Recycling news: 2008
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Covanta to exhibit plans for Cheshire incinerator
Company bidding for £1bn Cheshire PFI contract to unveil plans for Middlewich plant
letsrecycle.com News · 13 Feb 2008
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Southwark signs ambitious 665m PFI waste deal
Veolia strengthens position in London as awarded first PFI contract of 2008
letsrecycle.com News · 13 Feb 2008
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Anglian firm reports growing demand for compost
The Composting Company looks for new sites to expand its business after new distribution deals
letsrecycle.com News · 12 Feb 2008
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Public Attitudes to Packaging 2008
Valpak and INCPEN commissioned Ipsos MORI to carry out research to understand consumers’ concerns and knowledge about packaging and to see if their behaviour matches their concerns. Businesses in the packaging supply chain want to respond to consumers’ concerns by reducing and improving the packaging on products that are genuinely packed excessively. However they [...]
INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 12 Feb 2008
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Viridor seeks PPC permit for Dunbar incinerator
Firm still pushing for EfW plant, despite government opposition to large incinerators
letsrecycle.com News · 12 Feb 2008
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Smurfit Kappa wins Nottingham paper bank deal
Paper recycling firm will provide 34 banks to 19 locations across the city
letsrecycle.com News · 12 Feb 2008
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News in Brief
Including Brent's vote on compulsory recycling; commercial waste in East Anglia; and Dumpleton joins Choice
letsrecycle.com News · 12 Feb 2008
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Coventry fined 125,000 over collection vehicle death
City council also to pay £40,000 in legal costs over incident in which 11-year-old was killed
letsrecycle.com News · 12 Feb 2008
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Defra confirms packaging recovery targets for 2008 to 2010
Overall recovery target is 72% in 2008, aluminium and glass recycling target increases reduced
letsrecycle.com News · 11 Feb 2008
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Mayor unveils London business recycling plan
Ken Livingstone launches consultation on strategy to encourage businesses to go green
letsrecycle.com News · 11 Feb 2008
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Government urged to review waste legislation
LARAC chair seeks review and targeting of PRN funds to kerbside recyclables
letsrecycle.com News · 11 Feb 2008
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Coventry scrap yard hit by 200,000 fine
Easco (Midlands ) Ltd - acquired last year by SITA UK- prosecuted following death of worker in 2005
letsrecycle.com News · 11 Feb 2008
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Collect, sort, throw away: Mal Williams, chief executive of Cylch
Why MRF-based sytems just aren't working
letsrecycle.com News · 11 Feb 2008
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Biffa directors agree £1.2bn takeover bid
Biffa recommends bid from Montagu/GIP consortium; But, other interested buyers are circling
letsrecycle.com News · 8 Feb 2008
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News in Brief
With news of re-usable nappies in North London, WEEE recycling and recycling in Northumberland
letsrecycle.com News · 8 Feb 2008
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Devon takes control of its WEEE evidence notes
Authority caught in row over electronics producer funding takes action to cope with recycling costs
letsrecycle.com News · 8 Feb 2008
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Doubts cast over Herefordshire autoclave
Plans by Estech Europe to build 100,000 tonne facility uncertain despite planning victory
letsrecycle.com News · 8 Feb 2008
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Shake up for Viridors Northern region
Waste firm announces plans to restructure business in anticipation of short and long-term growth
letsrecycle.com News · 7 Feb 2008
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MBT approved in Wales in face of local opposition
Torfaen council gives green light to plans by Shanks to build a speculative 120,000 tonne plant
letsrecycle.com News · 7 Feb 2008
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Significant improvement in waste collection safety
HSE reveals "very encouraging" findings from inspections into waste collection management
letsrecycle.com News · 7 Feb 2008
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MPs demand answers over BREW and WRAP budget cuts
Minister says businesses may not need more help to cut waste; Cuts to affect Recycle Now campaign
letsrecycle.com News · 7 Feb 2008
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Shanks in second Castle Cement fuel deal
Waste fuel to go to Ketton kiln; Defra to develop fuel standards
letsrecycle.com News · 6 Feb 2008
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WRAP cuts communications roster to 14 firms
Banbury organisation rethinks marketing and PR partners for streamlined new business plan
letsrecycle.com News · 6 Feb 2008
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Brent councillors to vote on compulsory recycling
Residents could be banned from putting recyclable materials in residual bins from June
letsrecycle.com News · 6 Feb 2008
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Four left in race for North Yorkshire waste contract
North Yorkshire and city of York councils name shortlist for multi-million pound PFI deal
letsrecycle.com News · 6 Feb 2008
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WRAP sheds 31 staff, budget cuts still undecided
Organisation seeking 25% budget cut as Defra troubles suggest further cuts may be needed
letsrecycle.com News · 5 Feb 2008
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News in Brief
With news on metal thefts; Verdant Group; polystyrene waste and Smurfit Kappa Recycling
letsrecycle.com News · 5 Feb 2008
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Damage from illegal vehicle disposal “equivalent to oil spill”
Claim that an oil tanker worth of harmful fluids seeps into environment each year from ELVs
letsrecycle.com News · 5 Feb 2008
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Latest pest report backs AWC schemes
AWC schemes working well, say pest controllers, but home composting posing problems
letsrecycle.com News · 5 Feb 2008
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Why we need the EP Regulations: Tricia Henton, director of environment protection, Environment Agency
Why the legislations will cut bureaucracy and make life easier for the industry to comply.
letsrecycle.com News · 5 Feb 2008
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Fresh start for Straight after “poor” trading year
With a new home after a difficult 2007, container firm predicts growth in 2008
letsrecycle.com News · 4 Feb 2008
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Scheme offers household WEEE drop-off sites for businesses
Producer scheme Valpak offers 80 sites for service firms to drop off unwanted household electronics
letsrecycle.com News · 4 Feb 2008
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Help from Defra minister sought in WEEE dispute
Electrolink and collection partners to seek meeting with Joan Ruddock in producer funding row
letsrecycle.com News · 4 Feb 2008
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Greater London Authority backs new technology waste plants
GLA unveils report claiming that MBT, AD and gasification produce "far lower" greenhouse gas emissions
letsrecycle.com News · 4 Feb 2008
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Emissions from household waste forecast to fall
Improved waste management reducing emissions but waste is growing, according to EEA
letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2008
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DS Smith announces 104m investment for Kemsley mill
Packaging giant to buy adjacent New Thames mill and convert it to lightweight CCM production
letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2008
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News in Brief
With news on EU legislation; a sixth Veolia MRF; and a fridge recycling standard
letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2008
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Collection strikes called off in Bristol
Refuse collectors vote to accept revised pay deal from employer SITA UK
letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2008
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Illegal landfill operator has 1.2m in assets seized
A record for any environmental crime, judge orders seizure of assets of John Craxford Plant Hire
letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2008
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Corus raises price offered for collected steel cans
Steel reprocessor increases payment for a tonne of cans taken to CanRoute centres to £125
letsrecycle.com News · 31 Jan 2008