Recycling news: 2009

Industry news Swindon to launch mixed plastic kerbside recycling Council in Wiltshire set to join small number of local authorities offering kerbside collection of material stream letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jun 2009 Industry news Third sector focus turns to furniture collections Members of community recycling sector operating "fewer kerbside collections" as private sector moves in letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jun 2009 Industry news Wales reaches 36% recycling rate for 2008/09 Fall in arisings also revealed by provisional figures, which leave country "on track" to reach 40% target for 2009/10 letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jun 2009 Industry news Guernsey awards 194m treatment deal to Suez SITA UK's parent company named as preferred bidder for 45,000tpa facility featuring MBT and EfW plants letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jun 2009 Industry news Ireland pressing ahead with incineration levy Environment minister John Gormley suggest move away from "high reliance on incineration" letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jun 2009 Industry news Four new materials set for Quality Protocols project Cathode ray tube glass, non-virgin wood and tyre bales among list to be considered for end-of-waste criteria letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jun 2009 Industry news DS Smith pre-tax profits down 84.6% Owner of Severnside Recycling and St Regis mills reports pre-tax loss of £11.2 million for 2008/09 letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jun 2009 Industry news News in Brief With news on Brighton's waste strategy, two appointments at REY and a £20,000 packaging fine for a vegetable company letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jun 2009 Industry news South Tyne and Wear cuts PFI shortlist to three Five bidders dropped from running for multi-million pound contract to treat 200,000 tonnes-a-year of residual waste letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jun 2009 Industry news Regulating aluminium and steel recycling Ian Hetherington on the future for aluminium and steel recycling letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jun 2009 Industry news Former CIWM president Alistair Lamont dies Experience in sector included over 30 years working within industry and local authorities letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jun 2009 Industry news Flats recycling guidance for councils published WRAP online tool stresses need to avoid "one-size fits all" approach when devising, introducing and running schemes letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jun 2009 Industry news Belfast council votes against EfW plans arc21 partnership of councils to look at alternative sites after councilors block plans to use North Foreshire location letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jun 2009 Industry news WRAP awards 1.7 million to Scottish AD project Plans for Scotland's first large-scale AD facility given funding boost from Organics Programme letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jun 2009 Industry news News in Brief With news on GMWDA appointments, installing equipment at AWS and a £4m vehicle contract for Horsham letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jun 2009 Industry news Metal recyclers rally against Indian ‘safeguard duty’ plans Claims that import duty proposals could have "dramatic and adverse" effect on European aluminium scrap market letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jun 2009 Industry news Reducing landfill could save councils over 600m LGA analysis comparing landfilling rate to other European countries shows UK "languishing in the lower leagues" letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jun 2009 Industry news TEG buys 3.1m Norfolk composting facility North-West based composting company announces acquisition of Banham Compost in-vessel facility letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jun 2009 Industry news MRF operators attack “flawed” collection report New group formed by Recycling Association calls for WRAP study favouring source-separation to be "retracted immediately" letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jun 2009 Industry news Recycle Week 2009 kicks off WRAP teams up with Oxfam for week-long campaign as more than 160 local authorities nationwide are set to run events letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jun 2009 Industry news News in Brief With news on Cory winning the letsrecycle.com Pub Quiz, a textiles market update and bin roll-outs in North Lanarkshire letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jun 2009 Industry news Scottish minister opens 7m Viridor MRF Environment secretary Richard Lochhead unveils 60,000 tonnes-a-year capacity plant outside Glasgow as part of Zero Waste drive letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jun 2009 Industry news Caution urged over potential landfill bans Councils and trade bodies welcome Packaging Strategy but warn infrastructure must be built before bans are introduced letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2009 Industry news Plastic sector sees price pressure as export controls tighten Tighter inspections in Chinese ports on exported material start to push export price down for film and bottles letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2009 Industry news Councils gear up for 2009 Recycle Week Local authorities nationwide joined by charities and waste management companies in preparations for campaign next week letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2009 Industry news CRR denies support for Mail bin campaign Campaign for Real Recycling denies backing wheeled bin campaign following Daily Mail claims of recycling sector support letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2009 Industry news LGA says wheeled bins increase recycling Snapshot survey reveals that introduction of wheeled bins can help produce "dramatic increases" in recycling rates letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jun 2009 Industry news Defra outlines plans to tackle C&I waste Department to look at more convergence between municipal and non-municipal waste policy letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jun 2009 Industry news WRAP collection report divides waste sector Waste firms question show of support for source separated while others welcome endorsement of collection method letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jun 2009 Industry news Home composting bins found to divert 150kg of waste a year But, WRAP figure not expected to count towards LATS targets despite original intention of research letsrecycle.com News · 17 Jun 2009 Industry news WRAP publishes research on costs of collecting mixed plastics Three "groundbreaking" studies published looking at cost, challenges and commercial viability of recycling material letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jun 2009 Industry news Waste sector well-placed to respond to new HSE strategy Principal Inspector says waste and recycling remains prominent as strategy targets improvement "across the board" letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jun 2009 Industry news Hadfield wins Greater Manchester wood contract Manchester-based company secures one of the UK's largest waste wood deals with Viridor letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jun 2009 Industry news UK aluminium can recycling rate far below European average Figures published showing UK recycling 52% of cans in 2007, compared to 70% Europe-wide letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jun 2009 Industry news Hillingdon to charge non-residents to use HWRCs London borough launches discount ‘privilege card' for residual waste in a bid to ease Council Tax burden letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jun 2009 Industry news Welsh plastic recycling plant receives 450,000 grant Welsh Assembly Government hands Plastic Sorting Limited second lot of funding to acquire equipment for Ebbw Vale facility letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jun 2009 Industry news CIWM and ESA delighted at Futuresource success Organisers say last week's London event achieved goal of creating "high profile showcase" for waste sector letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jun 2009 Industry news Futuresource: News in Brief Some of the highlights from last week's conference and exhibition, including a pledge on Landfill Tax from Nick Herbert MP letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jun 2009 Industry news News in Brief With news on appointments to the WRAP Board, a UK food waste network and land for arc21 letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jun 2009 Industry news Europe-wide concerns over proposed WEEE collection goals Department of business official reveals UK could have to triple collection rate by 2012 to meet proposed targets letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jun 2009