Recycling news: 2005

Industry news LARAC calls for common waste diversion goal Collection authorities should be set biodegradable waste diversion targets rather than new recycling targets, LARAC says letsrecycle.com News · 7 Feb 2005 Industry news “Business as normal” for Citiraya despite Singapore probe Electronics recycler Citiraya reports business as usual, as Singapore authorities investigate company&#39s global HQ letsrecycle.com News · 7 Feb 2005 Industry news Seminar aims to ease confusion over driver regulations The Freight Transport Association has warned of the need to be aware of the impact of legislation on drivers&#39 working hours letsrecycle.com News · 4 Feb 2005 Industry news Local authorities prepare early for WEEE regulations Councils are already getting recycling sites ready to collect waste electronics, but some are waiting for final regulations letsrecycle.com News · 4 Feb 2005 Industry news Welsh councils gain 2.83m fridge recycling windfall Welsh Assembly grants additional funding to assist councils to recycle 146,000 fridges from Welsh households letsrecycle.com News · 4 Feb 2005 Industry news 2 million composting facility to open in Liverpool White Moss to open new composting facility to treat up to 50,000 tonnes of green waste each year from Merseyside households letsrecycle.com News · 3 Feb 2005 Industry news Welsh councils partner up to award paper recycling contract Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent and Merthyr Tydfil county borough councils award three-year recycling contract to Aylesford Newsprint letsrecycle.com News · 3 Feb 2005 Industry news News in Brief Canary Wharf recycling success; ACM wins hotel waste contract; Cambridge goes fortnightly; Entec to assist council recycling letsrecycle.com News · 3 Feb 2005 Industry news Agency revises guidelines on waste as fuel in cement kilns Environment Agency issues new substitute fuels protocol to re-inforce controls on the burning of wastes in cement kilns letsrecycle.com News · 3 Feb 2005 Industry news Limits set for disposal of waste in English landfills Defra confirms tough limits on the amount of biodegradable waste English councils can send to landfill from April letsrecycle.com News · 3 Feb 2005 Industry news Baylis launches household plastic bottle recycling service Berkshire-based reprocessor offers 10-year contracts to collect plastic bottles from local authorities in the region letsrecycle.com News · 2 Feb 2005 Industry news Beckett highlights importance of recycling with MRF visit Environment secretary stops off at Exeter&#39s recycling facility as she discusses climate change with top scientists letsrecycle.com News · 2 Feb 2005 Industry news Scrap steel demand set to continue, but uncertainty lingers Global steel production reaches one billion tonnes in 2004, but scrap price volatility is likely to continue in 2005 letsrecycle.com News · 2 Feb 2005 Industry news Devon councils praised for recycling, despite target misses Audit Commission praises Devon county council and West Devon borough council and despite failure to hit recycling targets letsrecycle.com News · 2 Feb 2005 Industry news Cambridgeshire bows to residents&#39 call to recycle batteries The county has become the latest local authority to begin battery recycling collections, working with G&P Batteries letsrecycle.com News · 2 Feb 2005 Industry news Environment Exchange claims 8% of PRN trading in 2004 Online packaging recovery note market claims successful trading period in 2004, but notes problems in PRN availability letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2005 Industry news Recycled plastic bridges bring success for Argyll firm A Scottish company making marine equipment from recycled plastic is expanding into more land-based products letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2005 Industry news Cheap clothes imports in threat to UK textiles recycling Textile recyclers hit out at WRAP and government for turning their backs on the sector as UK faces "clothes mountain" letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2005 Industry news Shredder residues “non hazardous” despite lack of oil test Environment Agency states that residues from the shredding of de-polluted vehicles can be accepted as non-hazardous letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2005 Industry news Merseyside consults residents on future of waste Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority has circulated a questionnaire in order to gauge local opinion on the future of a waste strategy letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2005 Industry news Waste contract procurement toolkit offered to councils Defra assistance provided for local authority waste contracting, but the toolkit could be developed, experts say letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2005 Industry news Dorset firm to submit application for MBT plant Composting and wood recycling company Eco hopes to build 100,000 tonne mechanical biological treatment plant letsrecycle.com News · 31 Jan 2005 Industry news Civil engineers demand answers to London waste issues ICE asks government to explain how London will meet waste requirements following indecision on proposed Belvedere plant letsrecycle.com News · 31 Jan 2005 Industry news Sackers Recycling opens vehicle de-pollution facility Ipswich-based Sackers recycling has officially opened a vehicle de-pollution rig at its Great Blakenham site letsrecycle.com News · 31 Jan 2005 Industry news Manchester to seek world class waste recovery system Englands largest waste authority to use mechanical biological treatment in PFI-backed bid to recycle 50% of waste letsrecycle.com News · 31 Jan 2005 Industry news Scotland lags behind England and Wales on domestic recycling New waste data from Scottish Environment Protection Agency reveals Scotland recycles only 12.8% of its household waste letsrecycle.com News · 31 Jan 2005 Industry news CRED recycling fund may close after flood of bids 36.5m lottery fund for community recyclers may close to applications this year, despite schedule to run until 2007 letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jan 2005 Industry news Record 100m PFI boost for Manchester waste and recycling Greater Manchester Waste Authority wins Private Finance Iniative funding, as does Southwark and Cambridgeshire letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jan 2005 Industry news News in Brief Defra launches procurement help; Belfast becomes Remade; Waste Awareness Wales jumps online; and, WRG appoints new chairman letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jan 2005 Industry news Welsh ELV firms given four weeks to meet green standards Environment Agency extends ELV Regulation "hands off" period for ELV recyclers in North Wales to the end of February letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jan 2005 Industry news SITA materials recycling facility opens in Aberdeen Scottish deputy environment minister opens MRF which will process material collected through city&#39s kerbside collections letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jan 2005 Industry news Draft waste strategy for East Midlands unveiled East Midlands Regional Assembly launches consultation on strategy providing planning guidance for waste management up to 2021 letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jan 2005 Industry news Universities award pay-by-weight waste contracts to Onyx Recycling at Birmingham and Hertfordshire universities set for a boost with new pay-by-weight collections run by Onyx letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jan 2005 Industry news European regulators set for talks on illegal waste exports Environment Agency to take part in first international conference on how to crackdown on illegal waste shipments letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jan 2005 Industry news Lasers deployed by Scottish firm to recycle old televisions Perth-based electronics reprocessor Shore Recycling uses Finnish laser separation technology to recycle cathode ray tubes letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jan 2005 Industry news Compliance schemes secure sufficient PRNs for 2004 Packaging waste compliance schemes believe they have achieved PRN obligations for 2004, but warn of challenges ahead letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jan 2005 Industry news Gaskell to build £2.5m recycling facility on Merseyside Gaskell Waste Services to develop new waste transfer and recycling plant to process up to 75,000 tonnes of waste a year letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jan 2005 Industry news News in Brief Food waste firm secures investment; Prisoners recycle bikes; Edinburgh backs re-use scheme; and, phone recycling in Bristol letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jan 2005 Industry news London boroughs can achieve 2005/06 recycling targets London Remade claims boroughs are on the way to achieving 2005/06 recycling targets despite poor results for 2003/04 letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jan 2005 Industry news Photo Imaging Council launches WEEE compliance scheme Photographic industry organisation links up with packaging scheme Budget Pack to run pre-compliance service for waste electronics letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jan 2005