Recycling news: 2007

Industry news Bettington to step down from Biffa Chief executive makes surprise announcement as company publishes interim results letsrecycle.com News · 28 Nov 2007 Industry news Gloucestershire prepares waste procurement plan Council considers new procurement document for residual waste contract but moves away from MBT letsrecycle.com News · 28 Nov 2007 Industry news Government “would welcome” ideas on electronics eco-design BERR agrees with individual producer responsibility in WEEE, but sees no way to implement it letsrecycle.com News · 28 Nov 2007 Industry news Retailers propose logo to make recycling easier Industry led by the British Retail Consortium consults on three-tier recycling logo for packaging letsrecycle.com News · 27 Nov 2007 Industry news Call for closer working between waste industry groups Outgoing Environmental Services Association chairman says change needed in "fragmented" industry letsrecycle.com News · 27 Nov 2007 Industry news Toddler dies in accident with wood recycling vehicle Girl killed in incident involving vehicle operated by Manchester firm Hadfield Wood Recyclers letsrecycle.com News · 27 Nov 2007 Industry news Dramatic increase in vehicle scrap predicted Study says ELV arisings to increase 65% by 2030, creating new recycling challenge letsrecycle.com News · 27 Nov 2007 Industry news WEEE puzzlement over latest producer scheme Agency updates list of approved WEEE producer compliance schemes - including a new scheme letsrecycle.com News · 27 Nov 2007 Industry news Peers question Defra’s “cautious” approach to waste reduction Lords inquiry examines life cycle approach to promoting waste minimisation among producers letsrecycle.com News · 27 Nov 2007 Industry news The AD brigade Emily Ross considers the viability of using anaerobic digestion to treat food waste, why it has become a Government favourite and how the future for the technology is likely to pan out. letsrecycle.com News · 27 Nov 2007 Industry news Arla Foods Dairy and Bottling Facility, Leeds - Packaging Gateway Packaging Gateway (GlobalData) · 26 Nov 2007 Industry news News in Brief With news on composting, Agency enforcement action, pre-treatment regulations and Biffa plc letsrecycle.com News · 26 Nov 2007 Industry news Third delay for Manchester PFI contract Date for contract close put back to March 2008, with agreement over refuse-derived fuel still to come letsrecycle.com News · 26 Nov 2007 Industry news Call for continued effort as recycling improves Local authority efforts recognised but still an "inescapable" need to do more, says LGA letsrecycle.com News · 26 Nov 2007 Industry news Deal brokered in Eastleigh task-and-finish dispute Industrial action ends as council and refuse crews agree to keep task and finish but with changes to overtime pay letsrecycle.com News · 26 Nov 2007 Industry news Defra confirms 300m budget cuts Permanent secretary Helen Ghosh tells MPs that millions of pounds will be cut from programmes as Defra reprioritises letsrecycle.com News · 23 Nov 2007 Industry news News in Brief With news on grants, a Welsh consultation and recycling in flats for a London borough letsrecycle.com News · 23 Nov 2007 Industry news Shippers propose date to challenge export price hikes The British Shippers' Council suggest early December for meeting to address charges hitting recyclers letsrecycle.com News · 23 Nov 2007 Industry news Incentives schemes: Joy Blizzard How the pilot programmes will put undue pressure on participating councils letsrecycle.com News · 23 Nov 2007 Industry news Warning over AD commercial success Senior composter says local authorities need to look at economics before investing letsrecycle.com News · 22 Nov 2007 Industry news Dublin EfW plant gets go ahead National planning board gives approval to 600,000 tonne per annum facility which will produce heat and electricity letsrecycle.com News · 22 Nov 2007 Industry news North Kesteven tops recycling league table Defra publishes individual council recycling and composting rates for 2006/07 letsrecycle.com News · 22 Nov 2007 Industry news Eastleigh collections hit in task and finish row Green waste service halted as council plays catch-up on unemptied bins letsrecycle.com News · 22 Nov 2007 Industry news Skye to develop Combined Heat and Power Highlands council decides to prepare contract for the development of a small-scale EfW letsrecycle.com News · 22 Nov 2007 Industry news Nampak to invest in plastic bottle recycling plant Company to produce up to 13,000 tonnes of recycled HDPE a year for use in its own milk bottles letsrecycle.com News · 21 Nov 2007 Industry news New Earth Solutions considers gasification Organic waste specialist to create fuel from waste not recycled through MBT letsrecycle.com News · 21 Nov 2007 Industry news Palm wins approval for Norfolk mill Germany's Palm Paper edges ahead in race to build new recycling mill in UK letsrecycle.com News · 21 Nov 2007 Industry news News in Brief With news on English language training, plastic bag opposition and a royal Bristol visit letsrecycle.com News · 21 Nov 2007 Industry news Aberdeenshire composting firm in 3.2m expansion Keenan Recycling buys 12 in-vessel composting units as Aberdeen prepares to collect food waste letsrecycle.com News · 20 Nov 2007 Industry news SITA tries to smooth fears over 120,000 tonne-a-year facilities Dorset residents concerned over impact of extra vehicles but company says independent traffic report backs its case letsrecycle.com News · 20 Nov 2007 Industry news Gap between safety knowledge and practice must close CIWM says new research suggests high health and safety awareness not matched by action letsrecycle.com News · 20 Nov 2007 Industry news Recycling programme launched for end of life mowers Turf equipment producer Ransomes Jacobsen unveils pioneering recycling scheme for mowers letsrecycle.com News · 20 Nov 2007 Industry news Business battery recycling service launched West-Midland based firm G&P Batteries unveils pre-paid "Battbox" collection service letsrecycle.com News · 19 Nov 2007 Industry news Challenge to Herefordshire autoclave plant thrown out Protestors lose second application for a judicial review into decision to approve facility proposed by Estech Europe letsrecycle.com News · 19 Nov 2007 Industry news Selby considers options for waste and recycling contract North Yorkshire district examining ways to keep its recycling growth from "levelling off" letsrecycle.com News · 19 Nov 2007 Industry news Prime minister calls for more energy-from-waste Gordon Brown also supports elimination of disposable bags in his environment speech today letsrecycle.com News · 19 Nov 2007 Industry news Scotland to invest 154m in “zero waste” plans Scotland's finance minister outlines spending plan for next three years to MSPs in Scottish Parliament letsrecycle.com News · 16 Nov 2007 Industry news News in Brief With news of recycling in Somerset, a gasification proposal for Yorkshire and two waste prosecutions letsrecycle.com News · 16 Nov 2007 Industry news Essex councils accused over charity waste charging Charity shops say Essex councils overcharging for disposal, county seeks legal advice letsrecycle.com News · 16 Nov 2007 Industry news Charity shops will be “dumping ground” under bin charge plan Tories say non-recycling penalties will lead to unwanted junk "piling up" outside charity shops letsrecycle.com News · 16 Nov 2007