Recycling news: 2006

Industry news Demand still high for mixed glass in aggregate industry Aggregates firm reassures councils there is good demand for their glass following Cemex decision to stop using recycled glass letsrecycle.com News · 10 Oct 2006 Industry news Surrey composter fined 12,000 for operating without licence John Barnes disqualified as director of Ockham-based firm for unlicenced operation that led to complaints about odours letsrecycle.com News · 10 Oct 2006 Industry news UK recovered paper exports outstrip domestic use Paper industry stresses need for quality in collected waste paper with UK dependent on competing in global waste paper market letsrecycle.com News · 9 Oct 2006 Industry news News in Brief With news on Uttlesford&#39s recycling; Waste Watch&#39s new director; Devon&#39s new recycling centre and a waste prevention toolkit letsrecycle.com News · 9 Oct 2006 Industry news Veolia to upgrade recycling services in Tendring Council awards 10m contract extension to Veolia Environmental Services to increase frequency of recycling collections letsrecycle.com News · 9 Oct 2006 Industry news Ipswich resumes organic waste collections Scheme killed off by animal by-product regulations gets back on its feet after local composting facility is upgraded letsrecycle.com News · 9 Oct 2006 Industry news PVC flooring recycled in new Recovinyl trial Kent-based company receives support from industry-funded recycling scheme to collect and recycle flooring from large hospitals letsrecycle.com News · 8 Oct 2006 Industry news Council leaders express “grave concerns” over junk mail deal LGA warns Royal Mail that deal with union to scrap limits on junk mail deliveries could hit Council Taxpayers and environment letsrecycle.com News · 8 Oct 2006 Industry news Record high for Corus steel can collections Reprocessor reveals surge in collections this summer at CanRoute centres, with more support given to kerbside schemes letsrecycle.com News · 8 Oct 2006 Industry news Copeland recycling in-house after community group pulls out Cumbrian borough makes interim move while community group attacks authority over participation figures letsrecycle.com News · 8 Oct 2006 Industry news Newham recycling rate heading in right direction England&#39s worst recycling council in 2004/05 says its 2005/06 rate has reached double figures letsrecycle.com News · 8 Oct 2006 Industry news Oxford city recycling drive aims to double recycling rates Expanded green waste collections and new multi-material recycling scheme spearheads switch to alternate week collections letsrecycle.com News · 8 Oct 2006 Industry news Expansion for popular Norfolk carton recycling trial County council decides to expand a collection trial for Tetra Pak drinks cartons, after it proves popular among residents letsrecycle.com News · 5 Oct 2006 Industry news Household waste “could power London buses” London Hydrogen Partnership says "real potential" for gasification and anaerobic digestion plants to generate hydrogen fuel letsrecycle.com News · 5 Oct 2006 Industry news Scotland making “significant progress” in recycling Recycling and composting figures for 2005/06 show that Scotland is "well on track" to meet its 25% target for 2006 letsrecycle.com News · 5 Oct 2006 Industry news Yorkshire food waste recycling scheme proposed Recycling Action Yorkshire seeks interest from food industry for new commercial collection and recycling scheme letsrecycle.com News · 5 Oct 2006 Industry news Waste and recycling firms in north west offered 4m support Development agency Envirolink Northwest launches programme to stimulate growth in the waste and recycling sector letsrecycle.com News · 4 Oct 2006 Industry news News in Brief Including news on waste minimisation work, WEEE compliance schemes, collection caddies and community recycling letsrecycle.com News · 4 Oct 2006 Industry news Waltham Forest hails “substantial” recycling increase Council says that compulsory recycling trial has had an affect after just three weeks letsrecycle.com News · 4 Oct 2006 Industry news Defra provides model landfill allowance trading contract Publication on Department&#39s website offers "very sensible" suggestions to help councils streamline trades as targets increase letsrecycle.com News · 4 Oct 2006 Industry news Decision on Quinn Glass dispute “in early December” 18-month wait for end to planning dispute involving UK&#39s newest glass container plant could soon be over, government says letsrecycle.com News · 4 Oct 2006 Industry news WRAP pulls plug on 5.5 million Recycling Fund Fund for small recycling firms axed after failing to perform, with activities restricted by European State Aid rules letsrecycle.com News · 3 Oct 2006 Industry news WRAP hits 88% success rate on landfill diversion targets Waste and Resources Action Programme diverted 4.6m tonnes of waste from landfill from 2004-2006, but some key targets missed letsrecycle.com News · 3 Oct 2006 Industry news BBC investigates drive to reduce household waste Real Story documentary to follow councils "dishing out fines" to "families who struggle to cope with mounting bin bags" letsrecycle.com News · 3 Oct 2006 Industry news Accord preferred bidder for 50m Gloucester contract Gloucester city council decides on Accord plc as favoured partner, as it aims to increase recycling by 50% in three years letsrecycle.com News · 3 Oct 2006 Industry news St Helens recycling firm to produce food-grade PET plastic JFC Delleve to install hot wash plant and produce PET material capable of being made into food grade packaging letsrecycle.com News · 2 Oct 2006 Industry news Change at the top for plastics recycling firm Recoup Well-known industry figure Andrew Simmons relocates to Australia, with father John taking his place as chief executive letsrecycle.com News · 2 Oct 2006 Industry news Plans announced for “emission free” tyre recycling facility New facility in South Wales will recycle tyres by freezing them in liquid nitrogen to break them down into rubber crumb letsrecycle.com News · 2 Oct 2006 Industry news “Worrying trend” of textile recycling jobs moving abroad Cheap labour in Eastern Europe blamed as sector faces growing list of redundancies letsrecycle.com News · 2 Oct 2006 Industry news Recycled paper guidelines and standards due out this year Standards created to overcome conflict over contamination levels for export of paper letsrecycle.com News · 1 Oct 2006 Industry news Contract boost to Teesside biomass waste wood project NISP assists Middlesborough-based wood recyclers sourcing waste wood prior to opening of Wilton 10 biomass plant in March letsrecycle.com News · 1 Oct 2006 Industry news letsrecycle.com named among top business publishers Recycling and waste sector&#39s top information source shortlisted by media industry for online publisher award letsrecycle.com News · 1 Oct 2006 Industry news Compulsory recycling finds favour among Richmond residents Survey suggests residents of London borough prefer mandatory recycling to fortnightly residual waste collections letsrecycle.com News · 1 Oct 2006 Industry news Aggregates producer stops using recycled glass Cemex switches to using more recycled asphalt to make aggregates for road building for "commercial reasons" letsrecycle.com News · 1 Oct 2006 Industry news Veolia completes £589m acquisition of Cleanaway UK Veolia Environmental Services completes purchase of Essex-based rival, becoming largest waste firm operating in UK letsrecycle.com News · 28 Sept 2006 Industry news Nordic Recycling paper yard suffers fire Fire fighters are damping down after a fire at a paper recycling yard near Gillingham in Kent letsrecycle.com News · 28 Sept 2006 Industry news Scotland&#39s high rise homes in 47m recycling drive Residents in tenements in central Scotland to benefit from Strategic Waste Fund windfall, including 27m for Glasgow letsrecycle.com News · 28 Sept 2006 Industry news “Extraordinary” results for composting odour-eaters Sussex composting firm tests products it says made "significant difference" to odours generated from operations letsrecycle.com News · 28 Sept 2006 Industry news FCC completes £1.4bn acquisition of Waste Recycling Group One of Britain&#39s largest waste firms formally moves into Spanish ownership as equity group Terra Firma completes sale letsrecycle.com News · 27 Sept 2006 Industry news Tyre recycling technology successfully tested in Wales Pilot plant near Wrexham turns used tyres into carbon black and oil products through "continuous reduction distillation" letsrecycle.com News · 27 Sept 2006