Recycling news: 2006

Industry news Manchester seeks outlets for refuse-derived fuel Waste authority invites proposals for treating over 300,000 tonnes of solid recovered fuel each year produced by MBT plants letsrecycle.com News · 9 Nov 2006 Industry news Cry for help for community involvement in recycling Community recycling supporters say local and central government have responsibility to support community recycling letsrecycle.com News · 8 Nov 2006 Industry news UK reliance on foreign textile sorting “frightening” Textile Recycling Association warns BIR meeting that there is little safeguard in UK against collapse of foreign markets letsrecycle.com News · 8 Nov 2006 Industry news Defra bid to close 20 million tonne waste capacity shortfall New support unit to help local authorities establish more than 6 billion worth of new residual waste treatment capacity letsrecycle.com News · 8 Nov 2006 Industry news Birmingham reveals glass and plastic recycling plan City says 360,000 homes will have multi-material kerbside services by 2008, after Ben Bradshaw demands "more effort" letsrecycle.com News · 8 Nov 2006 Industry news Scrap steel “has not gone out of style”, recyclers report Bureau of International Recycling reports "optimistic view" for scrap prices into 2007, with new market capacity expected letsrecycle.com News · 7 Nov 2006 Industry news Text messages to “streamline” new Oxford recycling scheme Authority offers new service to remind residents to put out their recycling boxes, as city switches to alternate weekly collections letsrecycle.com News · 7 Nov 2006 Industry news Caerphilly hopeful for MBT green light early next year Welsh council aiming for final agreement soon on mechanical biological treatment plant provided by preferred bidder Biffa letsrecycle.com News · 7 Nov 2006 Industry news Planners reject “Europe&#39s biggest” resource recovery park Cheshire county council rejects bid to build site in Ince to include recycling, composting and energy-from-waste facilities letsrecycle.com News · 7 Nov 2006 Industry news Green light for 2.5m recycling plant in Norfolk Freedom Recycling Ltd gains planning permit for materials recycling facility with 50,000 tonnes annual sorting capacity letsrecycle.com News · 6 Nov 2006 Industry news Firm fined for ignorance of packaging regulations Kitchenware importer Bodum (UK) Ltd has been fined 12,000 for failing to recover or recycle a percentage of its packaging waste letsrecycle.com News · 6 Nov 2006 Industry news RE3 partnership to use Lakeside energy-from-waste plant Three Berkshire authorities to send waste to Colnbrook incinerator, reveals new PFI waste contractor WRG letsrecycle.com News · 6 Nov 2006 Industry news Plastic Omnium to close UK waste container factory French-owned major bin manufacturer takes first steps towards announced closure of Telford plant in 2007 letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2006 Industry news Enviroment Agency “out in force” on Bonfire Night Officers warn that companies will face hefty fines if they are caught burning waste illegally on November 5 letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2006 Industry news India tightens “liberal” scrap metal import controls New registration scheme to begin from April 1, 2007, for companies sending ferrous or non-ferrous scrap metal to India letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2006 Industry news Nottinghamshire “ahead of the game” with PFI waste deal Visiting county, minister Ben Bradshaw highlights importance of sustainable waste work to combat climate change letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2006 Industry news Digestion firm changes procedures after pollution fine AnDigestion Ltd, which runs a farm waste treatment plant in Devon, tightens controls after river-pollution incident letsrecycle.com News · 2 Nov 2006 Industry news Bid to cut waste from Thames Gateway building programmes WRAP calling on organisations involved in Thames Gateway and Olympics construction programmes to cut waste letsrecycle.com News · 2 Nov 2006 Industry news Verdant Group expands into commercial waste arena Municipal waste firm makes Southampton-based commercial waste specialist Waste Services (UK) Ltd its first acquisition letsrecycle.com News · 2 Nov 2006 Industry news More research “desperately” needed in waste management SITA supports new waste management chair at Imperial College, but warns more research is needed on new technologies letsrecycle.com News · 2 Nov 2006 Industry news Caroline Jackson MEP to address major waste conference Rapporteur for revision of Waste Framework Directive to headline January event, to help sector plan for changes ahead letsrecycle.com News · 2 Nov 2006 Industry news Liverpool plastics firm installs bottle sorting technology Shortage of sorted HDPE plastic prompts reprocessor Centriforce to invest in machinery to separate plastic bottles letsrecycle.com News · 1 Nov 2006 Industry news Textiles contribution to waste “underestimated” Textile recyclers express concern that textile recycling is being neglected due to government&#39s outdated waste figures letsrecycle.com News · 1 Nov 2006 Industry news News in Brief With news on schools&#39 recycling; mattress recycling; paper recycling in Sheffield; and Halloween pumpkin composting letsrecycle.com News · 1 Nov 2006 Industry news Berkshire councils sign 600m PFI waste contract Reading, Bracknell Forest and Wokingham agree to 25-year deal with WRG, for new recycling and energy-from-waste services letsrecycle.com News · 1 Nov 2006 Industry news Growth in packaging recycling slows, but targets in reach New packaging recovery data for third quarter of 2006 shows slow-down in growth, but suggests 2006 targets will be easily met letsrecycle.com News · 31 Oct 2006 Industry news Counties raise concerns over recycling of plastic film Two English counties say film cannot be separated and there is no real market, but claims are denied by plastic industry letsrecycle.com News · 31 Oct 2006 Industry news Wastewater specialists form new recycling firm Thames Water&#39s recycling arm Terra Eco Systems and Oran recycling to bid for contracts together under the banner of OTW Services Ltd letsrecycle.com News · 31 Oct 2006 Industry news Energy minister defends support for biomass plants Malcolm Wicks dismisses suggestion that Renewables Oligation scheme has had impact on competition for recycled wood letsrecycle.com News · 30 Oct 2006 Industry news News in Brief With news of Bath&#39s "Zero Waste Week"; tyre-burning skip operator; two waste campaigns and a WEEE study in Yorkshire letsrecycle.com News · 30 Oct 2006 Industry news Bristol reveals landfill concerns despite recycling success City to build new in-vessel composting plant, but leads local bid to re-negotiate future landfill allowance penalties letsrecycle.com News · 30 Oct 2006 Industry news Herefordshire autoclave plant hits further delay Planned facility to treat 100,000 tonnes of mixed waste each year with steam process fails to win support of councillors letsrecycle.com News · 26 Oct 2006 Industry news Coventry firm develops carpet recycling system Reeds Carpets invest 500,000 in plant to reduce millions of square feet of carpets from exhibitions that go to landfill letsrecycle.com News · 26 Oct 2006 Industry news National battery recycling trials set for expansion Wider range of battery collection systems to be trialled by WRAP, including retail take-back and postal collections letsrecycle.com News · 26 Oct 2006 Industry news Wales “on track” to meet recycling targets Local authorities in Wales reach national average 21.9% recycling rate for household waste, Welsh Assembly reveals letsrecycle.com News · 26 Oct 2006 Industry news LondonWaste appeals composting plant&#39s enforcement notice Waste firm accused by council of disregarding local community in refusing responsibility for enforcement notice letsrecycle.com News · 26 Oct 2006 Industry news MBT versus incineration for Buckinghamshire Single waste treatment plant worth up to 90m needed to cut landfill rates, but county has yet to decide on technology letsrecycle.com News · 25 Oct 2006 Industry news Plans revealed for 45m biomass plant in South Wales Energy firm Express Power to provide market for 175,000 tonnes of locally-collected waste wood each year letsrecycle.com News · 25 Oct 2006 Industry news Centre launched to support local business waste action Landfill Tax-funded BREW Centre to assist councils working with local businesses to reduce and recycle more of their waste letsrecycle.com News · 25 Oct 2006 Industry news Protocol to boost household packaging recycling Packaging group working with county chief executives on plan to close gap between council and industry recycling targets letsrecycle.com News · 24 Oct 2006