Recycling news: 2005

Industry news Labour to press on with driving up recycling The Party is celebrating winning a third term in office this morning and will continue with its efforts to make recycling a habit in the UK letsrecycle.com News · 5 May 2005 Industry news Edinburgh awards extended kerbside contract to Abitibi Abitibi-Consolidated has been awarded a three-year contract to collect recyclables from residents in Edinburgh letsrecycle.com News · 5 May 2005 Industry news Experts query Direct Line flyer recyclability claim Plastic flyers promoting Direct Line Insurance, which the company claims are recyclable, seem destined for landfill or incineration letsrecycle.com News · 4 May 2005 Industry news Volvo publishes end-of-life truck dismantling manual Vehicle manufacturer Volvo has published a manual for explaining how best to dismantle its vehicles letsrecycle.com News · 4 May 2005 Industry news Trade waste can generate income and help meet LATS targets A new report by Enviros Consulting states that with careful consideration, councils can reap benefits from collecting trade waste letsrecycle.com News · 4 May 2005 Industry news Oxford could follow Barnet with compulsory recycling Next week the council is to discuss introducing compulsory recycling in a bid to meet its 30% recycling target by 2005/06 letsrecycle.com News · 4 May 2005 Industry news Plastics federation praises Netherlands strong local markets Plastic exporters in the Netherlands sell local recyclers cheaper plastic to maintain domestic market letsrecycle.com News · 3 May 2005 Industry news Agency&#39s fight against illegal dumping on BBC1 tonight Documentary looks at illegal operators claiming to be taking waste legitimately, sometimes making up to 1 million letsrecycle.com News · 3 May 2005 Industry news WRAP publishes standard contract for compost model WRAP publishes model contract to encourage fair contractual arrangements between local authorities and composters letsrecycle.com News · 3 May 2005 Industry news News in Brief JCB&#39s new waste and recycling fleet; Chippenham school rewarded for recycling; Warwickshire to quiz residents on recycling letsrecycle.com News · 3 May 2005 Industry news Just 36% of composted waste generates sales value Composting Association&#39s annual report on UK composting reveals that just over a third of compost generates sales revenue letsrecycle.com News · 3 May 2005 Industry news West Berkshire offers glimpse of PFI “Ecology Village” Residents in West Berkshire offered chance to see council plans for forthcoming Private Finance Initiative waste contract letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2005 Industry news North London “urgently” needs new recycling plant North London Waste Authority recommended to build new sorting facility "promptly" to safeguard commingled collections letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2005 Industry news Pembrokeshire to study impact of home composting Welsh council study could press the case for home composting to be included in Welsh Assembly recycling targets letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2005 Industry news New Code of Practice offers clarity on compost regulations Compost Association launches Composting Industry Code of Practice as Composting Awareness Week gets into full swing letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2005 Industry news WRG financial results in line with expectations Waste Recycling Group reveals results for the 12 months up to December 2004, including revenues of nearly 400 million letsrecycle.com News · 28 Apr 2005 Industry news Preston firm recycles 50,000th “officially scrapped” car Red Ford Sierra receives 50,000 Certificate of Destruction issued in the UK under end of life vehicles regulations letsrecycle.com News · 28 Apr 2005 Industry news Council warning issued on market for recycled glass LARAC advises local authorities to collect different glass colours separately to guard against "downturn" in market letsrecycle.com News · 28 Apr 2005 Industry news Farms plastics recycling scheme starts up in Yorkshire Wrexham reprocessor Recovered Plastics to recycle plastic bottles from farms across Yorkshire, working with JSR Farms letsrecycle.com News · 27 Apr 2005 Industry news WRAP to hold first stakeholder meeting on used tyres Waste and Resources Action Programme to meet with tyre recovery experts to plot way forward on used tyre recycling letsrecycle.com News · 27 Apr 2005 Industry news Carrier bags causing problems for Onyx MRFs in Hampshire Hampshire districts to urge residents not to place recyclables in carrier bags after problems at county&#39s sorting plants letsrecycle.com News · 27 Apr 2005 Industry news Mayor Livingstone calls on Londoners to get composting Ken Livingstone calls on gardeners to keep organic nutrients in London&#39s 100,000 acres of gardens instead of landfills letsrecycle.com News · 27 Apr 2005 Industry news Baylis installs sorting capacity for council plastics Berkshire plastics recycler brings in new sorting machinery in response to this month&#39s Milton Keynes plant fire letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2005 Industry news Scotland edges closer to plastic bag levy A Bill to impose a form of tax on plastic bags from retailers has won cross-party support letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2005 Industry news 200m Cory acquisition backed by equity firm Montagu Montagu Private Equity to fund management buy-out of waste firm Cory Environmental from logistics giant Exel letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2005 Industry news Scrap metal recycler fined for illegal site in East London North Butte Metal Company pleads guilty to operating without waste management licence, fined nearly 30,000 letsrecycle.com News · 26 Apr 2005 Industry news P&L to provide waste software for Sulo weighing systems Oxfordshire software firm P&L signed up to provide waste tracking and billing software for Sulo pay-by-weight systems letsrecycle.com News · 25 Apr 2005 Industry news Equipment news in brief News on MAN refuse vehicles, Powerscreen screening machinery, Eva-Shred shredders and Marathon compactors and balers letsrecycle.com News · 25 Apr 2005 Industry news Surrey start-up launches collection service for WEEE Reco-Vie, set up by ex-employees of fridge recycler Technowaste, offers recycling service for waste electronics letsrecycle.com News · 25 Apr 2005 Industry news Newport achieves 25% target early with barrage of schemes Newport council says reason it hit recycling target two years early is thanks to amount of new schemes launched in 2004/05 letsrecycle.com News · 25 Apr 2005 Industry news Food waste collections key to Welsh composting targets Carmarthenshire warns that Assembly composting targets will be tough unless food waste is recycled as it starts new trials letsrecycle.com News · 25 Apr 2005 Industry news Onyx and Cleanaway-run schemes among four under spotlight Environment Agency confirms that 16 of 20 registered compliance schemes met packaging waste obligations in 2004 letsrecycle.com News · 24 Apr 2005 Industry news News in Brief Kent businesses recycle paper; Sims installs truck tyre pre-shredder; Onyx trials textile recycling; Queen&#39s Awards announced letsrecycle.com News · 24 Apr 2005 Industry news Eastleigh offers to be “pay as you throw” guinea pig Eastleigh borough council says if Defra trials pay by weight waste collection schemes, it would be keen to take part letsrecycle.com News · 24 Apr 2005 Industry news PPS10 planning package may fail on waste, ESA warns UKs waste management industry has questioned whether key planning guidance will really deliver more waste plants letsrecycle.com News · 24 Apr 2005 Industry news Lack of local infrastructure stifling supermarket recycling Supermarket chains say recycling of food waste is limited by lack of treatment options in many UK regions letsrecycle.com News · 24 Apr 2005 Industry news Newark MRF receives 430,000 boost Materials recycling facility gains new equipment thanks to support from WRAP&#39s leasing finance scheme eQuip letsrecycle.com News · 21 Apr 2005 Industry news More work needed to help car recyclers deal with air bags Network provider Autogreen warns that more assistance is needed to help dismantlers remove and de-pollute air bags from ELVs letsrecycle.com News · 21 Apr 2005 Industry news European Parliament backs car recyclability Directive Large majority of MEPs favour new Directive to make manufacturers design cars to be 85% recyclable and 95% recoverable letsrecycle.com News · 21 Apr 2005 Industry news Hertfordshire seeks local facilities to compost food waste County signs deal with West London Composting, but seeks more facilities to cater for forthcoming food waste collections letsrecycle.com News · 21 Apr 2005