Recycling news: 2009

Industry news Hot weather leads to wasps at Norfolk recycling sites Council urges residents to wash glass and cartons to stop them from attracting pests letsrecycle.com News · 16 Aug 2009 Industry news Retailers call for domestic appliance scrappage scheme British Retail Consortium claims time-limited initiative would help to encourage take-up of energy-efficient products letsrecycle.com News · 16 Aug 2009 Industry news Minister decides not to intervene in steel PRN market Environment Agency confirms that no steps to be taken despite ongoing concerns that 2009 targets could be missed letsrecycle.com News · 13 Aug 2009 Industry news Peterborough campaign targets contamination City-wide poster awareness initiative urges residents to keep residual waste out of recyclable stream letsrecycle.com News · 13 Aug 2009 Industry news First council signs up to Midex WEEE service Basingstoke and Deane looks to collect 200 tonnes of WEEE house-to-house in year-long trial letsrecycle.com News · 13 Aug 2009 Industry news West Sussex seeks outlets for refuse-derived fuel Council and preferred bidder Biffa seek companies interested in handling 150,000 tonnes of material each year letsrecycle.com News · 13 Aug 2009 Industry news Tyre chipping facility opens outside Bristol Lafarge subsidiary Sapphire confident waste tyres processed by plant will be burnt in cement kilns, despite mothballing letsrecycle.com News · 12 Aug 2009 Industry news Waste giants distance themselves from Brazil case Major UK companies claim no involvement with firms alleged to have illegally shipped waste to Brazil letsrecycle.com News · 12 Aug 2009 Industry news Vehicle dismantlers wary of post scrappage scheme “void” But, sector positive over impact of government-led initiative as figures reveal it has scrapped over half of planned vehicles letsrecycle.com News · 12 Aug 2009 Industry news Exeters recycling rate hit by fall in paper volumes Council claims recycling rate down for first quarter of 2009/10 as residents purchase fewer newspapers and magazines letsrecycle.com News · 12 Aug 2009 Industry news Camden to become latest council to collect mixed plastics London borough to expand range of materials collected from October 1, including mixed plastics and drinks cartons letsrecycle.com News · 11 Aug 2009 Industry news Work begins on 15m Cheshire MBT facility Developers Organic Waste Management looking to secure both household and business waste letsrecycle.com News · 11 Aug 2009 Industry news News in Brief With news on Indian import controls, research by Premier Waste and new members for the Tyre Recovery Association letsrecycle.com News · 11 Aug 2009 Industry news LondonWaste proposes AD facility in Edmonton Waste management company consults on proposals for anaerobic digestion facility at its existing EcoPark letsrecycle.com News · 11 Aug 2009 Industry news Government approves waste-fuelled power plant in Cheshire Green light given to build 95MW facility following public inquiry into proposed large scale waste treatment site letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2009 Industry news £5.5m metal recycling plant opens in Manchester Irish-owned Howarth Metals unveils "state-of-the-art" plant in city centre letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2009 Industry news Oxford starts clamping down on “side waste” City council to fine repeat offenders as it looks to boost kerbside recycling performance letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2009 Industry news Defra seeks views on Animal By-Products Regulation review Input sought on draft plans for implementing European proposals to overhaul rules governing food waste disposal letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2009 Industry news Recycling doubles in Chester under revamped service Battery and glass collections help boost performance in city under scheme introduced by contractor Focsa letsrecycle.com News · 9 Aug 2009 Industry news All facilities under Greater Manchester PFI approved Authority "delighted" after partnership with Viridor-Laing secures approvals for 23 sites under £4bn deal letsrecycle.com News · 9 Aug 2009 Industry news HSE publishes hazardous waste guidance for HWRCs Health and Safety Executive offers practical measures for site operators handling potentially dangerous material letsrecycle.com News · 9 Aug 2009 Industry news Defra outlines plans for sustainable food strategy Strategy aimed at securing UK food supply to be developed later this year but issue of waste receives little attention letsrecycle.com News · 9 Aug 2009 Industry news Veolias waste arm hit as operating cash flow declines Half year report for French parent company of Veolia Environmental Services claims waste divisions impacted by downturn letsrecycle.com News · 6 Aug 2009 Industry news News in Brief With news on a £2.3m WRAP grant scheme, a purchase for Countrystyle and a recycling centre in Derbyshire letsrecycle.com News · 6 Aug 2009 Industry news Producer responsibility minister and rainforest expert to speak at LARAC Liverpool Arena event to look at national and international issues as LARAC seeks to shape policy agenda letsrecycle.com News · 6 Aug 2009 Industry news Threats to the recycling infrastructure Ian Hetherington looks at the potential effects of plans to change environmental permitting regulations letsrecycle.com News · 6 Aug 2009 Industry news Ten years of the Landfill Directive Liz Parkes, head of waste and resource management at the Environment Agency, looks back on a decade of waste management under the Landfill Directive, and forward to the challenges that remain. letsrecycle.com News · 6 Aug 2009 Industry news Depackaging review to assist food waste treatment WRAP reviews depackagers to drive development of food waste treatment using anaerobic digestion and in-vessel composting letsrecycle.com News · 5 Aug 2009 Industry news Scotlands first batch gasification plant officially opened Waste and energy company Scotgen unveils Dumfries plant licensed to process 60,000 tonnes of waste a year letsrecycle.com News · 5 Aug 2009 Industry news Quarterly data shows 36.9% recycling rate for England Figures for the year ending December 2008 show impact of recession on waste arisings but recycling continues to improve letsrecycle.com News · 5 Aug 2009 Industry news Community Waste confirmed as MK MRF operator Waste and recycling firm beats competition from eight other rivals to land 15 year deal at 93,000 tonnes-a-year Milton Keynes plant letsrecycle.com News · 5 Aug 2009 Industry news Illegal waste exports expected at end of August EA awaits repatriation as Brazilian media claims shipment of 41 containers of waste material held up by bad weather letsrecycle.com News · 4 Aug 2009 Industry news News in Brief With news on an appointment for Covanta, a contract signing for Selby and new accounts for Greenstar letsrecycle.com News · 4 Aug 2009 Industry news Lamp and batteries compliance schemes team up Recolight and ERP announce "strategic alliance" to offer combined battery and lamp collections letsrecycle.com News · 4 Aug 2009 Industry news Beds partnership denies conflict of interest over land purchase The issue of land ownership with regard to a waste infrastructure tender has surfaced in Bedfordshire letsrecycle.com News · 4 Aug 2009 Industry news AWS passes food-grade quality challenge test’ Newcastle-based firm given go-ahead to produce food contact packaging from recovered plastic at Lincolnshire plant letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2009 Industry news Milton Keynes and Northants announce PFI long-list Ten firms in the running for council partnership's £138m PFI-backed, long term residual waste contract letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2009 Industry news Hampshire waste firm fined 60,000 over worker’s death HSE warns companies over risk assessments after employee died at waste transfer station after being hit by a vehicle letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2009 Industry news SITA forced to withdraw leaflet on proposed EfW plant Company seeks review of decision by Advertising Standards Authority to uphold five complaints letsrecycle.com News · 2 Aug 2009 Industry news Novelis cuts price paid for aluminium cans Delivered-in price falls by £75 but company claims there is potential for market to grow in 2009 letsrecycle.com News · 2 Aug 2009