Recycling news: 2007

Industry news Gloucestershire back in hunt for residual waste facilities County council launches soft market test and asks waste companies to get in touch letsrecycle.com News · 23 Sept 2007 Industry news Revolutionary facilities set for the North East Plans unveiled for autoclave plant on Teesside and an aerobic digestion plant in Sunderland letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2007 Industry news News in Brief With news on planning support for composters, a wood recycler's fine and Waste Watch's new chief letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2007 Industry news Funding boost for recyclers in the South East Envirobusiness and WRAP announce new grant competitions for the Autumn letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2007 Industry news Environmental Targets: Edward Cooke, director of Weee Link and Compliance Link Are poorly set and regulated Government environmental targets detrimental to environmental performance? letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2007 Industry news Councils have “large safety net” against landfill targets Fallen waste growth rates thought to be behind "substantial surplus" of landfill allowances in LATS letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2007 Industry news “Vending machine” trial aims to boost recycling Scheme aims to encourage more people to recycle plastic bottles in public places letsrecycle.com News · 19 Sept 2007 Industry news Baylis to turn PET bottles back into food packaging New MD reveals recycling company's expansion plans which also include increased sorting, washing and flaking capacity letsrecycle.com News · 19 Sept 2007 Industry news Scotland urged to look into pay-as-you-throw Watchdog recommends government takes "urgent action" to divert waste from landfill after warning it will miss EU targets letsrecycle.com News · 19 Sept 2007 Industry news Defra to investigate quality of recycling schemes Three-year waste research strategy unveiled, including intention to examine materials quality issues letsrecycle.com News · 19 Sept 2007 Industry news Lib Dems call for action to cut packaging waste Government action on packaging waste "ineffective" says motion backed at Party Conference letsrecycle.com News · 18 Sept 2007 Industry news Recresco to supply North Herts with plastics banks Contract is part of council waste strategy which will see fortnightly collections introduced letsrecycle.com News · 18 Sept 2007 Industry news News in Brief With news on grants in West Sussex, a conference in Athens and recycling on the London Underground letsrecycle.com News · 18 Sept 2007 Industry news Campaign demands inquiry into English recycling costs Commingled scheme opponents demand urgent investigation of English recycling collection costs following Welsh study letsrecycle.com News · 18 Sept 2007 Industry news Black Country borough moves MBT and MRF plans forward Sandwell council to consider buying 30-acre site for waste treatment facilities under compulsory purchase letsrecycle.com News · 18 Sept 2007 Industry news Construction start for Isle of Wight gasification plant Defra-funded Energos project "on schedule" for operations to begin by the end of 2007 letsrecycle.com News · 17 Sept 2007 Industry news Bank backs 100m autoclave for Merseyside Plans for merchant facility using autoclave and gasification technology to treat black bag waste letsrecycle.com News · 17 Sept 2007 Industry news Councils accused of “ripping-off” charities Local authorities deny wrong-doing in row over waste disposal costs, but are reviewing policies letsrecycle.com News · 17 Sept 2007 Industry news 3,900 producers signed up to WEEE recycling law Environment Agency continues bid to hunt down unregistered electronics manufacturers/importers letsrecycle.com News · 17 Sept 2007 Industry news 50,000 penalty for “sham” skip hire firm Hounslow-based New Bharat Skips is found guilty of dumping waste near a Middlesex service station letsrecycle.com News · 17 Sept 2007 Industry news Oxfordshire town to ban plastic bags Eco bags to be introduced to all businesses in Wantage in time for Christmas letsrecycle.com News · 16 Sept 2007 Industry news “Next generation” recycling vehicle trials delayed Trials to start in November, after prototype designs are altered to take into account industry views letsrecycle.com News · 16 Sept 2007 Industry news Environcom WEEE recycling plant hit by fire UPDATE: Firm reviewing its future after multi-million pound Lincolnshire plant "devastated" by fire letsrecycle.com News · 16 Sept 2007 Industry news SITA sponsors Labour Party Conference 2007 Firm raises it profile as some uncertainty remains over its future ownership letsrecycle.com News · 16 Sept 2007 Industry news Disappointment over “worthless” landfill allowances Local authorities unable to sell surplus allowances, even at prices under five pounds per tonne letsrecycle.com News · 16 Sept 2007 Industry news Small Hands Resistant Pharma Packaging - Packaging Gateway Packaging Gateway (GlobalData) · 16 Sept 2007 Industry news Bioplastics could “cause serious problems for recyclers” WRAP report on packaging made from biopolymers expresses concerns but manufacturers say there is great potential letsrecycle.com News · 13 Sept 2007 Industry news Views from public invited on carrier bag ban in London London Councils invites views from the public to help shape new legislation for the capital letsrecycle.com News · 13 Sept 2007 Industry news Dublin plans 200 million CHP plant City council signs contract with Dublin Waste to Energy to build 600,000-tonne facility letsrecycle.com News · 13 Sept 2007 Industry news London’s waste technology gets financial boost London Remade secures funding to help develop new technology plants in the capital letsrecycle.com News · 13 Sept 2007 Industry news 1,000 per tonne kerbside recycling scheme revealed Welsh Assembly Government study finds "enormous variation" in council recycling scheme costs letsrecycle.com News · 13 Sept 2007 Industry news Shopping obstacles: Joy Blizzard How supermarket technology has not caught up with the UK's recycling efforts letsrecycle.com News · 13 Sept 2007 Industry news Battery “pre-compliance” service launched Valpak helps businesses prepare for tough targets to fund battery collections under the Battery Directive letsrecycle.com News · 12 Sept 2007 Industry news Tory review backs disposal bans on recyclable materials Big rise in Landfill Tax, more producer responsibility and recycling incentives in Quality of Life report letsrecycle.com News · 12 Sept 2007 Industry news Tories pledge “fundamental” change in waste policy Review demands change in approach to waste, but too early to tell if Party will adopt suggestions letsrecycle.com News · 12 Sept 2007 Industry news Royal approval for Bedfordshire anaerobic digester Princess Anne opens state-of-the-art waste plant that could be first in new network of AD facilities letsrecycle.com News · 12 Sept 2007 Industry news Biffa site worker on bail after CA site death Newbury centre closed while circumstances surrounding 58 year old man's death are investigated letsrecycle.com News · 11 Sept 2007 Industry news Concern over rising waste export costs Environment Agency warns that new freight charges could damage UK recycling rates letsrecycle.com News · 11 Sept 2007 Industry news Conservatives to unveil new approach to recycling Links between waste and the environment expected to be addressed in tomorrow's Quality of Life review letsrecycle.com News · 11 Sept 2007 Industry news Welsh councils hit landfill targets but more work needed Landfill diversion efforts welcomed but Environment Agency tells councils to step up to meet future European targets letsrecycle.com News · 11 Sept 2007