Recycling news: 2004

Industry news Wales&#39 recycling rate for 2003/04 up by 5% According to official figures released today, Wales has increased its recycling rate to 17.6%, a 5% increase on 2002/03 figures letsrecycle.com News · 27 Oct 2004 Industry news Retailers should act now to avoid unnecessary WEEE costs Study says that UK retailers need to improve their returns systems before the WEEE Directive starts in August or risk additional costs letsrecycle.com News · 27 Oct 2004 Industry news SITA UK trials building waste recycling system in Dorset Waste management firm installs new crushing plant that could recycle up to 60,000 tonnes of construction waste each year letsrecycle.com News · 26 Oct 2004 Industry news London shoe recycling scheme to expand in November A shoe recycling scheme will be increasing its collection in November when it begins collection banks at schools across London letsrecycle.com News · 26 Oct 2004 Industry news Newport’s fortnightly pilot boosts recycling rate by 42% An extra 14 tonnes of recyclables a week has been collected from households on the fortnightly residual waste collection scheme letsrecycle.com News · 26 Oct 2004 Industry news Three out of four scrap metal sites “illegal”, Agency finds Environment Agency serves notices on scrap metal recyclers that do not comply with environmental standards under ELV Directive letsrecycle.com News · 26 Oct 2004 Industry news Portsmouth recycler defends plastic bottle top collections A recycler in Portsmouth has dispelled fears that charities and schools who collect plastic bottle tops are wasting their time letsrecycle.com News · 25 Oct 2004 Industry news News in Brief Defra seeks views on data; Clock ticking on CRED fund; Website launched for councils; and, Scottish community recycling boost letsrecycle.com News · 25 Oct 2004 Industry news Metal recycler Norton&#39s invests 1 million in Liverpool site Recycling firm S Norton & Co installs new conveyor bridge at its Liverpool site, as well as depollution equipment for ELVs letsrecycle.com News · 25 Oct 2004 Industry news Local authorities demand changes to recycling credits system Local government representatives tell governemnt that recycling funding scheme in English counties needs to be updated letsrecycle.com News · 25 Oct 2004 Industry news Margaret Beckett urges businesses to minimise waste outputs Secretary of State warns UK businesses they are wasting billions of pounds through inefficient resource use letsrecycle.com News · 25 Oct 2004 Industry news Germany given three months to change drinks deposit scheme European Commission sets deadline for Germany as it says deposit scheme on drinks packaging is a barrier to free trade letsrecycle.com News · 24 Oct 2004 Industry news Verdant renews waste services contract with Arun district Firm signs seven-year deal including refuse and recycling collections and cleansing services with the West Sussex district letsrecycle.com News · 24 Oct 2004 Industry news Waste wood gate fee on the way up, say wood recyclers A higher standard of wood required by board mills and low PRN value for wood are affecting the gate fee, says the wood industry letsrecycle.com News · 24 Oct 2004 Industry news Kerbside separation “not suitable” for some city boroughs A waste officer for Hammersmith and Fulham has said that collecting recyclables together is the only way to recycle in his borough letsrecycle.com News · 24 Oct 2004 Industry news Recycled quarry waste could be peat substitute, study claims Using recycled quarry waste could a good alternative to peat in composting, say researchers at the University of Warwick letsrecycle.com News · 24 Oct 2004 Industry news Alternate weekly collections way forward says Recoup Plastic bottle organisation Recoup has called on councils to introduce alternate weekly collections to improve recycling rates letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2004 Industry news Waste Watch Business Network collapses after loss of funding Questions have arisen over the effectiveness of a waste minimisation project funded by the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2004 Industry news Market Harborough collection crew among awards winners A collection crew from Market Harborough, Ysanne Williams of Lichfield council and Eurostar win Awards for Excellence letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2004 Industry news Council leader fined for running illegal waste dump Leader of North Lincolnshire council fined 20,000 after Environment Agency officers discover illegal waste dump on his farm letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2004 Industry news News in brief Composters reduce waste growth in Cambridgeshire, Toyota develop biodegradable plastic and FOE call for incineration tax letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2004 Industry news Criticism for Telford waste scheme comes in from all angles The resident who started her own collection service in Telford has received criticism from local residents and letsrecycle.com readers letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2004 Industry news Trade waste to count towards LATS, but uncertainties remain Defra rules that trade waste counts under forthcoming municipal landfill limits, but councils face problems measuring it letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2004 Industry news Community recycling sector demands “credit where it is due” Community Recycling Network urges government to make the payment of recycling credits to non-profit third parties mandatory letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2004 Industry news Civic amenity site research picks up national award National Assessment of Civic Amenity Sites recognised as overall winner among community projects at 2004 Biffaward Awards letsrecycle.com News · 19 Oct 2004 Industry news Over 500 new waste plants needed for South West England South West Regional Assembly claims over 500 new recycling and waste facilities plants will be needed in the region letsrecycle.com News · 19 Oct 2004 Industry news Legal duty needed for recycling farm plastics, says CIWM The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management says a government backed national scheme is needed for the recycling of farm plastics letsrecycle.com News · 19 Oct 2004 Industry news Local government sector defends green waste collections Home composting should be included - rather than central collections excluded - from recycling targets, councils believe letsrecycle.com News · 19 Oct 2004 Industry news Neales signs waste management contract with St Regis Neales Waste Management has won a three-year deal to manage 70,000 tonnes of waste from five St Regis paper mills letsrecycle.com News · 18 Oct 2004 Industry news Association formed to improve US waste electronic exports Group of American exporters forms global association to improve standards of waste electronics exports to Asia letsrecycle.com News · 18 Oct 2004 Industry news Recycling and waste management success to gain recognition Winners of the Awards for Excellence in Recycling and Waste Management to receive distinctive trophies of recycled glass letsrecycle.com News · 18 Oct 2004 Industry news East Sussex opens first recycling plant under Onyx contract East Sussex council unveils first of several new waste facilities planned under its 1bn waste management contract with Onyx letsrecycle.com News · 18 Oct 2004 Industry news Producers should pay for council packaging collections LARAC suggests that packaging producers should be set material-specific recycling targets for household packaging waste letsrecycle.com News · 17 Oct 2004 Industry news News in Brief Funding boost for recycling in Wales; Big Recycle launched; Chester to recycle batteries; and, recycling at Cardiff marathon letsrecycle.com News · 17 Oct 2004 Industry news Scottish local authorities set 30% recycling target for 2008 Scottish Executive adds new household waste recycling target for councils to meet after their existing target in 2006 letsrecycle.com News · 17 Oct 2004 Industry news Wet summer boosts green waste harvest, but dampens sales Composters report increases of up to 30% in green waste brought in for composting, but weather may have hit compost sales letsrecycle.com News · 17 Oct 2004 Industry news Grosvenor Waste appoints John Viviani as managing director UK purchasing and commercial manager at UPM-Kymmene Shotton is to join Kent-based Grosvenor Waste Management in December letsrecycle.com News · 14 Oct 2004 Industry news Shropshire to let major waste management contract Partnership of Shropshire councils announces intentions for a 25-year, 305 million integrated waste management contract letsrecycle.com News · 14 Oct 2004 Industry news Uk firm helps solve California&#39s $1bn plastic waste problem Staffordshire-based equipment manufacturer signs 2 million deal to provide plastic recycling machinery to US letsrecycle.com News · 14 Oct 2004 Industry news Keep Britain Tidy boss suspended for offensive remarks Encams marketing whiz Sue Nelson has been sent home for shameful remarks made about the Lancashire town of Wigan letsrecycle.com News · 14 Oct 2004