Recycling news: 2006

Industry news Smaller firms can handle PFI waste contracts, says Donarbon Local company beats waste giants to secure preferred bidder status for Cambridgeshire&#39s Private Finance Initiative waste contract letsrecycle.com News · 27 Sept 2006 Industry news High return for anaerobic digestion, operator claims Operators of UK&#39s first full-scale household waste digesters says plant gives good return on costs letsrecycle.com News · 27 Sept 2006 Industry news Cost benefits for separate food and green waste collections Composting Association seminar suggests councils will save money by keeping food waste and green waste collections separate letsrecycle.com News · 27 Sept 2006 Industry news Sainsbury&#39s to use recycled plastic in free carrier bags Supermarket chain to replace current white carrier bags with orange bags that will have a 33% recycled plastic content letsrecycle.com News · 26 Sept 2006 Industry news Bournemouth signs 7.5m waste contract with MBT firm Five-year deal agreed with New Earth Solutions to process "black bag" waste at mechanical biological treatment plant letsrecycle.com News · 26 Sept 2006 Industry news Denbighshire residents in scramble for recycling boxes Demand for kerbside boxes so high ahead of new fortnightly residual waste collection scheme that scheme roll out is delayed letsrecycle.com News · 26 Sept 2006 Industry news News in Brief News on recycling schemes in Salisbury and the Wirral, education in Camden, new waste technologies, and Hampshire&#39s composting letsrecycle.com News · 25 Sept 2006 Industry news Target warning for Thurrock borough council Audit Commission says council faces "major" challenges with its waste services, describes prospects as "uncertain" letsrecycle.com News · 25 Sept 2006 Industry news Straight profits up despite drop in demand for wheeled bins Leeds-based container firm reports increase in pre-tax profits, but turnover drops 10% with reduced sales of wheeled bins letsrecycle.com News · 25 Sept 2006 Industry news Exceptional recycling rates achieved at Somerset centres County council&#39s 18 recycling centres, run by Viridor Waste Management, are now averaging 72% recycling rates letsrecycle.com News · 25 Sept 2006 Industry news Recycled compost cuts plant disease by up to 72% Research says using composts made from organic waste - and paper waste - brings "major disease control benefits" letsrecycle.com News · 25 Sept 2006 Industry news Sonae UK wins award for PRN investment Valpak award for Merseyside board mill at ceremony also awarding three councils for packaging waste recycling efforts letsrecycle.com News · 24 Sept 2006 Industry news Nottingham incinerator expansion rejected WRG considers an appeal as councillors back officer recommendations to throw out bid to expand Eastcroft plant letsrecycle.com News · 24 Sept 2006 Industry news London textile recycler opens 2 million facility Chris Carey&#39s Collections more than doubles textile intake with new 25,000 tonne capacity plant in Beckenham letsrecycle.com News · 24 Sept 2006 Industry news Education no longer enough for wasteful Brighton homes Brighton & Hove councillors ban householders putting out too much side waste, a ban that could lead to a full side waste ban letsrecycle.com News · 24 Sept 2006 Industry news Humanity's worst invention: Agriculture - The Ecologist The Ecologist · 22 Sept 2006 Industry news October deadline for Berkshire RE3 contract Councillors demand end to delays in agreeing long-term waste management contract for Reading, Wokingham and Bracknell letsrecycle.com News · 21 Sept 2006 Industry news Finalists announced for 2006 Awards for Excellence Councils, businesses, contractors and community groups feature among the 27 finalists for this year&#39s awards letsrecycle.com News · 21 Sept 2006 Industry news Brighton research backs recycling incentive schemes Report suggests incentives can drive up householder participation rates for recycling schemes by 20% in three months letsrecycle.com News · 21 Sept 2006 Industry news Enfield claims vindication in recycling row with Mayor London borough says 31% recycling rate proves it was right to sell off recycling centre against wishes of Ken Livingstone letsrecycle.com News · 21 Sept 2006 Industry news Boiler damage sees Kirklees incinerator out of action Council says eight-week shutdown to repair "significant damage" will not impact on landfill allowance targets letsrecycle.com News · 21 Sept 2006 Industry news An uncertain future: standards for recovered paper The paper industry is troubled. Unless clear guidance is given to local authorities and the waste management industry there is a tangible fear that the quality of recovered paper will begin to deteriorate. Emily Ross discovers whether the influx of new guidance to address this problem has the capacity to make the situation worse. letsrecycle.com News · 21 Sept 2006 Industry news Home composting critics “missing bigger picture” Composting Association and WRAP defend home composting against claims it causes the emission of the greenhouse gas methane letsrecycle.com News · 21 Sept 2006 Industry news Opposition to plans for 10m Worcester recycling plant Planners reveal large response from residents concerned at proposal for new materials sorting facility near Worcester letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2006 Industry news Conditional green light for Veolia-Cleanaway acquisition Veolia Environmental Services agrees to sell Fawley incinerator to enable 595m acquisition of Cleanaway UK letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2006 Industry news News in Brief Including news on green waste recycling in South Wales and Liverpool, a new catering waste scheme and a new mobile shredder letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2006 Industry news Norfolk confident of landfill target success Despite difficulty deciding treatment options, updated waste strategy sees county in positive mood regarding targets letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2006 Industry news Small composters demand recognition within protocol Community composters criticise quality protocol&#39s reliance on PAS 100 standard to de-classify compost as a "waste" letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2006 Industry news Middlesbrough firm fined 45,000 for burning waste Environment Agency hails prosecution as a "clear warning" to other businesses to comply with their waste management licences letsrecycle.com News · 19 Sept 2006 Industry news WRAP support for construction waste recycling New capital grant scheme aims to reduce 30 million tonnes of construction and demolition waste sent to landfill each year letsrecycle.com News · 19 Sept 2006 Industry news Home composting generates greenhouse gas, academics warn Composting organic waste at home generating "significant amounts" of climate change-causing methane, researchers claim letsrecycle.com News · 19 Sept 2006 Industry news European Court ruling backs UK levy on aggregates The British Aggregates Association has suffered a huge setback in its fight against the environmental levy letsrecycle.com News · 18 Sept 2006 Industry news Extended negotiations “helpful” to Cambridgeshire PFI Cambridgeshire officers recommend Donarbon as preferred bidder, following extended negotiation with company letsrecycle.com News · 18 Sept 2006 Industry news Asda pioneers zero waste to landfill Supermarket chain reveals first success in sending zero non-hazardous waste to landfill by 2010 letsrecycle.com News · 18 Sept 2006 Industry news New Earth signs top SITA executive Dorset-based composting firm signs Peter Gillatt, SITA UK&#39s chief operating officer for treatment, as new managing director letsrecycle.com News · 18 Sept 2006 Industry news Major fire at Berkshire plastics recycling firm Blaze at Baylis Recycling near Slough causes hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of damage to HDPE recycling facility letsrecycle.com News · 17 Sept 2006 Industry news Ex-Herhof executives to open Berlin MBT plant Engineers from firm that collapsed while developing MBT plant in Lancashire to open Germany&#39s 50th MBT plant next month letsrecycle.com News · 17 Sept 2006 Industry news News in Brief With news on home composting, schools awareness, business procurement, IT re-use and construction waste reduction letsrecycle.com News · 17 Sept 2006 Industry news Poole hands 200m integrated contract to Viridor 20-year contract signed, to include provision of new MRF and processing of residual waste at Colnbrook incinerator letsrecycle.com News · 17 Sept 2006 Industry news Planning approval for 25m East London gasification plant First plant of its kind in UK, designed to process MBT residues, wins backing of Thames Gateway planners letsrecycle.com News · 14 Sept 2006