Recycling news: 2003

Industry news Road resurfacing company receives 166,484 WRAP grant Power Plane has won the money from the Waste and Resources Action Programme to develop its use of recycled aggregates letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jul 2003 Industry news Grosvenor works with London Remade to boost paper recycling Grosvenor Waste opens a new MRF in south-east London this summer with backing for an optical paper sorter letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jul 2003 Industry news West Sussex signs two-year tyre disposal contract with Sims Householders will take tyres to county civic amenity sites as a landfill ban on whole tyres comes into force tomorrow letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jul 2003 Industry news Britannia Import Export pleads guilty to fridge offences The Manchester company pleaded guilty to charges relating to the improper treatment and storage of waste fridges letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jul 2003 Industry news Two year study aims to find best practice in composting The 1.5m Integrated Composting Programme will involve seven composting projects across the UK letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jul 2003 Industry news NLWA report highlights concerns about possible use of MBT A North London Waste Authority committee has raised questions about using Mechanical Biological Treatment letsrecycle.com News · 13 Jul 2003 Industry news 8 million ash recycling plant opens in Fife Run by Lafarge Cement and ScottishPower, the plant will recycle ash from coal power stations into cement letsrecycle.com News · 13 Jul 2003 Industry news New wood recycler opens for business in Lincolnshire Solutions To Go is actively looking for firms to supply it with chipped wood, which it will recycle into animal bedding letsrecycle.com News · 13 Jul 2003 Industry news DEFRA announces waste policy steering group The new committee is charged with delivering DEFRA&#39s Waste Implementation Programme letsrecycle.com News · 13 Jul 2003 Industry news Reprocessors question worth of issuing PRNs Packaging waste recovery note prices slipped further this month, pulling down the price of recyclable materials letsrecycle.com News · 10 Jul 2003 Industry news Staffordshire backs Sustainable Growth Parks A business case has been made for concentrating the county&#39s recycling activities in two parks letsrecycle.com News · 10 Jul 2003 Industry news Trafford wins 15,000 for 34% increase in paper recycling The Manchester borough council was given the money by Shotton Paper as part of its Race to Recycle campaign letsrecycle.com News · 10 Jul 2003 Industry news Household Waste Recycling Bill clears the House of Commons Joan Ruddock&#39s bill demanding at least two recyclable materials be collected from each household has passed to the Lords letsrecycle.com News · 10 Jul 2003 Industry news Agency practices what it preaches on construction waste The Environment Agency avoided using over half a million cubic metres of virgin aggregates in its flood defences letsrecycle.com News · 9 Jul 2003 Industry news Alupro launches trees-for-cans campaign The aluminium packaging recycling organisation will plant a new tree for every tonne of aluminium recycled letsrecycle.com News · 9 Jul 2003 Industry news Nuneaton and Bedworth scraps alternate-week waste pick up The Warwickshire borough bows to residents&#39 demands to resume weekly collections, but warns of missing targets letsrecycle.com News · 9 Jul 2003 Industry news UK airports to get green waste recycling After successful trials at Stansted, BAA plans to role out on-site composting to all seven of its airports letsrecycle.com News · 9 Jul 2003 Industry news LondonWaste recommends refurbishment for incinerator The NWLA is to consider the options for the Edmonton plant which needs to be modified to meet Waste Incineration Directive letsrecycle.com News · 8 Jul 2003 Industry news Decision due soon on WRAP aid for Shotton The UK government has been responding to comments made about the state aid grant planned for the Shotton mill letsrecycle.com News · 8 Jul 2003 Industry news Comet pilots free fridge take-back service Working with logistics firm Wincanton, Comet is trialling a free fridge take-back scheme ahead of the WEEE directive letsrecycle.com News · 8 Jul 2003 Industry news WRAP appoints new head of organics Internally appointed Anne O&#39Brien will be responsible for developing markets, infrastructure and training letsrecycle.com News · 8 Jul 2003 Industry news API unveils online packaging waste recovery note market The Brighton-based PRN brokers have expanded with a new website featuring two forms of auction and a spot PRN market letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jul 2003 Industry news More mills reduce used cardboard prices The price of old-KLS has fallen in the face of expected price cuts on the continent letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jul 2003 Industry news Devon awareness campaign hailed a success Don&#39t Let Devon Go To Waste&#39 helps decrease waste growth and increase kerbside tonnages letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jul 2003 Industry news North-east trio develop barcoded kerbside scheme Collection levels are rising in a kerbside scheme run by three local authorities letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jul 2003 Industry news Fraud keeping plastic PRN values down, conference hears The UK plastic recycling industry faces barriers to its survival including exports of materials and PRN fraud letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jul 2003 Industry news SITA launches recycling for 208,000 households in North East A massive kerbside recycling programme is getting underway in Newcastle and North Tyneside letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jul 2003 Industry news Local authorities welcome additional government funding But the Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee has concerns that equipment suppliers may not cope with demand letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jul 2003 Industry news Community Recycling Network Scotland begins mapping project The network aims to collect information about all the community recycling organisations and schemes in Scotland letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jul 2003 Industry news Green waste service boosts Hillingdon’s drive to be number one The London Borough of Hillingdon is determined to move up the league table of recycling in London. The council is proud of the performance of its in-house service which provides a range of kerbside services for residents. letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jul 2003 Industry news A Finland Perspective The Finnish Forest Industries Federation recently invited a group of journalists to Helsinki. In this article Steve Eminton looks at a number of issues including forestry and paper trends in Finland and the country is facing up to environmental pressures. Separately, we report on how a leading consultancy sees the outlook for recovered paper and look at how Finland has developed a recycling pla… letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jul 2003 Industry news A Global View and how many times can paper be recycled? A report on the world outlook for paper from Finnish consultancy Jaako Poyry with useful facts about how many times paper can be recycled. letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jul 2003 Industry news FINLAND: Carton recycling and energy recovery at Corenso An innovative recycling process is fully operational at Corenso's paper mill in Varkaus. It is capable of recycling the paper fibres and recovering aluminium for re-use while plastic liners are used in energy recovery. letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jul 2003 Industry news Industry welcomes 2008 packaging recovery deadline The recycling and food industries are pleased the European Parliament agreed packaging recovery deadline should be 2008 letsrecycle.com News · 3 Jul 2003 Industry news Taylor expands production by 20% to meet councils&#39 demand Recycling container manufacturer invests in larger production facility to meet demand from local authorities letsrecycle.com News · 3 Jul 2003 Industry news DEFRA to hand out 24 million for local authority recycling Money from the Landfill Tax will go to English councils that narrowly missed out on the 140m recycling fund in 2002 letsrecycle.com News · 3 Jul 2003 Industry news Peterborough Cell launches kerbside collections of glass The public-private partnership has taken delivery of two Trio vehicles to collect glass from 50,000 householders each month letsrecycle.com News · 3 Jul 2003 Industry news Public inquiry into Belvedere incinerator begins Planning inspectors are considering a proposal for an 800,000 tonne energy from waste recovery plant in London letsrecycle.com News · 2 Jul 2003 Industry news Smith Anderson installs equipment to boost carton recycling The paper manufacturer hopes to recycle about 15,000 tonnes of cartons each year into products including carrier bags letsrecycle.com News · 2 Jul 2003 Industry news Enfield launches same-day service for recycling and refuse The London borough has spent 1.8 million on the service which aims to simplify the recycling process for residents letsrecycle.com News · 2 Jul 2003