Recycling news: 2007

Industry news Surrey set for paper recycling boost after TGM acquisition TGM Environmental to target Surrey businesses for recycling services after acquiring West Horsley firm Waste Paper Co. letsrecycle.com News · 9 May 2007 Industry news News in Brief With news of waste awareness work in Cherwell, Dorset and Croydon as well as a new investment group for waste technologies letsrecycle.com News · 9 May 2007 Industry news Merseyside electronics recycling firm in management buyout St Helens company M Baker Recycling taken over by directors Andy Slaney and Julie-Ann Adams as Michael Baker retires letsrecycle.com News · 9 May 2007 Industry news Limited impact for weekly waste collection campaign Handful of councils may review schemes, but councillors believe campaign against fortnightly collections had little impact letsrecycle.com News · 9 May 2007 Industry news Wrexham signs 25-year PFI waste contract Contract with Waste Recycling Group to bring new composting and materials recycling facilities to the north Wales county borough letsrecycle.com News · 8 May 2007 Industry news Welsh Assembly funding boost for anaerobic digestion plants Funding offered to projects using anaerobic digestion to process organic wastes from commercial or industrial sources letsrecycle.com News · 8 May 2007 Industry news Carton producers team up with Tesco for recycling scheme Shoppers will be able to hand in old cartons for recycling at 100 Tesco stores around UK, under new partnership letsrecycle.com News · 7 May 2007 Industry news Full scale operation for 3m WEEE plastics recycling plant Production underway at Axion Polymers facility in Salford, a plant capable of processing 14,000 tonnes of plastic a year letsrecycle.com News · 7 May 2007 Industry news Big role for boroughs in London&#39s business waste strategy Councils to help businesses recycle more under Mayor&#39s new plan, which proposes 70% recycling target for commercial waste letsrecycle.com News · 7 May 2007 Industry news News in Brief With news on WEEE recycling; EU policy; recycling in Barnet; Aggregates life cycle analysis; and plastics recycling in Bristol letsrecycle.com News · 7 May 2007 Industry news Latest figures show improvement in UK packaging recovery Agencies publish packaging waste recycling and recovery data for first quarter 2007, showing improvement but not for glass letsrecycle.com News · 3 May 2007 Industry news Scotland&#39s largest biomass plant to begin firing this year Facility near Lockerbie will burn waste virgin and recycled wood, expected to be operational by September letsrecycle.com News · 3 May 2007 Industry news Company fined for illegal export of hazardous waste to China East London company ordered to pay 25,000 for attempting to ship fridge waste containing CFCs letsrecycle.com News · 3 May 2007 Industry news Rising demand for compost from landscape gardeners New survey results coincide with the bid to boost further uptake of the product in Compost Awareness Week letsrecycle.com News · 3 May 2007 Industry news Regional network will allow glaziers to recycle their waste Yorkshire firms can arrange for collection of glass, wood and plastics under a recycling system letsrecycle.com News · 3 May 2007 Industry news Kent plastic recycling trials back kerbside collection County council says environmental impact from collecting plastic bottles at five recycling centres outweighed benefits letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2007 Industry news News in Brief With news on an acquisition by Sims; trade waste recycling in Blackpool; battery recycling; IT recycling; and hotel waste letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2007 Industry news Evidence problems for UK vehicle recycling system DVLA says less than half vehicles scrapped last year had certificates issued to prove they were recycled properly letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2007 Industry news Clean, green, recycling fleet gets ready for city&#39s streets Birmingham&#39s new trucks for collecting recyclables meet European standards for low emissions letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2007 Industry news Tesco defends its use of packaging Supermarket chain says it is trying to cut its packaging use, but that packaging is needed to supply goods to its shelves letsrecycle.com News · 1 May 2007 Industry news Aluminium can recycling deal agreed for North East Novelis Recycling teams up with Abitibi-Consolidated Recycling Europe for Teesside can sorting agreement letsrecycle.com News · 1 May 2007 Industry news Waste officers hit out at “scaremongering” national press LARAC criticises press for "peddling their own agenda" on bin collections, but concedes more could be done to inform journalists letsrecycle.com News · 1 May 2007 Industry news Test success for removal of toxins from WEEE plastics Researchers believe technology to remove hazardous fire retardants from waste electronics could be on market in two years letsrecycle.com News · 30 Apr 2007 Industry news Prime Minister expresses doubts on fortnightly collections Tony Blair says there "may be better ways" of encouraging recycling; local authorities "disappointed" at his lack of support letsrecycle.com News · 30 Apr 2007 Industry news Composting firms combine efforts to develop infrastructure Three companies in East Midlands merge to form Bio Group, to build and operate advanced composting plants letsrecycle.com News · 30 Apr 2007 Industry news Packaging firm fined 50,000 for failing to recycle Wigan company&#39s "oversight" in not contributing to UK packaging recovery and recycling for eight years leads to prosecution letsrecycle.com News · 29 Apr 2007 Industry news Recycling and waste figures feature in Britain&#39s wealthiest Individuals from metal recycling and waste management sector make this year&#39s Sunday Times Rich List letsrecycle.com News · 29 Apr 2007 Industry news News in Brief With news on in-vessel composting; soils treatment; open windrow composting; safety; and, a plastics exhibit at the Science Museum letsrecycle.com News · 29 Apr 2007 Industry news Record temperatures pose composting questions for councils Councils report surge of green waste as hot weather encourages gardeners, but lack of rain could hit summer tonnages letsrecycle.com News · 29 Apr 2007 Industry news New Earth MBT facility makes start on Bournmouth waste Expanded Dorset plant begins treating black bag and organic waste under contract with Bournemouth council letsrecycle.com News · 29 Apr 2007 Industry news Trading standards call for tougher laws on excess packaging Local authorities demand tougher laws against companies using too much packaging; industry says retailers bear responsibility letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2007 Industry news Veolia agrees deal to buy German waste and recycling giant Veolia is set to expand its recycling operations with the purchase of Sulo, owner of the former Cleanaway in Germany letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2007 Industry news Green light for 4m waste pyrolysis plant in Scarborough North Yorkshire planners approve plans for facility forming part of New Technologies Demonstrator Programme letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2007 Industry news M-Real transfers recycled paper machine to UK Line transferred from Finland to New Thames mill in Kent, boosting production of recycled paper by 50,000 tonnes a year letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2007 Industry news MRF operator seeks industry-wide paper specification Firm operating Milton Keynes materials recycling facility, wants new grade for recovered paper to include MRF-sorted material letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2007 Industry news Biofuel tests for PAS100 compost at former landfills 60,000 tonnes of compost produced to PAS100 standard tested to see if it speeds up growth of biofuel crops like willow letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2007 Industry news Industry refutes Defra packaging recovery figures "Huge discrepancies" exist between statistics published by Defra on packaging recovery in 2006 and industry figures letsrecycle.com News · 25 Apr 2007 Industry news News in Brief Including news on paper recycling in Rugby and London; IT recycling; recycling in Wiltshire and metal recycling in Liverpool letsrecycle.com News · 25 Apr 2007 Industry news London residents reassured about fortnightly bin schemes As first fortnightly collections arrive in London, and newspapers campaign against it, boroughs move to reassure residents letsrecycle.com News · 25 Apr 2007 Industry news Guidance to clarify Compost Protocol soil testing Developers of Quality Protocol for Compost to spell out soil testing procedures needed for companies to comply letsrecycle.com News · 25 Apr 2007