Recycling news: 2004

Industry news Community composters may be forced to shut down, says CCN The CCN has said today that changes proposed to Waste Management Licensing could spell the end for community composters letsrecycle.com News · 4 Oct 2004 Industry news News in Brief Green procurement success in London; Brighton recycling campaign launched; WRAP compost study letsrecycle.com News · 3 Oct 2004 Industry news Bedford residents producing too much green waste Council having to clamp down on households with large gardens putting out extra bags of green waste with wheeled bins letsrecycle.com News · 3 Oct 2004 Industry news Cardiff begin “ThanksBank” city centre recycling scheme Cardiff council has begun a new city centre recycling scheme, which it hopes will encourage people in the city to think about their rubbish letsrecycle.com News · 3 Oct 2004 Industry news Viridor wins Poole recycling and waste disposal contract The waste management firm will use third-party reprocessing facilities for sorting recyclable materials collected in Poole letsrecycle.com News · 3 Oct 2004 Industry news Irish pay-as-you-throw leads to 24% glass recycling increase Ireland&#39s introduction of pay-by-weight charging for household waste has provoked a huge increase in glass recycling letsrecycle.com News · 3 Oct 2004 Industry news Hartlepool waste management firm fined for illegal burning SWS Ltd receive fine and court costs totalling 10,000 for burning waste in a purpose-built illegal disposal facility letsrecycle.com News · 30 Sept 2004 Industry news Arsenal FC hands over 60m recycling centre to Islington Premiership champions deliver brand new recycling and waste plant as part of 357m Ashburton Grove stadium development letsrecycle.com News · 30 Sept 2004 Industry news North London pledge to recycle 45% of household waste North London Waste Authority adopts new long-term waste strategy proposing to spend over 200 million on new infrastructure letsrecycle.com News · 30 Sept 2004 Industry news Onyx start seven year recycling contract for Trafford Onyx will today begin a seven year contract to collect waste and recyclables for Trafford council letsrecycle.com News · 30 Sept 2004 Industry news Environment Agency targets “cowboy” tyre disposal operations Agency inspects records of waste tyre producers in Gloucestershire after spate of illegal dumping letsrecycle.com News · 29 Sept 2004 Industry news Composters discuss &#39code of practice&#39 with government Composters and government officials have met to discuss planning and licensing issues and a code of practice for composting letsrecycle.com News · 29 Sept 2004 Industry news Concerns aired that Royal fund could threaten recycling A decision by the Princes Trust to back a refuse collection service appears likely to hinder recycling in Telford and Wrekin letsrecycle.com News · 29 Sept 2004 Industry news West London Composting opens 2 million in-vessel composter West London Composting has received interest from a number of London boroughs as it opened its new 2m facility in Harefield letsrecycle.com News · 29 Sept 2004 Industry news Inner-city food waste compost scheme set for expansion Using a 300,000 grant, an on-site food waste recycling project on a Hackney estate is set to expand to 5,000 households letsrecycle.com News · 29 Sept 2004 Industry news Abitibi imports Paper Retriever to grow newspaper recycling A North American campaign is to be rolled out in the UK by one of the three domestic newsprint mill operators letsrecycle.com News · 28 Sept 2004 Industry news News in Brief New waste research strategy for Defra; Cylch to upgrade electric recycling vehicles; and, recycling success for Penrith firm letsrecycle.com News · 28 Sept 2004 Industry news Bath & North East Somerset launches battery recycling scheme Council and its contractor ECT are to collect household batteries as part of an existing multi-material kerbside service letsrecycle.com News · 28 Sept 2004 Industry news German plastics and motor industries denounce ELV Directive Germany&#39s automobile and plastics industry federations have called for a more flexible approach to end of life vehicle plastics letsrecycle.com News · 28 Sept 2004 Industry news Somerset digester to turn food waste into biofuel Waste management firm Wyvern is working with local firm Organic Power on a 2m anaerobic digester for its Dimmer site letsrecycle.com News · 28 Sept 2004 Industry news Straight benefits from buoyant container market Recycling container manufacturer Straight has announced an increased turnover, aided by a buoyant market in 2004. letsrecycle.com News · 27 Sept 2004 Industry news Recycling just 7% of total waste spending, CIPFA finds New study finds that of 2.4 billion spent on UK municipal waste services, just 7.2% was spent on recycling in 2002/03 letsrecycle.com News · 27 Sept 2004 Industry news Lampcare trials Swedish light recycling technology Durham-based lamp recycler teams up with Swedish equipment manufacturer MRT Systems to develop sodium lamp recycling letsrecycle.com News · 27 Sept 2004 Industry news Guildford takes action on green waste Guildford borough council is running a leaflet campaign to promote home composting alongside new green waste collections letsrecycle.com News · 27 Sept 2004 Industry news IEEP Report – Packaging for Sustainability When the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive was adopted in 1994 (94/62), its aims were outlined as preventing or reducing the impact of packaging and packaging waste on the environment, and ensuring the proper functioning of the internal market. Ten years on, the European Commission is evaluating the Directive with a view to [...] INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 27 Sept 2004 Industry news Second gypsum recycling plant on the cards for UK New West Gypsum Recycling is hoping to establish a second gypsum recycling plant in the UK after initial success in Bristol letsrecycle.com News · 26 Sept 2004 Industry news WRAP launches 10 million national recycling campaign Two-year national recycling awareness campaign is being unveiled by Olympic gold medallist Matthew Pinsent today letsrecycle.com News · 26 Sept 2004 Industry news Possibilities are endless for national recycling campaign WRAP has launched its 10m national recycling campaign, which will urge moderate recyclers to recycle more frequently letsrecycle.com News · 26 Sept 2004 Industry news Beckett announces consultation on recycling reward schemes Secretary of State Margaret Beckett, has said councils will be consulted on waste recycling incentive schemes for householders letsrecycle.com News · 26 Sept 2004 Industry news Viridor opens 30,000 tonne Surrey composting site A new composting facility in Beddington marks the start of a range of facilities being developed for London boroughs letsrecycle.com News · 26 Sept 2004 Industry news Alistair McGowan unveiled as face of the Big Recycle Celebrity impersonator to front national recycling week campaign supported by the Waste and Resources Action Programme letsrecycle.com News · 23 Sept 2004 Industry news World&#39s largest aluminium can recycler to become “Novelis” Alcan to re-structure with creation of new company Novelis, but it should be "business as usual" for UK aluminium can recycling letsrecycle.com News · 23 Sept 2004 Industry news Morley reveals desire to trial waste variable charging Environment minister Elliot Morley says he would like to see councils trying out household waste recycling incentive schemes letsrecycle.com News · 23 Sept 2004 Industry news Audit Commission praises Durham waste management service Durham county council praised by Audit Commission for its waste management service and the prospects to the future letsrecycle.com News · 23 Sept 2004 Industry news Dell announces UK recycling initiatives Dell has announced their plans for a recycling scheme for WEEE for both consumers and businesses in the UK. letsrecycle.com News · 23 Sept 2004 Industry news Wiser launch fluorescent tube recycling machine Cambridgeshire firm Wiser Recycling launches the TubeEater, a compact recycling machine for end of life fluorescent lights letsrecycle.com News · 22 Sept 2004 Industry news Fife council to receive 70 million recycling funding Scottish Executive announces long-term recycling funding for Fife from the Strategic Waste Fund letsrecycle.com News · 22 Sept 2004 Industry news Welsh councils gear up for Landfill Allowance Scheme Councils in Wales are being set strict limits on the amount of biodegradable material they can send to landfill from next month letsrecycle.com News · 22 Sept 2004 Industry news New composting research centre to study emission controls New composting research centre in Cambridge to look at emissions such as bioaerosols, Volatile Organic Compounds and odours letsrecycle.com News · 22 Sept 2004 Industry news Biffa to start 37m Wandsworth recycling and waste contract Biffa will be introducing a front of house collection scheme when it takes over the Wandsworth refuse and recycling contract next week. letsrecycle.com News · 21 Sept 2004