Recycling news: 2010

Industry news England narrowly misses 40% recycling target Defra figures reveal rate for household waste reached 39.7% for 2009/10, while Staffordshire Moorlands remains top council letsrecycle.com News · 4 Nov 2010 Industry news WRAP director Phillip Ward announces retirement Director of local government services to leave in March 2011 after seven years at Defra-funded resource efficiency body letsrecycle.com News · 4 Nov 2010 Industry news Film highlights benefits of closed loop recycling Veolia, Closed Loop, M&S and RecycleBank launch video charting life cycle of M&S milk bottle letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2010 Industry news News in Brief With news on a consultation on poultry litter ash, joint working in Wales and a £250m contract in Ealing letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2010 Industry news Shipping lines halt electronics exports to Nigeria Reports of increased inspections prompt restrictions in move linked to concerns over illegal e-waste exports letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2010 Industry news Rochford district council signs MRF deal with UPM Essex local authority agrees contract to send 9,000 tonnes of commingled material-a-year to paper giant's Shotton facility letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2010 Industry news Defra to develop mature narrative on incineration Department also reveals scale of response to waste review, and plans to lay regulations for revised WFD in January 2011 letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2010 Industry news Wales agrees statutory 70% recycling target National Assembly for Wales passes legislation on legally-binding municipal waste recycling and composting targets letsrecycle.com News · 3 Nov 2010 Industry news Mondi notes “disappointing” Aylesford figures One of Aylesford Newsprint's owners has commented on the financial performance at the Kent mill letsrecycle.com News · 2 Nov 2010 Industry news Shropshire EfW plans come under scrutiny Documentary questions business case behind Veolia's plans for large-scale plant in Shrewsbury letsrecycle.com News · 2 Nov 2010 Industry news Defra long aware of unlawful CA site charges Conflict in law governing civic amenity sites should have been addressed years ago, says critic letsrecycle.com News · 2 Nov 2010 Industry news Wales revises single-use bag charge down to 5p Environment minister Jane Davidson lays draft regulations setting out plans to force retailers to charge for bags from 2011 letsrecycle.com News · 2 Nov 2010 Industry news The planning system, localism, and third party appeals Gev Eduljee, of SITA UK, looks at the impact that the Decentralisation and Localism Bill could have on the waste sector letsrecycle.com News · 2 Nov 2010 Industry news Disappointment over “unambitious” packaging targets The Environment Exchange and Compliance Link become latest to respond to targets announced for 2011 and 2012 letsrecycle.com News · 1 Nov 2010 Industry news News in Brief With news on joint working in Scotland, anger over the withdrawal of waste PFI funding and food waste in Rhondda letsrecycle.com News · 1 Nov 2010 Industry news Warning over steel recycling market uncertainty Former president of BMRA reports production slowdown in Q3, but BIR conference hears of surge in demand for non-ferrous scrap letsrecycle.com News · 1 Nov 2010 Industry news North Lincs plans small WEEE kerbside collections Six month trial will make local authority one of first in UK to include waste stream in kerbside recycling service letsrecycle.com News · 1 Nov 2010 Industry news Veolia welcomes common sense disclosure ruling But, campaigners claim victory for freedom of information in dispute over public release of waste PFI contract details letsrecycle.com News · 1 Nov 2010 Industry news Recresco lowers glass price in wake of PRN slump Glass recycling firm announces mixed glass price drop and warns further falls could lead to material having no market value letsrecycle.com News · 1 Nov 2010 Industry news Councils promote pumpkin recycling West Dorset, Eastleigh and Torbay rollout or extend collections to include lanterns left after the Halloween celebrations letsrecycle.com News · 31 Oct 2010 Industry news NCWRP goes to Hollywood! (well, Pinewood Studios) This month our managing director, Richard Mehmed, visited the set of the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie at Pinewood Studios to discuss the possibility of our network collecting and recycling some of the wood used in constructing the sets. Unfortunately he didn’t get to meet Johnny Depp but it was a very constructive visit. Watch this [...] Community Wood Recycling · 30 Oct 2010 Industry news NCWRP receives visit from South Korea The NCWRP was recently visited by a party of South Koreans that work in job creation for disadvantaged people. They were in the UK for a week looking at possibility of replicating some of our best social enterprise models. They toured and were impressed by the Brighton enterprise and were intrigued how the NCWRP has [...] Community Wood Recycling · 30 Oct 2010 Industry news Low efficiency incinerators on a par with landfill Conservative MP attacks plans for plant in Middlewich during debate in House of Commons letsrecycle.com News · 28 Oct 2010 Industry news CIWM names Barry Dennis as president Director-general of ESA appointed in ceremony held at Lord's cricket ground in London letsrecycle.com News · 28 Oct 2010 Industry news Judges rule on Veolia Notts contract disclosure Company does not have to release more details of PFI deal, but questions over use of papers already released letsrecycle.com News · 28 Oct 2010 Industry news UPM to work with councils to ensure MRF quality Paper giant reveals its £17m development in North Wales will focus on quality testing of feedstock letsrecycle.com News · 28 Oct 2010 Industry news Wood workers to down tools over biomass subsidies Over 600 employees at Kronospan wood panel plant to down tools over rise in virgin and waste wood being sent for energy generation letsrecycle.com News · 28 Oct 2010 Industry news South London councils to continue procurement Partnership pledges to proceed with plans to build waste infrastructure despite withdrawal of PFI funding under Spending Review letsrecycle.com News · 28 Oct 2010 Industry news HRH The Duke of Edinburgh opens Lakeside EfW Formal opening of joint venture between Grundon and Viridor in Berkshire also attended by Japanese ambassador letsrecycle.com News · 27 Oct 2010 Industry news Veolia to establish UK battery recycling plant Duracell decides to sign up to scheme company runs with WasteCare, prompting announcement of plans for facility letsrecycle.com News · 27 Oct 2010 Industry news Council leaders caution government over AD focus Local Government Group uses response to waste policy review to call for guidelines on where technology is best option available letsrecycle.com News · 27 Oct 2010 Industry news Waste sector voices concern over localism agenda Trade bodies CIWM and ESA stress that proposals to give councils greater planning powers must not impede waste development letsrecycle.com News · 27 Oct 2010 Industry news Metals and plastics bodies welcome packaging goals Positive response to announcement of increase in steel and plastic recycling targets, but others question ambition letsrecycle.com News · 26 Oct 2010 Industry news Sterecycle 85m integrated waste site gets go ahead Essex county council grants company conditional permission to develop 240,000tpa capacity site based around autoclave technology letsrecycle.com News · 26 Oct 2010 Industry news ESA seeks greater government support for EfW Trade association publishes policy proposals which includes calls for an "active stance" on waste treatment technologies letsrecycle.com News · 26 Oct 2010 Industry news Cory consortium recommended for Norfolk PFI Alliance with US energy-from-waste specialists Wheelabrator chosen by council's waste strategy board for treatment deal letsrecycle.com News · 26 Oct 2010 Industry news Welsh councils warn 70% recycling could cost 30m Ahead of Welsh Assembly vote next month on legislation enabling ambitious targets, WLGA claims new goals are unaffordable letsrecycle.com News · 26 Oct 2010 Industry news Packaging targets to remain broadly the same Plastics and steel only areas where targets will rise in 2011 and 2012, Defra reveals letsrecycle.com News · 25 Oct 2010 Industry news Code of practice launched to tackle metals theft Trade association BMRA and police officers' body join forces to establish voluntary guidelines for metals recycling companies letsrecycle.com News · 25 Oct 2010 Industry news Viridor secures planning consent for Ardley EfW Company receives permission to build 300,000tpa facility to treat Oxfordshire council's residual waste at second attempt letsrecycle.com News · 25 Oct 2010