Recycling news: 2006

Industry news Somerset loyalty card scheme rewards regular recyclers Householders regularly recycling green garden waste at any of Somerset&#39s 18 recycling centres rewarded with bags of free compost letsrecycle.com News · 26 Mar 2006 Industry news Southwark collects mixed plastics for recycling London borough responds to residents&#39 requests by allowing yoghurt pots, margarine tubs and food trays into kerbside recycling boxes letsrecycle.com News · 24 Mar 2006 Industry news Lincolnshire recycling centre in 280,000 makeover Major refurbishment of Kirkby-on-Bain recycling centre carried out with aim of raising recycling rates above 70% letsrecycle.com News · 24 Mar 2006 Industry news Beacon council facing “big penalties” under landfill scheme Peterborough forms waste working group to consider options above and beyond new recycling schemes to minimise government fines letsrecycle.com News · 24 Mar 2006 Industry news Questions over Norfolk waste contract lead to review WRG will remain in driving seat for waste contract, but county will review engagement between officers and councillors letsrecycle.com News · 24 Mar 2006 Industry news Surrey launches waste review in bid to keep PFI credits County seeks views on impacts of different waste treatment technologies, in attempt to breathe life into PFI contract letsrecycle.com News · 23 Mar 2006 Industry news Verdant partnership to expand Anglesey recycling services Partnership involving private, community and public sectors organisations on Anglesey launches new recycling scheme letsrecycle.com News · 23 Mar 2006 Industry news Councils win Beacon status for recycling and waste services Ceremony sees local authorities recognised by government for quality of recycling and waste management services letsrecycle.com News · 23 Mar 2006 Industry news New growing season cultivates higher green waste gate fees Rising Landfill Tax and challenging council landfill limits allow composters to raise fees for taking in green waste letsrecycle.com News · 22 Mar 2006 Industry news Grosvenor still in running for Peterborough MRF contract City council still to decide on contract to run sorting plant, but investigation of Grosvenor&#39s BBC allegations completed letsrecycle.com News · 22 Mar 2006 Industry news New World wines key to increasing demand for recycled glass WRAP says popularity of wines from New World will help encourage wines to be bottled in UK using recycled green glass letsrecycle.com News · 22 Mar 2006 Industry news Dorset in kitchen waste plan to break 40% recycling barrier With kerbside recycling now offered to 97% of Dorset households, county reveals plan for major kitchen waste scheme letsrecycle.com News · 21 Mar 2006 Industry news Defra announces producer responsibility for farm plastics Government to make producers of non-packaging farm plastics responsible for funding collection and recycling schemes letsrecycle.com News · 21 Mar 2006 Industry news Cheshire considers major RDF recovery plant County considers proposed plant to treat 600,000 tonnes of refuse-derived fuel each year from MBT plants in North West England letsrecycle.com News · 21 Mar 2006 Industry news letsrecycle.com accused of “tabloid journalism” Consultant Stuart McLanaghan of Associates in Industrial Ecology makes accusation over last week&#39s Newcastle MBT report letsrecycle.com News · 21 Mar 2006 Industry news News in Brief With news on recycling in Cherwell and Congleton councils; worms in Southwark; construction waste recycling and consultancy SLR letsrecycle.com News · 21 Mar 2006 Industry news Role changing for UK council recycling officers LARAC to respond to changing role of council recycling officers, who it says are now more involved with council policy letsrecycle.com News · 21 Mar 2006 Industry news Cornwall takes initiative on commercial waste County&#39s new Waste Development Framework lays out proposal to set up series of resource management parks for non-municipal waste letsrecycle.com News · 20 Mar 2006 Industry news Gloucestershire takes divided approach to waste contracting After pulling out of its PFI procurement process, county has decided integrated contracts "do not suit waste management" letsrecycle.com News · 20 Mar 2006 Industry news Welwyn waste contract bases pay on resident satisfaction Serco wins 70 million waste contract with Welwyn Hatfield contract, in which payment will be based on residents&#39 satisfaction letsrecycle.com News · 20 Mar 2006 Industry news Review on cards for home composting contribution to targets Defra "supportive" of including home composting in council targets for diversion of biodegradable waste from landfill letsrecycle.com News · 19 Mar 2006 Industry news Reshuffle for Abitibi-Consolidated Recycling Europe team UK-based recycling division of Canadian paper company shapes up for expansion, strengthening development of municipal recycling letsrecycle.com News · 17 Mar 2006 Industry news Scottish community recyclers recognised at award ceremony Inaugural Community Recycling Network Scotland awards recognises mattress recycling and carpet re-use groups letsrecycle.com News · 17 Mar 2006 Industry news Councils invited to bid for 16.1m recycling awareness fund WRAP outlines application process for continuation of its local funding programme to support the "Recycle Now" campaign letsrecycle.com News · 17 Mar 2006 Industry news All systems go for UK&#39s first full-scale anaerobic digester New anaerobic digestion plant begins operations treating kitchen, garden waste and cardboard in rural South Shropshire letsrecycle.com News · 16 Mar 2006 Industry news Separate kitchen waste collections “threaten” MBT process Newcastle council officers warn that running separate food waste recycling services would threaten viability of new MBT plant letsrecycle.com News · 16 Mar 2006 Industry news WRAP funds more big brand packaging trials to cut waste Over 400,000 awarded to Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, Sainsburys and Dairy Crest to get them to reduce packaging weight letsrecycle.com News · 16 Mar 2006 Industry news Exeter to push for 40% recycling rate under new action plan Ben Bradshaw&#39s home city identifies raising recycling participation as key priority in action plan to run until 2011 letsrecycle.com News · 16 Mar 2006 Industry news Duke of York visits recycling machinery firm Terex Pegson HRH Prince Andrew tours Leicestershire production facility of Queen&#39s Award-winning manufacturer of crushing machinery letsrecycle.com News · 16 Mar 2006 Industry news Buckinghamshire agrees district recycling reward plan District councils will receive 8m in rewards from county over next eight years for improving local recycling rates letsrecycle.com News · 16 Mar 2006 Industry news Anglesey AD plant rejected against recommendations Councillors criticised after going against recommendations in refusing planning permission for anaerobic digestor on Anglesey letsrecycle.com News · 15 Mar 2006 Industry news Easier packaging recovery targets hit paper PRN prices Reprocessors accuse compliance schemes of driving down paper PRN prices, but easier recovery targets and fraud are factors letsrecycle.com News · 15 Mar 2006 Industry news Southern councils to begin plasterboard recycling trial Councils around the south of England are to begin separately collecting plasterboard at civic amenity sites letsrecycle.com News · 15 Mar 2006 Industry news Northern Irish call for government commitment on waste Council partnership claims waste funding support for Northern Ireland has been a third of that for Scottish councils letsrecycle.com News · 14 Mar 2006 Industry news Bristol prepares for waste recycling revolution City council begins information drive ahead of UK&#39s first borough wide kitchen recycling scheme, to start this summer letsrecycle.com News · 14 Mar 2006 Industry news Milton Keynes MRF back up and running Almost a year after it suffered a fire the recycling facility in Milton Keynes is running again with an increased capacity letsrecycle.com News · 14 Mar 2006 Industry news WRAP appoints new director to lead organics programme Richard Swannell, head of innovation at Waste & Resources Action Programme, steps up to lead expanded organics programme letsrecycle.com News · 13 Mar 2006 Industry news Tissue sector faces sustained price pressure Supermarkets keeping pressure on suppliers to maintain or reduce prices for tissue products made from recovered paper letsrecycle.com News · 13 Mar 2006 Industry news “Significant” rise in councils using recycled aggregates More councils now accept recycled road-building materials meet specifications, says WRAP as it launches new step-by-step guide letsrecycle.com News · 13 Mar 2006 Industry news Ben Bradshaw backs centralised collections of green waste As England&#39s Waste Strategy is reviewed and growing season again gets underway, council green waste collections are flourishing letsrecycle.com News · 12 Mar 2006