Recycling news: 2006

Industry news Shanks acquisition strengthens Scottish presence Waste firm buys assets from Edinburgh firm Eden Recycling Ltd, including materials recycling plant with 150,000 tonne capacity letsrecycle.com News · 10 Apr 2006 Industry news Scottish Executive pulls plug on RAGS Pioneering organisation Recycling Advisory Group Scotland ceases trading after losing government funding letsrecycle.com News · 10 Apr 2006 Industry news Nottinghamshire in “shredding and spreading” investigation Environment Agency looks at prosecution of county council over use of unlicensed composting site for green waste letsrecycle.com News · 10 Apr 2006 Industry news Global steel demand boosts price for recycled cans Steel reprocessor Corus increases price paid for steel cans by 50% responding to worldwide demand for steel letsrecycle.com News · 9 Apr 2006 Industry news Lancashire PFI waste contract on track for June signing County waste partnership "committed" to agreeing final details of 2 bn waste contract with preferred bidder Global Renewables letsrecycle.com News · 9 Apr 2006 Industry news Norfolk Environmental maintains MBT proposal Despite reserve bidder status for county&#39s residual waste contract, NEWS could build new treatment plant by 2009 letsrecycle.com News · 9 Apr 2006 Industry news Food waste composting plant to open in South Wales Households in Merthyr Tydfil and Torfaen to supply kitchen and garden waste for new in-vessel composting facility letsrecycle.com News · 9 Apr 2006 Industry news Health and safety strategy launched for waste industry Environmental Services Association aims to cut accidents and eliminate fatalities in plan backed by HSE letsrecycle.com News · 6 Apr 2006 Industry news News in Brief Including news on composting machinery, retail waste recycling, market development and new uses for recycled glass letsrecycle.com News · 6 Apr 2006 Industry news Coventry fatality in first week of new reporting year Police are appealing for witnesses after an 11-year-old girl was killed in an accident involving an RCV letsrecycle.com News · 6 Apr 2006 Industry news New tech composting firm signs legal and financial advisers New Earth Solutions appoints Bevan Brittan and BDO Stoy Hayward in bid to roll out "advanced composting" plants nationwide letsrecycle.com News · 6 Apr 2006 Industry news Warwickshire scraps recycling service for mixed plastics County council abandons new collection scheme, citing lack of domestic demand for mixed plastics including food packaging letsrecycle.com News · 5 Apr 2006 Industry news Mole Valley funds action group to fight Surrey incinerator District gives 8,000 to Capel Action Group to challenge any attempt by Surrey county council to build EfW plant in Capel letsrecycle.com News · 5 Apr 2006 Industry news Use more compost to beat hosepipe bans, gardeners told Compost locks in moisture for gardens over dry summer, says Composting Association as Compost Awareness Week is announced letsrecycle.com News · 5 Apr 2006 Industry news Asian families to lead Ealing&#39s food recycling charge Borough expands kerbside recycling scheme for food waste into six more areas, including Asian communities in Southall letsrecycle.com News · 5 Apr 2006 Industry news Plans submitted for new London recycling plant Materials recycling facility capable of processing 150,000 tonnes of household waste each year proposed for site in Newham letsrecycle.com News · 4 Apr 2006 Industry news West Lothian recycler recognised for quality service Aluminium can reprocessor Novelis Recycling awards certificate of excellence to family-owned firm Levenseat Ltd letsrecycle.com News · 4 Apr 2006 Industry news New contract aims to boost recycling rates in East Devon SITA UK begins seven-year collection contract aiming to expand kerbside recycling services and reduce waste production letsrecycle.com News · 4 Apr 2006 Industry news Aggregates standards threaten WRAP-funded firm Narrow definitions of UK standards for recycled aggregates "could decimate" excavation waste reprocessors DJ Broady Ltd letsrecycle.com News · 3 Apr 2006 Industry news Biffa to split from parent company Severn Trent One of UK&#39s largest waste management firms the 1.2 bn Biffa Waste Services to separate from water company Severn Trent letsrecycle.com News · 3 Apr 2006 Industry news May 31-June 1 dates prove popular for Stoneleigh event The early summer dates for letsrecycle.com Live! are attracting increasing numbers of exhibitors and visitors letsrecycle.com News · 3 Apr 2006 Industry news World Cup-inspired celebrity line-up for Big Recycle This year&#39s week-long recycling campaign gains football flavour with headline celebrities Gabby Logan and Graeme le Saux letsrecycle.com News · 3 Apr 2006 Industry news 2m public flotation proposed for composting firm Bioganix Following completion of new in-vessel facility in Suffolk, Leominster company seeks flotation on Alternative Investment Market letsrecycle.com News · 3 Apr 2006 Industry news Tetra Pak to provide 300,000 for carton recycling schemes Packaging producer offers to help local authorities across the UK set up collection schemes for recycling of cartons letsrecycle.com News · 2 Apr 2006 Industry news Producer responsibility behind BPIs farm films investment Defra proposals for producer responsibility on farm films has seen BPI commit to expansion at its Dumfries plant letsrecycle.com News · 2 Apr 2006 Industry news Waste World Cup 2006 to be held on 8 September 2006 Waste and recycling sector&#39s annual football tournament once again takes to the fields of Northampton in early autumn letsrecycle.com News · 2 Apr 2006 Industry news North London to phase out recycling credits The end of the council tax-based levy will see a voluntary interim recycling credit scheme for NLWA boroughs letsrecycle.com News · 2 Apr 2006 Industry news Western Isles prepares to transform waste services Separate kitchen and waste collections set to begin next month as new integrated waste treatment facility nears completion letsrecycle.com News · 2 Apr 2006 Industry news Carbon from waste should be kept “on the planet”, firm says Technology company says stabilising waste for spreading to land - or even landfill acts as "carbon sink" to combat climate change letsrecycle.com News · 30 Mar 2006 Industry news Recycling firm set up to supply Teesside biomass plant Manchester recyclers Hadfield&#39s set up new company beside nearby SembCorp biomass power plant to provide waste wood fuel letsrecycle.com News · 30 Mar 2006 Industry news New service to fill London community recycling skills gap London Community Recycling Network to launch "Peer-to-Peer Advice Service" to address skills shortages among members letsrecycle.com News · 29 Mar 2006 Industry news Welsh IT and television recycler in 300,000 expansion Valley-based CRT reprocessors Wastechnique to push for local authority contracts in England after installing new machinery letsrecycle.com News · 29 Mar 2006 Industry news Time running out for Defra&#39s 30m Demonstrator Programme Funding delays see shortlisted company stepping outside Defra programme to secure funding for Bristol gasification plant letsrecycle.com News · 28 Mar 2006 Industry news Merger helps double profits for container firm Straight Recycling and waste container firm reveals 90% rise in turnover and 112% rise in pre-tax profits after merger with Blackall letsrecycle.com News · 28 Mar 2006 Industry news Recycled wood trials to show potential of woodchip Waste and Resources Action Programme selects five projects to build confidence among buyers of recycled wood products letsrecycle.com News · 28 Mar 2006 Industry news Valpak considering buying UK reprocessing business Packaging waste compliance scheme understood to be in dialogue with packaging reprocessor over potential acquisition letsrecycle.com News · 27 Mar 2006 Industry news News in Brief With news on Dennis Eagle vehicles; UK paper mills; Paint re-use schemes; Biodegradable plastic; and, waste awareness letsrecycle.com News · 27 Mar 2006 Industry news Northumberland nears decision over single-bid PFI contract County nears decision over whether to continue with Private Finance Initiative waste contract procurement with only one bidder letsrecycle.com News · 27 Mar 2006 Industry news Minister calls for waste to move up corporate agenda Launching second year of BREW fund, Ben Bradshaw demands "revolution" in attitude of business towards waste management letsrecycle.com News · 26 Mar 2006 Industry news English councils cut landfill rates by one million tonnes "Quality council services" help reduce amount of municipal waste going to landfill, but waste production now growing at 2.1% letsrecycle.com News · 26 Mar 2006