Recycling news: 2005

Industry news Scottish Executive announces 1m for new composting plants Three composting plants run by Scottish Water, William Tracey and GP Plantscape to provide annual 57,000 tonnes new capacity letsrecycle.com News · 10 Apr 2005 Industry news Agency given new flexibility over PRN accreditation Reprocessors and exporters can now apply mid-year for accreditation to issue packaging waste recovery notes letsrecycle.com News · 7 Apr 2005 Industry news Agency: OK to landfill after separation if no market ready Environment Agency says landfilling sorted recyclable materials would be acceptable if there were no market available letsrecycle.com News · 7 Apr 2005 Industry news Hampshire’s Project Integra flounders amid massive row Hampshire county council considers leaving the pioneering waste partnership following row over Project Integra&#39s management letsrecycle.com News · 7 Apr 2005 Industry news Clean Neighbourhoods Bill becomes law The Act has become law after receiving Royal Assent, Defra has announced this morning letsrecycle.com News · 7 Apr 2005 Industry news Credential Environmental bought by Ailsa3 Ventures Automotive waste collector Credential Environmental has been purchased by private venture capital company Ailsa3 Venture letsrecycle.com News · 6 Apr 2005 Industry news Grosvenor warns “UK recycling is in jeopardy” Grosvenor has issued a detailed statement responding to recent comments regarding the export of recyclable materials letsrecycle.com News · 6 Apr 2005 Industry news News in brief EFRA calls for climate change minister, WRAP&#39s paper sludge trial, Linpac supplies Lampcare and Merton encourages home composting letsrecycle.com News · 6 Apr 2005 Industry news Councils may benefit from composting road sweepings Research consultancy ADAS believes there is potential to compost road sweepings, diverting a significant amount of waste from landfill letsrecycle.com News · 6 Apr 2005 Industry news Autogreen signs up Vauxhall and Saab to ELV treatment scheme Vauxhall and Saab sign 10 year contracts with Autogreen, which will offer free disposal of vehicles across its network of sites letsrecycle.com News · 5 Apr 2005 Industry news Welsh Assembly announces 9.5 million fund for businesses The Welsh Assembly has announced a 9.5 million fund to help businesses in Wales reduce the waste they send to landfill letsrecycle.com News · 5 Apr 2005 Industry news Berkshire skip company fined over illegal waste facility Allbins Skip Hire fined for operating an illegal waste management facility following Environment Agency investigation letsrecycle.com News · 5 Apr 2005 Industry news Defra advises against regional view to landfill trading Councils may find limiting landfill allowance trading to select groups of authorities limits Best Value in the LATS system, Defra warns letsrecycle.com News · 5 Apr 2005 Industry news Fire brigade reveals Milton Keynes MRF suffered two fires The fire brigade has said that the Milton Keynes materials recycling facility suffered two fires this weekend letsrecycle.com News · 4 Apr 2005 Industry news Recycle Now awareness campaign claims half year success WRAP&#39s national recycling campaign has claimed that nine out of 10 people now consider recycling to be an important thing to do letsrecycle.com News · 4 Apr 2005 Industry news Liverpool wants MBT plant built in the city Liverpool council has said that it wants the MWDA to build a mechanical biological treatment plant in the city letsrecycle.com News · 4 Apr 2005 Industry news Odour reduction system to feature in Devon composting plant Work about to begin on 8,000 tonne in-vessel plant in Mid Devon, which will use Aerated Static Pile system to reduce odour pollution letsrecycle.com News · 4 Apr 2005 Industry news Recycling failure, but packaging recovery targets are met Reprocessing data for 2004 suggests overall packaging waste recycling target was not hit - plastic and metals targets also missed letsrecycle.com News · 3 Apr 2005 Industry news Defra Waste Partnership Fund recipients announced Defra has announced the recipients of its 3 million Waste Partnership Fund for community groups working with waste letsrecycle.com News · 3 Apr 2005 Industry news News in Brief Paint re-use boost; Carmarthenshire re-starts composting scheme; Christmas recycling record; and, anaerobic digestion guide released letsrecycle.com News · 3 Apr 2005 Industry news East Midlands sets agenda for 50% recycling target for 2015 Regional assembly urges councils in the East Midlands area to surpass national recycling targets in a new draft strategy letsrecycle.com News · 3 Apr 2005 Industry news Huge fire hits Milton Keynes MRF A fire has torn through Milton Keynes material recycling facility with the fire service still in attendance today letsrecycle.com News · 3 Apr 2005 Industry news Manchester “good” for waste services, let down by recycling Audit Commission grades Manchester&#39s service "good" with "promising" prospects", but inspectors say more could be recycled letsrecycle.com News · 3 Apr 2005 Industry news FM Conway denied planning approval for recycling plant Dartford-based construction waste recycling firm denied retrospective planning permission for crushing plant letsrecycle.com News · 31 Mar 2005 Industry news Man killed after accident at Hartlepool waste facility HSE launches investigation after accident involving shredding machinery leads to death of council contractor in Hartlepool letsrecycle.com News · 31 Mar 2005 Industry news East Devon waste and recycling contract on the table East Devon district council seeking new waste management contractor, which will also work with Mid Devon council letsrecycle.com News · 31 Mar 2005 Industry news Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme goes live Elliot Morley welcomes the first flexible target system for councils to cut the amount of municipal waste going to landfill letsrecycle.com News · 31 Mar 2005 Industry news Gloucester farmers form partnership to recycle plastics Baler company Agritel trials collection scheme for farm plastics in which Gloucestershire farmers form a plastics recycling group letsrecycle.com News · 30 Mar 2005 Industry news Cory wins second successive gong at London Transport Awards Cory Environmental receives further recognition for its commitment to transport London waste and recyclables on the River Thames letsrecycle.com News · 30 Mar 2005 Industry news Councils invited to run recycling incentive schemes Defra invites English councils to bid for a 5m fund to help set up schemes to financially reward householders for recycling waste letsrecycle.com News · 30 Mar 2005 Industry news Companies fined 140,000 over tyre recycling fatality Environmental Tyre Disposals and MIDCO Waste Management fined after death of untrained worker at a site in Edmonton letsrecycle.com News · 30 Mar 2005 Industry news DTI approach to business WEEE regulations flawed, HP warns Hewlett Packard warns that estimating how much electronics is sold to businesses means inaccurate producer responsibility system letsrecycle.com News · 30 Mar 2005 Industry news Councils primed for Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme start World&#39s first waste trading scheme starts on Friday, with local authorities in major push to meet EU waste diversion targets letsrecycle.com News · 30 Mar 2005 Industry news Leased packaging to be included in recovery obligations Defra seeks industry views on proposals to include leased packaging within packaging waste producer responsibility obligations letsrecycle.com News · 29 Mar 2005 Industry news Defra unveils details of 284m business waste initiative Elliot Morley launches "BREW" programme, which is to use Landfill Tax revenue to help companies reduce the waste they produce letsrecycle.com News · 29 Mar 2005 Industry news Lottery scheme would boost household waste recycling National Consumer Council calls for national lottery-style incentive scheme to encourage householders to recycle their waste letsrecycle.com News · 29 Mar 2005 Industry news Bath & NES in major clamp down on illegal trade waste With staff facing abuse from trade waste dumpers, council takes action to tackle commercial waste arising at recycling centres letsrecycle.com News · 29 Mar 2005 Industry news Hereford food waste treatment plant in 500,000 expansion Bioganix in-vessel composting plant expands capacity for food waste ahead of the this year&#39s landfill ban on former foodstuffs letsrecycle.com News · 29 Mar 2005 Industry news Wolverhampton and Walsall join plastic recycling scheme Two councils in the West Midlands agree contracts with Nottinghamshire-based plastic bottle recycling firm Recresco letsrecycle.com News · 28 Mar 2005 Industry news Shanks looking at options for London MBT residues Shanks East London is working on routes to market for fuel produced by UK&#39s first mechanical biological treatment plants letsrecycle.com News · 28 Mar 2005