Recycling news: 2010

Industry news No risk, no reward the cost of RecycleBank As Halton prepares to launch a full roll-out, letsrecycle.com assesses what it could cost local authorities to adopt letsrecycle.com News · 12 Aug 2010 Industry news Retailers praised for battery take-back response Regulator reports positive attitude to regulations from sector, but BRC claims retail will have increasingly small role letsrecycle.com News · 12 Aug 2010 Industry news RecycleBank: What will it cost? letsrecycle.com uncovers what the cost of the service will be for councils letsrecycle.com News · 12 Aug 2010 Industry news A Survey of INCPEN Members – Driving Sustainability AEA were commissioned by INCPEN to carry out a study looking at the current environmental performance of their members (August 2010). INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 12 Aug 2010 Industry news Recycling computers a wasted opportunity Reuse charity claims extending life of ICT equipment should be prioritised due to energy intensity of their production letsrecycle.com News · 11 Aug 2010 Industry news Top Welsh council attacks WAG collection stance Denbighshire launches campaign to keep commingled collections in face of Government support for source separation letsrecycle.com News · 11 Aug 2010 Industry news Serco preferred bidder for 650m Sandwell deal Consortium headed by services company in line for 25-year contract that covers collections and recycling services letsrecycle.com News · 11 Aug 2010 Industry news LGA calls for Landfill Fund to support allotments Council body calls for money from Landfill Communities Fund to be made available to help restore or set-up sites letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2010 Industry news Two vie for Windsor & Maidenhead disposal deal Veolia and Covanta Energy battle it out for long-term waste treatment and disposal contract for Berkshire local authority letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2010 Industry news Latest figures show ELV target still a challenge Data reveals 2008 recycling rate moved very close to 85% goal, butshows increase ofless than 2% over three year period letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2010 Industry news Resources needed to tackle illegal e-waste exports Tony Roberts, of Computer Aid International, calls on the government to find the resources to put an end to illegal electronic waste activity letsrecycle.com News · 10 Aug 2010 Industry news SITA and Sembcorp plan 200m Teesside EfW Companies team up to draft plans for 400,000tpa capacity plant at Wilton International site letsrecycle.com News · 9 Aug 2010 Industry news Viridor to feature on Undercover Boss this week Chief executive Colin Drummond masquerades as unemployed worker at Viridor sites in Channel 4 show to be aired on Thursday letsrecycle.com News · 9 Aug 2010 Industry news Biffa proposes C&I waste incinerator in Leeds Application due later this month for 300,000 tonnes-a-year capacity facility to treat commercial and industrial waste letsrecycle.com News · 9 Aug 2010 Industry news News in Brief With news on LondonWaste's organics contract, battery recycling in Lancashire and the BPF's plastic Recycling Council letsrecycle.com News · 9 Aug 2010 Industry news Pickles impressed by Rochfords recycling efforts Communities secretary and weekly waste collection advocate visits council which used AWC to top provisional recycling table letsrecycle.com News · 9 Aug 2010 Industry news UK university leads Nigerian e-waste initiative Team from Northampton work with Hewlett Packard and Lincolnshire reuse firm in country that is "digital dump" for Europe letsrecycle.com News · 8 Aug 2010 Industry news Industry-leading RMR magazine makes move online Magazine providing news and features for waste sector now being produced as monthly web-based publication letsrecycle.com News · 8 Aug 2010 Industry news Councils permitted to sell renewable electricity Ban on local authorities selling renewable electrity, including that generated from waste, overturned by Huhne letsrecycle.com News · 8 Aug 2010 Industry news Cardiff awards composting deal to New Earth Organic waste treatment firm wins contract to process food and garden waste at its Gloucestershire facility letsrecycle.com News · 8 Aug 2010 Industry news Wheeled bins delivered to 50,000 Oxfordshire homes Verdant prepares to take over collection in Vale of White Horse in October following success in South Oxfordshire letsrecycle.com News · 5 Aug 2010 Industry news Research suggests Wales could recycle 74% of waste Welsh Assembly Government publishes first full analysis of municipal waste composition in country since 2002/3 letsrecycle.com News · 5 Aug 2010 Industry news Reprocessor calls for action on B2B WEEE leakage SWEEEP/Kuusakoski highlights problem illegal export of business WEEE but also sees big opportunity in waste stream letsrecycle.com News · 5 Aug 2010 Industry news Gasification plant remains closed after re-testing Energos expects its Isle of Wight facility will reopen in mid-August following a repeated breach of dioxin emissions limits letsrecycle.com News · 4 Aug 2010 Industry news Covanta submits plans for Bedfordshire EfW plant Application submitted to IPC but final decision on 585,000tpa capacity facility could rest with Secretary of State letsrecycle.com News · 4 Aug 2010 Industry news Quarterly data sees England hit 39.3% recycling rate Provisional figures for Q3 of 2009/10 also appear to show slowing of rate of decline in waste arisings letsrecycle.com News · 4 Aug 2010 Industry news Greenstar Edmonton Materials Recycling Facility, Edmonton, London - Packaging Gateway Packaging Gateway (GlobalData) · 4 Aug 2010 Industry news Greenstar UK sale receives European approval Purchase by owners of Biffa given go-ahead by European Commission, paving way for completion of £135 million deal letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2010 Industry news News in Brief With news on a six-figure fine from SEPA, plans for a Welsh carrier bag charge and a change at the top for environCom letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2010 Industry news Sims acquires Wincantons WEEE recycling assets Purchase for £17.5m gives metals recycling giant additional reprocessing capacity in North East and Midlands letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2010 Industry news Singapore’s Tuas Incinerator officially opened Singapore has opened its fifth incinerator letsrecycle.com News · 3 Aug 2010 Industry news AWS Eco Plastics fined 23,000 for dust and litter Firm operating one of Europe's largest plastic bottle recycling facilities prosecuted following case brought by EA letsrecycle.com News · 2 Aug 2010 Industry news Sainsburys launches phone charger recycling drive Supermarket giant to work with Valpak in four-week initiative that it claims could increase charger recycling rates by over 50% letsrecycle.com News · 2 Aug 2010 Industry news Rollout of reduced size Yellow Pages gets underway London and Isle of Wight become first to receive smaller directories in bid to drive down waste letsrecycle.com News · 2 Aug 2010 Industry news Defra set to ease regulation on waste-derived fuel Consultation launched on changes to permitting including removing need for permit for smaller combustion facilities letsrecycle.com News · 2 Aug 2010 Industry news EA clamps down on illegal ELV sites in North West Regulator secures successful prosecutions against three illegal car waste sites and fires warning to other illegal site operators letsrecycle.com News · 1 Aug 2010 Industry news News in Brief With news on Biffa's work on its West Sussex contract, funding for AD firm Monsal and can recycling in Corby letsrecycle.com News · 1 Aug 2010 Industry news Waste review collection pledge will worry councils Industry and Local Government Association express concerns over pledge to increase frequency of waste collections letsrecycle.com News · 1 Aug 2010 Industry news Growth in councils offering trade recycling service But, WRAP survey finds 37% of those running residual trade waste service do not offer a recycling option letsrecycle.com News · 1 Aug 2010 Industry news Opportunities for smaller waste contractors never greater Daniel Leaver, of Wardell Armstrong, looks at benefits of a large AD facility being given go-ahead in Scotland letsrecycle.com News · 1 Aug 2010