Recycling news: 2006

Industry news Newport food waste recycling scheme collapses City forced to pull plug on food waste scheme after contamination problems see composting firm refusing to take material letsrecycle.com News · 11 May 2006 Industry news Lib Dems criticise Tesco over degradable carrier bag pledge Supermarket bigwigs "don&#39t understand" plastic bag problem, say Lib Dems, after Tesco declares move to degradable bags letsrecycle.com News · 10 May 2006 Industry news New glass recycling plant set for Cheshire Midlands-based firm Recresco establishing new glass colour sorting facility in Ellesmere Port, to open later in 2006 letsrecycle.com News · 10 May 2006 Industry news TEG Environmental to build Somerset in-vessel plant Preston firm&#39s sixth UK in-vessel composting project secures planning permission, working with Halberton Poultry letsrecycle.com News · 10 May 2006 Industry news Packaging waste recovery “moves into 21st century” Industry hails initial success of new online data system, as first-ever performance reports are made electronically letsrecycle.com News · 9 May 2006 Industry news Recycled oil margins depressed, despite high crude prices Oil Recycling Association reveals used oil collection volumes down 30% and investment stifled by legal uncertainty letsrecycle.com News · 9 May 2006 Industry news Aberdeenshire rules out new green waste collection scheme Council decides against beginning free kerbside collection service for garden waste, and instead will promote home composting letsrecycle.com News · 9 May 2006 Industry news Scottish council breaks through 40% recycling barrier Clackmannanshire becomes first local authority in Scotland to recycle more than 40% of municipal waste according to new data letsrecycle.com News · 8 May 2006 Industry news Inner city composting campaign kicks off in Islington Composting firm New Earth Solutions begins tour of UK cities raising awareness of waste issues as part of Compost Awareness Week letsrecycle.com News · 8 May 2006 Industry news Donarbon favourites for Cambridgeshire PFI contract County council holds in-depth talks with local waste firm over 25-year waste contract, other two bidders not yet ruled out letsrecycle.com News · 7 May 2006 Industry news Industry hits back at Friends of the Earth claims on EfW Waste industry calls pressure group "wrong" for suggesting gas power stations more sustainable than energy-from-waste plants letsrecycle.com News · 7 May 2006 Industry news Surprise departure of St Regis chief executive Don Coates leaves post of chief executive of St Regis Paper Company, which owns Severnside Recycling letsrecycle.com News · 7 May 2006 Industry news WRAP to push proven tyre recycling technologies Organisation offering funding for recycled tyres trial using already proven but not currently commercialised technology letsrecycle.com News · 7 May 2006 Industry news Regional agency underlines benefits of local composting As Compost Awareness Week continues, Recycling Action Yorkshire flags up local, on-farm composting project in Selby letsrecycle.com News · 7 May 2006 Industry news Bradshaw survives as Defra gets new team Recycling minister Ben Bradshaw is the only politician to stay at Defra in the ministerial reshuffle letsrecycle.com News · 6 May 2006 Industry news Leicestershire signs EWC to run 13 recycling centres Leicestershire&#39s first-ever county-wide recycling centre contract awarded as it puts final touches to long-term waste strategy letsrecycle.com News · 4 May 2006 Industry news Hull council achieves significant recycling milestone Recycling rate for 2005/06 achieved by council following four year turn around from 6% letsrecycle.com News · 4 May 2006 Industry news Compost Awareness Week lines up “dirty weekend” Organisers of this year&#39s campaign aim to highlight fun involved in home composting with series of events starting Sunday letsrecycle.com News · 4 May 2006 Industry news News in Brief With news on London Sustainability Weeks, the recycling of hard plastics and household recycling in Hackney, Trafford and Hampshire letsrecycle.com News · 3 May 2006 Industry news Planning inspector backs sites for Dorset MBT plants Proposed sites for two mechanical biological treatment plants approved, but site for third plant rejected letsrecycle.com News · 3 May 2006 Industry news Gloucestershire begins construction waste consultation County in bid to reduce waste produced by local construction and demolition firms and instil recycling in new homes letsrecycle.com News · 3 May 2006 Industry news Two companies in frame for UK’S biggest-ever waste contract Greater Manchester disposal authority names favoured bids for contract thought to be worth 4 billion over 25 years letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2006 Industry news Food waste research paves way for minimisation strategy WRAP commissions MEL Research to prepare way for major analysis of nation&#39s food waste generation letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2006 Industry news Government “peddling myth” of green energy-from-waste Friends of the Earth launches fresh attack on incineration, claiming gas-fired power stations emit less greenhouse gases letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2006 Industry news Novelis offers 1,000 for tonne of aluminium cans UK&#39s largest aluminium reprocessor increases price for used aluminium beverage cans for fourth time in five months letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2006 Industry news Recycled glass outlets increasing, says WRAP The Waste and Resources Action Programme has told the glass industry of the potential opportunities for reusing glass letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2006 Industry news Porsche caught by packaging regulations Luxury car company ordered to pay 27,000 following failure to comply with packaging waste rules letsrecycle.com News · 1 May 2006 Industry news Kerbside plastic collections reach 11 million households Recoup survey shows that almost half of UK households can now recycle plastic bottles from the kerbside letsrecycle.com News · 1 May 2006 Industry news London recycling plants running “at full capacity” Time running out for much-needed investment in major new recycling facilities in the capital, industry meeting hears letsrecycle.com News · 1 May 2006 Industry news Corus hails UK recycling success for steel packaging Steel reprocessor highlighs data showing UK recycled 51.4% of steel packaging in 2005, reveals changes to investment strategy letsrecycle.com News · 27 Apr 2006 Industry news Express Recycling to begin WEEE plastic recycling Express Recycling says that the second of three lines at its new hard plastic recycling plant will handle plastic from electrical waste letsrecycle.com News · 27 Apr 2006 Industry news Tyre recycling firm expansion continues after fire setback Sunday&#39s fire outbreak quickly dealt with at Murfitts Industries, which has now taken delivery of new recycling machinery letsrecycle.com News · 27 Apr 2006 Industry news WIP team to develop energy market for waste wood Defra says Waste Implementation Programme will now work to divert waste wood from landfill towards energy recovery letsrecycle.com News · 27 Apr 2006 Industry news Defra defends packaging recovery investigation Government says it takes fraud allegations "very seriously", stating fact-finding mission will report back in June letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2006 Industry news EMR increases Reload fund and lets businesses in Bids are now being invited for funds to support household packaging recycling projects letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2006 Industry news Waste companies await decision on Greater Manchester PFI Meeting of waste disposal authority next week could see bidders dropped from shortlist for massive PFI waste contract letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2006 Industry news News in Brief Including news on reusable nappies; composting; food waste targets; Bryson House Recycling; and support for small recyclers letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2006 Industry news WRAP signs 20 companies to assist with communications Army of outside agencies to support Waste and Resources Action Programme and its "Recycle Now" campaign until 2010 letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2006 Industry news Defra funding helps Gloucestershire reach 30% recycling rate County increases recycling rate nine percentage points in two years through new kerbside scheme and advertising campaign letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2006 Industry news Government accused over paper packaging investigation CPI says Defra showing "little resolve" in tracking down possible fraud in paper packaging producer responsibility system letsrecycle.com News · 25 Apr 2006