Recycling news: 2011

Industry news May Gurney all set to take over Bristol collections Services company aims for smooth transition when it takes over waste and recycling service from SITA next month letsrecycle.com News · 13 Oct 2011 Policy & government CCC visit Drax power station By Russell Bishop, Economist at the CCC Members of the CCC bioenergy review team went to Yorkshire to… Climate Change Committee · 13 Oct 2011 Industry news Mayor overturns refusal for SITA London facility Decision made despite Merton council refusal is first time Mayor of London has used powers to approve strategically important waste projects letsrecycle.com News · 12 Oct 2011 Industry news SITA Cornwall approval overturned in High Court Council warns decision to uphold challenge against communities secretary Eric Pickles approval for St Dennis EfW facility could cost it at least 6 million letsrecycle.com News · 12 Oct 2011 Industry news Single Dorset collection service moves a step closer Waste Partnership agrees to collection method for change expected to involve seven councils by 2013 and save 2m a year letsrecycle.com News · 12 Oct 2011 Global MARTIN GmbH Two combustion systems will be supplied to the Waste-to-Energy plant in Liaocheng (Shandong province), People’s Republic of China. ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 12 Oct 2011 Global Hitachi Zosen Inova Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, opened SITA’s ReEnergy Waste-to-Energy plant in Roosendaal. ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 12 Oct 2011 Industry news Cheltenham and Cotswold plan joint waste company Councils cabinets to vote this week on whether to establish company in move they claim will save them 700,000 a year letsrecycle.com News · 11 Oct 2011 Industry news Southwark rolls out new kerbside recycling scheme Commingled service rolled out for all street-based collections in London borough, while food waste collections are also expanded letsrecycle.com News · 11 Oct 2011 Industry news Sainsburys aims for zero waste to landfill by 2020 Supermarket giant makes commitment as part of 1bn 20 by 20 Sustainability Plan, with further aim to half packaging use letsrecycle.com News · 11 Oct 2011 Industry news Outrage as EA postpones compost permit deadline Organics recyclers fear they may be commercially disadvantaged after last-minute U-turn by Environment Agency late last month letsrecycle.com News · 11 Oct 2011 Industry news News in Brief Appointments With news on directors for Shanks and Covanta, a new deputy president for the BMRA, an appointment at ACE UK and a new project manager for HotRot letsrecycle.com News · 10 Oct 2011 Industry news High-density housing no excuse for low recycling London Assembly report calls for stronger leadership and more incentives to address varying recycling rates in capital letsrecycle.com News · 10 Oct 2011 Industry news Kent keen for 250m fund to support food collection Money announced by Eric Pickles for weekly collections should apply to weekly food waste collections, says Kent Waste Partnership letsrecycle.com News · 10 Oct 2011 Industry news Veolia top choice for 550m Leeds waste PFI Company emerges as frontrunner ahead of consortium involving Covanta for 25-year contract focused on developing EfW facility letsrecycle.com News · 10 Oct 2011 Industry news Getting in a pickle the fate of weekly collections Dr Adam Read, of consultancy AEA, on the latest suite of policy initiatives pushing for a return to weekly waste collections letsrecycle.com News · 10 Oct 2011 Industry news Composting company fined after man loses arm Natural World Products pleads guilty to breaching health and safety at work legislation after employee sustains serious injuries at County Armagh site letsrecycle.com News · 10 Oct 2011 Global MARTIN GmbH MARTIN GmbH was awarded the contract to deliver 2 combustion systems for the Durham Waste-to-Energy plant in Clarington, Ontario (Canada) ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 10 Oct 2011 Industry news Canny customers finding ways to save this Christmas - Co-operative Group Co-op media newsroom · 10 Oct 2011 Industry news Two waste firms fined in illegal export case Williams Recycling and MW White fined 5,000 each after illegal shipment of waste destined for India stopped at Felixstowe letsrecycle.com News · 9 Oct 2011 Industry news eReco operational after Lingfield explosion Recycler providing continued service to Canon and others as investigation gets underway into explosion letsrecycle.com News · 9 Oct 2011 Industry news News in Brief With news on recycling in Edinburgh; re-use in Wales; a permit for SITA in Suffolk; a visit to Sims in Newport; and, Sainsburys packaging reduction letsrecycle.com News · 9 Oct 2011 Industry news Palm Recycling wins South Wales paper bank deal Three-year deal involving six councils sees company beat off competition from previous contractor Aylesford and three other bidders letsrecycle.com News · 9 Oct 2011 Industry news PM told councils not ripped off by waste contracts Waste sector body also writes to communities secretary questioning claim councils are not getting best value from contracts letsrecycle.com News · 9 Oct 2011 Industry news UK Waste Industry’s First Mobile Phone App Waste management specialists Cleansing Service Group (CSG) have launched the UK waste industry’s first mobile phone App which allows CSG and its customers to communicate quickly using the latest digital technology. The App provides CSG customers and other users the means to categorise their waste by accessing the European Waste Catalogue (EWC) codes. This enables […] CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 9 Oct 2011 Industry news WRAP contractor details show size of consultancy spend Breakdown of spending of 25,000 or more over past six months reveals consultants, councils and media groups among those awarded contracts letsrecycle.com News · 6 Oct 2011 Industry news North London reveals options for burning SRF Three bidders for contract to burn RDF reveal solutions, including sites in East London, Hertfordshire and Kent letsrecycle.com News · 6 Oct 2011 Industry news Pickles to face Benn over weekly waste issues Following Labour shadow cabinet reshuffle, communities secretary Eric Pickles will now face Hilary Benn as his opposite number letsrecycle.com News · 6 Oct 2011 Industry news Big change in how Scottish business waste managed WRAP chief executive Liz Goodwin says Zero Waste regulations could be biggest change to how businesses manage their waste for a generation letsrecycle.com News · 6 Oct 2011 Industry news WEEE reuse focus at new environCom London site Firm sets goal of reusing 30% of material delivered to new Edmonton operation as it eyes further investment in site letsrecycle.com News · 5 Oct 2011 Industry news Every reason to believe Scotland can recycle 70% But, environment secretary Richard Lochhead tells conference in Glasgow that more needs to be done to reach goal by 2025 letsrecycle.com News · 5 Oct 2011 Industry news London scheme aims to reward community recycling Team behind Local Green Points emphasise differences between initiative and RecycleBank as scheme rolled out in Bexley letsrecycle.com News · 5 Oct 2011 Industry news Stobart sees biomass growth and targets RDF Company handled 400,000 tonnes of biomass in 2010 including waste wood and is moving into RDF market letsrecycle.com News · 5 Oct 2011 Industry news Shanks opens new AD plant and MRF in Scotland Firms 8m anaerobic digestion facility at Cumbernauld is its first in UK, while 6m MRF in Glasgow is also unveiled letsrecycle.com News · 4 Oct 2011 Industry news Six non-authority CA sites charging in Suffolk Formerly council-run sites are now being run externally and are charging residents to deposit residual waste letsrecycle.com News · 4 Oct 2011 Industry news SIC codes: hazardous waste guidance from the EA Hazardous waste consignment notes do not require an SIC code but waste transfer notes do letsrecycle.com News · 4 Oct 2011 Industry news Final call for entries for Wood Recycling Awards Companies, organisations and councils involved in wood sector have until Friday October 7 to enter prestigious awards letsrecycle.com News · 4 Oct 2011 Industry news Eight injured in fire at Surrey WEEE recycling plant eReco site home to first toner bottle recycling plant of its kind in UK hit by major incident which leaves four seriously injured letsrecycle.com News · 3 Oct 2011 Industry news RDF export warning given by SITA waste chief Consider the proximity principle says Christophe Cros while EU emphasises burning only of non-recyclables letsrecycle.com News · 3 Oct 2011 Industry news Update on Registration of small sewage discharges from Septic Tanks & Sewage Treatment Plants On 6 April 2010 the introduction of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (EPR) changed the rules regarding discharges of domestic sewage effluent from small Septic Tanks and Sewage Treatment Plants. These regulations which were due to come into force on 1st January 2012, required all householders to register their Septic Tank or […] CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 3 Oct 2011