Recycling news: 2003

Industry news Bedfordshire exceeds recycling target for second year running Council is confident that rolling out kerbside trials will help them reach 20% by 2006 letsrecycle.com News · 12 May 2003 Industry news Yorwaste joins green compost market A new composting operation and a paper contract for the North-Yorkshire-based firm letsrecycle.com News · 12 May 2003 Industry news UK lull for paper markets as continental prices weaken After a long period of good demand, the recovered paper sector has started to cool letsrecycle.com News · 11 May 2003 Industry news Verdant wins Arun work after Onyx opts out A 19 month contract has been won by Verdant ahead of Onyx&#39s departure from Arun next month letsrecycle.com News · 11 May 2003 Industry news Two more composts are awarded quality standard Premier Waste and SITA are the latest to gain Composting Association accreditation letsrecycle.com News · 11 May 2003 Industry news Hazardous waste landfills will plunge by nine tenths next year Environment Agency confirms dramatic drop in facilities for 2004 letsrecycle.com News · 8 May 2003 Industry news Used domestic tools collected by Coventry at CA site A re-use scheme for tools has been supported by Coventry city council letsrecycle.com News · 8 May 2003 Industry news Re-use furniture shop opens in Bath DEFRA funds SOFA Project scheme to reduce bulky waste in Bath and NE Somerset letsrecycle.com News · 8 May 2003 Industry news Waste Management Performance Fund too little too late for some councils Local authorities have welcomed the government&#39s response to the Strategy Unit but said it does not go far enough letsrecycle.com News · 7 May 2003 Industry news G&P rescues Bristol Battery Campaign Recycling scheme is saved, but overall cost goes up letsrecycle.com News · 7 May 2003 Industry news Mid Bedfordshire’s recycling service blighted by public confusion The Audit Commission blamed the council&#39s low recycling rate on a lack of understanding about kerbside service letsrecycle.com News · 7 May 2003 Industry news Commission proposes like-for-like take-back for historic WEEE Revision to WEEE Directive will affect non-household electronic and electrical items letsrecycle.com News · 7 May 2003 Industry news Countryside expert to lead DEFRA waste strategy unit A director for the Sustainable Waste Delivery Programme has been appointed letsrecycle.com News · 6 May 2003 Industry news Waste sector gives cautious welcome to government&#39s Strategy Unit response Praising new funding measures, the sector is disappointed at the relegation of some issues to "ongoing studies" letsrecycle.com News · 6 May 2003 Industry news Green waste collections trialled in Amber Valley borough The Derbyshire council is launching a 100,000 garden waste kerbside service for 12,000 households letsrecycle.com News · 6 May 2003 Industry news Swindon and Wiltshire councils focus on waste minimisation in local plan A Waste Audit system for new developments is part of the local plan, which is subject to a Public Inquiry letsrecycle.com News · 6 May 2003 Industry news WRAP welcomes new remit from government Home composting, waste awareness and kerbside best practice feature in WRAP&#39s new work letsrecycle.com News · 6 May 2003 Industry news SU RESPONSE: Steering Group set up to deliver Strategy Unit plans Government announces plans for Sustainable Waste Delivery Programme letsrecycle.com News · 5 May 2003 Industry news Good councils free to spend recycling cash as they wish New legislation to let councils who perform well overall to spend recycling cash on other services letsrecycle.com News · 5 May 2003 Industry news Government package is not new waste strategy – Meacher Minister explains response is "useful adjustment" to Waste Strategy 2000 letsrecycle.com News · 5 May 2003 Industry news DEFRA warns of “huge task” with Animal By-Product Regulation BSE expert admits there will be teething problems with compliance letsrecycle.com News · 5 May 2003 Industry news SU RESPONSE: Charging trials delayed and WRAP wins wider remit A new team will be created within DEFRA to deliver on the waste strategy letsrecycle.com News · 5 May 2003 Industry news Ford signs up to boost market for recycled products The car maker is the 200th organisation to sign the London Mayor&#39s Green Procurement Code letsrecycle.com News · 1 May 2003 Industry news Tayside landfill plans dropped in favour of recycling facility A Perthshire contractor has decided to build a road construction material recycling facility instead of a landfill letsrecycle.com News · 1 May 2003 Industry news DEFRA outlines waste funding plans to 2005 Ahead of next week&#39s Strategy Unit response, DEFRA has a new departmental strategy letsrecycle.com News · 1 May 2003 Industry news Government to release response to Strategy Unit report on Tuesday It is expected that the government will reveal its thoughts on waste policy and funding issues next week letsrecycle.com News · 1 May 2003 Industry news Composting biodegradable plastics suggested for EU target Proposed amendments to the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive also include scrapping the wood recycling target letsrecycle.com News · 1 May 2003 Industry news DEFRA secures delay on Animal By-Products implementation Food retailers and manufacturers are given until December 2005 to comply with Animal By-Products Regulation letsrecycle.com News · 30 Apr 2003 Industry news Merseyside councils may emulate Project Integra after 2008 The Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority is working on a 25-year strategy that could lead to a stronger partnership letsrecycle.com News · 30 Apr 2003 Industry news Plastic bag levy gains 63% support among UK public Research from MORI has found that the public is sympathetic to new charges if there is a clear environmental benefit letsrecycle.com News · 30 Apr 2003 Industry news Sustainable use of resources could save UK industry 3 billion The Environment Agency is launching an initiative to help businesses become more profitable by cutting down on waste letsrecycle.com News · 29 Apr 2003 Industry news More could be done by supermarkets to encourage shoppers to recycle Sainsbury&#39s has suggested that packaging obligation funds could be used to improve supermarket recycling facilities letsrecycle.com News · 29 Apr 2003 Industry news East Hampshire district council reaches 30% recycling rate The Project Integra council&#39s alternate weekly collections of recyclables and refuse has met with success letsrecycle.com News · 29 Apr 2003 Industry news Colchester trials re-usable bags for its green waste collections Moving away from plastic sacks with a 100,000 investment will make collections easier, the council believes letsrecycle.com News · 29 Apr 2003 Industry news MPs remove WET Bill&#39s “nonsense” composting clause The Waste and Emissions Trading Bill will no longer require the treating of compostable waste at 98 degrees letsrecycle.com News · 29 Apr 2003 Industry news SARS virus hitting economies, warns Stora Enso chief executive SARS and Iraq are impacting on the world economy and a UK paper firm warns of a downturn in France and the UK letsrecycle.com News · 28 Apr 2003 Industry news Job losses on the way at Corus Group&#39s South Yorkshire plant Outgoing Corus chairman Sir Brian Moffat has said company restructuring will affect at least 1,150 steelmaking jobs letsrecycle.com News · 28 Apr 2003 Industry news Dundee unveils 210,000 “recycling centre” Public access and safety improved at high recycling authority&#39s CA site letsrecycle.com News · 28 Apr 2003 Industry news Southampton looks to boost recycling rates with new collections One of the poorer recyclers in the successful Project Integra, the city is to launch a 1 million twin-bin scheme letsrecycle.com News · 28 Apr 2003 Industry news Sims to build a second fridge reprocessing plant Plans for recycling facility worth 2.5 million following success of first plant letsrecycle.com News · 27 Apr 2003