Recycling news: 2007

Industry news Securitas beats Agency packaging waste prosecution Environment Agency says it will not appeal, after money transfer firm escapes prosecution under producer responsibility rules letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jan 2007 Industry news Hills Group seeks public views over 15m MBT proposal Wiltshire firm unveils plans for new mechanical biological treatment plant to public, prior to planning application letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jan 2007 Industry news News in Brief Including news on steel can recycling; construction waste; composting in the North West; and WEEE compliance letsrecycle.com News · 16 Jan 2007 Industry news Marks & Spencer in zero waste to landfill pledge High Street chain makes pledge to stop sending food waste to landfill, recycle packaging waste and use more recycled materials letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jan 2007 Industry news Metal recycling giants wait for target confirmation Two largest metal recyclers in UK say it is "premature" to say whether 2006 scrap vehicle recycling targets were met letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jan 2007 Industry news Boroughs fight fresh attempt at London waste authority London&#39s councils insist they are "leading the way in urban recycling" as MP attempts to include new waste authority in GLA Bill letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jan 2007 Industry news Green contamination “defining issue” in glass recycling WRAP report suggests combating green glass contamination with de-colourising agents will be key to meeting recycling targets letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jan 2007 Industry news Sector group to look at climate change impacts for waste A pan-industry and council group is assessing how to cope with the affects of global warming letsrecycle.com News · 12 Jan 2007 Industry news EA warns over South East landfill capacity Landfill space in South East England could be full by end of decade, new data from Agency says letsrecycle.com News · 12 Jan 2007 Industry news South Kesteven data rebuffs alternate-weekly rat claims The Lincolnshire district says alternate weekly collections have led to a decrease in problems with rats letsrecycle.com News · 12 Jan 2007 Industry news HSE investigation ongoing into 2006 Coventry fatality After issuing an improvement notice, the HSE is to decide soon whether city council will face prosecution letsrecycle.com News · 12 Jan 2007 Industry news High hopes for UK fly ash recycling German company Steag Power Minerals expands to the UK in response to demand from power stations to find markets for ash letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jan 2007 Industry news Council aims to be international example of best practice Birmingham is stepping up its recycling in a bid to become an example of international best practice for a city of its size letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jan 2007 Industry news July opening for Holmen&#39s Essex MRF The company, which will ship paper from its MRF to Europe, has moved the facility&#39s premises and will now open in July letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jan 2007 Industry news Plymouth firm set to recycle Devon&#39s wood waste Wood Yew Waste is to sign a contract to recycle material from Devon&#39s household waste recycling sites letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jan 2007 Industry news Morrisons provides plastic bag recycling at 345 stores Supermarket chain collected 60,000 bags a week per shop in recycling trials at 12 stores and has now expanded across UK letsrecycle.com News · 10 Jan 2007 Industry news News in Brief With news on a waste legislation website; in-vessel technology; "green" binlifts and, boosting recycling in Oadby and Dacorum letsrecycle.com News · 10 Jan 2007 Industry news East Cambs firm to offer farm plastics recycling Ely-based recycling service introduces a waste plastic collection service for farmers in the East of England letsrecycle.com News · 9 Jan 2007 Industry news Enforcement “critical” to WEEE regulations WEEE plastic recycling company Axion calls for tight policing over new regulations in order to protect WEEE recyclers letsrecycle.com News · 9 Jan 2007 Industry news WRG incinerator approved in Hull – Norwich EfW resurfaces Hull agrees to WRG&#39s 250,000 tpa plant at Saltend and EfW proposals surface for new site in Norwich area letsrecycle.com News · 9 Jan 2007 Industry news Sharp rise in focus on waste composition in 2005/06 Report shows quadrupling of interest in the make-up of waste and a call for support for bulky goods letsrecycle.com News · 8 Jan 2007 Industry news Local Government Association launches “War on Waste” Association to lobby central government to give councils the power to introduce variable charging and make polluters pay for waste letsrecycle.com News · 8 Jan 2007 Industry news Business waste company to open Luton MRF Bedfordshire company F & R Cawley plans to open a facility to sort 100,000 tonnes of material a year letsrecycle.com News · 8 Jan 2007 Industry news Complete aerosol recycling “best route” Recycling company De-Pack calls for aerosol manufacturers to send waste cans for complete recycling over shredding letsrecycle.com News · 8 Jan 2007 Industry news Mayor plans fresh challenge to Belvedere incinerator Ken Livingstone and Bexley hope to continue fight and question the London project&#39s energy efficiency letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jan 2007 Industry news Envar reveals new in-vessel composting technology project Composting company reveals plans to treat organic residual household waste using heated tunnels at its Cambridgeshire site letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jan 2007 Industry news Recyclers and composters “unimpressed” by rat report Pest technicians claim fortnightly collections and home composting are factor in growth of rat population letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jan 2007 Industry news Autoclave firm says councils “damaging confidence in PFI” Herefordshire and Worcestershire councils accused, after sudden U-turn over proposed autoclave waste treatment plants letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jan 2007 Industry news Contracted vehicle recyclers claim target success Organisations responsible for managing UK vehicle producers&#39 recycling networks say they are achieving European recycling targets letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jan 2007 Industry news David Cameron asked to join Oxfordshire&#39s waste debate Local MP and Tory leader called by activists to oppose incineration as county seeks new long-term waste contractor letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jan 2007 Industry news Fresh problems for Hereford & Worcester autoclave project Proposals for two new technology waste plants run into more difficulties, with talks over waste supply contract halted letsrecycle.com News · 3 Jan 2007 Industry news Recycling firms offered financial support to move to London London Development Agency to provide 3m to develop skills and support firms establishing reprocessing operations in capital letsrecycle.com News · 3 Jan 2007 Industry news Cheshire calls halt to search for new recycling site County council defeated by shortage of sites and rocketing land prices in attempt to develop new recycling centre letsrecycle.com News · 3 Jan 2007 Industry news £4m cost of packaging producer responsibility admin Environment Agency reveals how it spends registration and accreditation fees from PRN system letsrecycle.com News · 2 Jan 2007 Industry news 73,000 fine over illegal waste dump seen from space Berkshire firm prosecuted for running illegal dump so large it took a global positioning satellite to calculate size letsrecycle.com News · 2 Jan 2007 Industry news Council and Agency achievers win New Year’s Honours Staff members at Cornwall county council and Magherafelt council as well as former Environment Agency man awarded MBEs letsrecycle.com News · 2 Jan 2007 Industry news News in Brief With news on festive recycling; metal recycling; charity incentives; collection vehicles and, inspection for Teesdale letsrecycle.com News · 2 Jan 2007