Recycling news: 2001

Industry news Treasury confirms review of Landfill Tax Credits Scheme Consultation to see how Landfill Tax Credits can be better used has been launched by the government letsrecycle.com News · 31 Oct 2001 Industry news Waste reduction helps Wyecycle win Biffaward prize Community recycler Wyecycle has won recognition for reducing waste down to 250kg per household a year letsrecycle.com News · 31 Oct 2001 Industry news PFI will help meet recycling costs, says Shanks chief As Shanks posted reduced interim results, chief executive Mike Averill welcomes PFI contracts letsrecycle.com News · 31 Oct 2001 Industry news Byers to speed up removal of abandoned cars The low price of scrap metal is one reason for more cars being abandoned, says Transport Secretary Stephen Byers letsrecycle.com News · 31 Oct 2001 Industry news Range of measures unveiled to tackle abandoned cars A package of measures to help crack down on abandoned cars has been unveiled by Transport Secretary Stephen Byers letsrecycle.com News · 31 Oct 2001 Industry news Used aluminium can price cut again The price paid for aluminium UBCs is to be reduced again amidst fears that councils will not collect the cans letsrecycle.com News · 31 Oct 2001 Industry news Aluminium sector counters claims that it will miss future targets Recycling targets will not be met by the aluminium sector, the Advisory Committee on Packaging has been told letsrecycle.com News · 30 Oct 2001 Industry news Meacher launches Rockware glass education site Environment Minister Michael Meacher has launched an education site about recycling cullet into bottles letsrecycle.com News · 30 Oct 2001 Industry news European packaging waste report delayed until November 12 MEPs seen as pro-industry have delayed a radical report on packaging waste targets letsrecycle.com News · 29 Oct 2001 Industry news Beckett waste summit welcomed by ESA The DEFRA Secretary of State has spoken of the need for waste options and is holding a waste summit letsrecycle.com News · 26 Oct 2001 Industry news Devon County Council fined for polluting brook The council has been ordered to pay 7,100 for polluting a brook with leachate from a redundant landfill site letsrecycle.com News · 25 Oct 2001 Industry news Decision on kitchen waste composting to be made by January DEFRA has commissioned a composting risk assessment and outlined the study&#39s objectives letsrecycle.com News · 25 Oct 2001 Industry news Guide shows businesses how reducing waste leads to higher profits Case studies prove that thousands can be saved by companies if they reduce the amount of waste they produce letsrecycle.com News · 24 Oct 2001 Industry news Onyx signs partnership agreement to manage waste in Antarctica The waste management company will work to remove some of the 300,000 tonnes of discarded waste on the continent letsrecycle.com News · 24 Oct 2001 Industry news Customs and Excise outlines new operational guidance for Entrust Entrust has published its corporate plan and appointed a new non-executive director letsrecycle.com News · 23 Oct 2001 Industry news Industry expresses concern over Mayor&#39s statement The ESA chief has written to Ken Livingstone about calling those working in the incineration industry "Sopranos" letsrecycle.com News · 22 Oct 2001 Industry news Onyx fined by Environment Agency Onyx has been fined 5,000 for a breach of Duty of Care at the Pebsham landfill site letsrecycle.com News · 22 Oct 2001 Industry news Environment Agency welcomes changes to Special Waste rules Revised controls over special wastes and reduced charges for lead acid battery paperwork come into force this week letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2001 Industry news Treatment and disposal sector is Viridor strength Colin Drummond, chief executive of Viridor, has spoken of the need to focus on specific waste sectors letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2001 Industry news First vehicle depollution rig opens in London With the end-of-life vehicles directive coming into force next year, EMR has installed a depollution rig in London letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2001 Industry news Welsh firm latest to be fined in packaging waste cases A Welsh musical instruments firm joins a snack company in the latest packaging waste prosecutions letsrecycle.com News · 18 Oct 2001 Industry news Fylde waste business fined for abusing car park waste concession Permission to use rubble in car park construction was abused by a developer in Poulton-le-Fylde letsrecycle.com News · 18 Oct 2001 Industry news WRAP nets 17m for environmental body Waste companies are backing WREB and Michael Meacher has spoken about landfill tax and recycling letsrecycle.com News · 18 Oct 2001 Industry news SITA and EMR agree fridge recycling deal The UK&#39s largest waste management company and largest metal recycler have reached agreement on fridge recycling letsrecycle.com News · 18 Oct 2001 Industry news WRAP outlines its plans to increase plastic bottle collection More information has been released by WRAP about its plans to make plastic bottle recycling more successful in the UK letsrecycle.com News · 17 Oct 2001 Industry news Top MEP says Landfill Directive is changing waste thinking The implications of the Landfill Directive and the funding needs of WRAP have been outlined by Dr Caroline Jackson MEP letsrecycle.com News · 17 Oct 2001 Industry news Viridor buys Lavelles and Suffolk Waste Viridor has spent 12.2m to acquire Suffolk Waste and Manchester-based Lavelle and Sons letsrecycle.com News · 17 Oct 2001 Industry news Entrust to broaden its management approach A range of measures aimed at improving the organisation have been unveiled by Entrust letsrecycle.com News · 17 Oct 2001 Industry news Landfill site to get go-ahead as part of Nottinghamshire&#39s waste plan Following extensive consultation, a waste plan has been drawn up to deal with Nottinghamshire&#39s waste letsrecycle.com News · 17 Oct 2001 Industry news London Remade has 19 million to expand its market development programme London Remade is starting a four-year programme to find markets for tyres, plastics, WEEE and ODS foam letsrecycle.com News · 16 Oct 2001 Industry news Research shows that businesses do not realise the true cost of waste Initial findings show that businesses in Southampton cite cost as a barrier to waste minimisation letsrecycle.com News · 16 Oct 2001 Industry news US data shows mixed recycling performance levels American states are having some difficulty in hitting recycling targets letsrecycle.com News · 16 Oct 2001 Industry news Hertsmere steps up waste awareness campaign National Waste Month sees Hertsmere launch a series of roadshows to encourage residents to recycle letsrecycle.com News · 16 Oct 2001 Industry news Somerset trials scheme to tackle abandoned vehicles problem Following a best value review, Somerset is speeding-up the removal of abandoned vehicles in the county letsrecycle.com News · 16 Oct 2001 Industry news Waste firms castigate DEFRA for landfill guidance delays A strongly worded response from the ESA to the government hits at delays in organising the Landfill Directive letsrecycle.com News · 15 Oct 2001 Industry news Wastepack appoints new chief executive The Wastepack Group has appointed a new chief executive to manage the next stage of the company&#39s growth letsrecycle.com News · 15 Oct 2001 Industry news High-rise recycling to help Hounslow hit 28% with ECT ECT Recycling has been awarded a six-year contract in the London Borough of Hounslow letsrecycle.com News · 15 Oct 2001 Industry news Berryman secures one-year Edinburgh bottle bank contract With Alloa Community Enterprises, Berryman is to collect cullet and expand the bottle bank network letsrecycle.com News · 15 Oct 2001 Industry news Plastics standards project targets domestic waste The DTI is to support a project into drawing up standards for plastics recycling letsrecycle.com News · 14 Oct 2001 Industry news Biffa executive wins Plastic Omnium DVD prize With a correct answer of a 25% recycling target for 2005, Tina Saunders is the competition prize winner letsrecycle.com News · 14 Oct 2001