Recycling news: 2005

Industry news North Kesteven composting crisis resolved Lincolnshire district able to recycle garden waste again as composting site near Grantham given green light to restart activities letsrecycle.com News · 23 Aug 2005 Industry news Essex residents quizzed over new waste strategy County waste partnership seeking views of householders on whether ambitious recycling rate targets can be achieved letsrecycle.com News · 23 Aug 2005 Industry news Newport achieves 25% recycling rate The Welsh council has said that it has achieved its 25% recycling rate two years early and is now looking to hit 30% letsrecycle.com News · 23 Aug 2005 Industry news £5 average emerges as cost of recycling televisions Reprocessors reveal gate prices for recycling computer monitors and televisions, with a fairly stable market across UK letsrecycle.com News · 22 Aug 2005 Industry news WRAP to boost profile of landscaping&#39s “best kept secret” WRAP to fund trials aimed at increasing the profile of recycled wood products for use in the landscaping sector letsrecycle.com News · 22 Aug 2005 Industry news Householders warned about bogus textile collectors Trading standards warning over bogus Third World appeal sees householders urged to recycle clothing with registered charities letsrecycle.com News · 22 Aug 2005 Industry news Two companies withdraw from Shropshire PFI contract Two of four companies shortlisted by Shropshire Waste Partnership withdraw from running for 600 million waste management contract letsrecycle.com News · 22 Aug 2005 Industry news Defra calls for increase in recycling of glass packaging Industry consulted on changed targets for packaging waste recovery from 2006, including increased glass and plastics targets letsrecycle.com News · 21 Aug 2005 Industry news WIP secondee to raise profile of waste industry Melville Haggard of Impax Group on one-year secondment to Defra to raise profile of waste management within finance sector letsrecycle.com News · 21 Aug 2005 Industry news Funding pressure for capital&#39s furniture re-use groups Despite record levels of furniture re-use, London&#39s re-use groups face uncertain future after end of lottery funding letsrecycle.com News · 21 Aug 2005 Industry news Time running out to enter Awards for Excellence Projects still have time left to enter letsrecycle.com-organised Awards for Excellence in Recycling and Waste Management letsrecycle.com News · 21 Aug 2005 Industry news West Sussex considers sending paper and plastics to China County council officer undertakes fact-finding mission to China to identify possible new markets for recyclable materials letsrecycle.com News · 21 Aug 2005 Industry news Companies to go “Industrial Speed Dating” to cut waste Businesses in Scotland offered chance to find match-making success for their waste materials, diverting material from landfill letsrecycle.com News · 18 Aug 2005 Industry news Greenpeace campaigns against hazardous waste electronics Pressure group calls on electronics manufacturers to cut hazardous chemicals that end up recycled in countries like China and India letsrecycle.com News · 18 Aug 2005 Industry news News in Brief New machinery for Eco; UK in clear on packaging targets; Corus boosts Yorkshire recycling; and, carton recycling latest letsrecycle.com News · 18 Aug 2005 Industry news Perthshire composting site set for 14 million revamp Preston-based TEG Environmental to operate Glenfarg composting site, upgrading facility so it can treat food waste letsrecycle.com News · 18 Aug 2005 Industry news WRAP seeks to plug market gap for waste wood in SE England Funding offered for wood recyclers to boost reprocessing capacity by 100,000 tonnes a year, primarily in South East region letsrecycle.com News · 17 Aug 2005 Industry news Carrier bag ban for Ipswich recycling scheme Waste firm Viridor asks residents in Ipswich not to place recyclables in carrier bags after local recycling plant is upgraded letsrecycle.com News · 17 Aug 2005 Industry news HP launches take-back scheme despite WEEE regulation delay Hewlett Packard offers free recycling scheme for EU business customers despite delay to start of producer responsibility in UK letsrecycle.com News · 17 Aug 2005 Industry news WEEE delay blows hole in recyclers&#39 investment strategies Companies investing in plants to recycle waste electronics face serious income losses after fresh delay to producer responsibility letsrecycle.com News · 17 Aug 2005 Industry news UK packaging waste recovery bolstered by soaring exports Latest reprocessing figures from Defra reveal UK on course to meet packaging recovery targets but problems continue in metals letsrecycle.com News · 16 Aug 2005 Industry news Quality assurance manager boosts Grosvenor recycling plant Grosvenor Waste Management seeks to improve standards of material delivered to Crayford materials recycling facility letsrecycle.com News · 16 Aug 2005 Industry news Slow down in demand hits wood recyclers in SW England Rising operating costs and slow-down in demand for recycled wood chip hits recyclers in South West of England letsrecycle.com News · 16 Aug 2005 Industry news Employee killed at Wiltshire recycling centre A worker has died at a SITA UK-run recycling centre in Swindon after an accident involving a paper baler letsrecycle.com News · 16 Aug 2005 Industry news Hampshire requests evidence on Project Integra Hampshire council expected to begin inquiry into way forward for county&#39s waste partnership, Project Integra in the autumn letsrecycle.com News · 16 Aug 2005 Industry news Alupro concern over investment of PRN revenue Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation raises question over use of producer responsibility money in recycling letsrecycle.com News · 15 Aug 2005 Industry news Government team seeks step change in municipal waste market Joint Defra/Office of Government Commerce initiative looks into competition and capacity issues in municipal waste management letsrecycle.com News · 15 Aug 2005 Industry news Agency says tyre fuel trials can restart in Rugby The Cemex Group has been told by the Environment Agency that it can restart trials using waste tyres as a substitute fuel letsrecycle.com News · 15 Aug 2005 Industry news Clackmannanshire tops Scottish council recycling league Massive increase in amount of household waste recycled sees Clackmannanshire council top Scottish recycling league in 2004/05 letsrecycle.com News · 15 Aug 2005 Industry news Questions over PRN availability as sector awaits new data Packaging waste recovery notes in some materials are in short supply as sector awaits data on Q2 reprocessing rates letsrecycle.com News · 14 Aug 2005 Industry news Rising operating costs hits recovered paper sector Increased fuel costs and a downturn in arisings hits companies across industry, and could see increased charges for collections letsrecycle.com News · 14 Aug 2005 Industry news Corus reports increase in steel can collections Reprocessor states that steel can recycling collections are increasing significantly, despite current shortage of steel PRNs letsrecycle.com News · 14 Aug 2005 Industry news North Yorkshire awards recycling centre contract to EWC Councillors in North Yorkshire have given the contract to run its household waste recycling centre to Environmental Waste Controls letsrecycle.com News · 14 Aug 2005 Industry news Scotland achieves 17.3% recycling rate for household waste SEPA reveals that Scotland&#39s 32 councils achieved a national average 17.3% recycling rate for household waste in 2004/05 letsrecycle.com News · 14 Aug 2005 Industry news UK paper mills hit by soaring gas prices Confederation of Paper Industries warns of severe economic pressure being faced by the sector, caused by rise in gas prices letsrecycle.com News · 11 Aug 2005 Industry news News in Brief South Herts Waste fined; Machinery on show; Next stage for Cambridge PFI process; Gateshead pushes green waste scheme letsrecycle.com News · 11 Aug 2005 Industry news Carmarthenshire in recycling scheme rescue attempt Temporary transfer station set up and new staff taken on to help save pink bag scheme after row with recycling contractor letsrecycle.com News · 11 Aug 2005 Industry news Government pledges to cover councils&#39 new burdens for WEEE DTI to meet costs borne by councils coping with separately collected hazardous WEEE before delayed start of producer responsibility letsrecycle.com News · 11 Aug 2005 Industry news Irish government approves two WEEE compliance schemes Two WEEE compliance schemes approved ahead of "WEEE Day" in Ireland this weekend letsrecycle.com News · 11 Aug 2005 Industry news ACP task force to look into packaging waste exports Defra&#39s Advisory Committee on Packaging to examine role of exports in meeting UK recovery targets for packaging waste letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2005