecycle.com News · 14 Sept 2003 Industry news North Scotland faces landfill shortage, SEPA warns The Scottish Environment Protection Agency says that new landfill capacity is not yet ready letsrecycle.com News · 14 Sept 2003 Industry news Environment minister opens WRAP&#39s new offices Elliot Morley MP has called the Waste and Resources Action Programme&#39s new role in waste minimisation a "priority" letsrecycle.com News · 14 Sept 2003 Industry news Hazardous Waste Forum consults on action plan Contingency plans for possible shortfall in treatment capacity and a public awareness campaign feature in draft document letsrecycle.com News · 14 Sept 2003 Industry news German authorities raid waste firms in tender investigation Over 100 companies are being investigated over bids for recycling contracts with packaging organisation DSD letsrecycle.com News · 11 Sept 2003 Industry news Lancashire launches Community Recycling Network With two years of initial funding, Lancashire CRN&#39s members have been set a target to recycle 30,000 tonnes by 2005 letsrecycle.com News · 11 Sept 2003 Industry news Aberdeen city approves 24 million recycling programme The 20-year programme will include dry recyclate and green waste kerbside collections, funded by the Strategic Waste Fund letsrecycle.com News · 11 Sept 2003 Industry news Herefordshire signs 270m multi-service contract with Jarvis The 20-year contract will include managing 74 recycling banks and could see a new trade waste service introduced letsrecycle.com News · 11 Sept 2003 Industry news Crymlyn Burrows plant banned from taking waste Waste management firm HLC has been served two notices by the Environment Agency following a fire at a plant in South Wales letsrecycle.com News · 10 Sept 2003 Industry news Cheshire Recycling officially launches Liverpool contract The city will be an important source of used newsprint for the company after a summer of low supplies in the UK letsrecycle.com News · 10 Sept 2003 Industry news Preston Recycling invests 30,000 in ELV recycling facility Two more facilities are also planned as the company prepares itself for forthcoming end of life vehicle regulations letsrecycle.com News · 10 Sept 2003 Industry news Orange sacks bring recycling success to London Boroughs Hammersmith & Fulham and Wandsworth councils&#39 recycling has increased 120% since introducing mixed material kerbside schemes letsrecycle.com News · 10 Sept 2003 Policy & government DMG Information Ltd / Sitescope Ltd OFT closed case: Anticipated acquisition by DMG Information Limited of Sitescope Limited. GOV.UK · 10 Sept 2003 Industry news Rugby plant to trial tyre burning as market firms Yet another cement kiln is to burn tyres with pressure from the Landfill Directive driving the market letsrecycle.com News · 9 Sept 2003 Industry news Shotton has option to import material for new line Shotton paper mill is to start its new line from November 11 with the importing of used newspapers a possibility letsrecycle.com News · 9 Sept 2003 Industry news EU deal in sight over waste business electronics The European Parliament looks set to support the like-for-like financing of business electrical equipment recycling letsrecycle.com News · 9 Sept 2003 Industry news Manchester market gets an in-vessel composter Composting 3,600 tonnes of green waste a year, the facility will contribute to New Smithfield Market&#39s zero waste target for 2008 letsrecycle.com News · 9 Sept 2003