Recycling news: 2010

Industry news News in Brief With news on budget constraints in Barking and Dagenham, a Viridor MRF deal and packaging design guidance letsrecycle.com News · 4 Feb 2010 Industry news Delays hamper WRAPs kerbside vehicle project Two "revolutionary" collection vehicles to be trialled next month almost three years after initiative started letsrecycle.com News · 4 Feb 2010 Industry news Sainsburys awards AD contract to Biffa Supermarket giant to send waste from 40 Midlands stores to Birmingham-based firm's anaerobic digestion facility letsrecycle.com News · 3 Feb 2010 Industry news London faces mid-decade waste crisis, Mayor’s advisor warns Unless progress is made, city could face financial crisis and lack of technological solutions, Westminster event told letsrecycle.com News · 3 Feb 2010 Industry news Experts call for lifecycle approach to waste policy Hilary Benn welcomes study from Aldersgate Group calling for emphasis on reuse and carbon impacts letsrecycle.com News · 3 Feb 2010 Industry news West Midlands partnership lowers waste projections Group of three councils insists decline in expected waste arisings will not affect long-term waste plans letsrecycle.com News · 3 Feb 2010 Industry news Autoclave firm Sterecycle secures 10m in funding London-based company acquires cash needed to help double size of 100,000tpa capacity Yorkshire plant letsrecycle.com News · 2 Feb 2010 Industry news Dedicated EU body needed to enforce waste law European Commission publishes two studies looking at ways to improve implementation of EU waste legislation letsrecycle.com News · 2 Feb 2010 Industry news Bridgewater newsprint mill put into administration Administrators say AbitibiBowater's kerbside collections are unaffected by decision over paper mill letsrecycle.com News · 2 Feb 2010 Industry news News in Brief With news on MWDA plans for a recycling centre, recycling on Northern Rail and a TRA response to Defra's clothes report letsrecycle.com News · 2 Feb 2010 Industry news Westminster names Veolia as preferred bidder French-owned waste management firm in line for £518 million, seven year deal for kerbside collections and street cleansing letsrecycle.com News · 2 Feb 2010 Industry news Councils offered easier way to buy home composting bins IESE launches framework in place of WRAP scheme allowing councils to procure Straight bins without going out to tender letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2010 Industry news WRAP awards first mixed plastics recycling grant Greenstar WES to add 20,000tpa of reprocessing capacity for non-bottle household plastic packaging under WRAP grant scheme letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2010 Industry news Viridor pledges 800m investment in Scotland Waste management firm claims plans over next five years will be "vital" to country's long-term sustainability goals letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2010 Industry news Doubts raised over retailer awareness of battery recycling Minister urges householders to take batteries to local newsagents, but variations exist in retailer awareness letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2010 Industry news AD to benefit from world first heat incentive DECC publishes plans to reward the generation of renewable heat as it also announces final feed in tariff rates letsrecycle.com News · 1 Feb 2010 Industry news Accumulator joins list of UK battery collectors Chester-based company becomes fifth approved exporter for portable batteries and launches collections nationwide letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jan 2010 Industry news External verification crucial to third sector success FRN claims quality assurances will help improve confidence in community and private sector partnerships at annual conference letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jan 2010 Industry news Defra proposes 78% wood packaging recycling target Idea mooted ahead of imminent consultation on targets but department is urged to raise general recycling target instead letsrecycle.com News · 29 Jan 2010 Industry news WRAP calls for standard MRF materials quality test Defra-funded body publishes two reports looking at quality of input and output materials at sorting facilities letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jan 2010 Industry news “Frustration” over lack of national WEEE campaign Proposals emerge for industry-funded TV advert, but questions over how campaign would be organised letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jan 2010 Industry news Schedule 2 revision likely to be achieved quicker Changing regulation which could potentially cost councils millions will now only require secondary legislation, says Defra letsrecycle.com News · 28 Jan 2010 Industry news Common Understandings and Common Sense This guidance was produced by Local Government Regulation (LGR) and INCPEN to aid businesses and local trading standards authorities. Their purpose was to offer preliminary guidance on complying with the Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 1998 updated in 2003. INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 27 Jan 2010 Industry news Defra to make benefits of PRN money more visible Greater transparency among aims of consultation on packaging regulations for 2011-20 set to be launched in next few weeks letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jan 2010 Industry news Consultancy slams media coverage of AWC report Resource Futures claims newspapers did not assess work on council waste arisings "in any detail" letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jan 2010 Industry news Futuresource to co-locate with procurement event Visitors to major London waste and recycling event in June will be able to visit adjoining public sector procurement show letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jan 2010 Industry news Hilary Benn points to staged imposition of landfill bans In an exclusive interview, the Environment Secretary also reassures councils over the definition of municipal waste letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jan 2010 Industry news Johnson steps down as chair of London Waste Board Mayor looks to "refocus team" and proposes Assembly Member for Bexley and Bromley to take over reins letsrecycle.com News · 27 Jan 2010 Industry news EXCLUSIVE: LARAC outlines priorities for 2010 Chair Joy Blizzard predicts more council waste prevention work to cut costs and calls for more money from PRNs letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jan 2010 Industry news Lancs told to pay damages to failed HWRC bidder County council set to appeal legal ruling regarding multi-million pound contract for management of its CA sites letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jan 2010 Industry news Hilary Benn outlines landfill ban rationale and waste policy An exclusive interview with letsrecycle.com. letsrecycle.com News · 26 Jan 2010 Industry news Straight profits from end of WRAP bin subsidy Container manufacturer posts results as South East RIEP prepares to launch new framework agreement for composting bins letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jan 2010 Industry news AfOR announces 15 finalists for annual awards Successful entries unveiled as Association for Organics Recycling reveals full programme for February conference letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jan 2010 Industry news Scottish Government to unite waste delivery bodies Government unveils proposal for WRAP-led Zero Waste Scotland to improve resource efficiency in move echoing reform in England letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jan 2010 Industry news News in Brief With news on a blocked EfW proposal, grants in Edinburgh and recycling in Northern Ireland letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jan 2010 Industry news Novelis raises aluminium can price for third time this month Company says £100pt price increase reflects factors including "commitment to the UK market" letsrecycle.com News · 25 Jan 2010 Industry news Axion runs groundbreaking carpet recycling trials Manchester-based consultancy attempts to turn polypropylene carpets into plastic polymer suitable for reuse letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jan 2010 Industry news Herbert outlines fiscal focus for Conservative waste goals Shadow environment secretary stresses that £72 Landfill Tax level is "a floor, not a ceiling" letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jan 2010 Industry news News in Brief With news on a Defra batteries calculator, WEEE recycling in West Sussex and Esther Rantzen at a plastics recycling plant letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jan 2010 Industry news Westminster nears recycling contract award Existing contractor Veolia ES could have edge over rival bidder Enterprise in battle for prestigious London contract letsrecycle.com News · 22 Jan 2010