Recycling news: 2005

Fresh every day from industry press, GOV.UK and research feeds — plus the historical archive. Last updated 25 Jul 2026.

Industry news Former Biffa director spearheads Lancashire MBT bid Australian company Global Renewables brings in former Biffa landfill director as part of bid to win Lancashire waste PFI contract letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2005 Industry news MetSkill chief executive appointed director general of BMRA Lindsay Millington, head of metals industry skills organisation MetSkill, to head up British Metals Recycling Association letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2005 Industry news Producers and compliance schemes back “WEEE day” delay Business welcomes delayed start to producer responsibility for waste electrical and electronic equipment letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2005 Industry news WEEE retail compliance scheme will move ahead as planned BRC says it will select company to run retail compliance scheme this month despite retail responsibility pushed back to June 2006 letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2005 Industry news New “added value” wood recycling plant to be built in NI Wood recycling plant to be built in Northern Ireland with help of grant from Waste and Resources Action Programme letsrecycle.com News · 9 Aug 2005 Industry news Official Draw of 2005 Waste World Cup takes place Organisers of this year&#39s football tournament for the recycling and waste sector have drawn the 30 teams for the group stage letsrecycle.com News · 9 Aug 2005 Industry news Defra develops standardised waste PFI contract Government working on standard waste contract for Private Finance Initiative process, expecting publication in March 2006 letsrecycle.com News · 9 Aug 2005 Industry news “WEEE Day” pushed back to June 2006 Start date for producers and retailers to carry out collection and recycling of waste electronics pushed back further six months letsrecycle.com News · 9 Aug 2005 Industry news Agency under fire over packaging recovery data system Government advisory committee hits out at Environment Agency for "blocking" system to improve PRN market and cut fraud letsrecycle.com News · 8 Aug 2005 Industry news Awards for Excellence host named Television broadcaster and journalist Fiona Bruce is to present this year&#39s Awards for Excellence in Recycling and Waste Management letsrecycle.com News · 8 Aug 2005 Industry news Scottish Executive considers non-municipal waste targets Business sector in Scotland could be in line for waste reduction targets or landfill bans under ideas being considered letsrecycle.com News · 8 Aug 2005 Industry news Firm to build 60,000-tonne in-vessel composter in Derby Vital Earth to build massive facility to treat food waste and garden waste in computer-controlled, enclosed environment letsrecycle.com News · 8 Aug 2005 Industry news Crewe residents back one-off charge for green waste scheme Residents in Crewe and Nantwich support proposal for them to pay 20 for an extra bin for green waste collections letsrecycle.com News · 8 Aug 2005 Industry news Carmarthenshire row sees recyclables sent to landfill Payment dispute between two waste firms in Carmarthenshire results in two days&#39 worth of household recyclables going to landfill letsrecycle.com News · 7 Aug 2005 Industry news News in Brief Farm plastic boost in Wales, Walsall kerbside materials increase, Trio vehicle launch and Lancashire&#39s catalogue recycling call letsrecycle.com News · 7 Aug 2005 Industry news Yorkshire “WRAP” combats climate change through recycling New "regional WRAP" set up by Yorkshire Forward to fund recycling projects based on the carbon emission reductions they achieve letsrecycle.com News · 7 Aug 2005 Industry news Task force calls for stronger line on energy from waste Influential Biomass Task Force urges Defra and DTI to actively encourage generation of energy from municipal solid waste letsrecycle.com News · 7 Aug 2005 Industry news VCU in bid to crack UK in-vessel composting market New Zealand firm buys back UK distribution rights for its in-vessel composting system as it seeks to expand services for councils letsrecycle.com News · 7 Aug 2005 Industry news Disgraced plastics reprocessor re-accredited to issue PRNs SS Thermoplastics - prosecuted for wrongly over-issuing packaging recovery notes - has been re-accredited to issue PRNs in 2005 letsrecycle.com News · 4 Aug 2005 Industry news News in Brief WRAP backs gypsum recycling; Bid to move re-use up agenda; New recycling guide for events; and, Compost Doctors hit Wales letsrecycle.com News · 4 Aug 2005 Industry news Lincolnshire district forced to landfill green waste North Kesteven landfills green waste and glass separated by householders, owing to closure of only plant able to take it letsrecycle.com News · 4 Aug 2005 Industry news Agency reveals views on regulation of MBT outputs Environment Agency issues new guidance on environmental controls for outputs from mechanical biological treatment of waste letsrecycle.com News · 4 Aug 2005 Industry news WEEE producers face “unnecessary” costs if complying alone Hewlett Packard warns that producers complying with waste electronics rules outside compliance schemes face unnecessary costs letsrecycle.com News · 4 Aug 2005 Industry news Chinese importer warns of threat to UK plastic exports Chinese demand for European recovered plastics could switch to the Far East if prices keep rising, claims importer letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2005 Industry news News in Brief Doorstepping increases; Kerbside recycling even easier; "No WEEE, no Fee" service offered; Cornwall lays on MRF visits letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2005 Industry news Defra to detail way forward for council recycling soon Government spokesperson says situation concerning council recycling targets beyond 2005/06 will be made clear within weeks letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2005 Industry news Councils slam “sign up or else” approach to WEEE collection Local authority officers object to being "forced" to sign up CA sites as designated collection points for waste electronics letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2005 Industry news High oil price could benefit landfill diversion Composting expert suggests major market opportunity lies in supplying compost for farmers to grow fuel crops letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2005 Industry news WRAP offers funding for waste reduction projects WRAP is seeking to fund new projects that cut the amount of food and packaging waste from products bought in supermarkets letsrecycle.com News · 2 Aug 2005 Industry news Unlicensed vehicle recycler ordered to pay 10,000 Owner of a breakers yard in Essex pays up after repeatedly refusing to apply for a waste management licence letsrecycle.com News · 2 Aug 2005 Industry news Fridge recycling firm to branch out into other electronics Basildon firm Technowaste aiming to recycle televisions and small household appliances after acquisition by Dutch company letsrecycle.com News · 2 Aug 2005 Industry news Ashfield praised for rapid improvement in recycling Nottinghamshire district applauded by Audit Commission as recycling rates triple to more than 30% letsrecycle.com News · 2 Aug 2005 Industry news Plans submitted for Liverpool’s first food waste composter Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority proposes Vertical Composting Unit to process 20,000 tonnes of organic waste each year letsrecycle.com News · 2 Aug 2005 Industry news News in Brief Green waste composting in Gateshead; new SITA hazardous waste scheme; Maldon opts for Dennis Eagle; and, Richmondshire praised letsrecycle.com News · 1 Aug 2005 Industry news Bradshaw welcomes confirmation of recycling target success Minister says recycling during 2003/04 was "step in right direction", and reveals that unaudited results for 2004/05 will be out soon letsrecycle.com News · 1 Aug 2005 Industry news Inter-producer compliance “fraught with dangers” warns REPIC Compliance scheme pours scorn on possibility of small electronics producers buying WEEE compliance from large producers letsrecycle.com News · 1 Aug 2005 Industry news Lamp recycler bemoans lack of hazardous waste awareness Lamp Recycling Company says many businesses are not aware of new hazardous waste regulations affecting fluorescent lamps letsrecycle.com News · 1 Aug 2005 Industry news Carmarthenshire secures 800,000 for composting upgrades Welsh county to provide food waste collections following expansion and modification of Nantycaws composting facility letsrecycle.com News · 1 Aug 2005 Industry news Firm reveals plans to turn waste plastics into green fuel Cynar plc to bring Australian-built pyrolysis plants to UK to recycle 100,000 tonnes of waste plastics each year letsrecycle.com News · 31 Jul 2005 Industry news WRG acquires Cumbria trade and clinical waste firm Workington-based Alco Waste Management sold to Waste Recycling Group for undisclosed multi-million pound sum letsrecycle.com News · 31 Jul 2005