Recycling news: 2011

Industry news Commingled boost as WFD regulations are laid Waste Framework regulations go before Parliament confirming that commingled collection will count as separate letsrecycle.com News · 8 Feb 2011 Industry news Singh Group acquired by owners of Glazewing Brothers who built up waste companies Verdant and Polkacrest make their latest strategic purchase in East Anglia letsrecycle.com News · 7 Feb 2011 Industry news GMB calls for action on health and safety Union urges waste management sector and local authorities to take lead on health and safety issues letsrecycle.com News · 7 Feb 2011 Industry news News in Brief With news on a Viridor acquisition, a new skills academy, WRG in South Wales and a Cambridgeshire AD plant letsrecycle.com News · 7 Feb 2011 Industry news Kerbside sort costs less, WAG research claims Welsh Assembly Government urges councils to take note of Eunomia report on relative merits of collection systems letsrecycle.com News · 7 Feb 2011 Industry news Veolia secures approval for modified Staffs EfW County council gives go-ahead to "less visually intrusive" plans for Four Ashes facility letsrecycle.com News · 4 Feb 2011 Industry news Her Majesty the Queen visits Palm Paper mill Norfolk facility which produces 100% recycled newsprint toured by Her Majesty and The Duke of Edinburgh letsrecycle.com News · 4 Feb 2011 Industry news Biffa fined 60,000 following landfill site death Waste company also ordered to pay £20,000 costs after HSE investigation into death of worker in Northern Ireland letsrecycle.com News · 4 Feb 2011 Industry news News in Brief With news on a Bristol textile recycling campaign, TiTech targeting the waste sector and a DS Smith appointment letsrecycle.com News · 4 Feb 2011 Industry news Exeter University launches Recycle Zone scheme Institution is latest to partner with Coca-Cola Enterprises to help students recycle drinks packaging on-the-go letsrecycle.com News · 3 Feb 2011 Industry news Defra downplays loss of two senior waste officials Department insists that waste review will not be disrupted despite Roy Hathaway and Diana Linskey leaving in March letsrecycle.com News · 3 Feb 2011 Industry news England tops 40% recycling rate for first time Latest quarterly figures from Defra reveal landmark was reached for year to end of June 2010, alongside fall in waste generation letsrecycle.com News · 3 Feb 2011 Industry news European Parliament votes for 85% WEEE goal Plenary endorses new collection targets as well as making producers responsible for funding household collections letsrecycle.com News · 3 Feb 2011 Industry news Fears raised over higher organic waste standards AfOR writes to local authorities warning only green waste treated to high quality might count towards recycling goals letsrecycle.com News · 2 Feb 2011 Industry news Scottish firm proposes 640m recycling village Lifetime Recycling presents proposals to the public for development centred on a gasification plant letsrecycle.com News · 2 Feb 2011 Industry news Veolia may lose board place as Hampshire seeks 15% savings A review of Project Integra sets out way forward with savings and better use of existing resources letsrecycle.com News · 2 Feb 2011 Industry news Big Society patchy and disappointing in practice Minister Nick Hurd grilled at Green Alliance event exploring what Big Society and localism will mean for the environment letsrecycle.com News · 2 Feb 2011 Industry news EA gives C&I waste focus to protocols project Agency names three new waste streams named for end-of-life criteria work as it revamps management of project letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2011 Industry news Waste sector reacts to massive impact of fuel cost rises Spike in fuel costs sees councils attempt to rationalise rounds while contractors weigh up potential surcharge increases letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2011 Industry news Salvation Army defends work with Kettering Textiles Charity says it will cooperate with any investigations over claims made about firm running its textile recycling collections letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2011 Industry news Producers should pay for WEEE collection, says LGA As European Parliament prepares to vote on WEEE Directive recast this week, councils say change is needed to boost recycling rate letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2011 Industry news Minister welcomes Closed Loop expansion plans Plastic bottle recycling firm to almost double capacity of Dagenham site as it prioritises London over Deeside letsrecycle.com News · 31 Jan 2011 Industry news Secret talks held on reviving European waste lobbying body Trade bodies and consultants meet in Brussels to discuss need to reflect industry concerns in European debates letsrecycle.com News · 31 Jan 2011 Industry news t2e branches into recovered materials market The Environment Exchange PRN trading platform to launch marketplace for recovered paper in March letsrecycle.com News · 31 Jan 2011 Industry news Metal recycler fined 200,000 over workers death Ling Metals prosecuted after loading bucket overturned and hit man at site in Minster, Kent letsrecycle.com News · 31 Jan 2011 Industry news Welsh landfill operator fined for water pollution Sundorne Products ordered to pay £83,000 in fine and costs for allowing effluent to enter River Severn tributary letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jan 2011 Industry news Big Society major opportunity for reuse sector Furniture Reuse Network aims to work with both commercial and public sector as it publishes new business plan letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jan 2011 Industry news News in Brief With news on PDM appointing a contractor for its AD plant, a Recycling End Use Bill being delayed and MVV outlining its EfW plans letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jan 2011 Industry news Fortnightly collections could set back localism Eric Pickles warns of rage among residents and claims ‘localism' agenda hinges on collection frequency issue letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jan 2011 Industry news Compulsory tone emerges for London recycling Councils view strict approach as way of kick-starting stalled or low-performing recycling rates in the capital letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jan 2011 Industry news Valpak complies for packaging obligations of 2010 Scheme is confident for 2011 despite fixed price deal for some members letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jan 2011 Industry news HSE calls for vigilance after spate of incidents Safety watchdog stresses responsibilities of companies and councils as 2011 opens with two deaths letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jan 2011 Industry news Crown Court date set for major e-waste export case Eight men committed to trial in March 2011 over alleged illegal exports of WEEE to Nigeria letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jan 2011 Industry news Carbon focus of London waste plans scrutinised Delegates at London Conference question cost and complexity of plans to push collection of carbon heavy materials letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jan 2011 Industry news Major grocery companies add names to Courtauld Total number of signatories to voluntary agreement aiming to reduce waste in sector now at 48, WRAP reveals letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jan 2011 Industry news Concerns raised over rHDPE milk bottle targets WRAP report highlights contamination issues when recycled content is increased and concerns over meeting future goals letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jan 2011 Industry news IKEA reveals early success with reuse initiative Retail giant claims link up with Furniture Reuse Network could net community sector hundreds of thousands of pounds letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jan 2011 Industry news Power To The People: The Localism Bill Lisa Tye, from lawyers Semple Fraser, examines the impact that the Localism Bill could have on the waste sector letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jan 2011 Industry news Concerns over Localism Bill impact on waste sector Lawyer highlights potential for legislation to create new level of planning bureaucracy for waste proposals to negotiate letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jan 2011 Industry news Perimeter soil gas emissions criteria and associated management REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 25 Jan 2011