Recycling news: 2012

Industry news Scottish news roundup With news on a planningappeal in Perth; hair composting in Aberdeenshire; a multi-million pound investment in energy from waste; and, glass crushing letsrecycle.com News · 14 May 2012 Industry news Unilever supports tea bag recycling in Essex Consumer goods giant teams up with Brentwood and Chelmsford councils and WRAP to encourage residents to recycle tea bags letsrecycle.com News · 14 May 2012 Industry news Defra to update waste hierarchy guidance Government calling for feedback to help businesses better apply the hierarchy with new guidance to be published later this year letsrecycle.com News · 13 May 2012 Industry news WRG and Focsa rebranded as FCC Environment Spanish parent company launches integrated UK brand to focus on recycling, collections and energy recovery letsrecycle.com News · 13 May 2012 Industry news Charity shops call for more clothing donations Charity Retail Association launches campaign calling for householders to bring donations to shops instead of selling or storing them letsrecycle.com News · 13 May 2012 Industry news Prince Charles officially opens Barkip AD plant His Royal Highness visits Scotlands largest waste-fed AD facility at Barkip in North Ayrshire letsrecycle.com News · 13 May 2012 Industry news Formation of Augean North Sea Services We are pleased to announce a joint venture with Scomi Oiltools (Europe) Limited (“Scomi”) to take a controlling stake in a new company formed from the existing operational assets of Scomi in the UK. A new company, to be called Augean North Sea Services (“ANSS”), will provide waste management services to offshore operators in the […] Augean · 12 May 2012 Industry news ECO Plastics expansion boosts UK rPET production Investment by Coca Cola makes ECO Plastics Hemswell bottle recycling plant largest of its kind in world letsrecycle.com News · 10 May 2012 Industry news WRAP issues guidance for rigid plastics collections Guide offers advice for local authorities looking to add non-bottle rigid plastic packaging to recycling collections letsrecycle.com News · 10 May 2012 Industry news Princess Anne praises recycling and energy link Cory Environmentals RRR energy from waste plant at Belvedere has been officially opened by HRH Princess Anne letsrecycle.com News · 10 May 2012 Industry news Two sides of the same coin Dr Liz Goodwin of WRAP argues that economic growth and protecting the environment should not be viewed separately letsrecycle.com News · 10 May 2012 Industry news Energy deal to boost Aylesford efficiency A cost-saving four year deal with npower Cogen will help reduce newsprint production costs for Aylesford Newsprint letsrecycle.com News · 9 May 2012 Industry news Temporary storage call to prevent TV mountain WEEE recycler calls on Environment Agency to allow temporary storage of waste television sets to allow reprocessors to cope letsrecycle.com News · 9 May 2012 Industry news Tick box error linked to UKs battery target failure Environment Agency says 10% target for 2010 would have been met if evidence from CCR Rebat had been accepted letsrecycle.com News · 9 May 2012 Industry news Biffa challenges iESE over tender applications Waste management firm said that it had raised concerns directly with the organisation about the limitations of its waste services framework contract letsrecycle.com News · 8 May 2012 Industry news Product News in Brief With news on: a council depot expansion; a pre-press twin-ram baler; Axions MRF training; Kiers in-cab technology; and, a Viridor purchase letsrecycle.com News · 8 May 2012 Industry news Breckland set to levy bin charge for new homes Norfolk-based council plans to charge for provision of wheeled bins to new properties in the area and hopes to recover costs from developers letsrecycle.com News · 8 May 2012 Industry news Agri praised for Liverpool biodiesel investment Transport minister Norman Baker opens Agris plant in Bootle which processes used cooking oil into biodiesel fuel letsrecycle.com News · 8 May 2012 Industry news Grundon to appeal council’s decision on Shore Road development The post Grundon to appeal council’s decision on Shore Road development appeared first on Grundon . Grundon Waste Management · 8 May 2012 Industry news Archives for May 8, 2012 - Food Manufacture Food Manufacture · 8 May 2012 Industry news Compost Awareness Week 2012 underway Councils and businesses across the country to hold events to promote home composting under the theme Give Back to the Earth letsrecycle.com News · 7 May 2012 Industry news Agency issues largest ever permit to export RDF SITA UK granted permission to export up to 600,000 tonnes of fuel produced from residual waste to Amsterdam over next three years letsrecycle.com News · 7 May 2012 Industry news Agency issues largest ever permit to export RDF SITA UK granted permission to export up to 600,000 tonnes of refuse-derived fuel to Amsterdam over next three years letsrecycle.com News · 7 May 2012 Industry news Central Wales to send food waste to Oxfordshire Organics recycling company Agrivert becomes first to sign Welsh hub AD contract under deal with Central Wales Waste Partnership letsrecycle.com News · 7 May 2012 Industry news CSG Spills Team Offer Emergency On-Site Training Waste management company Cleansing Service Group (CSG) is offering its customers on-site staff training in the immediate steps that need to be taken to contain a spill of liquids, powders or solids, especially those that are toxic and have the potential to harm health or the environment. CSG say they will tailor their training to […] CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 6 May 2012 Industry news “You’re Excellent”, Waste Managers Told CSG Lanstar, the Manchester-based hazardous waste management arm of Cleansing Service Group, was presented with the prized Excellence Award at this year’s Salford Business Awards ceremony. The award recognises high standards of leadership, planning, business analysis, people management and customer-led focus. Announcing its decision, the awards judging panel praised CSG Lanstar for “its approac… CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 6 May 2012 Industry news Infrastructure needed to hit plastic packaging target Plastic recycling body Recoup says processing facilities for mixed plastics and films need to be developed letsrecycle.com News · 3 May 2012 Industry news News in Brief With news on: Olympic Park bins; a Covanta poll; SITAs Northumberland contract; Cardiff recycling claims; and, Bywaters criticism of LWaRB letsrecycle.com News · 3 May 2012 Industry news Jailed waste criminal must pay back record 917,000 Reading businessman Hugh ODonnell ordered to repay money under largest Proceeds of Crime Act ruling ever secured by Environment Agency letsrecycle.com News · 3 May 2012 Industry news Global Networks Working Together Jeff Cooper, president of the International Solid Waste Association, outlines international efforts to drive resource efficiency following a recent meeting in Paris. letsrecycle.com News · 3 May 2012 Industry news Split plastic packaging recycling target proposed Plastics recyclers call for government to amend PRN system which it claims currently favours plastic export over UK reprocessing letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2012 Industry news Minister calls for plastic bottle recycling ‘push’ Government considering a new plastic bottle recycling responsibility deal ahead of introduction of higher packaging recycling targets letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2012 Industry news Guidance on applying for 250m fund published Department for Communities and Local Government responds to questions raised by local authorities which submitted expressions of interest letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2012 Industry news Englands household waste recycling rate edges up Quarterly figures show that 45% of waste recycled in second quarter of 2011/12, up two percentage points compared to same period last year letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2012 Industry news Over half of firms fail to try for iESE framework Less than half of the firms invited to tender for the iESE framework contract for waste management work and related activities completed the process letsrecycle.com News · 2 May 2012 Industry news Excellence honoured at 9th annual recycling awards Recycling officer from Warrington among winners of Awards for Excellence in Recycling and Waste Management 2012 letsrecycle.com News · 1 May 2012 Industry news People Watch With news on fresh faces at Wastecycle and Clarity Environmental and appointmentsto CIWM and ADBA letsrecycle.com News · 1 May 2012 Industry news Construction of Ardley EfW in full swing Oxfordshire county council and its contractor Viridor mark milestone in development of North Oxfordshire plant letsrecycle.com News · 1 May 2012 Industry news AmeyCespa tackles problems at Cambridgeshire MBT Improvement works carried out on Waterbeach facility after council sends 26,000 additional tonnes of waste to landfill letsrecycle.com News · 30 Apr 2012 Industry news MEPs call for gradual phase out of landfill Members of environment committee vote overwhelmingly in favour of non-binding report calling for EU to make better use of resources letsrecycle.com News · 30 Apr 2012