Recycling news: 2010

Industry news News in Brief With news on an HWRC contract in Northants, on-the-go recycling in Glasgow and a £2m recycling centre in Dorset letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jan 2010 Industry news Aluminium sector braced for higher recycling targets Novelis increases price paid for cans and plant capacity, while industry body aims to expand away-from-home initiative letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jan 2010 Industry news Herts councils club together to save 560,000 a year Welwyn Hatfield leads on 10-council deal to send glass, cans, cartons and plastics to two companies letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jan 2010 Industry news All-party support essential for effective recycling Worcester city council cites importance of political support in achieving highest dry recycling rate in England in 2008/09 letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jan 2010 Industry news Ocado the first to fit winter tyres to its entire van fleet in a bid to improve safety and customers deliveries - Ocado Group Ocado Group media · 10 Jan 2010 Industry news Grundon to rebuild MRF following fire Oxfordshire-based waste management firm appoints Austrian company to redevelop Colnbrook plant letsrecycle.com News · 8 Jan 2010 Industry news News in Brief With news on the boiler scrappage scheme, a food strategy response and a packaging fine for a wine importer letsrecycle.com News · 8 Jan 2010 Industry news Doncaster set to decide on three borough waste PFI The BDR waste project could move ahead next week if Doncaster approves its continuing involvement letsrecycle.com News · 8 Jan 2010 Industry news West Midlands achieves 2013 landfill target four years early English figures from 2008/09 reveal considerable progress towards UK's Landfill Directive goals letsrecycle.com News · 8 Jan 2010 Industry news UK below EU average for glass recycling However, European glass federation FEVE figures skewed by countries achieving near 100% recycling rate in 2008 letsrecycle.com News · 8 Jan 2010 Industry news TEG forms new AD partnership IVC specialists link up with energy firm to develop anaerobic digestion facilities across the UK letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jan 2010 Industry news Biffa unveils plans for second super-MRF Waste management firm set to develop £20 million, 200,000 tonne-a-year capacity plant in West Midlands letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jan 2010 Industry news Peterborough and Gloucs name contract shortlists East Anglian council reveals bidders for three multi-million pound deals, while Gloucs cuts PFI contenders to four letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jan 2010 Industry news Defra rejects BEaRs PFI bid following withdrawals Government turns down under-pressure Bedfordshire effort after Luton and Bedford councils walk away from plans letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jan 2010 Industry news EA secures first ever WEEE prosecution Fine imposed on SITA in relation to issuing recycling evidence in case that is "first of its type" letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jan 2010 Industry news Glass reprocessors call for action on clear cullet deficit UK 2009 glass recycling levels "encouraging" but calls for campaign to get more clear glass out of waste stream letsrecycle.com News · 7 Jan 2010 Industry news Study claims carbon benefit of waste-derived biofuel However, DECC report claims greenhouse gas emissions are only cut if waste has no other use letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jan 2010 Industry news Crew safety prioritised as snow covers much of UK Local authorities and contractors look to rearrange or amend service to enable waste pick-ups despite wintry weather letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jan 2010 Industry news Wales tops 40% target for second quarter in a row Figures for July to September 2009 maintain 41% achieved in first quarter of 2009/10 as country strives to meet 2010 goal letsrecycle.com News · 6 Jan 2010 Industry news Fire-hit Countrystyle diverts material to other sites Organics recycling firm still set for IVC upgrade after blaze causes "significant damage" at Parham facility letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jan 2010 Industry news Commission set to clarify what items are ‘packaging’ List of illustrative examples of what items are obligated under Packaging Directive set to be extended letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jan 2010 Industry news News in Brief With news on NLWA purchasing LondonWaste, a Sims website and technology for Yorwaste letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jan 2010 Industry news Recycling appeal as Trafalgar tree shredded Councils and London Mayor urge residents to recycle festive waste as landmark tree taken down for Twelfth Night letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jan 2010 Industry news DHL pulls plug on battery compliance scheme Number of formally approved schemes down to six, but logistics company signs deal with ERP for "seamless" changeover letsrecycle.com News · 5 Jan 2010 Industry news Farmers urged to use compost under new food strategy Food 2030 advises sector to reduce use of man-made fertilisers and develop on-site anaerobic digestion letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jan 2010 Industry news Viridor appeals Oxfordshire EfW planning refusal Company looks to overturn rejection of proposals for facility it plans to build as preferred bidder for county's waste deal letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jan 2010 Industry news Bolton Bros look ahead after notching up 40 years in recycling Customer service is as important for smaller businesses as it is for national concerns, says Reuben Bolton letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jan 2010 Industry news UPM Shotton to build its own MRF at paper mill UPM is to sort commingled material to get paper for its newsprint mill in North Wales letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jan 2010 Industry news Plastic bag campaigner on New Years honours list Limited recognition for recycling sector but Devon environmentalist and Scottish metal recycler among recipients letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jan 2010 Industry news Batteries recycling: time to act Batteries and producer responsibility - the way forward letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jan 2010 Industry news Award of £10,000 from the Modernisation Fund We have been awarded £10,000 by the Fund which has been set up to assist “collaborative working” between not-for-profit organisations with a view “to help them develop strategies to prosper during the economic downturn”. We will be spending the money on developing a bespoke software package to streamline the administration of the collection service our [...] Community Wood Recycling · 1 Jan 2010 Industry news Battery recycling legislation comes into effect Regulations requiring producers to fund battery recycling take affect as UK looks to meet EU Directive targets letsrecycle.com News · 1 Jan 2010