Recycling news: 2007

Industry news First composter receives Quality Protocol approval Derbyshire firm's certification comes as more retailers and local authorities ask composters for proof of quality letsrecycle.com News · 24 Oct 2007 Industry news “Pay as you throw” announcement on hold Suggestions Downing Street stepped in to stop Defra moving forward with recycling incentive schemes letsrecycle.com News · 24 Oct 2007 Industry news Shortlists announced for 3 billlion Merseyside contracts 15 companies in running to recover energy from region's residual waste, eight named for interim deal letsrecycle.com News · 24 Oct 2007 Industry news Call for packaging clamp-down as Bill introduced Lib Dems introduce Packaging (Reduction) Bill as trading standards warn existing regulations failing letsrecycle.com News · 23 Oct 2007 Industry news Funding boost for SME recycling schemes WRAP launches grant competition to councils and waste firms to help small businesses to recycle letsrecycle.com News · 23 Oct 2007 Industry news Quality Protocol set to increase oil recycling Environment Agency and WRAP unveils draft Quality Protocol for waste vegetable oil letsrecycle.com News · 23 Oct 2007 Industry news News in Brief With news of an Irish waste policy shift, waste reduction and a construction waste take-back scheme letsrecycle.com News · 23 Oct 2007 Industry news Manchester’s waste PFI delay brings bounty to consultants City waste authority spending millions on consultants as PFI waste contract delayed to December letsrecycle.com News · 23 Oct 2007 Industry news Doubts over “revenue neutral” recycling incentives Consultation highlights strong support for household recycling incentives, but concern about costs letsrecycle.com News · 23 Oct 2007 Industry news Supermarkets urged to cut packaging Council leaders call for action from large chain stores which have defended their packaging strategy letsrecycle.com News · 22 Oct 2007 Industry news 5 million MRF opens in Essex Holmen Paper aims to build more sorting plants, after unveiling a 120,000-tonne facility at Tilbury letsrecycle.com News · 22 Oct 2007 Industry news Reconomy buys Alibone Recycling Purchase expands company's Northampton base which includes Oakley Waste Management letsrecycle.com News · 22 Oct 2007 Industry news Graham Davy to lead Sims electronics recycling division Sims reshuffles senior team at Sims Recycling Solutions, while Tom Bird is to head Sims Group in UK letsrecycle.com News · 22 Oct 2007 Industry news Welsh councils urged to recycle 70% of waste Local authorities say Welsh Assembly's proposals will be "massively challenging" and that funding will be an issue letsrecycle.com News · 22 Oct 2007 Industry news Reclassifying incinerators “sensible option” says MEP Caroline Jackson hopeful MEPs will back calls to designate efficient EfW plants as "recovery" facilities letsrecycle.com News · 22 Oct 2007 Industry news Chemical rules threaten plastics recycling, says BPF Recycling council chairman fears consequences of REACH legislation but hopes an exemption could provide a solution letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2007 Industry news News in Brief With news on collections in London, WEEE compliance and the Campaign for Real Recycling letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2007 Industry news Defra to unveil recycling incentive plans Latest thinking on how to encourage householders to recycle more to be published this week letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2007 Industry news Targets proving “problematic” in EU waste directive talks Hope for agreement on new waste framework directive early in 2008, targets proving a sticking point letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2007 Industry news Sustainability and accountability: Mal Williams, chief executive of Cylch How the community can convert waste into real wealth letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2007 Industry news News in Brief With news on WEEE plastic recycling, a Greenstar acquisition and aggregate recycling funding letsrecycle.com News · 18 Oct 2007 Industry news Food waste campaign to launch next month WRAP's consumer-facing drive to reduce food waste will begin on November 1 letsrecycle.com News · 18 Oct 2007 Industry news Auditors rate Lincoln waste services “good” Audit Commission gives Lincoln two out of three stars but recommends better value for money for tax payers letsrecycle.com News · 18 Oct 2007 Industry news Norwich prepares for alternate weekly collections City council rolls out blue bins ahead of new collection system which aims to boost recycling by 50% letsrecycle.com News · 18 Oct 2007 Industry news Firms invited to move to “innovative” centre Urban Mines asks firms to register interest in moving to Yorkshire business park letsrecycle.com News · 17 Oct 2007 Industry news Concern over recovered paper costs Paper reprocessor DS Smith and Stora Enso publish latest trading statements letsrecycle.com News · 17 Oct 2007 Industry news Westminster and Wetherspoon in award winners Recycling minister tells audience of progress and speaks of importance of recycling to society letsrecycle.com News · 17 Oct 2007 Industry news Caddy liners “drive up food waste collections costs” Mid Bedfordshire council waste chief warns local authorities about "killer" cost of biodegradable bags for food waste letsrecycle.com News · 17 Oct 2007 Industry news Waste debate over shopping bags in London Last two weeks of consultation on possible levy or ban on single-use shopping bags in capital letsrecycle.com News · 16 Oct 2007 Industry news Enormous potential in fly-ash recycling, says German firm UK could deal with ash from power stations by mimicking "benchmark" methods used in Germany letsrecycle.com News · 16 Oct 2007 Industry news News in Brief With news on recycling education initiatives, a recycling showcase, bag re-use and carton recycling letsrecycle.com News · 16 Oct 2007 Industry news Ruddock backs anaerobic digestion for food waste Minister hails AD as "best" for food waste, says work being done to provide certainty for investors letsrecycle.com News · 16 Oct 2007 Industry news Aluminium sector in crisis talks over recycling targets Aluminium industry to meet with Defra as export red tape threatens recycling target compliance letsrecycle.com News · 15 Oct 2007 Industry news Friends of the Earth investigates residual waste policy Group researches waste composition and treatment after high levels of recycling are achieved letsrecycle.com News · 15 Oct 2007 Industry news Somerset signs recycling and waste deal with ECT Partnership of councils signs first ever county-wide collection contract, for seven-year period letsrecycle.com News · 15 Oct 2007 Industry news Londoners urged to recycle three times more waste Mayor launches new "Recycle for London" campaign, amid concerns over available treatment capacity letsrecycle.com News · 15 Oct 2007 Industry news ASDA and Sainsbury’s top grocers for waste action Watchdog warns of "wildly varying performances" by supermarkets on packaging and bags letsrecycle.com News · 14 Oct 2007 Industry news News in Brief Including news from Severnside, Hippowaste, Taylor, Liverpool and the Community RePaint Network letsrecycle.com News · 14 Oct 2007 Industry news Bristol review backs fortnightly waste collections Councillors consider Citizens' Jury Review, which also supports collection of plastic in bring banks letsrecycle.com News · 14 Oct 2007 Industry news Council waste and recycling services “short-changed” Despite increase in PFI funding, councils warn that spending review will squeeze waste budgets letsrecycle.com News · 14 Oct 2007