Recycling news: 2010

Industry news Frontrunner emerges for top position on ACP Pioneer of Hampshire's 'Project Integra', Bob Lisney, set to become new chair of Advisory Committee on Packaging letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jan 2010 Industry news East Cambs plans to scrap plastic bottle collections Council aims to help overall projected £1.6m budget shortfall by ceasing kerbside collection introduced in 2008 letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jan 2010 Industry news Tesco trials BOGOF-Later offer for perishable items Retailer to begin testing 'Buy One Get One Free Later' in stores this week in a bid to cut down on household waste letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jan 2010 Industry news EA and councils blasted over illegal waste site failings Public bodies to pay resident £95,000 for not checking illegal waste activity at neighbouring site between 2000 and 2007 letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jan 2010 Industry news News in Brief With news on the GMWDA/SITA UK legal proceedings, a boiler scrappage scheme for Wales and Wandsworth waste arisings letsrecycle.com News · 21 Jan 2010 Industry news Defra acknowledges call to do more on C&I waste Department claims work cannot be done "overnight" as it responds to EFRA Committee report letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jan 2010 Industry news Gypsum Quality Protocol published WRAP claims directive on when recovered material is no longer classed as waste could boost sales by £10 million letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jan 2010 Industry news Doncaster defers decision on BDR Waste Project Close scrutiny of costs and technologies are thought to lie behind the council's decision to defer letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jan 2010 Industry news Recession creates “challenging year” for AD Trade bodies and sector experts claim funding is largest obstacle facing technology ahead of Defra-backed action plan letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jan 2010 Industry news Defra slated for “disproportionate” focus on domestic waste Review of Waste Strategy calls for firm targets covering C&I waste, as well as quicker move to landfill bans letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jan 2010 Industry news Agency urges small producers of batteries to register Call comes as end-of-month deadline set in regulations for companies to submit sales data for 2009 nears letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jan 2010 Industry news Health and safety should be integral to contracts Health and Safety Executive publishes guidance to help local authorities focus on issue during waste service procurement letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jan 2010 Industry news EA strengthens knowledge on compost-like outputs Agency publishes studies into health and environmental impact of using material from MBT processes letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jan 2010 Industry news AD sector body calls for skills and training boost Recently-formed association representing anaerobic digestion companies also says more needs to be done to finance new projects letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jan 2010 Industry news Lakeside EfW handed over to Grundon and Viridor Operators Grundon and Viridor claim technical issues dealt with, as Japanese developers complete trials letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jan 2010 Industry news News in Brief With news on a LARAC response to draft permitting guidance, Hills helping in the snow and a packaging fine for a shoe firm letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jan 2010 Industry news Awards for Excellence move to May for 2010 Decision is taken in order to move annual awards ceremony well clear of wave of events in autumn period letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jan 2010 Industry news Conservatives to push finance for weekly collections Shadow minister responds to Labour criticism that commitment to fund reintroduction of weekly collections is uncosted letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jan 2010 Industry news London Waste Strategy targets 89m-a-year savings Mayor's draft strategy for handling capital's waste also outlines plans to boost flats recycling and reuse letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jan 2010 Industry news Defra consults on legal definition of waste Views sought on draft guidance which aims to take into account recent legal rulings and legislation letsrecycle.com News · 18 Jan 2010 Industry news Scottish council plans “not yet adequate” to meet targets Audit Scotland report warns that landfill and recycling goals could be missed and calls for councils to work with government letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jan 2010 Industry news Sandwell to use recycling to attract investment West Midlands local authority identifies sector as "important" for its long-term economic regeneration plans letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jan 2010 Industry news Four make the cut in MK and Northants PFI shortlist Big names dominate list of bidders in the running for long-term deal to treat up to 400,000tpa of residual waste letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jan 2010 Industry news Anaerobic digestion lets not waste the opportunity Claire Brook discusses why we must keep pushing to develop an AD network in the UK letsrecycle.com News · 15 Jan 2010 Industry news Dorset organics firm frustrated by planning process Eco Sustainable laments "intolerable delays" in bid to develop £7m biomass facility at Parley site letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jan 2010 Industry news WRAP open to giving loan to fire-hit Countrystyle Defra-funded body reveals it has not been approached by organics firm yet but says it does operate in a priority sector letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jan 2010 Industry news Taylor highlights best practice for flats recycling Use of recycling centres outside flats increases recycling from almost nothing to 2.09kg per house per week, research shows letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jan 2010 Industry news WRG proposes Newport energy-from-waste plant Northampton waste firm outlines plans to build facility which could treat waste from five council South Wales partnership letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jan 2010 Industry news Commingled collections a threat” to textile recycling Defra report highlights need to collect material separately, as well as backing UK sorting letsrecycle.com News · 14 Jan 2010 Industry news Environment Exchange reports record PRN trading Announcement comes as Oxfordshire-based firm scrap-ex launches rival PRN trading platform letsrecycle.com News · 13 Jan 2010 Industry news Electronic waste transfer notes could be UK-wide in 2011 Minister reveals plans to reduce administrative burden following 'Electronic Duty of Care' trial in South-East letsrecycle.com News · 13 Jan 2010 Industry news SAICA presses ahead with Manchester cardboard mill Spanish company SAICA says it wants to use cardboard currently exported as feedstock for a new UK mill letsrecycle.com News · 13 Jan 2010 Industry news Project Transform names eight bidders for PFI deal Three-council partnership in West Midlands unveils EfW-dominated shortlist for long-term waste management deal letsrecycle.com News · 13 Jan 2010 Industry news LGA hits out at bin collection criticism Cllr Porter refutes claims binmen are "twiddling their thumbs" as weather continues to stall waste collections letsrecycle.com News · 13 Jan 2010 Industry news Little improvement found in peat-free compost Which? trials claim compost which contains waste still not performing as well as peat-based products letsrecycle.com News · 12 Jan 2010 Industry news Board established to drive North East waste policy Body claims it is "first of its kind" outside London, but will not have power to allocate funding to projects letsrecycle.com News · 12 Jan 2010 Industry news Four consortiums left vying for SWaMP2008 deal Procurement of waste management contract in southern region of Northern Ireland advances to next stage letsrecycle.com News · 12 Jan 2010 Industry news SITA UK withdraws bid for South West Devon PFI Waste firm drops plans for Devonport energy-from-waste plant, leaving Viridor and MVV Umwelt in running for £796m deal letsrecycle.com News · 12 Jan 2010 Industry news Fears raised over “limited” UK capacity to treat batteries Defra highlights carbon impact of sending batteries overseas, while experts claim certainty on recycling efficiencies needed letsrecycle.com News · 12 Jan 2010 Industry news Guide to injecting biogas into grid published DECC informs anaerobic digestion operators of technical and regulatory requirements of British gas market letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jan 2010