Recycling news: 2013

Industry news Wood recycler criticises BBC dust investigation Wood recycling firm Plevin has criticised a BBC programme which included allegations that dust from its Mossley plant is causing health problems letsrecycle.com News · 27 Feb 2013 Industry news WRAP explores markets for non-clothing textiles Carpet and soft furnishings targeted as part of latest work under Sustainable Clothing Action Plan letsrecycle.com News · 27 Feb 2013 Industry news Guide tackles poor image of EfW facilities Energy from waste guide published by Defra highlights need for engagement with community and flexibility in design of plants and contracts letsrecycle.com News · 27 Feb 2013 Industry news Reprocessors fire opening salvo in JR hearing Judge at Cardiff Administrative Court hears outline of case put forward by six members of the Campaign for Real Recycling against commingled collections letsrecycle.com News · 26 Feb 2013 Industry news Agency tightens rules on storing waste wood at docks In move which some recyclers say could be devastating to export market, EA issues new regulatory statement amid dust and fire concerns letsrecycle.com News · 26 Feb 2013 Industry news Councils seek urgent meeting over PFI funding cuts Local authorities to write to Defra for meeting with Lord de Mauley following withdrawal of funds from three projects letsrecycle.com News · 26 Feb 2013 Industry news MetalMatters announces 2012 programme results MetalMatters, the metal packaging industry’s kerbside recycling improvement programme, has followed up its initial promise and delivered unprecedented success in 2012. The programme has reached 1.9 million households across 31 local authorities and significantly increased the metals capture rate in each campaign. The results, based on analysis of four MetalMatters campaigns that concluded in 20… Alupro · 25 Feb 2013 Industry news Free reuse communication tools launched by WRAP Materials including posters, leaflets and web banners to help councils and organisations promote reuse are being offered by WRAP letsrecycle.com News · 25 Feb 2013 Industry news News in brief With news on: Biffa Monmouthshire deal; Daventry recycler funding; SESA report; Trafford recycling; Newport recycling charity, and; Grundon award letsrecycle.com News · 25 Feb 2013 Industry news Second RDF contract for Dutch firm Twence Company signs five year contract to process up to 200,000 tonnes of refuse-derived fuel from FCC Environment at plant in the Netherlands letsrecycle.com News · 25 Feb 2013 Industry news Over 75% of Lancashire MBT waste sent to landfill Audit warns of pressure on landfill budget because of high volumes of waste being sent to landfill by Global Renewables in 2011/12 letsrecycle.com News · 25 Feb 2013 Industry news Identifying best practice Mike Jones, chair of the Local Government Association (LGA)'s Environment and Housing Board, discusses the forthcoming waste review and meeting EU recycling targets letsrecycle.com News · 25 Feb 2013 Industry news Organics recyclers raise costs concerns Potential price increases for red diesel and other cost increases are causing alarm among composting businesses letsrecycle.com News · 24 Feb 2013 Industry news Recycled content concerns raised in plastics survey Market conditions survey carried out by British Plastics Federation highlights barriers to greater use of recycled plastics in products letsrecycle.com News · 22 Feb 2013 Industry news Scottish reverse vending trials to reward recycling Nine organisations in Scotland are to trial incentive schemes which will see people rewarded for recycling plastic and glass bottles and cans letsrecycle.com News · 22 Feb 2013 Industry news Recyclers braced for crunch Judicial Review hearing In hearing beginning on Monday (February 25) judge will consider legal challenge against Defras interpretation of separate collections letsrecycle.com News · 22 Feb 2013 Industry news Waste PFI funds withdrawn in shock move by Defra Projects in Merseyside, North Yorkshire and Bradford put at risk as Defra announces it will not be providing them with over 210 million in support letsrecycle.com News · 22 Feb 2013 Industry news Biffa fined 105,000 over landfill site pollution Waste firm pleads guilty to five charges of breaching environmental permit for landfill site at in Tyne and Wear letsrecycle.com News · 21 Feb 2013 Industry news Pair admits to illegal waste export to Brazil Sentencing of four men and one company to take place in March after final two defendants plead guilty to illegal export of waste to Brazil letsrecycle.com News · 21 Feb 2013 Industry news Babcock & Wilcox targets UK EfW market Former Biffa development director joins Babcock & Wilcox after firm wins engineering, procurement and construction contract for Peterborough EfW letsrecycle.com News · 21 Feb 2013 Industry news Enterprise bought by AmeyCespa owners for 385m Enterpise to merge with services firm Amey following 385m purchase by Spanish-based company Ferrovial letsrecycle.com News · 21 Feb 2013 Industry news Welcome to Morrisons Corporate - Morrisons Corporate Morrisons media centre · 20 Feb 2013 Industry news Recycling officers in producer responsibility call In response to LGAs waste review, LARAC says producers should offer more support to help achieve packaging targets and divert products from landfill letsrecycle.com News · 20 Feb 2013 Industry news A third of Europes WEEE recycling unreported European WEEE recyclers join call for mandatory reporting for reprocessors to ensure that all recycled electronic waste is counted towards targets letsrecycle.com News · 20 Feb 2013 Industry news Trafford declines 6.4m from DCLGs weekly fund Council plans to change organic waste service after turning down money as it reveals it would cost 11.6m to maintain weekly residual waste collections letsrecycle.com News · 20 Feb 2013 Industry news Coventry to launch recycling incentive scheme City council plans to use money from the weekly support fund to roll out an incentive scheme and hire three recycling champions letsrecycle.com News · 20 Feb 2013 Industry news Valpak sells Preston materials recycling facility Company says deal will enable its packaging compliance scheme to secure plastics PRNs vital to meeting rising recycling targets letsrecycle.com News · 19 Feb 2013 Industry news Detailed waste sector safety plan set for April HSE and WISH forum to publish detailed proposals in Spring following launch of four year strategy earlier this month letsrecycle.com News · 19 Feb 2013 Industry news Pink Skips goes into administration Shropshire company renowned for its brightly-coloured skips appoints administrative receivers with loss of 37 jobs letsrecycle.com News · 19 Feb 2013 Industry news New operators take over Ellington recycling plant Cambridgeshire firm Mick George Limited has agreed a 25-year lease to run a garden and wood waste recycling facility in Ellington letsrecycle.com News · 19 Feb 2013 Industry news Small waste firms to receive help with training Sector skills council for waste sector, EU Skills, secures 1.26m to help SMEs in waste and gas industries gain access to training letsrecycle.com News · 19 Feb 2013 Industry news News in brief With news on: industrial emissions regulations; PAFA on MRF code; BMRA statement; Gloucestershire ash plant; OWP commitment; CPI response letsrecycle.com News · 19 Feb 2013 Industry news Edinburgh reinstates ban on side waste Council reintroduces policy of not collecting overfilled bins or side waste after allowing residents to adapt to changes in kerbside collections letsrecycle.com News · 19 Feb 2013 Industry news Stockport SRF producer enters liquidation Financial services firm Deloitte LLP to hold meeting of creditors on February 27 for Asset & Land Environmental Ltd letsrecycle.com News · 18 Feb 2013 Industry news Wood recyclers welcome landfill ban decision Announcement by Defra that it will not be introducing landfill restriction for waste wood praised by Wood Recyclers Association letsrecycle.com News · 18 Feb 2013 Industry news Council begins WEEE collections with DCLG funding Bath & North East Somerset council to collect small WEEE from residents after receiving funding through 250 million DCLG weekly waste fund letsrecycle.com News · 18 Feb 2013 Industry news Joy Blizzard re-elected as LARAC chair for one year Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee confirms appointment following meeting on January 24 letsrecycle.com News · 18 Feb 2013 Industry news Crown announces paint recycling scheme Paint manufacturer to help householders recycle unwanted paint, while Community RePaint announces 465 tonnes of paint donations during 2012 letsrecycle.com News · 18 Feb 2013 Industry news John Lewis anti-export policy criticised Waste exporters argue against idea that recycling in UK is better for environment than sending material abroad letsrecycle.com News · 15 Feb 2013 Industry news Hills completes 24m Wiltshire MBT plant Hills aims to have 60,000 tonne capacity mechanical biological treatment (MBT) facility fully operational by September letsrecycle.com News · 15 Feb 2013