Recycling news: 2005

Industry news Livingstone launches recycling text service for London London residents offered opportunity to find out about local recycling services by sending their postcode by text message letsrecycle.com News · 11 Sept 2005 Council news Home - Cambridge City Council - Cambridge City Council Cambridge Council · 10 Sept 2005 Industry news Take-over for Citiraya UK&#39s Scottish WEEE operations Remains of Scottish branch of Citiraya UK taken over by Asian-owned WEEE reprocessor TES-AMM Solutions Ltd letsrecycle.com News · 8 Sept 2005 Industry news Precedent set as 626,000 won from illegal waste dumper Legal experts and Environment Agency say flood of claims could now come from landowners affected by illegal waste dumping letsrecycle.com News · 8 Sept 2005 Industry news Bolton council in green waste quality plea to residents Borough urges householders not to include non-garden waste within green bin collections after contaminated material goes to landfill letsrecycle.com News · 8 Sept 2005 Industry news New fund for community composters in London London CRN and North London Waste Authority announce new fund to encourage community recycling in seven London boroughs letsrecycle.com News · 8 Sept 2005 Industry news Sector eyes up chance of glory on eve of Waste World Cup Final footballing preparations being made across waste management sector as kick off for the 2005 Waste World Cup draws near letsrecycle.com News · 7 Sept 2005 Industry news Energy costs impact worse than expected, says DS Smith Severnside Recycling&#39s parent company has warned that results will suffer because of energy costs letsrecycle.com News · 7 Sept 2005 Industry news Salvation Army in 150,000 study on textile recycling Defra funds project looking at implications and possible solutions to impact of cheap textile imports on UK textile recycling letsrecycle.com News · 7 Sept 2005 Industry news Exel launches wider producer responsibility service Logistics firm sets up Environmental Compliance Solutions, taking in Packaging Datastore and new services for waste electronics letsrecycle.com News · 7 Sept 2005 Industry news Community-run “Zero-Waste Centre” gains support in Suffolk Project gains momentum to develop resource development park in Lowestoft to recycle and re-use local business waste letsrecycle.com News · 6 Sept 2005 Industry news Stephen Grundon dies aged 94 Founder and president of Grundon Waste Management has died peacefully aged 94 letsrecycle.com News · 6 Sept 2005 Industry news “Bra Wars” resolution raises quality issues for recyclers Outcome of conflict over Chinese textile imports does not bode well for recyclers, Textile Recyclers Association says letsrecycle.com News · 6 Sept 2005 Industry news Global Renewables in line for Lancashire contract Consortium led by Australian company Global Renewables announced as preferred bidder for PFI backed Lancashire contract letsrecycle.com News · 6 Sept 2005 Industry news Putting customer care into recycling Severnside Recycling has developed a state-of-the-art customer care centre to provide a quality service to its wide range of customers. Steve Eminton reports. letsrecycle.com News · 6 Sept 2005 Industry news Lightning blamed for fire at Lincolnshire recycling plant Caythorpe company Mid UK Recycling says fire that has knocked out its MRF was started by a lightning strike last week letsrecycle.com News · 5 Sept 2005 Industry news Public Inquiry re-opens for Belvedere incinerator Second inquiry over 585,000 tonne-capacity energy-from-waste plant begins today in the London Borough of Bexley letsrecycle.com News · 5 Sept 2005 Industry news News in Brief New in-vessel for Wyvern; Augean moves into pre-treatment; Novelis boosts recycling in York; and, Plastic Omnium contract win letsrecycle.com News · 5 Sept 2005 Industry news Baylis to open waste plastic sorting plant in Leeds Plastic reprocessor Baylis Recycling is set to expand with a new PET reprocessing plant and sorting machine letsrecycle.com News · 5 Sept 2005 Industry news West Midlands councils opt for underground recycling banks Successful deployment of underground recycling banks on estate in Birmingham to be mirrored by other councils in the region letsrecycle.com News · 5 Sept 2005 Industry news Plastics recyclers warn producers not to delay buying PRNs 2005 recycling target for plastics packaging waste could be more difficult than new data may suggest, reprocessors warn letsrecycle.com News · 4 Sept 2005 Industry news New waste electronics recycler emerges in Wales Rade (UK) Ltd, a waste electrical and electronic equipment recycling firm based in Wrexham, begins trading this week letsrecycle.com News · 4 Sept 2005 Industry news Gloucestershire recommended to abandon PFI waste contract County looks certain to abandon 600m Private Finance Initiative waste contract over cost and technology concerns letsrecycle.com News · 4 Sept 2005 Industry news Three men jailed over million pound Landfill Tax fraud Stephen Sampson, William Hurley and Andrew Watts jailed for 30 months each for siphoning funds from Landfill Tax Credit Scheme letsrecycle.com News · 4 Sept 2005 Industry news Viridor takes on 50% stake of Colnbrook recovery plant Waste firms Grundon and Viridor enter into joint venture for 160 million energy-from-waste incinerator to be built near Slough letsrecycle.com News · 1 Sept 2005 Industry news Funding to double for national “Recycle Now” campaign Perceived success for television waste awareness campaign means WRAP given 9m a year to continue "Recycle Now" until 2008 letsrecycle.com News · 1 Sept 2005 Industry news Valpak to run BRC retail compliance scheme The British Retail Consortium has announced that Valpak is preferred bidder to run its WEEE Retail Compliance Scheme letsrecycle.com News · 1 Sept 2005 Industry news Planning green light for Merseyside in-vessel composter Merseyside moves step closer to kitchen waste collections after planning permission secured for vertical composting unit in Bidston letsrecycle.com News · 1 Sept 2005 Industry news Organic products sector in waste minimisation crusade Soil Association starts year-long, 186,000 project to reduce packaging waste from organic food and other products letsrecycle.com News · 31 Aug 2005 Industry news National Audit Office to investigate landfill diversion Local authorities asked for help as parliamentary scrutiny body looks into England&#39s chances of meeting EU Landfill Directive letsrecycle.com News · 31 Aug 2005 Industry news Letwin to deliver keynote address at Awards for Excellence There is still time to enter the Awards for Excellence in recycling and waste management, with Oliver Letwin speaking at the ceremony letsrecycle.com News · 31 Aug 2005 Industry news Defra bids to resolve levy rows in joint waste authorities Consultation proposes change to levy for Joint Waste Disposal Authorities to reduce council conflicts and boost recycling letsrecycle.com News · 31 Aug 2005 Industry news Major changes needed on battery recycling, says WRAP WRAP says UK needs major changes to meet likely recycling targets within the proposed Battery Directive letsrecycle.com News · 31 Aug 2005 Industry news Rhondda Cynon Taf invests in new waste collection fleet Dennis Eagle celebrates largest ever order as the Welsh council takes on 36 new refuse collection vehicles letsrecycle.com News · 30 Aug 2005 Industry news WRG to partner HLC on Wrexham waste contract Waste Recycling Group to partner Portuguese-owned HLC on waste management contract for Wrexham borough council letsrecycle.com News · 30 Aug 2005 Industry news More councils bringing recycling message to the doorstep Doorstepping campaigns being used by more and more councils across the country to bring waste awareness to householders letsrecycle.com News · 30 Aug 2005 Industry news Waste containers impounded at UK ports Environment Agency confirms "illegal" loads of recyclable waste have been prevented from being exported from several UK ports letsrecycle.com News · 30 Aug 2005 Industry news Report suggests “modest” green benefits for plastic bag tax Scottish Executive study suggests only modest environmental benefits for a proposed 10p levy on plastic carrier bags letsrecycle.com News · 30 Aug 2005 Industry news Shotton underspend will see 500,000 refund Environmental bodies in the waste management sector are to receive a refund on money given to the Shotton newsprint project letsrecycle.com News · 29 Aug 2005 Industry news Pan-Europe WEEE compliance scheme launches in 4 countries A compliance scheme for waste electronics is up-and-running in four European states, but not the UK letsrecycle.com News · 29 Aug 2005