Recycling news: 2002

Industry news New campaign slogan causes debate at Anglia waste conference More details have been given about the latest "Slim Your Bin" campaign, which aims to increase kerbside participation letsrecycle.com News · 21 Feb 2002 Industry news Residents in Norfolk choose fortnightly kerbside collection Breckland residents have said that they would prefer a dry recyclables collection to a garden waste service letsrecycle.com News · 21 Feb 2002 Industry news Orkney and Shetland commit to energy from waste for the next 20 years Waste disposal in Orkney and Shetland is to remain heavily dependent on energy from waste, following public consultation letsrecycle.com News · 20 Feb 2002 Industry news Rhondda keeps to waste action plan despite National Assembly intervention Kerbside recycling and composting schemes remain on-track despite the problems at Nant y Gwyddon landfill letsrecycle.com News · 20 Feb 2002 Industry news Research into exporting recovered paper gets funding go-ahead Landfill tax funding will allow the British Recovered Paper Association to look at the potential for exporting paper letsrecycle.com News · 20 Feb 2002 Industry news European packaging organisation warns of the costs of deposit systems The European Steel Packaging Association has outlined why it favours multi-material schemes over "divisive" deposit systems letsrecycle.com News · 19 Feb 2002 Industry news More staff needed to implement Landfill Directive, says Agency The Environment Agency is carrying out a recruitment drive to help implement the Landfill Directive letsrecycle.com News · 19 Feb 2002 Industry news Recycling in Scotland given 1million boost Waste minimisation schemes, composting as well as plastics and glass recycling will benefit from landfill tax funding letsrecycle.com News · 19 Feb 2002 Industry news High street stores look to set up battery recycling points Boots, Woolworths and Ikea are considering putting battery collection points in their stores letsrecycle.com News · 19 Feb 2002 Industry news EA confirms packaging compliance certificates are in for England and Wales Counting is now underway to assess whether the UK has met its packaging waste obligations under the EU directive letsrecycle.com News · 18 Feb 2002 Industry news Sevenoaks wins Aylesford quality competition Sevenoaks has beaten Bath and North East Somerset to receive the top prize in Aylesford competition letsrecycle.com News · 18 Feb 2002 Industry news WRAP completes senior management team Stephen Creed has been appointed to deliver WRAP&#39s business and procurement programme letsrecycle.com News · 18 Feb 2002 Industry news Cardiff introduces first on-street recycling bins Landfill tax funding has enabled 10 recycling and litter bins to be placed near the Millennium Stadium letsrecycle.com News · 18 Feb 2002 Industry news European Road Transport Show 2002 Open until 16 February, the Amsterdam truck and van show alternates biannually with its Belgian equivalent as a showcase for new models and innovative thinking from Europe's vehicle and ancillary component manufacturers. With many models and a variety of equipment suitable for waste management applications among the exhibits, letsrecycle.com decided to visit the event to bring you the news. The… letsrecycle.com News · 18 Feb 2002 Industry news County Surveyors say that targets will not be met with 140million A County Surveyors Society report is to say that the waste strategy is massively under-funded letsrecycle.com News · 15 Feb 2002 Industry news Landfill operators are issued with conditioning plans rules Although Landfill Directive regulations are still to be published, conditioning plans guidance is now available letsrecycle.com News · 14 Feb 2002 Industry news Partnership approach to increasing recycling gets praise from inspectors A decline in waste arisings and an increase in recycling in Caradon have been commended by the Audit Commission letsrecycle.com News · 14 Feb 2002 Industry news SITA compost receives organic status An audit trail has seen SITA become the first producer of waste derived compost to receive HDRA approval letsrecycle.com News · 13 Feb 2002 Industry news WRAP acts to double plastic bottle recycling The announcement of a grant competition to increase plastics recycling comes as the UK faces further plastics price uncertainty letsrecycle.com News · 13 Feb 2002 Industry news Wood recyclers look for diversification as WRAP plans investment Bids have gone in for WRAP funding to help develop the wood recycling market letsrecycle.com News · 12 Feb 2002 Industry news London Remade chooses EMR and Ozone Friends to end fridge crisis Metal recycler EMR and not-for-profit Ozone Friends have won funding towards fridge recycling work letsrecycle.com News · 12 Feb 2002 Industry news Welsh car parts firm fined for breaching packaging waste rules The Environment Agency has welcomed higher standards after the prosecution of a South Wales firm letsrecycle.com News · 11 Feb 2002 Industry news EA statement awaited on packaging waste compliance The UK could face a PRN shortfall and DEFRA has said it is touch and go over whether packaging targets will be met letsrecycle.com News · 11 Feb 2002 Industry news SITA sends old Bristol collection vehicles for use in Georgia Vehicles used for refuse collection in Bristol have been sent for reuse in Georgia letsrecycle.com News · 11 Feb 2002 Industry news DEFRA confirms that fridges are not hazardous waste With confusion over the waste status of end-of-life fridges, DEFRA says fridges are currently not hazardous letsrecycle.com News · 11 Feb 2002 Industry news Fine imposed for dumping an ELV outside metal recyclers Dumping a car outside a metal recycling site has costs a Hampshire person 470 letsrecycle.com News · 11 Feb 2002 Industry news Baler purchase helps Warwickshire to push plastics recycling Plastics recycling has been given a boost in Warwickshire and the county has appointed its first recycling officer letsrecycle.com News · 8 Feb 2002 Industry news Inspectors push need for waste minimisation Sandwell council has been told to look at waste minimisation and its work with a not-for-profit group letsrecycle.com News · 8 Feb 2002 Industry news Business as usual after WRAP decision, is message from Aylesford Recovered newspapers and magazines from local authorities remain sought after by Aylesford Newsprint letsrecycle.com News · 7 Feb 2002 Industry news WRAP looks to close the loop for lamp tubes High value recycling routes for fluorescent tube glass are being looked at in the latest WRAP research letsrecycle.com News · 7 Feb 2002 Industry news SEPA supermarket leaflet aims to promote packaging recycling A consumer awareness campaign has been launched by SEPA with the support of supermarkets letsrecycle.com News · 6 Feb 2002 Industry news Environmental crime seminar told that tyres are the biggest threat Banning tyres to landfill poses a serious threat and WRAP needs to research the problem, a London seminar is told letsrecycle.com News · 6 Feb 2002 Industry news Powys County Council&#39s recycling policy is held up as one of the best Powys has been commended for its community-run bring sites which have seen its recycling rate double letsrecycle.com News · 6 Feb 2002 Industry news Tissue company fined 8,000 for recycling offences A Bolton toilet-roll manufacturer has been fined in a packaging waste prosecution letsrecycle.com News · 5 Feb 2002 Industry news Former ESA director sets up environmental consultancy business Stuart McLanaghan has started a consultancy business which aims to "green" business letsrecycle.com News · 5 Feb 2002 Industry news Consultation launched on South West waste strategy A regional strategy for the South West aims to turn waste into a resource and make reuse and recycling the norm letsrecycle.com News · 5 Feb 2002 Industry news Barnet wins Labour Party award for its partnership recycling initiative London Borough of Barnet has won a national award for its multi-material recycling schemes with ECT Recycling letsrecycle.com News · 5 Feb 2002 Industry news Remploy agrees deal with South Lanarkshire to handle waste fridges The UK&#39s largest employer of disabled people has set up Scotland&#39s first fridge recycling centre letsrecycle.com News · 5 Feb 2002 Industry news South Cambridgeshire&#39s kerbside scheme reaps rewards A new South Cambridgeshire scheme will give community groups 5.71 for every tonne that they recycle letsrecycle.com News · 4 Feb 2002 Industry news Four-month wait for fridge collection puts strain on re-use sector The fridge crisis is ruining the refurbishment sector as fridges rust while householders wait months for collection letsrecycle.com News · 4 Feb 2002