Recycling news: 2010

Industry news TJ Composting sold to Countrystyle Group Open windrow composting specialist acquired by fellow South East-based company for an undisclosed sum letsrecycle.com News · 5 Apr 2010 Industry news Three Arrests in Crackdown by the EA The arrests were made by the police as part of 'Operation Hemlock' – an Environment Agency investigation into the illegal handling and disposal of tyres across the country. Environmental Crime officers are targeting sites where volumes of poor quality tyre bales are being illegally handled. Tyre Recovery Association · 5 Apr 2010 Industry news Packaging recycling targets in 2009 easily met Questions raised over whether targets ambitious enough after recession leads to fall in obligations letsrecycle.com News · 31 Mar 2010 Industry news Councils push Easter waste reduction message Residents urged to select eggs with least packaging as retailers continue efforts to cut material used in boxes letsrecycle.com News · 31 Mar 2010 Industry news WRAP enjoys 12% budget hike as remit broadens As body takes full control of Defra resource efficiency agenda, its budget rises from £81m to £91m letsrecycle.com News · 31 Mar 2010 Industry news Landfill Tax rises to 48 per tonne Annual rise in tax broadly welcomed but concerns raised by LGA and LARAC over redistribution of levy letsrecycle.com News · 31 Mar 2010 Industry news Plans unveiled to grandfather AD and EfW support DECC launches consultation on guaranteeing RO support levels for biomass projects to unlock up to 5GW of capacity letsrecycle.com News · 31 Mar 2010 Industry news Good African Coffee Plant - Packaging Gateway Packaging Gateway (GlobalData) · 31 Mar 2010 Industry news SITA to appeal strike-out of GMWDA legal bid Company says it plans to counter judge's decision not to allow it to pursue damages claim over contract procurement letsrecycle.com News · 30 Mar 2010 Industry news Maps identify waste infrastructure in Scotland Scottish Environment Protection Agency launches interactive tool to help identify existing facilities and inform future plans letsrecycle.com News · 30 Mar 2010 Industry news News in Brief With news on unitary status for Exeter and Norwich, a response to oxo-degradable research and furniture reuse in Salford letsrecycle.com News · 30 Mar 2010 Industry news Shanks wins approval for second Cumbria MBT plant Waste management firm granted planning permission for 75,000 tonnes-a-year capacity Barrow site under £720m PPP deal letsrecycle.com News · 30 Mar 2010 Industry news Windsor set for UKs first full RecycleBank rollout Local authority plans to introduce recycling incentive scheme to 60,000 households following "hugely successful" pilot letsrecycle.com News · 30 Mar 2010 Industry news Defra outlines plans to cut emissions in waste sector Capturing methane from landfill sites prioritised in departmental plan to meet carbon budgets letsrecycle.com News · 30 Mar 2010 Industry news Final two members appointed to the ACP Defra announces two industry figures set to join its Advisory Committee on Packaging letsrecycle.com News · 29 Mar 2010 Industry news Infrastructure boost for UK plastics sector AWS starts to rebuild fire-hit Lincolnshire plant while Greenstar announces further funding to create mixed plastics facility letsrecycle.com News · 29 Mar 2010 Industry news DECC set to grandfather RO support for AD and EfW Consultation expected this week on plans to provide more investor confidence in developing biomass plants letsrecycle.com News · 29 Mar 2010 Industry news WRAP to launch bring bank trials for SME recycling Projects in Bristol and on Merseyside designed to encourage recycling by small and medium sized businesses letsrecycle.com News · 29 Mar 2010 Industry news Veolia drops legal challenge over Thurrock contract Waste management firm withdraws potential legal proceedings relating to award of £33m waste and recycling collection deal letsrecycle.com News · 29 Mar 2010 Industry news South East councils team up to save money Seven local authorities agree to investigate ways to share contracts for services in areas such as waste management letsrecycle.com News · 29 Mar 2010 Industry news Warwickshire votes against PFI withdrawal proposal County council opts not to back Liberal Democrat proposal to halt involvement in three-council partnership Project Transform letsrecycle.com News · 29 Mar 2010 Industry news Next government advised how to improve recycling Campaign for Real Recycling writes to political parties ahead of election calling for action on reject rates and carbon impacts letsrecycle.com News · 28 Mar 2010 Industry news Study calls for waste prevention in food supply chain WRAP report also says reuse could help tackle £17bn of waste produced by food and drink sector each year letsrecycle.com News · 28 Mar 2010 Industry news Warwickshire debates PFI partnership withdrawal County council to decide tomorrow whether to halt involvement in Project Transform if EfW plans are not scrapped letsrecycle.com News · 28 Mar 2010 Industry news GMWDA succeeds in halting SITA UK legal action Judge rules that company's bid to secure damages over procurement of £3.8bn PFI was launched too late letsrecycle.com News · 28 Mar 2010 Industry news Defra concedes need for greater ambition on C&I waste However, government response to Efracom report on Waste Strategy dismisses calls for quicker uptake of landfill bans letsrecycle.com News · 26 Mar 2010 Industry news Wales could narrowly miss 40% recycling target Welsh Assembly figures show country will need a 41% municipal waste recycling rate in Q4 to meet 2009/10 recycling goal letsrecycle.com News · 26 Mar 2010 Industry news May Gurney preferred bidder for 130m Torbay deal Unitary authority in line to work with services firm as joint venture company to deliver frontline services letsrecycle.com News · 26 Mar 2010 Industry news Waste industry welcomes greater Landfill Tax certainty However, Local Government Association says move to raise and put floor under tax could put pressure on council budgets letsrecycle.com News · 25 Mar 2010 Industry news WRG secures £21m Thurrock waste disposal deal Essex council awards seven-year contract which aims to increasingly divert waste from landfill to Allington EfW letsrecycle.com News · 25 Mar 2010 Industry news NLWA receives record 258m PFI award Defra makes largest ever award of credits to North London Waste Authority which plans to procure facilities focused on SRF letsrecycle.com News · 25 Mar 2010 Industry news Major plan launched to boost AD uptake Government outlines financial incentives and potential role of food waste in renewable energy generation letsrecycle.com News · 24 Mar 2010 Industry news Agency awards permit to major new Cheshire landfill Cory Environmental secures permission for 300,000tpa capacity site despite local opposition to development letsrecycle.com News · 24 Mar 2010 Industry news Straight “transforms” financial performance in 2009 Improvements to retail business and strategic purchases see Leeds-based firm post revenue increase for calendar year letsrecycle.com News · 24 Mar 2010 Industry news Chancellor extends Landfill Tax escalator until 2014 Budget also puts £80 floor under tax after 2014/15 and unveils £2bn Green Investment Bank letsrecycle.com News · 24 Mar 2010 Industry news North and Mid Devon agree to share waste boss Two Devon local authorities sign arrangement in order to prevent cuts to frontline services letsrecycle.com News · 24 Mar 2010 Industry news Prison sentence for 550,000 illegal tyres A Malvern man has been sentenced (24 March) to a total of 12 months imprisonment for depositing and storing controlled waste -namely used tyres – illegally at his workplace and home. Mark Alexanda Smith, aged 43, pleaded guilty at Worcester Crown Court on 13 January 2010 to three charges relating to the illegal deposit… Tyre Recovery Association · 24 Mar 2010 Industry news UK achieves average EU municipal recycling rate However, European Commission figures show country behind on composting and higher than most on landfilling in 2008 letsrecycle.com News · 23 Mar 2010 Industry news Trade bodies wary of rushing landfill ban proposals Glass, wood, organics and aluminium recycling bodies urge restraint in view of need to develop infrastructure letsrecycle.com News · 23 Mar 2010 Industry news WRG granted permission for Lanarkshire MBT plant Development which will also include IVC proposed for Scotland's largest landfill site letsrecycle.com News · 23 Mar 2010