Recycling news: 2007

Industry news STRATEGY: Targets for waste minimisation and greenhouse gas Proposals for new local authority performance indicators will be analysed under strategy letsrecycle.com News · 24 May 2007 Industry news STRATEGY: Anaerobic digestion gets Defra&#39s backing Government says emerging technology key to tackling food waste, which makes up around 17% of the average household bin letsrecycle.com News · 24 May 2007 Industry news STRATEGY: Specific material type landfill bans on agenda Key issues in the strategy include the hiearchy, data, landfill, exports and home composting letsrecycle.com News · 23 May 2007 Industry news STRATEGY: Government accused of bullying householders Shadow environment secretary Peter Ainsworth hits out in Parliament but David Miliband bites back letsrecycle.com News · 23 May 2007 Industry news STRATEGY: Councils asked to help tackle business waste David Miliband announces plans to break down the "Berlin Wall" between commercial and municipal waste letsrecycle.com News · 23 May 2007 Industry news Plastic windows recycler opens two extra sites North east PVC-U firm saves 100,000 miles a year in vehicle emissions by expanding operations letsrecycle.com News · 22 May 2007 Industry news Waveney aims for top of recycling league tables Suffolk authority could achieve recycling rate above 55%, if new food and glass waste collection trials prove successful letsrecycle.com News · 22 May 2007 Industry news London councils hit back at Mayor&#39s “dubious” waste claims Boroughs deny they are seeking loopholes to inflate landfill diversion targets by reducing trade waste services letsrecycle.com News · 22 May 2007 Industry news M&S to feature recycled clothes and carrier bag charges Marks and Spencer reveals progress in "Plan A" programme to cut environmental impact, including measures on packaging and clothing letsrecycle.com News · 21 May 2007 Industry news Ken Livingstone casts doubt over London waste figures Boroughs, Defra and Agency accused as recorded reduction in municipal waste conflicts with landfills taking more waste letsrecycle.com News · 21 May 2007 Industry news Wilcox set for move to state-of-the-art sorting facility West Midlands-based textile recycler begins developing site to be capable of processing 600 tonnes of rags a week letsrecycle.com News · 20 May 2007 Industry news London councils hit back at Mayor’s “dubious” waste claims Mayor of London accuses boroughs of using loopholes in the landfill allowance trading scheme to inflate their diversion efforts letsrecycle.com News · 20 May 2007 Industry news News in Brief Including news on Cambridgeshire&#39s PFI contract; tree-planting in Blackpool; and awareness raising in Shropshire and Lewisham letsrecycle.com News · 20 May 2007 Industry news “Real” recyclers considering changes to buying strategies Reprocessors backing campaign for quality in household recycling could adopt new pricing systems, or buy foreign material letsrecycle.com News · 20 May 2007 Industry news Wine industry shown how to cut environmental impact Research shows how bottling wines in UK can cut carbon emissions impact and help with UK glass recycling letsrecycle.com News · 20 May 2007 Industry news Waste container company in administration Dorset-based MDRC Group expected to be sold-off after administrator takes on company&#39s finances letsrecycle.com News · 17 May 2007 Industry news Community recyclers urged to be “commercially aggressive” Financial pressures and challenging relationships with public sector prompt new approaches for social enterprise groups letsrecycle.com News · 17 May 2007 Industry news SEPA monitors dust at Midlothian glass recycling facility Viridor Glass Recycling&#39s site in Bonnyrigg monitored by SEPA following residents&#39 concerns over escaping glass dust letsrecycle.com News · 17 May 2007 Industry news DTI appoints transport agency to enforce WEEE regulations Transport Department body, which regulates cars and tractors, is given key role under WEEE regulations letsrecycle.com News · 17 May 2007 Industry news Newsprint mill unveiled for Norfolk by Palm Group Used newspapers set to be in demand as third newsprint machine contender emerges for plant in Kings Lynn letsrecycle.com News · 16 May 2007 Industry news News in brief Including news on abuse towards recycling staff, award-winning milk bottles and a new online system for ordering data letsrecycle.com News · 16 May 2007 Industry news English waste strategy publication date revealed The strategy is expected to include anaerobic digestion as a good way to tackle carbon emissions letsrecycle.com News · 16 May 2007 Industry news Illegal scrap yards targeted by hazardous waste tsar Specialist appointed to investigate illegal operators handling scrap metal and to tackle the worst offenders letsrecycle.com News · 16 May 2007 Industry news Court appeal over definition of recycled fuel oil Oil recycling firm OSS and the Environment Agency wrangle over whether recycled oil should meet waste legislation letsrecycle.com News · 15 May 2007 Industry news Tyre shredding plant gets 400,000 upgrade Credential Environmental installs new rotors at Breighton facility to prepare for opening of cryogenic plant in Neath this summer letsrecycle.com News · 15 May 2007 Industry news Car dismantler ordered to pay 24,500 in court Doncaster firm prosecuted for keeping burnt-out ELVs without a licence letsrecycle.com News · 15 May 2007 Industry news Woman dies in collision with council refuse truck Victim believed to have stepped out as collection truck reversed down alleyway police are investigating letsrecycle.com News · 15 May 2007 Industry news Cardboard milk bottles bid to tackle “plastic mountain” Trial of cardboard milk bottles raises concerns from local authorities on contamination of recycling collections letsrecycle.com News · 14 May 2007 Industry news Ecco issues letter of intent as newsprint race hots up Plans for a mill in north-east England move forward as a third contender enters the market letsrecycle.com News · 14 May 2007 Industry news IT firm invests 5m in electronics recycling service SCC upgrades recycling facility in Birmingham as WEEE producer responsibility approaches letsrecycle.com News · 14 May 2007 Industry news News in Brief Including news on the composting quality protocol, waste awareness, WEEE recycling and building materials re-use letsrecycle.com News · 14 May 2007 Industry news Food waste plan to push Cherwell past 50% recycling barrier Councillors recommend trial to test fortnightly collection of food waste in the high-recycling Oxfordshire district letsrecycle.com News · 14 May 2007 Industry news Paper recycling staff in charity cycling challenge Staff members from Abitibi-Consolidated&#39s Bridgewater paper mill to cycle across Britain to raise money for charities letsrecycle.com News · 13 May 2007 Industry news Nationwide standards launched for tyre recycling WRAP launches PAS 107 and 108 specifications governing manufacture and quality of recycled tyre shred and tyre bales letsrecycle.com News · 13 May 2007 Industry news Ealing approves 3.8m recycling improvement programme London borough gives green light to contractor ECT to introduce measures including kerbside plastic recycling scheme letsrecycle.com News · 13 May 2007 Industry news Senior government figures to address landfill challenge High level conference to look at speeding up diversion of waste from landfill to stop UK failing Landfill Directive targets letsrecycle.com News · 10 May 2007 Industry news Strategy to require more council action against fly-tipping English waste strategy will require councils changing to fortnightly collections to run fly-tipping prevention schemes alongside letsrecycle.com News · 10 May 2007 Industry news SITA buys one of the UK&#39s largest metal recyclers Purchase of Norfolk firm marks SITA&#39s first venture into the scrap metal industry letsrecycle.com News · 10 May 2007 Industry news Defra “wrong” to reject London waste authority Lord Whitty, Defra&#39s former minister, questions research behind decision to stick with current waste arrangements letsrecycle.com News · 10 May 2007 Industry news Trial gives full bill of health to recycled milk bottles WRAP publishes results of major trial recycling HDPE plastic milk bottles back into new plastic milk bottles letsrecycle.com News · 9 May 2007