Recycling news: 2011

Industry news Teams gear up for inaugural waste sector golf day Representatives of waste and recycling sector set to compete in one-day tournament in Buckinghamshire letsrecycle.com News · 3 Apr 2011 Industry news Home and away theme for Recycle Week 2011 Annual event in June set to promote increased household recycling as well as push efforts for more on-the-go efforts letsrecycle.com News · 3 Apr 2011 Industry news Three left in running for major Welsh waste contract Partnership of five councils in North Wales cuts list of companies vying for 800m deal to handle 150,000tpa letsrecycle.com News · 3 Apr 2011 Industry news Waste is third most protected service from cuts LGA survey of councils reveals waste and recycling is third most protected service area, but warnings made over future cuts letsrecycle.com News · 3 Apr 2011 Industry news HW Martin buys Premier Wastes C&I assets Derbyshire-based firm increases foothold in North East with purchase of collections business and Washington MRF letsrecycle.com News · 3 Apr 2011 Industry news Isle of Wight gasification plant achieves compliance Technology supplier Energos says waste treatment facility has undertaken successive tests since reopening in October 2010 letsrecycle.com News · 31 Mar 2011 Industry news Pivotal time for sector as Landfill Tax reaches 56/t Waste industry experts claim latest charge hike represents major step towards driving uptake of alternatives letsrecycle.com News · 31 Mar 2011 Industry news News in Brief With news on an anniversary for Palm Recycling, EU attitudes to waste and an EA assessment of missing battery scheme data letsrecycle.com News · 31 Mar 2011 Industry news BMRA hails landmark metals end-of-waste agreement Action to remove material from waste regulation expected to support exports but could also undermine UK PRN system letsrecycle.com News · 31 Mar 2011 Industry news Bag study shows how big misconceptions can be Jane Bickerstaffe of INCPEN comments on recent EA research on the environmental impact of plastic bags letsrecycle.com News · 31 Mar 2011 Industry news Packaging targets for 2010 met despite dip in glass Targets once again exceeded, with only glass less comfortable, prompting some to call for government to be more ambitious letsrecycle.com News · 30 Mar 2011 Industry news WEEE sector unites to launch ‘bold’ TV advert Partnership between nine reprocessors and compliance schemes aims to raise awareness of WEEE recycling letsrecycle.com News · 30 Mar 2011 Industry news ESA raises very serious concerns over VAT change Trade association writes to HMRC and recycling minister to express objections to VAT exemption for council-run business waste collections letsrecycle.com News · 30 Mar 2011 Industry news WRG and Cemex in pole position for North Lincs deal Joint bid between waste firm and cement company named as preferred bidder for 27-year residual household waste treatment deal letsrecycle.com News · 30 Mar 2011 Industry news Food-derived compost approved for organic land use Soil Association announces move which could boost end markets for food waste-derived compost and digestates letsrecycle.com News · 30 Mar 2011 Industry news Textile Recycling Association Welcomes Launch of IOF/FRSB Revised Code Of Practice For House To House Collections It is with great delight that the Textile Recycling Association-(TRA) welcomes the launching of the revised House to House Collections Code of Fundraising Practice, April 2011. The Textile Recycling Association will actively encourage all its members that operate door to door collections to sign up to the revised code, and it is a credit to [...] Read More... from Textile Recycling Association … Textile Recycling Association · 30 Mar 2011 Industry news House to House Code Launch is Culmination of Sector Wide Consultation The Institute of Fundraising is launching its revised House-to-House Collections Code of Fundraising Practice. The Code has been revised to provide more specific and detailed guidance for the different types of collections that occur. As well as the Code, accompanying guidance has been created to explain the different types of collections that can occur and [...] Read More... from House to Hous… Textile Recycling Association · 30 Mar 2011 Industry news Al Jazeera interview NCWRP’s Richard Mehmed was interviewed by the international news organisation at the Brighton Woodstore this month as part of a new news segment they’re doing on eco stuff for their English language broadcasting. It will be broadcast in June to their viewership of over 200 million. Community Wood Recycling · 30 Mar 2011 Industry news Visit by Lord Henley to the Brighton and Hove Wood Recycling Project DEFRA Minister Lord Henley visited Brighton on 31st March 2011 to find out how we work with builders to reduce and reuse construction waste. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment had accepted an invitation to visit us as part of his desire to learn more about recycling “at ground level” and how more waste [...] Community Wood Recycling · 30 Mar 2011 Industry news PwC signs landmark used cooking oil deal Professional services giant set to source 45,000 litres-a-month to help meet low carbon pledge of new South Bank offices letsrecycle.com News · 29 Mar 2011 Industry news Code launched to counter bogus clothes collections Institute of Fundraising guidance developed with textile recycling industry and charities input aims to promote best practice letsrecycle.com News · 29 Mar 2011 Industry news Phillip Ward reflects on his time at WRAP Local government director discusses seven years in role from commingled debate to Daily Mail headlines letsrecycle.com News · 29 Mar 2011 Industry news Water sector sets out ambition for waste co-digestion Industry expert calls for increased co-digestion of organic and sewage sludge materials but aware of competition letsrecycle.com News · 29 Mar 2011 Industry news ‘Englands first’ flat panel recycling centre opens Recycling Lives develops dedicated process for hard-to-recycle electrical waste stream at Preston site letsrecycle.com News · 28 Mar 2011 Industry news SITA UKs Tyneside transfer station hit by fire Blaze at North Shields waste transfer station tackled by fire crews before flames could spread to neighbouring buildings letsrecycle.com News · 28 Mar 2011 Industry news Shake-up at Viridor as operations chief appointed Mark-Burrows Smith to become operations director from April1, while John Viviani to replace him as northern regional director letsrecycle.com News · 28 Mar 2011 Industry news WEEE retailer scheme unveils new fund for councils Local authorities invited to bid for share of new 650,000 pot being allocated by Valpak-run distributor take-back scheme letsrecycle.com News · 28 Mar 2011 Industry news MVV signs first major UK waste contract Company puts pen to paper on 25-year PFI contract with the South West Devon Waste Partnership, involving construction of CHP plant in Plymouth letsrecycle.com News · 28 Mar 2011 Industry news Wales records 42% recycling rate for Q3 of 2010/11 Environment minister hails 5% increase from rate recorded for same period in 2009/10 achieved despite terrible weather letsrecycle.com News · 28 Mar 2011 Industry news Councils voice Tetra Pak sustainability concerns Swedish packaging giant defends environmental record as documents indicate opposition to collecting drinks cartons letsrecycle.com News · 27 Mar 2011 Industry news Acquisitions boost Straights financial performance Container supplier claims five-year plan to improve market holding behind excellent results for year ending December 2010 letsrecycle.com News · 27 Mar 2011 Industry news Leeds opens biomethane fuelling station for RCVs City council takes pioneering step by installing its own permanent fuel pumps in order to help improve waste fleet emissions letsrecycle.com News · 27 Mar 2011 Industry news Kent approves Countrystyle AD and MRF plans County council grants planning approval for organics waste specialist to develop two facilities near Folkestone letsrecycle.com News · 27 Mar 2011 Industry news AD plants claiming FiTS receive Budget blow Businesses which receive renewable energy subsidy to be excluded from receiving Enterprise Investment Scheme or Venture Capital Trust investment letsrecycle.com News · 27 Mar 2011 Industry news Our brands - Unilever Global Unilever news · 27 Mar 2011 Industry news Unilever Global - Unilever Global Unilever news · 27 Mar 2011 Industry news Plastic recycling firm PSL wins major supply deal Plastic strapping manufacturer Signode awards South Wales plastics reprocessing firm contract to deliver flake to Swansea plant letsrecycle.com News · 25 Mar 2011 Industry news HSE to cut back site inspections by a third Employment minister unveils raft of proposals aimed at helping limit bureaucratic red-tape and focus on high hazard sites letsrecycle.com News · 25 Mar 2011 Industry news News in Brief With news on waste data in Scotland, the aggregates Quality Protocol and SITA UK plans for Stoneyhill letsrecycle.com News · 25 Mar 2011 Industry news Phase out of biodegradable waste to landfill proposed European Commission announces plans for new measure governing member states between 2020 and 2025 under recast of 1999 Landfill Directive letsrecycle.com News · 24 Mar 2011