Recycling news: 2008

Industry news Exporters anxious for metals PRN guidance August publication expected for Agency guidance following Packaging Regulations amendment letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jul 2008 Industry news Consent for Beddington AD plant Planning consent given to Beddington recycling centre for improvements including an AD facility letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jul 2008 Industry news Merseyside narrows 3bn waste PFI shortlist Four bidders are to fight for the high-value Merseyside energy recovery contract letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jul 2008 Industry news Companies call for greater investment in waste Environmental Services Association annual report calls for increased investment in recycling letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jul 2008 Industry news News in Brief With news on recycling in Woking, success for NISP, and an appointment at Biogen letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jul 2008 Industry news Defra unveils fresh boost for AD Fresh bids invited for next stage in anaerobic digestion demonstrator scheme letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jul 2008 Industry news 40m Knowsley gasification plant plans submitted Energos unveils plans for multi-million pound gasification facility on Merseyside letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jul 2008 Industry news 60m waste wood energy plant given go-ahead E.On to begin work on 180,000 tonne capacity biomass facility in Sheffield letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jul 2008 Industry news Essex county council approves Joint Waste Strategy Major step forward as county looks to implement comprehensive waste strategy letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jul 2008 Industry news Trials reveal stalled food waste collection levels Councils report total amount of food waste collected is static, despite participation increasing letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jul 2008 Industry news Permission granted for 106.3m Jersey EfW project State-run facility to replace Channel Island's ageing incinerators letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jul 2008 Industry news Reuse on the increase in London First comprehensive study for capital shows rise in reuse of waste materials letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jul 2008 Industry news Price leap for used newspapers Paper mills are considering using sorting plants in the face of tight supplies and higher costs letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jul 2008 Industry news News in Brief With news on North London, Scottish Borders' glass, and construction waste guidance letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jul 2008 Industry news Sandwell seals Staffordshire EfW deal Council abandons own PFI plans, and signs residual waste agreement with neighbouring authority letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jul 2008 Industry news Recycling collection hierarchy “blatantly biased” MRF operator claims critics of commingled collections are "blinkered" letsrecycle.com News · 13 Jul 2008 Industry news “Frustration” for WEEE compliance schemes As schemes acquire evidence shortfall, calls for action increase to avoid same problems in 2008 letsrecycle.com News · 13 Jul 2008 Industry news Oxfordshire to address waste per head Waste Partnership to tackle rising volumes of waste collected per head letsrecycle.com News · 13 Jul 2008 Industry news LARAC critical of incentive guidelines Recycling officers claim Defra guidance on 'good recycling' could be "unhelpfully restrictive" letsrecycle.com News · 13 Jul 2008 Industry news Waste Strategy 2007 progress report published Defra reports good headway and points to future impacts of high commodity prices letsrecycle.com News · 10 Jul 2008 Industry news Wales can reach 70% recycling rate” Welsh environment minister Jane Davidson discusses her plans for Wales' second waste strategy letsrecycle.com News · 10 Jul 2008 Industry news News in Brief With news on battery collections at Glastonbury, recycling in Brent and staff leaving WRAP letsrecycle.com News · 10 Jul 2008 Industry news Tory incentive plans merely salesmanship Waste minister claims that Conservative proposals to reward recycling are a copy of Labour policy letsrecycle.com News · 10 Jul 2008 Industry news A waste-d opportunity Global Renewables, David Singh, on meeting our renewable energy targets letsrecycle.com News · 10 Jul 2008 Industry news Packaging Regulations changed to “meet targets” Measure approved which will relax the requirements placed on overseas metal reprocessors letsrecycle.com News · 9 Jul 2008 Industry news Fire hits Viridors Merseyside WEEE plant Ten fire crews contain blaze at St Helens electrical recycling centre but severe damage is caused letsrecycle.com News · 9 Jul 2008 Industry news Disappointment over Batteries Directive plans Collection firm G&P claims multiple compliance schemes may put collection targets at risk letsrecycle.com News · 9 Jul 2008 Industry news Department of Business to review entire WEEE system Minister warns producer compliance schemes that they cannot run to their own agenda letsrecycle.com News · 9 Jul 2008 Industry news Defra allays fears over 50% European recycling target Target will include green and food waste, Department currently believes letsrecycle.com News · 9 Jul 2008 Industry news Food waste and recycling service key to AWC success Survey confirms that enhanced recycling and food waste collections build support for alternate weekly collections letsrecycle.com News · 8 Jul 2008 Industry news Cambridgeshire to launch cooking oil initiative Partnership with Living Fuels as company makes next step in move into household oil sector letsrecycle.com News · 8 Jul 2008 Industry news Lords back London Recycling Board The House of Lords has welcomes the introduction of a body to steer waste strategy for London letsrecycle.com News · 8 Jul 2008 Industry news Technology industry very pleased over WFD revisions Environmental Industries Commission champions article on end of waste letsrecycle.com News · 8 Jul 2008 Industry news News in Brief With news on Veolia in Liverpool, a Scottish festival, Lewisham and a paper recycling scheme letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jul 2008 Industry news Tories push voucher idea as legislation is debated The carrot rather than the stick will encourage householders to recycle, Conservatives claim letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jul 2008 Industry news Agency confirms 250m windrow buffer zone Environment Minister Joan Ruddock has said an Agency review has found the 250m buffer zone for composting remains valid letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jul 2008 Industry news Gwynedd open first commercial scale composting plant The North Wales authority officially opens £1.6m state-of-the-art facility letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jul 2008 Industry news WRAP welcomes PMs involvement on food waste Government strategy for dealing with packaging and food waste met with praise letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jul 2008 Industry news letsrecycle.com launches renewables website NewEnergyFocus.com provides breaking news for the renewable energy sector letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jul 2008 Industry news Government “seeking clarification” on WFD Questions asked over household waste recycling targets before ministers give their approval letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jul 2008