Recycling news: 2005

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Industry news Price falls for used cardboard and newspapers The price for used cardboard has fallen causing concern among merchants that margins have been reduced too far letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jan 2005 Industry news MGB Waste Systems produces bin lid for the blind MGB Waste Systems has produced a bin lid to aid visually impaired residents in Derbyshire Dales to recycle letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jan 2005 Industry news Valpak adds Tesco to pre-compliance scheme Compliance organisation Valpak has signed up Tesco as the 60th member of Its WEEE compliance scheme letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jan 2005 Industry news News in brief Midland recycling advert recycled, new swap website launched and future of Waste Strategy for England to be discussed letsrecycle.com News · 10 Jan 2005 Industry news Neighbourhoods Bill set for second reading Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett will lead debate on the Bill which covers a broad range of topics letsrecycle.com News · 10 Jan 2005 Industry news G&P Batteries creates in-house drivers academy Battery recycler G&P Batteries has created its own in-house driver&#39s academy in preparation for an expanding business letsrecycle.com News · 10 Jan 2005 Industry news Black Country consortium awards green waste contract A consortium of Black Country councils has awarded a joint contract for the disposal of its green waste to two local companies letsrecycle.com News · 9 Jan 2005 Industry news Colnbrook incinerator back on course after council rethink Grundon to begin development of clinical waste and EfW plants near Slough, after council drops potential challenge letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jan 2005 Industry news Warning for collectors over unintentional RCV overloading Transport organisations call for dynamic control systems to be used in RCVs to spread loads more evenly throughout vehicles letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jan 2005 Industry news New Year, new home for letsrecycle.com The leading news and information provider in the recycling and waste management industry moves to new London home letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jan 2005 Industry news Trading begins for shares in aluminium reprocessor Novelis Novelis, the aluminium reprocessing firm that broke away from Alcan, officially floats on the stock markets today letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jan 2005 Industry news Householders urged to recycle, not dump Christmas trees As London&#39s Trafalgar Square Christmas tree is recycled, Environment Agency warns against dumping trees in rivers letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jan 2005 Industry news CRT recycling plant to open in South Wales Scottish electronics recycling company Citiraya is set to open a CRT recycling plant in South Wales later this month letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jan 2005 Industry news Lottery cash to boost recycling four-fold in Wednesbury Midlands-based Community Recycling Venture given CRED programme grant to increase participation rates in Wednesbury letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jan 2005 Industry news Recycling goes compulsory for all residents in Barnet London council votes to extend its compulsory recycling scheme to all 113,000 households after the success of trials letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jan 2005 Industry news Hastings installs underground bins to boost glass recycling East Sussex borough installs on-street Iceberg systems from Sulo to collect mixed glass for recycling letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jan 2005 Industry news Lead rules threaten glass recycling, warn EU glassmakers European glassmakers call on European Commission to delay limit on heavy metal content of container glass letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jan 2005 Industry news Plastic recycling scheme exceeds expectations in Lancashire Plastic Recycling Ltd&#39s work with SITA at civic amenity sites in Lancashire has seen large volumes of material collected letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jan 2005 Industry news BPI forms packaging recycling partnership with clothing firm British Polythene Industries has formed a partnership with clothing company Equop to recycle commercial packaging letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jan 2005 Industry news Onyx and Sheffield begin battery collection scheme Onyx and Sheffield city council are offering local residents the opportunity to recycle their waste batteries letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jan 2005 Industry news Recycle for Cornwall asks for New Year recycling resolutions Recycle for Cornwall campaign looks to get local residents recycling early this year with promises to do more with their waste in 2005 letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jan 2005 Industry news Textile recyclers await market effects of Tsunami disaster Textile recyclers in the UK expect the Boxing Day Tsunami to have some form of impact on the volume of textiles collected letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jan 2005 Industry news Leicestershire furniture take back expands to WEEE service Furniture recycling organisation SOFA will expand its waste electronics collection service, aiming to take in 475 items per month. letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jan 2005 Industry news Composting Code of Practice to be finalised by end of March A composting Code of Practice, which will act as a benchmark for good working practices, is to be released in March 2005 letsrecycle.com News · 3 Jan 2005 Industry news Straight close to agreement on merger with Blackwall Two major suppliers of compost bins and other containers are set for a merger letsrecycle.com News · 3 Jan 2005