Recycling news: 2009

Industry news WRAP to create wide-ranging call centre With its enlarged remit, the programme is to set up resource and recycling hotlines serving industry and the public letsrecycle.com News · 18 Nov 2009 Industry news Wood wastefuelled biomass plant planned in Kent Proposed 25MW CHP facility would use 150,000 tonnes of regionally-sourced waste wood a year letsrecycle.com News · 18 Nov 2009 Industry news Cambridge signs impressive MRF deal with Viridor City council agrees contract to supply material to Peterborough plant as part of recycling service overhaul letsrecycle.com News · 18 Nov 2009 Industry news Concerns raised over WFD approach to end-of-waste Moves to clarify when some materials cease to be waste could actually work against securing status, lawyer claims letsrecycle.com News · 18 Nov 2009 Industry news EXCLUSIVE: Norris defends Defra campaign Minister explains why reduce, reuse and recycle drive is necessary alongside WRAP work following letsrecycle.com poll letsrecycle.com News · 17 Nov 2009 Industry news UK gears up for Europes first waste reduction week Member States aim to cut waste at source as part of week-long initiative beginning on Saturday letsrecycle.com News · 17 Nov 2009 Industry news Three left in South West Devon PFI race Partnership of three councils cuts shortlist for £800 million long-term waste treatment deal letsrecycle.com News · 17 Nov 2009 Industry news Biffa receives approval for Staffordshire AD plant Announcement comes as company also forms partnership with Slovenian gasification specialist letsrecycle.com News · 17 Nov 2009 Industry news On-pack recycling label now on 50,000 products British Retail Consortium announces that 50 companies have signed up to label launched seven months ago letsrecycle.com News · 16 Nov 2009 Industry news “Hard-hitting” Welsh recycling campaign launched Initiative comes as Welsh Assembly Government launches own push focusing on bag reuse letsrecycle.com News · 16 Nov 2009 Industry news UK must “radically overhaul” how it deals with waste LGA calls for major changes in policy as it publishes figures showing UK landfills more waste than any other EU nation letsrecycle.com News · 16 Nov 2009 Industry news Sandwell cuts 1bn waste contract shortlist Just two bidders left in running for long-term integrated collection and treatment deal letsrecycle.com News · 16 Nov 2009 Industry news News in Brief With news on HWRCs in Greater Manchester, businesses backing Zero Waste and a shake-up at London Remade letsrecycle.com News · 13 Nov 2009 Industry news Unions frustrated by Leeds council stance on bin strikes However, Brighton workers suspend action to assess offer and GMB in Sheffield suggests members accept settlement letsrecycle.com News · 13 Nov 2009 Industry news Service cuts could have “knock on” effect for WDAs Local authority bodies emphasise importance of joint-working, but also call for government action letsrecycle.com News · 13 Nov 2009 Industry news Next steps for waste carbon budget outlined Packaging and work on landfill bans expected to play key role in helping sector meet Low Carbon Transition Plan commitments letsrecycle.com News · 13 Nov 2009 Industry news Achilles UDVB Accreditation Due to our comprehensive integrated management system documentation and the implementation of this system, Augean has successfully passed the prequalification assessment to become a supplier with the UVDB Utilities section of Achilles. 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They build and support supply chain communities in … Augean · 12 Nov 2009 Industry news Retailers set themselves “tougher” waste-to-landfill goals British Retail Consortium announces revised goal for disposal after companies achieve 2013 goal early letsrecycle.com News · 12 Nov 2009 Industry news News in Brief With news on Shanks' six-month results, residents signing up to RecycleBank and a scrap metal fine letsrecycle.com News · 12 Nov 2009 Industry news EMR turnover tops 3 billion in 2008 Full-year results reveal full extent of metal recycling giant's empire, despite profits falling by 47% letsrecycle.com News · 12 Nov 2009 Industry news Ealing gears up for flat recycling roll-out London council targets hard-to-reach properties with commingled scheme following successful 18-month trial letsrecycle.com News · 12 Nov 2009 Industry news UK wastes 12bn worth of food and drink a year WRAP study claims two-thirds of food and drink waste thrown out by households is avoidable letsrecycle.com News · 11 Nov 2009 Industry news Spanish-owned Mercia plans 120m Worcs EfW plant Proposal unveiled for Kidderminster facility to treat residual waste from Herefordshire and Worcestershire under PFI deal letsrecycle.com News · 11 Nov 2009 Industry news News in Brief With news of a departure from the FRN, an attempt to cut wheeled bin crime, and Newport Paper's MRF plans letsrecycle.com News · 10 Nov 2009 Industry news Viridor submits plans for Avonmouth EfW plant Waste management firm looks to boost Bristol presence with planning application for £180m resource recovery centre letsrecycle.com News · 10 Nov 2009 Industry news AD uptake among top targets in EA corporate strategy Agency outlines need for more recovery facilities as waste seen as key area of focus over next five years letsrecycle.com News · 10 Nov 2009 Industry news WRAP to study meat and fish waste levels Defra-funded body to research amount of meat and fish waste and its packaging that ends up as waste for the first time letsrecycle.com News · 9 Nov 2009 Industry news Donarbon opens 42m MBT facility in Cambs Waste firm opens centrepiece of £730m waste PFI deal with Cambridgeshire county council letsrecycle.com News · 9 Nov 2009 Industry news E-waste targeted in EA-led global initiative INTERPOL group tackles organised crime networks dumping electrical waste on developing countries letsrecycle.com News · 9 Nov 2009 Industry news SITA UK operations chief to head WRG Jim Meredith to be replaced by SITA UK's Paul Taylor as chief executive of WRG letsrecycle.com News · 9 Nov 2009 Industry news Mixture of feedstock for 80MW Peterborough biomass power station Developers claim plant will recover or recycle all of its 650,000 tonnes-a-year feedstock of waste and energy crops letsrecycle.com News · 9 Nov 2009 Industry news BIS publishes revised WEEE regulations Valpak confirmed as operators of distributor take-back scheme, as rules set to come into force in January 2010 are issued letsrecycle.com News · 9 Nov 2009 Industry news WRAP loan helps fire-hit plastics firm A soft loan from the Waste & Resources Action Programme was agreed with AWS days after a severe fire letsrecycle.com News · 6 Nov 2009 Industry news Knowaste changes proposed nappy plant location Company chooses site at West Bromwich and is hopeful of financial success despite problems with facilities abroad letsrecycle.com News · 6 Nov 2009 Industry news AfOR to campaign against “crippling” rates changes Organics association to lobby Government on business rates system reassessment which it claims will hit sector unfairly letsrecycle.com News · 5 Nov 2009 Industry news SITA supports illegal bonfire disposal initiative Ahead of this evening's Bonfire Night, company agrees to recycle material from illegally constructed bonfires letsrecycle.com News · 5 Nov 2009 Industry news News in Brief With an update on exemption regulations, a new Donarbon facility and Suffolk county council's waste strategy letsrecycle.com News · 5 Nov 2009 Industry news Environment Agency grilled over Brazil exports case Agency tells EFRA committee that it has been successful in driving down crime despite summer incident letsrecycle.com News · 5 Nov 2009 Industry news England reaches 37.6% household waste recycling rate Rate of increase slows further, as figures for 2008/09 confirm Staffordshire Moorlands is top council recycler letsrecycle.com News · 5 Nov 2009 Industry news WRAP signals shift in focus away from recycling Organisation's annual event hears of Morrisons' work to cut waste and WRAP's campaign to clean up MRFs letsrecycle.com News · 5 Nov 2009