Recycling news: 2002

Industry news Waste and recycling feature in New Year&#39s Honours List A DEFRA offical and a community sector recycler have been awarded honours letsrecycle.com News · 31 Dec 2002 Industry news Four vie for West Sussex recycling and waste contract The New Year will see detailed proposals from four firms seeking to win a multi-million pound contract letsrecycle.com News · 24 Dec 2002 Industry news Cory Environmental claims success for new Milton Keynes recycling system Switching collections back to a weekly basis has brought a 70% increase in material collected letsrecycle.com News · 24 Dec 2002 Industry news Firm demand although plastic prices edge down Falling PRN prices are a factor in weaker plastic bottle and film prices letsrecycle.com News · 23 Dec 2002 Industry news Shanks finalises £1 billion East London Waste Authority contract The contract to handle waste from four East London boroughs will aim to recycle 25% of municipal waste by 2005 letsrecycle.com News · 23 Dec 2002 Industry news Audit Commission highlights concerns for CA staff safety in Manchester The Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority has received a &#39fair&#39 grade for its civic amenity sites letsrecycle.com News · 23 Dec 2002 Industry news Grundon and Biffa facilities could scupper SITA&#39s chances for Surrey plant SITA is deliberating whether to make a second energy-from-waste application after a judicial review blocked the project letsrecycle.com News · 20 Dec 2002 Industry news Government to carry out consultation on WEEE Directive in 2003 Manufacturers are said to be happy with the waste electrical and electronic equipment Directive letsrecycle.com News · 20 Dec 2002 Industry news Compliance schemes raise issue of PRN fraud A meeting of the Compliance Scheme Working Group has stated the importance of tackling any fraud in the PRN system letsrecycle.com News · 19 Dec 2002 Industry news Publicising kerbside systems is vital for their success A debate on different approaches to kerbside recycling schemes has concluded that raising the capture rate is key letsrecycle.com News · 19 Dec 2002 Industry news Councils and community sector ask Prime Minister for tax on incineration A range of groups has written to Tony Blair seeking to turn the Landfill Tax into a waste disposal tax letsrecycle.com News · 19 Dec 2002 Industry news Shropshire Waste Partnership hires former street cleaner for top job Frank Mulgrew plans to use his experience of all aspects of waste management as Shropshire&#39s executive officer letsrecycle.com News · 19 Dec 2002 Industry news Agency told to reduce number of site inspections National Audit Office report tells Environment Agency to target its activities for greater efficiency letsrecycle.com News · 18 Dec 2002 Industry news British Legion to help South East computer recovery trial Remade Kent and Medway joins with Royal British Legion for electronics recycling pilot letsrecycle.com News · 18 Dec 2002 Industry news Durham county council seeks views on plastic carrier bag tax The council has said that if the government carries out plastic bag tax trials, it would be happy to be a test-bed letsrecycle.com News · 18 Dec 2002 Industry news Manufacturers link up to tackle Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Electrolux, Hewlett-Packard, Sony and Braun will draw up guidelines and organise contracts for WEEE recycling letsrecycle.com News · 18 Dec 2002 Industry news Victory for right to access environmental information European Parliament passes tough law governing access to documents letsrecycle.com News · 18 Dec 2002 Industry news European Parliament and Council ratify waste electronics Directive The WEEE Directive includes a compulsory collection target of 4 kg per head of the population each year letsrecycle.com News · 18 Dec 2002 Industry news Remade scheme helps boost recycling for small firms An innovative project in Essex is helping businesses recycle plastics and cardboard letsrecycle.com News · 17 Dec 2002 Industry news UK&#39s only household battery recycling plant faces closure Batteries will be re-processed abroad if necessary, pledges Bristol scheme letsrecycle.com News · 17 Dec 2002 Industry news Honeymoon period over for Strategy Unit waste review The SU has come under criticism at a meeting of the Parliamentary Sustainable Waste Group in Westminster letsrecycle.com News · 17 Dec 2002 Industry news Landfill Tax money distributed through WRAP could count as private funds The head of the Strategy Unit waste team has said that money going through WRAP could be used as leverage letsrecycle.com News · 17 Dec 2002 Industry news SEPA commissions study on waste electrical and electronic equipment The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has identified WEEE as one of its priority waste streams letsrecycle.com News · 16 Dec 2002 Industry news London Recycling Fund provides 4.1m for recycling and composting facilities Sutton, Southwark and Merton are among boroughs to benefit from the fourth round of the 21.3m London Recycling Fund letsrecycle.com News · 16 Dec 2002 Industry news Doncaster kerbside scheme success attracts council support Community recycling pilot anticipates beating targets letsrecycle.com News · 16 Dec 2002 Industry news EU agrees on new Directive for public participation in planning The draft Directive gives the public more of a say in the planning process for environmental projects letsrecycle.com News · 16 Dec 2002 Industry news Review into Wastepack&#39s 2001 compliance plan expected to end soon A Scottish Executive review into the activities of compliance scheme Wastepack is said to be near a conclusion letsrecycle.com News · 13 Dec 2002 Industry news Agency may not be able to cope with hazardous waste regulation Funding pressures could jeopardise Environment Agency regulation of new hazardous waste legislation letsrecycle.com News · 13 Dec 2002 Industry news Key environment information available in free booklet from DEFRA Waste and recycling data is included in an environmental publication available in print and on the web letsrecycle.com News · 13 Dec 2002 Industry news Treasury hints that Landfill Tax could rise faster than 3 a year A Treasury Minister has said that judgements are still to be made about the rate of increase for the Landfill Tax letsrecycle.com News · 12 Dec 2002 Industry news Changes to Landfill Tax Credits will boost waste minimisation, says Treasury Amidst growing opposition to changes in the LTCS, Treasury Minister John Healey has explained the department&#39s thinking letsrecycle.com News · 12 Dec 2002 Industry news Isle of Wight to keep fridge money for general waste budget An unusual contract arrangement has meant that the Isle of Wight has escaped the direct extra costs of fridge recycling letsrecycle.com News · 12 Dec 2002 Industry news Municipal Waste Recycling Bill receives its first reading in the Commons The Bill aims to require all households to have kerbside recycling and will be supported by a FoE rally in January letsrecycle.com News · 12 Dec 2002 Industry news No third round of 140 million funding, councils told There are no further allocations from the 140m fund even though composting may need more expenditure letsrecycle.com News · 11 Dec 2002 Industry news Biffa Waste Services reports slight increase in turnover, drop in profits Severn Trent describes Biffa as "robust" in coping well with difficult market conditions letsrecycle.com News · 11 Dec 2002 Industry news Environmental careers guide launched Some 80 per cent of environmental graduates do not work in the sector, leaving it short of skilled people. letsrecycle.com News · 11 Dec 2002 Industry news SITA Environmental Trust moves to reassure funded projects Projects that are supported by the Trust have been told their grants are safe despite proposed changes to the LTCS letsrecycle.com News · 11 Dec 2002 Industry news Mobile unit set to dispose of 9,000 fridges for Swindon Swindon claims to be first council to use SEG&#39s mobile fridge demanufacturing facility letsrecycle.com News · 10 Dec 2002 Industry news Councils reveal plans for National Waste Minimisation and Recycling Fund windfalls Bath and NE Somerset, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire have revealed spending plans for their DEFRA grants letsrecycle.com News · 10 Dec 2002 Industry news Biffa landfill is factor in future of SITA Energy-from-Waste plant in Surrey The availability of landfill could be an issue in a court ruling against plans for an energy from waste plant at Capel letsrecycle.com News · 10 Dec 2002