Recycling news: 2006

Industry news Construction industry set Olympic challenge to cut waste Call by WRAP and industry group Sustainability Forum for 50% cut in construction materials being sent to landfill by 2012 letsrecycle.com News · 22 Nov 2006 Industry news Northumberland agrees to sign PFI waste contract County to sign 28-year Private Finance Initiative waste contract in December, to push recycling rates above 45% letsrecycle.com News · 22 Nov 2006 Industry news Mayor&#39s officials to meet Southwark over waste concerns Livingstone&#39s advisors to raise incineration concerns with borough, following yesterday&#39s surprise attack on its PFI plans letsrecycle.com News · 22 Nov 2006 Industry news Tower Hamlets receives award for buying recycled London borough struggling to increase recycling rates is recognised by Mayor for its green procurement activities letsrecycle.com News · 21 Nov 2006 Industry news Claims made over sports surfaces made from recycled tyres Claims that using recycled rubber for sports and play surfaces is "harmful" are contradicted by forthcoming research letsrecycle.com News · 21 Nov 2006 Industry news Veolia takes full control of Minosus waste facility Underground disposal facility for inert hazardous waste to be run separately from secure document storage operation letsrecycle.com News · 21 Nov 2006 Industry news Ken Livingstone attacks Southwark over PFI waste plans Despite borough&#39s intention to use MBT, Mayor attacks its "plans to incinerate" waste "rather than looking at new technologies" letsrecycle.com News · 21 Nov 2006 Industry news Quality concerns as Chinese recovered paper demand grows BIR warns that growth in imports of European waste paper into China is going hand-in-hand with poorer quality letsrecycle.com News · 21 Nov 2006 Industry news New 8m composting plant opens in Derbyshire Vital Earth Ltd opens its flagship in-vessel composting facility to process 60,000 tonnes of organic waste each year letsrecycle.com News · 20 Nov 2006 Industry news Healthy interest for Manchester waste-derived fuel contract Manchester&#39s waste authority reveals 17 responses were made to call for users of solid recovered fuel made from city&#39s waste letsrecycle.com News · 20 Nov 2006 Industry news News in Brief With news on retail waste action; WEEE recycling; trade waste recycling; autoclave investment; and, a recycling video letsrecycle.com News · 20 Nov 2006 Industry news Ashfield closes bring bank sites as kerbside recycling grows District cuts its 20 brink bank sites to 12 as site usage falls because of popularity of local kerbside collections letsrecycle.com News · 20 Nov 2006 Industry news Oxford launches next phase of new recycling service Roll out begins for new multi-material recycling collections to go alongside expanded green waste scheme letsrecycle.com News · 20 Nov 2006 Industry news Packaging group launches 1.2m carton recycling fund Fund to "dramatically" increase recycling of used drinks cartons as packaging industry comes under fire for green credentials letsrecycle.com News · 17 Nov 2006 Industry news Competition ruling could unravel healthcare waste merger Merger of UK&#39s two largest clinical waste management firms seen as anti-competitive by Competition Commission letsrecycle.com News · 17 Nov 2006 Industry news Somerset garden centre wins top Severnside award Severnside Recycling&#39s annual awards ceremony saw Sanders Garden World clinch top spot for all-round sustainability letsrecycle.com News · 17 Nov 2006 Industry news Cumbria in 400m decision for MBT waste treatment WRG incineration bid misses out as county gives preferred status to Shanks Group in 25-year waste disposal contract letsrecycle.com News · 17 Nov 2006 Industry news Plea to councils to register sites for WEEE collection Defra stresses benefits to local authority officers of joining network of waste electronics collection points letsrecycle.com News · 17 Nov 2006 Industry news UK glass recycling “tragically off course”, minister warned Writing to Ben Bradshaw, a pioneer of glass recycling raises concerns over export of recyclable glass abroad letsrecycle.com News · 17 Nov 2006 Industry news WRAP projects under threat in funding review A review of a Landfill Tax fund run by Defra could see paper and tyre projects losing financial support letsrecycle.com News · 16 Nov 2006 Industry news Government “moving too slowly” on variable charging CIWM joins the LGA in calling for the UK government to grant councils variable charging powers for residual waste removal letsrecycle.com News · 16 Nov 2006 Industry news North Herts considers abandoning plan to recycle more District says funding pressures and uncertainty about future disposal mean bid to increase recycling could be scrapped letsrecycle.com News · 16 Nov 2006 Industry news Hillingdon adds glass to bagged recyclables collection Investment in glass sorting by Grundon leads to MRF contract award by Hillingdon London Borough letsrecycle.com News · 16 Nov 2006 Industry news US raises waste awareness with “America Recycles Day” Events to take place across America in national recycling campaign to urge more householders to get involved in recycling letsrecycle.com News · 15 Nov 2006 Industry news Bin cleaning company provokes health scare in Lincolnshire South Kesteven council fields concerned calls from residents after firm distributes leaflets warning of salmonella letsrecycle.com News · 15 Nov 2006 Industry news Devon&#39s second in-vessel composting plant opens County council and Viridor open plant for processing kitchen and garden waste from 30,000 homes in Mid Devon letsrecycle.com News · 14 Nov 2006 Industry news Paper-based PRN system “to end in January” Next year should see "ePRNs" established as internet-based evidence system for packaging producer responsibility letsrecycle.com News · 14 Nov 2006 Industry news Defra agrees to 5m funding for Bristol pyrolysis plant Compact Power given approval for funding from 30m Demonstrator Programme for waste treatment plant in Avonmouth letsrecycle.com News · 14 Nov 2006 Industry news Irish firm sets sights on British recycling market Dublin-based firm DCC, which already owns 50% stake in William Tracey Group, acquires Nottingham-based Wastecycle letsrecycle.com News · 14 Nov 2006 Industry news French boost hopes for textile producer responsibility in UK UK textile recyclers hail French efforts to win producer support for clothes recycling, with hopes it could be taken up by Europe letsrecycle.com News · 14 Nov 2006 Industry news Composting “Centre of Excellence” prosecuted for pollution Pollution levels "10 times that of crude sewage"in Cambridgeshire stream result in 20,000 fine for ADAS letsrecycle.com News · 13 Nov 2006 Industry news Retailers urged to speed up waste-reducing efforts Ben Bradshaw meets with leading retailers and brand owners to encourage more action to reduce packaging and food waste letsrecycle.com News · 13 Nov 2006 Industry news Dorset wood recycler plans 7 million biomass plant Eco Composting predicts "whole raft" of biomass plants within sector, as it reveals plan for 25,000 tonne capacity facility letsrecycle.com News · 13 Nov 2006 Industry news Hollywood lends a hand to London recycling campaign Recycle for London campaign featuring characters from the latest Dreamworks/Aardman Animation movie to hit capital&#39s cinemas letsrecycle.com News · 13 Nov 2006 Industry news Northern Ireland&#39s first plastic bottle autosort plant opens Irish Polymers opens 10,000 tonne plastics recycling plant to sort HDPE and PET bottles for markets in UK and Republic letsrecycle.com News · 10 Nov 2006 Industry news Warning from councils over rising waste service costs Local Government Association says councils could be forced to cut services if more funding for waste management is not provided letsrecycle.com News · 10 Nov 2006 Industry news Home composting moves closer to full LATS acceptance WRAP sends document to Defra showing how home composting contributes to council landfill diversion targets letsrecycle.com News · 9 Nov 2006 Industry news UK materials recycling facility network to double in size "Very conservative" forecast that more than 2.3 million tonnes of mixed household recyclables will require sorting by 2015 letsrecycle.com News · 9 Nov 2006 Industry news Paper mill points to option of importing material Criticising UK sorting standards, Aylesford Newsprint suggests importing used newspapers from "other countries who are doing it better" letsrecycle.com News · 9 Nov 2006 Industry news News in Brief With news on waste research; Recycling in Cambridgeshire and Gloucester; Recycling centre security; and, waste consultations letsrecycle.com News · 9 Nov 2006