Recycling news: 2012

Industry news SITA wins North Lincolnshire waste contract Company to take over from current contractor Palm Recycling in November, in deal which will see SITA and council sharing revenue from recyclables letsrecycle.com News · 21 Aug 2012 Industry news Two bidders shortlisted for 800m North Wales deal VeoliaES Aurorano longer in the running for 25-year contract with North Wales Residual Waste Treatment Project letsrecycle.com News · 21 Aug 2012 Industry news Defra announces latest reward funding Funding for 15 reward and incentive schemes to encourage people to recycle or make better use of waste have been backed by Defra letsrecycle.com News · 21 Aug 2012 Industry news Warwickshire approves plans for Packington AD County council awards planning permission to SITA UK to build 50,000 tpa plant alongside landfill site, subject to decision not being called in by DCLG letsrecycle.com News · 21 Aug 2012 Industry news Blakeleys finish clearance of Oswaldtwistle site Wigan firm clears waste bales and reveals more details of plans for state-of-the-art energy from waste and recycling facility letsrecycle.com News · 20 Aug 2012 Industry news FCC employee dies at Watford waste transfer site HSE is investigating after a male employee died in incident at Waterdale waste transfer site, near Watford on Friday letsrecycle.com News · 20 Aug 2012 Industry news People Watch With news of; Welsh environment body chair; account managers for Eco; Hazardous waste appointment; sales manager for PyroPure; and, a new face at SITA UK letsrecycle.com News · 20 Aug 2012 Industry news Agency monitoring glass PRN situation Environment Agency says it will flag issues to Defra if UK's ability to meet 2012 recovery targets is compromised as PRN prices rise further letsrecycle.com News · 20 Aug 2012 Industry news Carrier bag producers slam bag levy campaign Plastic bag producers claim campaign to impose levy on single use plastic bags is repeating unfounded greenwash letsrecycle.com News · 19 Aug 2012 Industry news HSE investigates incident at MSKs Barking site Investigation launched after a man was airlifted to hospital on Friday after suffering injuries to his arm and shoulder letsrecycle.com News · 19 Aug 2012 Industry news Government resource policy incoherent Manufacturing and environmental groups attack government policies on waste and resource management letsrecycle.com News · 19 Aug 2012 Industry news Dorset prepares for biggest ever service change Waste Partnership rolls out containers for service, due to begin from October, replacing 12 different collection systems letsrecycle.com News · 19 Aug 2012 Industry news Mixed plastics: the chicken and egg debate Environmental consultant Chris Cullen discusses some of the drivers needed to boost mixed plastics recycling in the UK letsrecycle.com News · 19 Aug 2012 Industry news Welsh council opens mattress recycling facility Rhondda Cynon Taf council unveils world first facility which fully breaks down mattresses into separate components for recycling letsrecycle.com News · 16 Aug 2012 Industry news Joint Bucks waste procurement enters latter stages Three bidders for collection deal being procured by Chiltern and Wycombe are set to submit their final tenders, before contract award in autumn letsrecycle.com News · 16 Aug 2012 Industry news Cardiff council assesses switching to kerbside sort Local authority to study kerbside option amid fears it could face a legal challenge over current commingled service letsrecycle.com News · 16 Aug 2012 Industry news CSG To Train Emergency Spill Responders Waste management company Cleansing Service Group (CSG) is to train selected staff in many of its depots and treatment plants to respond immediately when a customer requests help to deal with a spill. Hugh Neatherway, CSG’s divisional manager (Spills), said: “A fast response is essential and the spill responders will have the advantage of being […] CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 16 Aug 2012 Industry news Rigid plastics key to meeting packaging targets Report from Advisory Committee on Packagings Plastics taskforce says more councils need to collect rigid plastics letsrecycle.com News · 15 Aug 2012 Industry news Sunersol threatens Agency with legal proceedings Yorkshire-based WEEE recycler Sunersol alleges that its business is at risk as Environment Agency has not responded to requests to lift export ban letsrecycle.com News · 15 Aug 2012 Industry news Huge reuse potential in bulky waste More than half of all bulky waste items taken to household waste recycling centres could be reused, according to WRAP study letsrecycle.com News · 15 Aug 2012 Industry news Councils target post-Olympics glass for recycling Bedford, Cherwell and Plymouth roll extra out facilities and services in a bid to capture the extra material available letsrecycle.com News · 15 Aug 2012 Industry news Producer responsibility regulations under scrutiny Splitting plastic PRN and reviewing point at which battery recyclers can issue evidence among changes being considered for consultation in early 2013 letsrecycle.com News · 14 Aug 2012 Industry news Cost concerns put mixed plastics collections on ice Three Cambridgeshire councils put plans to collect mixed plastics on hold due to concerns over value of material letsrecycle.com News · 14 Aug 2012 Industry news News in Brief With news on: PAS110 accreditation; a WRAP and iESE partnership; Sandwell recycling; a Tradebe purchase; and, rigid plastic recycling letsrecycle.com News · 14 Aug 2012 Industry news Incredible rise in recycling for Bridgend Following introduction of weekly kerbside sort service recycling rate for Welsh council has rocketed from 31% in 2009/10 to 54% in 2011/12 letsrecycle.com News · 14 Aug 2012 Industry news BIS urged to adopt WEEE recycling design incentive Report by individual producer responsibility (IPR) working group suggests that government should consider system favouring easy to recycle products letsrecycle.com News · 13 Aug 2012 Industry news Merger proposed for AfOR and REA associations Association for Organics Recycling asks members to vote on proposal which would see it become working group within the Renewable Energy Association letsrecycle.com News · 13 Aug 2012 Industry news Work to begin on commercial food waste AD Emerald Biogas secures 850,000 loan from WRAP to build plantat Newton Aycliffe Industrial Estate in County Durham letsrecycle.com News · 13 Aug 2012 Industry news Several waste sites close following Dagenham blaze A blaze at Hunts Waste recycling centre in Dagenham stole the headlines ahead of the London 2012 closing ceremony letsrecycle.com News · 12 Aug 2012 Industry news First female chief executive for Veolia ES Estelle Brachlianoff from Veolia's waste management division covering the Ile de France including Paris to join UK business later this month letsrecycle.com News · 12 Aug 2012 Industry news Revised EU WEEE laws come into force Revision of WEEE directive comes into force today (August 13) giving Member States until February 2014 to amend legislation letsrecycle.com News · 12 Aug 2012 Industry news Wales consults on environment body powers Environment minister John Griffiths seeks views on functions of body which will replace Environment Agency and other bodies in April 2013 letsrecycle.com News · 12 Aug 2012 Industry news Councils should have duty to supply recyclables Advisory Committee on Packaging publishes 2012 annual report, making a number of policy recommendations on PRNs and materials letsrecycle.com News · 9 Aug 2012 Industry news Vale of White Horse to top English recycling league EXCLUSIVE: Survey of provisional recycling rates for 2011/12 finds that Vale of White Horse, South Oxfordshire andRochford are top recyclers letsrecycle.com News · 9 Aug 2012 Industry news Wandsworth in recycling contamination clampdown London council may consider removing recycling bins from some areas as a last resort, as analysis of recycling reveals that 17% of content is contaminants letsrecycle.com News · 9 Aug 2012 Industry news Countrystyle composts packaging from Olympics EXCLUSIVE: Kent-based waste and recycling company processing material at its in-vessel composting facility atRidham in Kent letsrecycle.com News · 9 Aug 2012 Industry news Veolia reports 18.4% rise in profit in 2011 Waste management company publishes two reports on performance in 2011 which show 20 million profit increase despite erratic recyclate market letsrecycle.com News · 8 Aug 2012 Industry news Sterecycle agrees odour plan for Rotherham plant Recycling company to adopt a number of measures after problems at its autoclave facility letsrecycle.com News · 8 Aug 2012 Industry news Local Authority News Round Up With news on: Hackney composting; end of term recycling in Leeds; Cherwell glass recycling; a SITA contract; and, Newport collections letsrecycle.com News · 8 Aug 2012 Industry news BARRATT HOMES RENEWS POWERDAY CONTRACT Award winning housebuilder, Barratt Homes has renewed its contract with Powerday to manage all construction and demolition waste from sites in the Southern Region. Barratt Homes is one of the UK's la... Powerday · 7 Aug 2012