Recycling news: 2007

Industry news Rise in vehicle recycling evidence DVLA reports increase in certificates of destruction - but many cars are still escaping the system letsrecycle.com News · 4 Oct 2007 Industry news WEEE compliance schemes urged to transfer members Wastecare rejects proposals by REPIC to hand over WEEE evidence and suggests schemes should hand members over instead letsrecycle.com News · 4 Oct 2007 Industry news Bio plastics should be separate waste stream BPF Recycling Council chairman says biodegradables could undermine plastic recycled products letsrecycle.com News · 3 Oct 2007 Industry news Tories call for smarter approach to waste Policies revealed to make businesses rather than householders responsible for excessive waste letsrecycle.com News · 3 Oct 2007 Industry news Logistics firm calls for review of hazardous WEEE rules Red tape means economics of collecting, transporting and recycling hazardous WEEE "don't add up" letsrecycle.com News · 3 Oct 2007 Industry news Prompt action pledged in Scotland after waste summit Ministers plan to tackle waste with urgency after listening to views of businesses and councils yesterday letsrecycle.com News · 3 Oct 2007 Industry news Quality control: Martin Green, head of recovered paper, UPM Shotton How recycling quality seems much more straightforward through the eyes of a child letsrecycle.com News · 3 Oct 2007 Industry news CRR member embraces commingled collections Berryman Glass reveals plans for new technology and says it can now take mixed cans, plastics and glass from councils letsrecycle.com News · 2 Oct 2007 Industry news Councils urged to prioritise furniture reuse Reuse body claims 10 million reusable items are sent to landfill each year letsrecycle.com News · 2 Oct 2007 Industry news Recovered paper sector hit by export price hike Stalemate reported at UK ports following a doubling of export prices to the Far East since Monday letsrecycle.com News · 2 Oct 2007 Industry news Court links rats to fortnightly waste collections Oxford councillors "amazed" at judge's sympathy towards resident who blamed rats on alternate weekly refuse collections letsrecycle.com News · 2 Oct 2007 Industry news Construction waste plans supported by industry Defra's consultation reveals support for site waste management plans but some concerns raised letsrecycle.com News · 1 Oct 2007 Industry news Veolia and Shropshire formally agree waste PFI deal Contract between waste company and council partnership includes energy-from-waste and in-vessel composting facilities letsrecycle.com News · 1 Oct 2007 Industry news Green light for Perthshire incinerator Perth & Kinross council approves energy from waste plant and materials recycling facility planned by SITA UK letsrecycle.com News · 1 Oct 2007 Industry news West London boroughs turn to compulsory recycling Hammersmith and Fulham to fine residents who do not recycle and Brent considers similar scheme letsrecycle.com News · 1 Oct 2007 Industry news Phenomenal value of North Kesteven service England's highest recycling council claims one of the best value collections for a rural authority letsrecycle.com News · 30 Sept 2007 Industry news Electrolink sets 31 October price deadline for WEEE evidence "Price increases" for scheme's surplus recycling evidence if rivals do not buy soon letsrecycle.com News · 30 Sept 2007 Industry news WRG celebrates decade of community funding from landfill tax Waste Recycling Group's funding distribution body WREN has supported community projects for 10 years with landfill tax credits letsrecycle.com News · 27 Sept 2007 Industry news German biomass plant to take Dorset’s waste wood 2,000 tonnes of CA site material has started to be exported by Bournemouth firm Eco Composting letsrecycle.com News · 27 Sept 2007 Industry news Lancashire keen to “move on” with MBT facility Legal challenge to Leyland plant is thrown out by high court but delay has cost proposer Lancashire council millions letsrecycle.com News · 27 Sept 2007 Industry news Benn backs “revenue neutral” recycling incentives Local authority household recycling incentives scheme could be included within Climate Change Bill letsrecycle.com News · 27 Sept 2007 Industry news Recycling company fined 35,000 after worker loses leg Uxbridge firm Ethos Recycling pays out after incident in which foreign worker was hit by vehicle letsrecycle.com News · 27 Sept 2007 Industry news News in Brief With news on compost awareness, student recycling and reuse in Belfast letsrecycle.com News · 26 Sept 2007 Industry news Third sector claims cheapest Welsh collection costs Community organisations say they offer the "best value" services despite questions over figures letsrecycle.com News · 26 Sept 2007 Industry news Western Isles expects recycling boost with MBT Performance rates predicted to rise as anaerobic digester passes compliance test letsrecycle.com News · 26 Sept 2007 Industry news Manchester procurement director joins North London Tim Judson seconded by Defra to help secure major PFI waste disposal contract in the capital letsrecycle.com News · 26 Sept 2007 Industry news Demand drives MRF trend towards sorting of glass UK capacity of MRFs able to take glass could soon overtake capacity of MRFs unable to take glass letsrecycle.com News · 25 Sept 2007 Industry news Exports scramble as shipping charges set to double Concern for UK recycling rates, as charges on shipping containers to rise significantly from next week letsrecycle.com News · 25 Sept 2007 Industry news Waste company to pay 7,600 following MRF accident Community Waste prosecuted after forklift truck driver fractured his left arm when his vehicle overturned letsrecycle.com News · 25 Sept 2007 Industry news In-vessel composting plans for Ayrshire Liquid waste firm Billy Bowie Special Projects orders VCU plant to help it expand its organic waste services letsrecycle.com News · 25 Sept 2007 Industry news Planning success for Veolia South Downs composter East Sussex council grants planning permission to Veolia's final facility under 25-year contract letsrecycle.com News · 25 Sept 2007 Industry news Agency hints at change of heart over wood protocol Environment Agency offers hope of reclassifying clean wood as a non-waste in future letsrecycle.com News · 24 Sept 2007 Industry news Sims Group in 800m metal recycling merger Firm to become largest metal recycler in America and world's largest publicly-listed metal recycler letsrecycle.com News · 24 Sept 2007 Industry news REPIC urges rival schemes to hand over WEEE evidence Largest waste electronics compliance scheme in household market reveals collection concerns letsrecycle.com News · 24 Sept 2007 Industry news Plymouth starts ball rolling on PFI bid City councillors expected to submit an application to Defra but keep all funding options open letsrecycle.com News · 24 Sept 2007 Industry news Fringe told “market pricing” is best approach to trade waste An environmental meeting at the Labour Party conference discussed trade waste and energy issues letsrecycle.com News · 24 Sept 2007 Industry news Print firm fined 12,000 over packaging waste offences Printing company said it was unaware of obligations for large firms to recycle packaging letsrecycle.com News · 23 Sept 2007 Industry news Ribena pledge to use 100% recycled plastic bottles Drinks firm keen to work with UK manufacturers of recycled food-grade PET plastic on new bottles letsrecycle.com News · 23 Sept 2007 Industry news Finalists announced for 2007 Awards for Excellence 27 finalists announced for this year's Awards for Excellence in Recycling and Waste Management letsrecycle.com News · 23 Sept 2007 Industry news Poole MBT plant given LATS verdict Bournemouth to send more black bin waste to an MBT facility run by New Earth Solutions letsrecycle.com News · 23 Sept 2007