Recycling news: 2007

Industry news PVC industry urges retailers to stock more recycled goods With new figures showing PVC recycling collections doubling in Europe, industry campaign seeks wider markets for material letsrecycle.com News · 24 Apr 2007 Industry news Manchester councils seek views on dealing with waste Local councils to develop a Joint Waste Development Plan to address the need for facilities to treat construction and commercial waste letsrecycle.com News · 24 Apr 2007 Industry news Markets “tough” for tyres recycled through pyrolysis Consultancy Juniper casts doubt on the feasibility of recycling scrap tyres through pyrolysis due to problems marketing the output char letsrecycle.com News · 24 Apr 2007 Industry news Council leaders defend alternate weekly waste collections As waste becomes battleground issue in local elections, LGA responds to Canadian study on fortnightly collections letsrecycle.com News · 24 Apr 2007 Industry news Lucky 13 in running for Cheshire&#39s 1bn waste contract 13 companies bidding for county&#39s 25-year PFI contract to finance, build and operate new waste facilities letsrecycle.com News · 24 Apr 2007 Industry news Defra considering separate body to handle packaging data Department looking into proposal that a separate body should manage data for packaging producer responsibility letsrecycle.com News · 23 Apr 2007 Industry news BPI acquisition to bring boost to farm plastics recycling Plastics reprocessor takes over plant in South Wales, after Integrated Polymers and Evolution Polymers goes into liquidation letsrecycle.com News · 23 Apr 2007 Industry news Shanks reports good demand for solid recovered fuel Waste firm has at least five contracts in place for fuel produced at MBT plants at Frog Island and Jenkins Lane, East London letsrecycle.com News · 23 Apr 2007 Industry news Call for co-ordination within waste wood market Need for incentives to push biomass firms to use wood currently going to landfill, rather than diverting it from recycling letsrecycle.com News · 23 Apr 2007 Industry news 50m deal agreed for York recycling and waste services Incumbent contractor, council-owned Yorwaste, wins new deal to continue providing recycling and waste services for York letsrecycle.com News · 23 Apr 2007 Industry news Wood biomass firm praised for fire precautions "Stringent" safety systems mean small fire at fledgling business UK Wood Recycling is dealt with "very quickly" letsrecycle.com News · 22 Apr 2007 Industry news Pete Mansfield leaves Abitibi-Consolidated Recycling Europe UK&#39s first recycling officer leaves business development post after 18 years at the kerbside recycling specialists letsrecycle.com News · 22 Apr 2007 Industry news Anaerobic digestion “big opportunity” for municipal waste UK could learn from Europe&#39s experience with anaerobic digestion for treatment of organic waste, researchers suggest letsrecycle.com News · 22 Apr 2007 Industry news Cyclist dies after collision with recycling truck Police investigating incident in Oxford involving bin lorry, in which 22-year-old man was killed letsrecycle.com News · 19 Apr 2007 Industry news Showcase for 45m waste treatment plant in East London Defra&#39s waste programme director John Burns officially opens "innovative" 45m Frog Island plant in East London letsrecycle.com News · 19 Apr 2007 Industry news Provisional backing for 750m Cambridgeshire waste PFI deal County&#39s cabinet approves 28-year contract for local firm to use mechanical biological treatment for household waste letsrecycle.com News · 19 Apr 2007 Industry news Call for better information on household plastic recycling With markets for plastic packaging waste now becoming established, experts warn of need to better inform public letsrecycle.com News · 18 Apr 2007 Industry news Summer trials for next generation recycling vehicles WRAP to test two collection vehicle designs aiming to improve operations on kerbside schemes letsrecycle.com News · 18 Apr 2007 Industry news Defra highlights need for substantial rise in recycling New financial instruments and targets look set to be announced in the revised waste strategy letsrecycle.com News · 18 Apr 2007 Industry news Sainsbury&#39s food composting trial launched in Dorset Local firm Eco Composting agrees three month deal with Ferndown supermarket with hopes of getting other stores on board letsrecycle.com News · 17 Apr 2007 Industry news Name change for annual national recycling week campaign This year&#39s Big Recycle campaign, renamed as "Recycle Now Week 2007", will take place from June 2 with materials-focused theme letsrecycle.com News · 17 Apr 2007 Industry news “Nationally significant” boost for glass sorting What is believed to be first sorting plant to simultaneously sort three different colours of recycled glass is established in Cheshire letsrecycle.com News · 17 Apr 2007 Industry news Wiltshire signs up to Slough incinerator County council agrees long-term contract to send 50,000 tonnes of waste a year to the Colnbrook energy from waste plant in Berkshire letsrecycle.com News · 17 Apr 2007 Industry news Tesco in pledge to cut packaging by a quarter Supermarket giant commits to reducing packaging used on both own-label products and branded goods by 25% before 2010 letsrecycle.com News · 16 Apr 2007 Industry news Durham digester demonstration to begin next month Waste treatment plant forming part of Defra&#39s New Technologies Demonstrator Programme to start commissioning next month letsrecycle.com News · 16 Apr 2007 Industry news Prospects of sale for German waste firm SULO One of Europe&#39s biggest waste and recycling companies attracting attention from potential buyers letsrecycle.com News · 16 Apr 2007 Industry news Viridor staff praised as second Masons fire contained Second fire in three months at Suffolk site, this time in landfill facility, staff praised for actions to contain outbreak letsrecycle.com News · 16 Apr 2007 Industry news Aylesford signs 15-year deal to take Gloucester paper Newsprint firm in agreement with city contractor Accord plc to take separately-collected newspapers from 52,000 homes letsrecycle.com News · 16 Apr 2007 Industry news Recycling row for world&#39s first “zero waste” city Canberra accused of back-tracking on zero waste goal as it reviews waste strategy, while row breaks out over recycling contract letsrecycle.com News · 15 Apr 2007 Industry news Recycling trial for SMEs expands on early success WRAP&#39s bid to encourage SME&#39s to recycle more goes "larger-scale" following a series of feasibility trials letsrecycle.com News · 15 Apr 2007 Industry news World&#39s first eco-city to be showcased at UK forum This week&#39s annual recycling and waste forum will start with a focus on the Chinese city of Dongtan letsrecycle.com News · 15 Apr 2007 Industry news Bradford builds on market waste recycling initiative With organic waste from wholesale market now recycled, council strikes deal for plastic packaging to be collected letsrecycle.com News · 15 Apr 2007 Industry news News in Brief With news on metal recycling; recycling awareness; council action on packaging waste; and an SME recycling scheme in London letsrecycle.com News · 12 Apr 2007 Industry news Riverside Truck Rental acquires Trio&#39s hire division Widnes company buys Milton Keynes firm Trio Hire Direct, to add to its 550-strong waste and recycling vehicle fleet letsrecycle.com News · 11 Apr 2007 Industry news Viridor seeks approval for 32m CHP incinerator in Exeter Waste firm seeks planning permission for energy-from-waste plant capable of processing 60,000 tonnes of waste a year letsrecycle.com News · 11 Apr 2007 Industry news Recycling in Corby transformed by alternate weekly scheme Council once labelled "poor and unlikely to improve" for recycling sees new scheme pushing recycling rates beyond 40% letsrecycle.com News · 11 Apr 2007 Industry news EXCLUSIVE: Aylesford Newsprint prepares plans for PM15 Construction of a new paper machine in Kent using 100% recycled fibre is under active consideration letsrecycle.com News · 10 Apr 2007 Industry news Glasgow leans towards autoclaving technology Council officer claims that steam waste treatment could boost city&#39s recycling rate enough to replace recycling collections for flats letsrecycle.com News · 10 Apr 2007 Industry news Green light for social vehicle recycling initiative Planners allow charity SMaRT to build authorised treatment facility capable of dismantling up to 10,000 ELVs a year letsrecycle.com News · 10 Apr 2007 Industry news News in Brief With news on health and safety, high rise recycling, lamp producer responsibility, CRT recycling and metal sorting equipment letsrecycle.com News · 10 Apr 2007