Recycling news: 2003

Industry news Board prices fall in weakening market The industrial and commercial sector faces higher collection charges as a UK mill firm cuts its cardboard price letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2003 Industry news LibDems demand compulsory junk mail producer responsibility The Liberal Democrats said the voluntary recycling agreement between the junk mail industry and DEFRA is not enough letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2003 Industry news Compost plays key part in national growing media Apex has announced the success of its compost in a commercial horticulture growing media letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2003 Industry news SITA Environmental Trust to provide 6m for waste projects Landfill Tax money will go to waste education projects and research into the Mechanical Biological Treatment of waste letsrecycle.com News · 7 Aug 2003 Industry news LGA criticises government on its handling of pesticide ban The local authority association has said the government has not kept councils informed about the ban on household pesticides letsrecycle.com News · 7 Aug 2003 Industry news News in Brief WRAP finds plastics opportunities; an investment company signs up to green procurement; and recycling campaigners hit West London letsrecycle.com News · 7 Aug 2003 Industry news Welsh Assembly issues consultation on landfill permits The Assembly is seeking stakeholder views on the Welsh implementation of the forthcoming Waste and Emissions Trading Bill letsrecycle.com News · 7 Aug 2003 Industry news ACE responds to Stirling council in tender row Alloa Community Enterprises has put further questions to the Scottish council over its tender process for a glass contract letsrecycle.com News · 7 Aug 2003 Industry news Paper sector pleased DEFRA is to continue PRN investigation The CPI has welcomed the government&#39s intention to investigate possible fraud in the plastic packaging waste recovery sector letsrecycle.com News · 6 Aug 2003 Industry news Stirling council defends new glass collection service A community recycling group has challenged the council&#39s tendering process for a new glass collection contract letsrecycle.com News · 6 Aug 2003 Industry news Vale of White Horse awards collection contract to Cleanaway The South Oxfordshire district aims to reach a household recycling rate of 29% by 2005-06 with the seven-year waste contract letsrecycle.com News · 6 Aug 2003 Industry news LARAC slams call for local authority packaging targets The Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee has warned against shifting packaging producer responsibility onto councils letsrecycle.com News · 5 Aug 2003 Industry news Shanks challenges public shaming by Environment Agency The waste management company will lodge a formal complaint against the Agency for damning two of its landfill sites letsrecycle.com News · 5 Aug 2003 Industry news News in Brief 100,000 awareness campaign in Milton Keynes, a goat wins in Essex and a Bristol community group seeks help letsrecycle.com News · 5 Aug 2003 Industry news Councils call for mandatory take-back of electronics Local authority comments on the recycling of electronics feature in a summary of responses to a government consultation paper letsrecycle.com News · 5 Aug 2003 Industry news WRG wins Cambridgeshire glass collections Cambridgeshire has awarded its first ever joint glass recycling contract to Waste Recycling Group letsrecycle.com News · 5 Aug 2003 Industry news Prize draw incentive for Warrington kerbside collection Shotton Paper is offering 100 a week in a prize draw for residents who use Warrington&#39s kerbside paper collection letsrecycle.com News · 4 Aug 2003 Industry news Junk mail industry signs up to producer responsibility The Direct Marketing Association has agreed to work towards recycling 30% of UK junk mail by the end of 2005 letsrecycle.com News · 4 Aug 2003 Industry news WRAP provides 62,620 grant for aggregates recycling plant Ken Hope Ltd, a plant hire company, will develop a construction and demolition waste recycling plant near Carlisle letsrecycle.com News · 4 Aug 2003 Industry news Scotland awards 95 million for local authority recycling Aberdeen receives 24 million to implement waste plan while four other councils share 71 million for kerbside collection letsrecycle.com News · 4 Aug 2003 Industry news Aberdeenshire council looks into allegation of misconduct One waste management officer remains suspended as the council carries out an internal investigation letsrecycle.com News · 4 Aug 2003 Industry news London CRN gains funds for recycling advice work The London Community Recycling Network is continuing its free advice and assistance programme for community groups letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2003 Industry news Circuit board recycling project gains government funding C-Tech Innovation has received 111,000 to test its biotechnological electronics recycling process on an industrial scale letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2003 Industry news Luton opts for three wheelie bin collection system The council has added a brown bin for garden waste to the green bin for recyclables and black bin for refuse letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2003 Industry news Liverpool&#39s new recycling service off to a promising start Kerbside collections being carried out by Cheshire Recycling have picked up 50 tonnes of paper in the first week letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2003 Industry news Waste Watch publishes plastics report The report finds that less than one per cent of household waste plastics are recycled letsrecycle.com News · 31 Jul 2003 Industry news Cleanaway wins Chesterfield waste and recycling contract The six-year collection contract worth 1.8 million each year aims to get from 14% recycling rates to 25% by 2005-06. letsrecycle.com News · 31 Jul 2003 Industry news Durham trials plastic bag re-use to win hearts and minds The county council has linked up with Marks and Spencer, WH Smith, Sainsbury&#39s and Tesco to reduce the use of plastic carrier bags letsrecycle.com News · 31 Jul 2003 Industry news Yorkshire and Humberside launches waste strategy The regional assembly looks to improve low recycling rates in order to meet UK and European targets letsrecycle.com News · 31 Jul 2003 Industry news Market for plastics from ELVs stifled by mistaken perception The end of life vehicles plastic market could be booming, according to a recycler actively looking for sources of car bumpers letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jul 2003 Industry news Sainsbury&#39s to stock recycled stationery The supermarket chain buys a full range of Remarkable products ready for the back-to-school market letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jul 2003 Industry news WRG appoints Jim Meredith as chief executive The former Shanks Waste Services managing director replaces Nigel Sandy at Waste Recycling Group following a hand over period letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jul 2003 Industry news Cory applies for planning permission for MRF in Wandsworth A new 84,000 tonne materials recycling facility at the Smugglers Way waste transfer station would be one of the largest in the country letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jul 2003 Industry news London boroughs offered 3.6 million for recycling The London Recycling Fund is now open to applications, but councils will only have five months to spend it letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jul 2003 Industry news Cleanaway to build 8 million MRF in Greenwich Environment minister backs mixed recyclate collections at launch of new MRF letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jul 2003 Industry news Company directors may face jail for environmental crimes Environment Agency warns only harsher punishments will discourage pollution incidents letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jul 2003 Industry news Anti-SWERF groups call for Derby to remove planning consent But city council says SWERF "remains an attractive option" for residual waste as it seeks to extend green waste collections letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jul 2003 Industry news Valpak launches membership council to tackle WEEE The compliance scheme&#39s Member WEEE Council includes retailers and producers and aims to find solutions to the WEEE Directive letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jul 2003 Industry news DEFRA launches consultation on UK packaging waste recovery As well as business recovery targets from 2004-08, the consultation paper looks at tightening PRN regulations letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jul 2003 Industry news Andy Bond and Aman Dalvi join London Remade board The ECT Recycling MD and the Gateway to London CEO bring a wealth of experience to the market development agency letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jul 2003