Recycling news: 2008

Industry news Bradford narrows down bids for 25-year PFI deal Eight bidders chosen to go forward in search for contractor to manage Bradford and Calderdale's waste letsrecycle.com News · 30 Oct 2008 Industry news Two pioneering AD companies merge Bedfordshire-based BIOGEN (UK) Ltd has acquired Shropshire-based AD specialist Greenfinch letsrecycle.com News · 29 Oct 2008 Industry news Greenstar looks for more support over planning Chief executive calls for more government "commitment" to help speed development of recycling facilities letsrecycle.com News · 29 Oct 2008 Industry news CRR calls for more investment in quality recycling Campaign suggest that export 'squeeze' could lead to landfilling of low quality commingled materials letsrecycle.com News · 29 Oct 2008 Industry news Warning of dramatic increase in abandoned cars Vehicle dismantlers claim that big fall in metal prices could also hit council contracts letsrecycle.com News · 29 Oct 2008 Industry news Contaminated soils to be subject to Landfill Tax Plans agreed to phase out exemption of materials from contaminated land from Landfill Tax duty by 2012 letsrecycle.com News · 29 Oct 2008 Industry news Mixed plastics recycling now even more uneconomical Falling prices are likely to affect viability of collecting "cost-marginal" materials, LGA suggests letsrecycle.com News · 28 Oct 2008 Industry news Defra publishes waste facility design guidance Document aimed to enable delivery of "high quality and locally appropriate" plants letsrecycle.com News · 28 Oct 2008 Industry news Investigation launched into fire at Demonstrator site Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority looking to establish cause of blaze at £13m facility letsrecycle.com News · 28 Oct 2008 Industry news Last chance for decisive action over carrier bags London Councils suggests amendments to Climate Change Bill ahead of third reading today letsrecycle.com News · 28 Oct 2008 Industry news Paper sector predicts more stability in November However, experts warn that difficulties likely to remain in finding short-term markets for material letsrecycle.com News · 28 Oct 2008 Industry news News in Brief With news on a fine for Carluccio's, a Royal visit to Abitibi and furniture reuse letsrecycle.com News · 28 Oct 2008 Industry news Plastic bottles stockpiled after prices take another knock British Plastics Federation voices concern that some material could be sent to landfill following latest decline letsrecycle.com News · 27 Oct 2008 Industry news AWS secures rHDPE contract with Nampak "Largest" deal secured ahead of sharp decline in plastic bottle prices letsrecycle.com News · 27 Oct 2008 Industry news Fiddling while carbon burns Greenstar's Ian Wakelin, on why we must move quickly to reduce carbon emissions and recycle more letsrecycle.com News · 27 Oct 2008 Industry news WRAP identifies factors affecting plastics and paper prices Three reports published today in wake of sharp fall in commodity prices letsrecycle.com News · 27 Oct 2008 Industry news Aluminium can price falls again Councils, waste management companies and third sector hit as Novelis cuts UBC price for third time in October letsrecycle.com News · 27 Oct 2008 Industry news Downturn set to squeeze out low quality materials Full implications of economic crisis on recycling sector explored at WRAP event letsrecycle.com News · 23 Oct 2008 Industry news China: A long term market for UK materials? WRAP and Valpak examine the future of sending recovered paper and plastics to China letsrecycle.com News · 23 Oct 2008 Industry news Haringey rolls out borough-wide estates recycling London council introducing facilities for paper, card, plastic, cans and glass to 10,000 properties letsrecycle.com News · 23 Oct 2008 Industry news Over three hundred councils now offering carton recycling Carton manufacturers led by Tetra Pak report that they have helped 86% of councils to recycle cartons letsrecycle.com News · 23 Oct 2008 Industry news Tax should have no adverse effects on waste oil collection Defra defends plans to tax recycled fuel oil from November despite mounting calls to scrap the measure letsrecycle.com News · 22 Oct 2008 Industry news News in Brief With news on a deal for SITA UK, increased lamp recycling and certificates for Donarbon letsrecycle.com News · 22 Oct 2008 Industry news Concerns raised over recycling measure for Wales Proposal to force councils to reveal where recycling ends up has too narrow a focus, WLGA claims letsrecycle.com News · 22 Oct 2008 Industry news News in Brief With news on Highland tenders, a new HQ for the Environment Agency and a biodiversity fund letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2008 Industry news WEEE schemes warned of “watershed” in 2009 Schemes must find balance between evidence and obligation to gain re-approval, EA says letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2008 Industry news SITA UK secures Hounslow waste collection contract Seven-year deal with London borough includes new mixed plastic and food waste collections letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2008 Industry news Defra issues REACH and recovered waste guidance Advice published to clarify effect of EU chemical legislation on recovered waste substances letsrecycle.com News · 21 Oct 2008 Industry news Lifecycle study reveals benefits of reusable nappies Defra publishes report challenging suggestions that cloth nappies no better than disposables letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2008 Industry news Warning over unethical buyer behaviour Some payments not being made as contracted, says BIR; and a UK perspective on the economic crisis letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2008 Industry news WRAP to hold seminar on navigating the economic slowdown Meeting on Thursday to examine international markets for materials such as recovered paper letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2008 Industry news EMR prosecuted after employee falls in Lincoln Metal recycling firm fined and ordered to pay costs after failing to ensure work at height was carried out safely letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2008 Industry news Defra names six “zero waste places” Two London boroughs and the West Midlands among those picked to showcase best practice letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2008 Industry news Waste Framework Directive adopted by European Council Proposals for a 50% household waste recycling target across Europe approved by ministers letsrecycle.com News · 20 Oct 2008 Industry news Expansion for Essex-based mixed plastics recycling firm Rainham-based Express Recycling increases capacity and launches new trading company letsrecycle.com News · 19 Oct 2008 Industry news Plastics sector latest to be hit by falling commodity prices Export prices down as virgin oil price drops and economic downturn continues letsrecycle.com News · 19 Oct 2008 Industry news Veolia Environnement reports slowdown in waste business Parent company of UK waste giant Veolia ES reveals that financial crisis is affecting its waste arm letsrecycle.com News · 19 Oct 2008 Industry news Plans submitted for Oxfordshire EfW Viridor submits speculative proposal for ‘state-of-the-art' energy facility letsrecycle.com News · 19 Oct 2008 Industry news Second drop in eight days for aluminium can price Novelis cuts price paid for UBC as economic slowdown continues to impact upon metals sector letsrecycle.com News · 19 Oct 2008 Industry news Council of Ministers set to approve Waste Framework Directive Revised Directive including 2020 recycling goals scheduled for approval today "without discussion" letsrecycle.com News · 19 Oct 2008