Recycling news: 2010

Industry news Reuse projects receive Scottish Government funding Latest allocation of money from £7.5m INCREASE III fund goes to six community organisations across Scotland letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jul 2010 Industry news Veolia tries again to prevent Notts deal disclosure Company bids to reverse decision calling for details of £850m contract to be disclosed, but judgement reserved letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jul 2010 Industry news Councils to be allowed to sell renewable electricity Energy secretary set to drop local authority ban on selling renewable electricity, including that generated from waste letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jul 2010 Industry news Work begins on Wales first commercial AD Energy and waste management firm InSource Energy starts construction on £5m facility at ready meals factory in Newport letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jul 2010 Industry news Valpak calls for slightly lower packaging targets UK's largest packaging compliance scheme says £155m pa could be saved by modifying consultation proposals letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jul 2010 Industry news Greenstar deal would boost Biffa infrastructure Interest mounts ahead of planned purchase of firm by Biffa's owners and impact move will have for waste sector letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jul 2010 Industry news WRAP urges councils to partner to sell recyclables Phillip Ward "challenges" local authorities to join forces to maximise value from material letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jul 2010 Industry news Ministers hold Round Table on boosting AD uptake Renewable Energy Association welcomes behind-closed-doors meeting which it says it hopes will lead to action letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jul 2010 Industry news Veolia opens commercial MRF near Derby Waste management firm invests £500,000 in 30,000 tonnes-a-year capacity plant at Castle Donington near M1 letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jul 2010 Industry news CRR calls for clearer recycling terminology Campaign for Real Recycling advocates use of ‘kerb-sorted' and ‘MRF-sorted' to describe recycling collections letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jul 2010 Industry news News in Brief With news on Veolia selecting a sub-contractor for its West Berks deal, Exeter sticking to AWC plans and a MWDA bag giveaway letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jul 2010 Industry news Thurrock warns of 200,000 cost of contamination Essex local authority says that contaminated recycling bins are costing £1 for every resident in borough letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jul 2010 Industry news just the facts – Iconic UK food brands - Global Food Industry News Just Food — sustainability · 2 Jul 2010 Industry news Pure Recyclings flagship MRF takes shape Structure in place for weather-delayed £8m facility in Warwickshire in wake of sale of firm to construction company Kier letsrecycle.com News · 1 Jul 2010 Industry news Rapid growth reported in waste wood sent to biomass Wood Recyclers' Association publishes data for 2009 showing that almost quarter of recovered wood used for energy letsrecycle.com News · 1 Jul 2010 Industry news UK aluminium can recycling rate jumps to 55% Figure for 2009 showing 4% increase revealed at aluminium packaging recycling body's 2010 conference letsrecycle.com News · 1 Jul 2010 Industry news NLWA announces long-lists for two deals under waste PFI North London Waste Authority names bidders for waste services and fuel use contracts under £4bn PFI-backed deal letsrecycle.com News · 1 Jul 2010 Industry news SITA UK wins 200m Aberdeenshire contract Waste management firm awarded 15-year deal with Scottish local authority, which includes developing new facilities letsrecycle.com News · 1 Jul 2010 Industry news Prime Minister questioned over waste incineration David Cameron says all alternatives to incineration should be considered but decision to be taken locally letsrecycle.com News · 1 Jul 2010 Industry news Minister attends inaugural meeting for Courtauld 2 Coalition government shows support for second phase of voluntary agreement to cut waste in retail sector letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jun 2010 Industry news EA signals tougher line over bioaerosols Some composting facilities handling more than 500 tonnes at any one time face tighter permit regulations letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jun 2010 Industry news EXCLUSIVE: Audit Commission to review advice after Pickles letter Council watchdog stresses communities secretary used "out of date" documents but agrees to assess existing policy letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jun 2010 Industry news Veolia breaks ground at Southwark MBT site Waste management firm holds ceremony for "first inner city facility of its kind" being developed under PFI letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jun 2010 Industry news WRAP charts huge rise in AD capacity Forty-one on-farm and commercial anaerobic digestion plants operational in UK, but digestate a challenge, body says letsrecycle.com News · 30 Jun 2010 Industry news Oxford Wood Recycling named Overall winner of the European Social Firm of the Year 2010 by Social Firms Europe. Oxford Wood Recycling creates jobs and training opportunities for those with disabilities and the long-term unemployed. It aims to reduce, reuse and recycle wood and timber - helping to reduce the amount of 'waste' wood currently sent to landfill. Started 5 years ago, OWR meet an environmental and social bottom line and have almost tripled [...] Community Wood Recycling · 30 Jun 2010 Industry news Government confirms plans to scrap planning body Major planning decisions, including large-scale EfW facilities, to be made by ministers but concerns raised over smaller projects letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jun 2010 Industry news News in Brief With news on a new website for Valpak, health and safety in Hampshire and a permit for Veolia's Shrewsbury EfW letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jun 2010 Industry news North Devon completes new 7.5m recycling hub Council completes "challenging" project to relocate works and recycling department to former meat processing plant letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jun 2010 Industry news Preferred bidder named for North Yorks waste PFI Alliance between services company Amey and Spanish waste firm Cespa secures 25-year deal delayed by recession letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jun 2010 Industry news Biffa signs long-delayed 1bn West Sussex contract Company set to develop MBT facility under 25-year contract signed nearly two years after it was named preferred bidder letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jun 2010 Industry news May Gurney forecasts rise in bundled contracts MD of environmental services division claims firm is well placed to respond to money-saving council contracts letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jun 2010 Industry news Wood recycling at risk from large-scale biomass Wood panel manufacturers attack "distorting" renewable energy subsidy which it says has pushed up woodchip prices by 30% letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jun 2010 Industry news BMRA elects Michael Oppenheimer as new president Managing director of West Midlands-based Brookshire Metal takes over helm of metal recycling trade body letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jun 2010 Industry news LARAC announces 2010 conference programme Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee also invites entries to Celebration Awards to be held alongside Liverpool conference letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jun 2010 Industry news Call for urgent action over Green Investment Bank Government-backed commission identifies waste-derived biofuels as one area that could benefit from support letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jun 2010 Industry news Aerofoil hails groundbreaking Leeds launch Industry-funded initiative works with city council to add aerosols to kerbside recycling collections letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jun 2010 Industry news Peterborough adds new bidders to waste shortlists Council adds Biffa to shortlist for EfW facility and Community Waste now in running for MRF deal as Shanks withdraws letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jun 2010 Industry news Two East Sussex councils unite for paper contract Lewes and Wealden join forces to sign 9,000 tonnes-a-year deal with recovered paper reprocessor Aylesford Newsprint letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jun 2010 Industry news Kerbside WEEE collections only way to reach 85% With tougher EU targets on the cards, WEEE reprocessor Overton Recycling also calls for better policing of system by EA letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jun 2010 Industry news News in Brief With news on re-appointments to the GMWDA, food waste in Harborough and a SITA gasification consultation letsrecycle.com News · 24 Jun 2010