Recycling news: 2004

Industry news UK use of recovered fibre falls again Despite the aspirations of WRAP, the UK usage of recovered fibre for papermaking has fallen again letsrecycle.com News · 25 Feb 2004 Industry news News in brief Wood recycling plants gets go ahead in Lincolnshire; Chesterfield&#39s first kerbside box lottery winner; Bristol tackles commercial litter letsrecycle.com News · 25 Feb 2004 Industry news Slim Your Bin campaign hits out at paper-funded report Anglia&#39s waste awareness campaign refutes claims by a Paisley professor that it&#39s results have been "dismal" letsrecycle.com News · 25 Feb 2004 Industry news Camden adds plastic bottle banks to on-street facilities The London borough introduces plastics collection banks to all on-street recycling bring sites letsrecycle.com News · 25 Feb 2004 Industry news West Sussex takes action on banned pesticides County council urges householders to hand in leftover pesticides to CA sites before next month&#39s storage ban letsrecycle.com News · 25 Feb 2004 Industry news Waste plastics prices set to drop Following a drop in oil prices, scrap plastics prices are likely to follow in order to compete with virgin plastics letsrecycle.com News · 24 Feb 2004 Industry news TRA: Textile recyclers “bled dry” by bureaucracy The Textile Recyclers Association says government policies and poor trading conditions are "preventing any inward investment" letsrecycle.com News · 24 Feb 2004 Industry news Recycling sector to benefit from 40m equipment lease scheme The Waste and Resources Action Programme is inviting SMEs to apply for assistance to lease new recycling equipment letsrecycle.com News · 24 Feb 2004 Industry news Plans for EfW powered village meet scepticism Wiltshire and Kennet councils say planning permission is unlikely to be granted for energy-from-waste plant letsrecycle.com News · 24 Feb 2004 Industry news Aberdeen rejects incinerator, approves recycling facility Waste contractor SITA casts doubt on its capacity to handle city&#39s waste after council turns down proposed recovery plant letsrecycle.com News · 23 Feb 2004 Industry news London Assembly slams boroughs for “unrealistic” WEEE plans Boroughs not taking account of residents without cars in plans for Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment letsrecycle.com News · 23 Feb 2004 Industry news News in Brief Oxfordshire action on plastic bags; steel can recycling breaks records; and scrap dealer fined for unlicensed site letsrecycle.com News · 23 Feb 2004 Industry news New group to advise government on long-term waste policy Waste and Resources Research Advisory Group to develop research and development strategy for DEFRA on waste and recycling letsrecycle.com News · 23 Feb 2004 Industry news Waste sector calls on government to tackle “ongoing failure” Experts in the waste and recycling sector have praised MPs for bringing to light government "failure" in recycling letsrecycle.com News · 23 Feb 2004 Industry news Japanese WEEE recycling technology comes to the South DARP Environmental looks at Japanese technology for a new electronics recycling facility in the South of England letsrecycle.com News · 20 Feb 2004 Industry news Key decision on Essex waste strategy expected in March Councils to choose options on long-term integrated waste collection and disposal contracts worth billions of pounds letsrecycle.com News · 20 Feb 2004 Industry news Rethink Rubbish pledges core support service for councils National awareness campaign says it will provide assistance for existing stakeholders after formal end to funding letsrecycle.com News · 20 Feb 2004 Industry news MPs criticise government over ELV and WEEE implementation Parliamentary committee questions government&#39s approach to end of life vehicle and electronics recycling regulations letsrecycle.com News · 20 Feb 2004 Industry news Glass packaging recycling shows major increase New figures from British Glass reveal the amount of glass recycled in the UK has increased by over 120,000 tonnes in 2003 letsrecycle.com News · 20 Feb 2004 Industry news News in brief Reprocessors late data pose problem for WasteDataFlow; North Herts celebrates kerbside&#39s first year success; and REgenerist roadshow letsrecycle.com News · 19 Feb 2004 Industry news Edinburgh wins lion&#39s share of 137 million recycling grant Scottish Executive awards 83m to Scotland&#39s capital, with grants for Angus, Moray and Perth & Kinross councils letsrecycle.com News · 19 Feb 2004 Industry news West Sussex unveils new branding for PFI waste contract County council and waste contractor Viridor hope &#39Reclaim West Sussex&#39 logo will bring recycling message to residents letsrecycle.com News · 19 Feb 2004 Industry news WRAP pulls plug on Rethink Rubbish Waste and Resources Action Programme decides against continuing to fund national waste awareness campaign letsrecycle.com News · 19 Feb 2004 Industry news Fridge recycler resumes operations following fire Smoke damage from an accidental fridge fire at Overton Recycling&#39s West Midlands plant shuts down operations letsrecycle.com News · 18 Feb 2004 Industry news Newport trial suggests bins better than bags for green waste After a trial comparing bins and bags, the council finds a bin scheme is more popular, collects more waste and produces better compost letsrecycle.com News · 18 Feb 2004 Industry news On-street paper bins target Westminster pedestrians Waste contractor Onyx Westminster begins a scheme encouraging commuters to recycle their newspapers letsrecycle.com News · 18 Feb 2004 Industry news DEFRA announces 51 general project winners of waste fund Elliot Morley announces successful councils who will receive 43m from government&#39s Waste Minimisation and Recycling Fund letsrecycle.com News · 18 Feb 2004 Industry news Commercial glass collectors open Scottish hand-sorting depot Essex-based Raw Glass Recycling is preparing to open a second depot for its commercial mixed glass collections in Scotland letsrecycle.com News · 18 Feb 2004 Industry news UK likely to miss WEEE Directive recycling target for toys ICER study warns that current recycling technology is not suffficient to meet European recycling targets for toys letsrecycle.com News · 17 Feb 2004 Industry news Shanks drops loss-making Peterborough recycling contract One of the best unitary authorities in the UK for recycling has lost its recycling service provider over excessive costs letsrecycle.com News · 17 Feb 2004 Industry news “Illegal” waste exports returned to Ireland Twenty waste companies face prosecution as Dutch authorities send back mixed recyclables to the Emerald Isle letsrecycle.com News · 17 Feb 2004 Industry news MPs call for action on hazardous waste Government and Secretary of State criticised for "complacency" over hazardous waste and recycling letsrecycle.com News · 17 Feb 2004 Industry news OFT looks into Midlands Recycling Consortium paper contract Small firm alleges 12,000 tonnes paper recycling contract might be anti-competitive letsrecycle.com News · 16 Feb 2004 Industry news Warwickshire schemes promote waste minimisation Warwickshire councils use financial incentives to promote home composting and re-usable nappy campaigns letsrecycle.com News · 16 Feb 2004 Industry news London Remade hails Mayor&#39s vision for recycling growth Market development agency urges London boroughs to implement the London Plan and attract recycling investment letsrecycle.com News · 16 Feb 2004 Industry news MBT plant claims first animal by-product approval DEFRA has accredited a Durham aerobic mechanical and biological treatment plant to process animal by-products for spreading on land letsrecycle.com News · 15 Feb 2004 Industry news News in brief Ramshorn acquires Waste Equipment Rentals; Pembrokeshire trials kerbside scheme; and petition calls for printer cartridge legislation letsrecycle.com News · 13 Feb 2004 Industry news Wealden aims to avoid high cost of plastic collection By using new compaction vehicles the council believes it can collect plastics with existing can collections "without excessive costs" letsrecycle.com News · 13 Feb 2004 Industry news Welsh study finds 69% of household bin could be recycled Research funded by the Welsh Assembly shows councils in Wales the potential for new recycling schemes letsrecycle.com News · 13 Feb 2004 Industry news Southwark prepares for major waste and recycling contract London borough considers PFI and PPP for integrated waste collection and disposal contract letsrecycle.com News · 13 Feb 2004