Recycling news: 2011

Industry news HSE investigates Coleraine fatality An investigation is underway at a civic amenity site in Coleraine after a fatal accident involving a worker and a vehicle letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jul 2011 Industry news Birmingham makes refuse crews more accountable Councilto adopt waste collection system under which crews given local patches in bid to cut fuel costs and create local responsibility letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jul 2011 Industry news Fund-Raising for Children Recycling to Survive Manchester waste management expert visits Africa’s Mountain of Death The manager of one of the UK’s biggest waste treatment facilities has returned to Manchester following a “disturbing and depressing” fact-finding tour of a notorious African municipal rubbish dump dubbed the ‘Mountain of Death’. Jen Cartmell, who manages waste management company Cleansing Service Group’s (CSG) award-winning […… CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 24 Jul 2011 Industry news PRN prices look set to remain low this year Packaging recycling figures for the second quarter of 2011 published, indicating that all targets should be comfortably met letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jul 2011 Industry news News in Brief With news on coat hanger recycling at M&S, Palm Recycling's banks in Hull, a new planning framework for EfW, Envac in Wembley and ENER-G's digestor in Hereford letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jul 2011 Industry news Merseyside to assess zero waste move A public-facing name change is one option being considered on Merseyside to focus on the zero waste and resource agenda letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jul 2011 Industry news WRAP study points to 10% fall in wood waste arisings Steady fall in gate fees also revealed in Wood Market Situation report published today by WRAP letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jul 2011 Industry news Sonae reveals timetable for rebuilding damaged plant Chipboard manufacturer which is largest recycler of waste wood in UKrevealswhen it will accept waste wood againfollowing fire last month letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jul 2011 Industry news May Gurney signs seven-year Bristol contract A one-pass collection vehicle will be key to recycling work under 14m-a-year deal which includes food waste and plastics letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jul 2011 Industry news Suffolk energy from waste facility gets green light Planners approves flagship facility proposed under SITA UKs 25-year PFI contract with Suffolk county council letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jul 2011 Industry news Nestl confectionary plant achieves zero waste Food and beverage company meets 2015 target four years early at York plant with help of contractor Yorwaste letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jul 2011 Industry news ECO Plastics secures 24m for PET plant expansion Debt and equity funding will complement 5m investment from Coca Cola to allow firm to add 40,000tpa to reprocessing capacity letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jul 2011 Industry news Salvation Army uses SmartWater to cut textile theft Invisible forensic tag will be used on recycling banks at high-risk from criminal activity while signage will be used as deterrent letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jul 2011 Industry news Leicestershire abandons long-term waste project Loss of PFI funding makes 685m procurement unaffordable, says council, but it may have to procure alternatives in future letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jul 2011 Industry news Blighted by regulation, plagued by illegal traders The BMRAs Ian Hetherington calls on government to build on last months Waste Review to help the metals recycling sector grow letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jul 2011 Industry news Greenstar Env Ltd fined in unusual packaging case Company which has since been taken over by Biffa pleads guilty to offence under packaging waste regulations letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jul 2011 Industry news Enterprise top choice for 300m Ealing waste deal EXCLUSIVE: Services company set to be named preferred bidder which would see it take over collections from May Gurney letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jul 2011 Industry news Bid to exclude EfW from planning framework rejected Ministers resist MPs' calls for large-scale plants to be considered alongside fossil fuels, but agree to meet cross-party EfW delegation letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jul 2011 Industry news Digestate deal agreed for UKs largest AD plant Biffa awards 4Recycling three-year contract to take and market digestate from its Staffordshire anaerobic digestion facility letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jul 2011 Industry news ‘Delight’ as wood waste biomass plant approved Eco Sustainable Solutions granted planning permission for 12m Dorsetfacility four years after application first submitted letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jul 2011 Industry news Flexibility key as Northants eyes short-term deal County council proposals involve dividing county into three zones and procuring shorter term deals as successor to abandoned PFI project letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jul 2011 Industry news Material recycling rates very varied in Scotland SEPA pointsto opportunity for councils to capture more of certain materials in its annual data digest letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jul 2011 Industry news Manchester downplays AWC teething troubles City council acknowledges problems with uncollected waste but insists it is taking action as some councillors express dismay letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jul 2011 Industry news CSG Now Recovering High Purity Copper Recovering valuable copper from liquid wastes is the latest development added to the growing portfolio of recycling opportunities introduced by Hampshire-based waste management specialists Cleansing Service Group. The copper processing facility – which is installed at CSG’s treatment and recovery complex at Cadishead, Manchester – is recovering copper at over 99% purity from the complex […] The… CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 17 Jul 2011 Industry news Valpak helps firm take advantage of civil sanctions Producer compliance specialist helps company avoid costly legal action after it failed to comply with packaging waste regulations letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jul 2011 Industry news News in Brief With news on a draft policy for Hazardous Waste,bin housing from Straight,a new recycling centre in Newhaven and M&B cutting waste to landfill letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jul 2011 Industry news More efficient collections to save York 300,000pa City council claims increase in recycling is allowing it to introduce improved routes, saving on fuel and reducing emissions letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jul 2011 Industry news Councils warned off paying Tesco for recycling data LARAC claims retailer has dropped requirement for local authorities to pay it for data relating to recycling sites it now manages letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jul 2011 Industry news Carbon-14 approval makes ROCs easier to access Revolutionary technique approved by Ofgem to determine renewable content of energy produced from waste letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jul 2011 Industry news SEPA takes harm-led approach to waste crime Scottish environmental regulator teams up with Crimestoppers charity as it targets high-risk sites, with illegal WEEE export among priorities letsrecycle.com News · 13 Jul 2011 Industry news Orchid shuts formerly Defra-backed MHT plant Closure of Merseyside facility comes as Orchid plans new mechanicalheat treatment plantsin Wales and London letsrecycle.com News · 13 Jul 2011 Industry news 60% more carpet diverted from landfill in 2010 Carpet Recycling UK claims increase in diversion means it is on track for 25% goal set for 2015 as conference hears of growing sector letsrecycle.com News · 13 Jul 2011 Industry news News in Brief With news on Repic, Every Can Counts, OTTO UK, a baler for Smurfit Kappa and a European chair for Michael Green letsrecycle.com News · 13 Jul 2011 Industry news CSG Roadshow – Learn to Love your Septic Tank Many rural householders forced to rely on septic tanks and cesspits for their domestic sewage disposal are unwittingly damaging their drainage systems and risking costly repair bills. Fareham-based Cleansing Service Group (CSG), which empties and maintains more than 80,000 septic tanks and cesspits throughout the UK every year, says more and more off-mains drainage systems […] CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 13 Jul 2011 Industry news SITA UK quits North London waste procurement Suitability of solution proposed with Lend Lease for disposal deal, is given by SITA UK as reason behind withdrawal letsrecycle.com News · 12 Jul 2011 Industry news Biffa fined 27,000 over North East landfill odours Company will also have to pay 8,250 in costs after pleading guilty to offences relating to Houghton Quarry site in Sunderland letsrecycle.com News · 12 Jul 2011 Industry news Sainsburys ends Salvation Army textile bank role Provision of textile recycling banks on store car parks in the future will be sole preserve of Oxfam letsrecycle.com News · 12 Jul 2011 Industry news Key role for EfW as DECC sets out renewables goals Roadmap sets out how biomass will contribute towards 2020 goals accompanied by White Paper on electricity market reform letsrecycle.com News · 12 Jul 2011 Industry news High Court dismisses appeal against Ardley plans Developer Viridor and Oxfordshire county council welcome rejection of campaign groups challenge of approval for project letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jul 2011 Industry news Peel and UK Coal could build 11 EfW plants Joint-venture plans for coal sites across North of England and Midlands involve company that is currently working with Covanta letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jul 2011