Recycling news: 2003

Industry news Westminster targets in-house security over ‘fake’ waste bags Latest stage of &#39counterfeit&#39 trade waste sacks mystery sees borough tightening in-house procedures letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jul 2003 Industry news Somerset recycling rate up to 20% from 15% 85% of households will have kerbside collection and the county spends 4 million on recycling centres letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jul 2003 Industry news Waste Watch given 175,739 to scrutinise schools A new study is to analyse the environmental damage done by the education sector letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jul 2003 Industry news Paper collection targets London&#39s small businesses BioRegional has launched &#39The Laundry&#39, a weekly kerbside collection of office paper for small businesses letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jul 2003 Industry news North West Regional Assembly opens strategy for consultation The strategy estimates that the area will need 1.9 million tonnes capacity of thermal treatment and 1.6 million tonne for MRFs letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jul 2003 Industry news Government should take business-like approach to planning The Better Regulation Task Force has urged the government to be more transparent in implementing producer responsibility legislation letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jul 2003 Industry news National Industrial Symbiosis Programme launched The programme aims to decrease the amount of waste going to landfill by turning outputs from businesses into inputs for others letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jul 2003 Industry news SITA withdraws Capel incinerator application The proposal for an 110,000 tonne capacity energy-from-waste plant is withdrawn following failure of Hull application letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jul 2003 Industry news Shotton Paper to explore further funding options Following a lower than expected grant cleared by the European Commission, Shotton will look for additional funding letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jul 2003 Industry news License exemptions could “crush” community composting The Community Composting Network has warned that charges for waste license exemptions could put small groups out of business letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jul 2003 Industry news Recycling is still a “middle class affair” The National Consumer Council has said that recycling is not sufficiently accessible for those on a low income letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jul 2003 Industry news Investor pulls out of Australian SWERF, UK “unaffected” The first solid waste and energy recycling facility faces financial problems, but plans to develop plants in the UK remain "unaffected" letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jul 2003 Industry news Collection and recycling results unsatisfactory for Shanks Shanks has issued a statement to the Stock Exchange on its first quarter performance this year letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jul 2003 Industry news Hertfordshire looks to develop recyclate market The joint waste strategy puts forward a 2012 recycling rate of 50% and stresses the need to develop recyclate market letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jul 2003 Industry news Cory Environmental unlikely to increase recycling next year The waste company has published its 2003 annual report, and calls for the protection of London&#39s wharves letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jul 2003 Industry news Viridor is preferred bidder for West Sussex waste contract The 25-year disposal contract has 25m of Private Finance Initiative backing and aims at recycling 45% of household waste by 2015 letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jul 2003 Industry news Commission gives green light to WRAP for £17m Shotton grant The Waste and Resources Action Programme&#39s grant will increase the UK&#39s paper recycling capacity by 30% letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jul 2003 Industry news Essex company launches trade glass collections A new glass collection company has begun free glass and aluminium can collections for licensed premises in Essex letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jul 2003 Industry news Planners and architects would benefit from green procurement The Clean Merseyside Centre has said the technology is available for recycled materials in construction projects letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jul 2003 Industry news Charity shops recognise support of local authorities Torbay council has won an award from the Association of Charity Shops for its support of a hospice on re-use and recycling letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jul 2003 Industry news East London MBT likely to face planning committee in August The two Mechanical Biological Treatment plants proposed by Shanks East London will go to planning committees this year letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jul 2003 Industry news Councils urged to contact waste contractors about creosote The sale, storage and use of the wood treatment product creosote by the public has been banned because of cancer fears letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jul 2003 Industry news Lanarkshire Furniture Initiative expands with Landfill grant The Scottish furniture re-use project has been awarded 93,539 from Biffaward to fund a second collection vehicle letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jul 2003 Industry news More action needed promoting recycled hygiene products Waste and Resources Action Programme research has identified action needed to increase the use of recycled paper letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jul 2003 Industry news Producer responsibility tax proposed for textiles The Bureau of International Recycling has announced plans to lobby Europe for a producer-funded scheme to finance textile recycling letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jul 2003 Industry news Tyre retread industry welcomes EC regulations Two ECE standards for the quality of retreaded tyres will be made compulsory in the UK on January 1, 2004 letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jul 2003 Industry news DEFRA releases results of packaging recycling investigation No criminal activity was found, but DEFRA has adjusted the 2002 wood recycling figures and provisionally changed the plastics figures letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jul 2003 Industry news MeWa looks to bring tyre recycling technology to the UK The German manufacturer believes tyres will soon be commonly recycled into asphalt for road surfaces letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jul 2003 Industry news WRAP focussed on stronger, healthier recycling industry Despite a wider remit, the Waste and Resources Action Programme has said its heart will be in developing markets letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jul 2003 Industry news Norfolk to work towards zero waste to landfill by 2010 Concerned about penalties for missing landfill diversion targets, the county will build facilities to surpass them letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jul 2003 Industry news Hambleton expands green waste and paper collections The north Yorkshire district plans a high-profile, carnival-style launch for its green waste collections letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jul 2003 Industry news FRC calls on community sector to rethink territorial outlook A debate is opening up among community recyclers with regard to organisations expanding outside their home territories letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jul 2003 Industry news PD Logistics doubles paper collections in North Lincolnshire Cheshire Recycling sub-contractor PD Logistics has doubled the collected paper in North Lincolnshire letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jul 2003 Industry news Jaguar and Land Rover launches 7m sustainability programme The five-year scheme will help small businesses in the vehicle supply chain reduce waste and materials consumption letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jul 2003 Industry news Animal By-Products Regulation delayed in Scotland Scottish deputy environment minister says regulation will not be enforced until October 1 2003 so &#39practical issues&#39 can be resolved letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jul 2003 Industry news Republic of Ireland to send its glass over the border A collection company in the Republic has agreed a three-year deal with glass reprocessor Quinn Glass in Northern Ireland letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jul 2003 Industry news Guilbert gives 15,000 to Green Procurement Code The office supplies firm pledges its support of London Remade and the Mayor&#39s Green Procurement Code letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jul 2003 Industry news Slough tackles confusion caused by new kerbside scheme The council changed from bag-based recycling collections to boxes, causing some confusion among residents letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jul 2003 Industry news Local authority officers criticise DEFRA waste policy group Council recycling officers have questioned the lack of "front line" local authority recycling representation on DEFRA&#39s new waste advisory committee letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jul 2003 Industry news WRG enclosed composting facility given green light A new facility in Oxfordshire will take green waste from West London Waste Authority via a new 1.7m rail link letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jul 2003