Recycling news: 2005

Industry news Recyclite to open 40 million unit capacity plant Following several large contracts, lamp recycler Recyclite announces plan to build new reprocessing plant in Suffolk letsrecycle.com News · 19 Sept 2005 Industry news New recycling centre opened on Merseyside New household waste recycling facility is opened on the Wirral by the Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority letsrecycle.com News · 19 Sept 2005 Industry news Wastepack offers three-year packaging compliance contracts Packaging waste compliance scheme seeks members and reprocessors to sign three-year contracts for fixed price PRNs letsrecycle.com News · 18 Sept 2005 Industry news WRAP offers assistance for expanding recyclers SMEs in the process of expanding offered interim management support and assistance on intellectual property rights letsrecycle.com News · 18 Sept 2005 Industry news Worker safety must be “top priority” in recycling industry Government minister calls for recyclers to put staff safety first, after company boss was jailed for death of worker letsrecycle.com News · 18 Sept 2005 Industry news Friends of the Earth demands variable charging on waste Group says England must close gap between 23% recycling rate and rest of Europe by charging householders for not recycling letsrecycle.com News · 18 Sept 2005 Industry news Plea to wine merchants to help UK recycling Retailers urged to boost green credentials and help UK recycling by pushing suppliers to import wine in clear glass bottles letsrecycle.com News · 18 Sept 2005 Industry news Novelis slams 200 aluminium PRNs UK&#39s largest aluminium reprocessor hits out at exporters and reprocessors it says are forcing up packaging recovery note prices letsrecycle.com News · 15 Sept 2005 Industry news Container production boost follows Taylor takeover Waste and recycling container manufacturers Taylor claim 30% production increase following this summer&#39s buy out letsrecycle.com News · 15 Sept 2005 Industry news Paper recycling company director jailed over death of worker Paul White, director of MW White has been jailed for a year following the death of an employee in a paper shredder letsrecycle.com News · 15 Sept 2005 Industry news Dixons begins in-store battery collections G&P Batteries contracted by Dixons Group to collect and reprocess batteries from 750 stores UK wide letsrecycle.com News · 15 Sept 2005 Industry news New guidance for prospective commercial glass collectors Companies and councils considering collecting glass bottles from licensed premises for recycling offered guidance letsrecycle.com News · 15 Sept 2005 Industry news Key report calls for local authority focus for PRN funding Packaging recovery industry report on likelihood of UK meeting EU targets urges closer working with local authorities letsrecycle.com News · 14 Sept 2005 Industry news WRAP-backed plastic bag reuse campaign launched Two trials in Bristol and Edinburgh and supported by major retailers to be run promoting the reuse of carrier bags letsrecycle.com News · 14 Sept 2005 Industry news Former IWPPA president involved in knife attack Clive Hoyland, former president of IWPPA, stable in hospital following knife incident which saw a man killed letsrecycle.com News · 14 Sept 2005 Industry news News in Brief Onyx wins WEEE contract; New waste tower for Blackpool; Cardiff composter in funding boost; Terberg unveils new bin lifts letsrecycle.com News · 14 Sept 2005 Industry news Councils to bid for retailers&#39 WEEE funding from January Retail compliance scheme says councils to bid for funding to upgrade CA sites to collect waste electronics in New Year letsrecycle.com News · 14 Sept 2005 Industry news Mayor sets out case to unite London waste authorities Ken Livingstone publishes proposal to replace London&#39s 16 waste disposal authorities with single waste authority letsrecycle.com News · 14 Sept 2005 Industry news Aylesford Newsprint announces best recycling photographers Paper reprocessor reveals prize winners in its celebratory holiday photography competition, "Wish You Were Recycling Here" letsrecycle.com News · 13 Sept 2005 Industry news England nears 23% household waste recycling rate Unaudited figures reveal councils on track to hit national 25% target for 2005/06, with consultation on new targets on the way letsrecycle.com News · 13 Sept 2005 Industry news Bradshaw defends green waste services and praises councils Minister expresses delight at increase in municipal recycling and looks ahead to new waste strategy letsrecycle.com News · 13 Sept 2005 Industry news Local Government Association welcomes 23% recycling rate LGA praises "spirit and dedication" of council recycling teams, but warns funding pressures letsrecycle.com News · 13 Sept 2005 Industry news Retailers urged to join WEEE compliance scheme Valpak lays out further details on how retailers can carry out their EU obligations to collect and recycle waste electronics letsrecycle.com News · 13 Sept 2005 Industry news WRAP reveals panelboard recycling action plan Study carried out on behalf of WRAP looks into possible recovery options for wood panelboard letsrecycle.com News · 12 Sept 2005 Industry news Liverpool to run prize draws as recycling incentive Prizes will be on offer to help increase Liverpool&#39s recycling rate to meet an 18% target letsrecycle.com News · 12 Sept 2005 Industry news Milton Keynes MRF set for German technology overhaul Cutts Brothers, company contracted to run Milton Keynes MRF, to use German company Stadler for rebuild following fire letsrecycle.com News · 12 Sept 2005 Industry news Cornwall reassures bidders it will not walk away from PFI Cornwall county council has denied rumours that it is set to drop its PFI waste management procurement process letsrecycle.com News · 12 Sept 2005 Industry news Commercial waste recycling facility opens in North Wales New firm Recyclo opens 72,000 tonne-capacity materials recycling facility for commercial and industrial waste in Flintshire letsrecycle.com News · 11 Sept 2005 Industry news Barclays banks Waste World Cup glory Bank&#39s waste management division battles way through one-day tournament to lift the coveted Waste World Cup letsrecycle.com News · 11 Sept 2005 Industry news Snowie Group sold to Irish-owned firm Oran Waste Stirling firm Snowie Group, specialist in treating and recycling organic wastes, sold to Irish-owned Oran Waste UK letsrecycle.com News · 11 Sept 2005 Industry news Livingstone launches recycling text service for London London residents offered opportunity to find out about local recycling services by sending their postcode by text message letsrecycle.com News · 11 Sept 2005 Industry news Take-over for Citiraya UK&#39s Scottish WEEE operations Remains of Scottish branch of Citiraya UK taken over by Asian-owned WEEE reprocessor TES-AMM Solutions Ltd letsrecycle.com News · 8 Sept 2005 Industry news Precedent set as 626,000 won from illegal waste dumper Legal experts and Environment Agency say flood of claims could now come from landowners affected by illegal waste dumping letsrecycle.com News · 8 Sept 2005 Industry news Bolton council in green waste quality plea to residents Borough urges householders not to include non-garden waste within green bin collections after contaminated material goes to landfill letsrecycle.com News · 8 Sept 2005 Industry news New fund for community composters in London London CRN and North London Waste Authority announce new fund to encourage community recycling in seven London boroughs letsrecycle.com News · 8 Sept 2005 Industry news Sector eyes up chance of glory on eve of Waste World Cup Final footballing preparations being made across waste management sector as kick off for the 2005 Waste World Cup draws near letsrecycle.com News · 7 Sept 2005 Industry news Energy costs impact worse than expected, says DS Smith Severnside Recycling&#39s parent company has warned that results will suffer because of energy costs letsrecycle.com News · 7 Sept 2005 Industry news Salvation Army in 150,000 study on textile recycling Defra funds project looking at implications and possible solutions to impact of cheap textile imports on UK textile recycling letsrecycle.com News · 7 Sept 2005 Industry news Exel launches wider producer responsibility service Logistics firm sets up Environmental Compliance Solutions, taking in Packaging Datastore and new services for waste electronics letsrecycle.com News · 7 Sept 2005 Industry news Community-run “Zero-Waste Centre” gains support in Suffolk Project gains momentum to develop resource development park in Lowestoft to recycle and re-use local business waste letsrecycle.com News · 6 Sept 2005