Recycling news: 2008

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Industry news WEEE recycling firm set to enter administration M Baker Recycling prepares to appoint administrators, citing "general trading difficulties" letsrecycle.com News · 8 Jan 2008 Industry news European Commission set to foster recycling markets Lead Market Initiative launched to boost sectors including recycling, with focus on waste streams such as WEEE and ELVs letsrecycle.com News · 8 Jan 2008 Industry news AWS gets 2m boost for food grade packaging Investment will also contribute to increased sorting capacity at Alternative Waste Solutions' Lincolnshire plant letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jan 2008 Industry news Paper export levels unshaken by freight costs Standstill over October shipping price rises only lasted two weeks, says BIR letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jan 2008 Industry news News in Brief Including news on data and communication, waste awareness and aluminium can recycling letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jan 2008 Industry news South Lanarkshire launches high rise recycling pilot Authority taking part in research project to look into use of mini-recycling centres for tower blocks letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jan 2008 Industry news London Local Authorities Shopping Bags Bill: Michael Grimes, partner, Eversheds How will the plastic bag ban pan out if the bill is introduced this year? letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jan 2008 Industry news Failure to agree Soil Directive disappoints Dimas No boost for composters as plans for Soil Directive bite the dust letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jan 2008 Industry news Breakthrough venture to recycle ELV plastics EMR and MBA polymers announce plans to build state-of-the-art UK plastic recycling facility letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jan 2008 Industry news Pioneering bed recycling facility unveiled Bed retailer Dreams installs two of the UK's first large-scale bed and mattress shredders letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jan 2008 Industry news Broxbourne bag-charging pilot reports good results Early indications suggest Hertfordshire borough pilot has dramatically reduced waste and increased recycling letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jan 2008 Industry news Quick recovery for fire-damaged composting facility Bedfordshire composting firm Growing Beds recovers from Christmas blaze letsrecycle.com News · 3 Jan 2008 Industry news Christmas tree recycling pushed by London mayor Local authorities across the country encourage residents to compost waste trees letsrecycle.com News · 3 Jan 2008 Industry news Mallet looks to draw on Veolia expertise for UK Harnessing input put from Veolia worldwide and offering more to English workers is on the agenda letsrecycle.com News · 3 Jan 2008 Industry news Christmas card recycling campaign gets underway Celebrity Anna Ryder Richardson urges shoppers to recycle 100 million Christmas cards letsrecycle.com News · 3 Jan 2008 Industry news Re-use group finds answer to hard-to-sell furniture Kent furniture project turns to internet and carpentry to shift problem items letsrecycle.com News · 3 Jan 2008 Industry news Bedford backs down in recycling row Council agrees to replace orange sack recycling service with wheeled bins after row with county letsrecycle.com News · 3 Jan 2008 Industry news Suffolk puts “aspirational” 60% recycling target on ice County councillor explains that 60% municipal recycling target will not be met in two years' time letsrecycle.com News · 3 Jan 2008 Industry news Augean acquires Hi-tech Equipment Ltd Hitech has been acquired for £5.9M with a further £0.35M for the purchase of the freehold property. Hitech operate a fully permitted hazardous waste treatment and recycling facility in Paisley, Glasgow and an industrial services operation in Ellesmere Port in the North West of England. Hitech has developed innovative solutions for the management of hazardous […] Augean · 2 Jan 2008 Industry news Singapore moves towards a Zero Waste system In a special report, CIWM president Jeff Cooper reports on waste management in Singapore letsrecycle.com News · 2 Jan 2008 Industry news Tyre recycling business up to speed in London Edmonton firm London Tyre Recycling fully operational, thanks to £133,000 grant letsrecycle.com News · 2 Jan 2008 Industry news Energy giant buys Slough biomass plant in £49m deal Scottish and Southern Energy acquires Slough Heat and Power, which generates energy from wastes letsrecycle.com News · 2 Jan 2008 Industry news Council recycling champion Kevin Pickaver dies Award winning Rushcliffe council officer passes away after illness letsrecycle.com News · 2 Jan 2008 Industry news Ministers call on consumers to recycle WEEE Malcolm Wicks and Joan Ruddock in post-Christmas bid to highlight WEEE collection sites letsrecycle.com News · 2 Jan 2008 Industry news The Guilty Generation: Peter Mills, contracts director, New Earth Solutions Why the industry needs to do more to help tackle climate change letsrecycle.com News · 2 Jan 2008