Recycling news: 2011

Industry news Access roads for Cornwall EfW before court hearing Preparation ofsite begins despite outstanding High Court appeal against project to be heard next month letsrecycle.com News · 27 Sept 2011 Industry news Agency confirms battery efficiencies approach Regulator tells recyclers it will not take action if they do not report recycling efficiencies due to absence of EU-wide approach for calculating them letsrecycle.com News · 27 Sept 2011 Industry news Exporting waste fuel from UK a retrograde step Treasury concedes tax loss while Viridor warns of threat to UK facilities if material continues to be sent overseas letsrecycle.com News · 26 Sept 2011 Industry news Labour would make move to low carbon economy Shadow energy secretary Meg Hillier criticises government green policy at party conference, while recycling achievements are highlighted letsrecycle.com News · 26 Sept 2011 Industry news Labour would make move to low carbon economy Shadow energy secretary Meg Hillier criticises government green policy at party conference, while recycling achievements are highlighted letsrecycle.com News · 26 Sept 2011 Industry news Wales recycling rate moves up to 45% Figures for first quarter of 2011/12 show continued improvement in performance, with municipal waste figure for three months reaching 48% letsrecycle.com News · 26 Sept 2011 Industry news Minister opens Keenan composting site expansion Scottish environment secretary Richard Lochhead unveils results of 1.3m investment at Aberdeenshire facility letsrecycle.com News · 26 Sept 2011 Industry news Waste wood shortage predicted by 2015 Despite current oversupply in market, Tolvik Consulting study indicates that future demand will considerably outstrip UK supply letsrecycle.com News · 25 Sept 2011 Industry news Somerset agreement paves way for Viridor AD plant Waste Partnership to guarantee 19,000tpa of food waste feedstock for new plant to be developed at Walpole, near Bridgwater letsrecycle.com News · 25 Sept 2011 Industry news Reuse to be rewarded in pioneering London scheme West London Waste Authority says initiative offering residents rewards for using reuse charities, organisations and businesses is first of its kind letsrecycle.com News · 25 Sept 2011 Industry news Flies cause problems for new Avonmouth MBT plant Environment Agency working with operator New Earth Solutions to tackle problem linked to waste trucks entering site letsrecycle.com News · 25 Sept 2011 Industry news WRAP makes black plastics recycling breakthrough Trials into recycling non-bottle plastics show that councils will be able to collect a wider range of plastics in future, says WRAP letsrecycle.com News · 22 Sept 2011 Industry news Waste fuel permitted for export tops a million tonnes Agency figures reveal amount of refuse-derived fuel permitted for export, but only 6% of permitted material exported letsrecycle.com News · 22 Sept 2011 Industry news News in Brief With news on a Peel wood-to-energy plant, a meeting for Bioflame, May Gurney in Cheshire, Veolia in the South of England and ECO Plastics working with Coca Cola letsrecycle.com News · 22 Sept 2011 Industry news Minister hails Welsh towns 74% recycling rate John Griffiths uses speech at Cylch conference to praise slow recycling initiative, where material is collected intensively at kerbside letsrecycle.com News · 22 Sept 2011 Industry news Valpak decision suspended indefinitely Future of company up in the air as non-conflicted directors tell members they need more time to consider outside expressions of interest in business letsrecycle.com News · 21 Sept 2011 Industry news Mixed reaction to WRAP markets warning Recyclers remain cautious over potential for market crash after warning from WRAP chief last week letsrecycle.com News · 21 Sept 2011 Industry news LGA claims victory over councils paying EU fines Local Government Association says amendments to Localism Bill will prevent fines for failing to meet European targets being arbitrarily passed onto local authorities letsrecycle.com News · 21 Sept 2011 Industry news United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Contract for CSG The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority has appointed Hampshire-based waste management specialists Cleansing Service Group to manage waste and boost recycling at its Culham site in Oxfordshire. The contract will involve the collection of a wide range of hazardous and non-hazardous waste streams including oils, resins, paints, cutting fluids and oily rags. CSG will also […] CSG (Cleansing Service Group) · 21 Sept 2011 Industry news OFT calls for more competition in organic waste market But, body which enforces competition law says regulators need to ensure level playing field between waste companies and sewage companies letsrecycle.com News · 21 Sept 2011 Industry news HSE: No waste sector deaths so far in 2011/12 Health and Safety Executive says industry will remain priority for interventions despite progress and government moves to cut red tape and costs letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2011 Industry news Somerset set to keep HWRC charge despite income gap Report recommends councils maintain 2 charge at four sites, but no plans to introduce charge at other sites at this time letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2011 Industry news Energos looks ahead to Knowsley gasification project Company to launch C&I plant in Knowsley and concedes Isle of Wight could have been different letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2011 Industry news Scotland reaffirms commitment to 70% recycling Finance minister John Swinney confirms 2025 targets in speech outlining spending plans for next three years letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2011 Industry news Video – Testa Corp dismantles bridge… - Demolition News Demolition News · 20 Sept 2011 Industry news Biffa Cannock EfW approval overturned Councillors reject proposals after being asked to reconsider previous permission due to issues over proposed Biffa payments to Community Fund letsrecycle.com News · 19 Sept 2011 Industry news SCA and Casepak bid to grow as Leicester MRF opens Casepak unveils Leicester MRF which will complement SCA Recyclings facility in Southampton letsrecycle.com News · 19 Sept 2011 Industry news Time running out to enter Wood Recycling Awards Companies and councils invited to enter inaugural Wood Recyclers Association awards ahead of ceremony on November 1 in Solihull letsrecycle.com News · 19 Sept 2011 Industry news Commission spells out future waste policy direction European Resource Efficiency Roadmap includes potential for minimum recycled content targets and funding for recycling letsrecycle.com News · 19 Sept 2011 Industry news WRG grows its energy business Chief executive Paul Taylor discusses companys change in focus letsrecycle.com News · 19 Sept 2011 Industry news Pickles approves SITA Severnside EfW plans Proposals for facility intended to treat 400,000tpa of commercial and industrial waste given permission on appeal letsrecycle.com News · 18 Sept 2011 Industry news New recycling minister welcomed by waste sector ESA, CIWM, LARAC and Friends of the Earth say they look forward to working with Lord Taylor of Holbeach following departure of Lord Henley last week letsrecycle.com News · 18 Sept 2011 Industry news Plasma firm secures further funding support SEPA and council officers visit plasma demonstration site in Swindon with APP confirming more financing in place letsrecycle.com News · 18 Sept 2011 Industry news European U-turn creates battery recycling confusion Defra admits to challenge after Commission confirms it will push ahead with requirement for member states to report efficiencies by September 26 letsrecycle.com News · 18 Sept 2011 Industry news The hazardous waste challenge Rebecca Eatwell of PPS Group investigates the opportunities and challenges for the waste sector in delivering a new generation of hazardous waste facilities letsrecycle.com News · 18 Sept 2011 Industry news Cheshire work to create NW foothold for May Gurney Services and infrastructure company looks to expand further after success in Bristol and Cheshire West and Chester letsrecycle.com News · 15 Sept 2011 Industry news Lord Taylor replaces Henley as recycling minister New minister with knowledge of agriculture and waste takes on portfolio in surprise move as Lord Henley moves to crime prevention letsrecycle.com News · 15 Sept 2011 Industry news Agency takes joint-working approach on waste crime Head of waste at Environment Agency claims money is not an issue despite reduced resources and puts WEEE and C&D waste among priorities letsrecycle.com News · 14 Sept 2011 Industry news Biffa claims Judicial Review could hit recycling Biffa accuses Campaign of self-interest while CRR responds that switching to kerbside sort can save money and is not expensive letsrecycle.com News · 14 Sept 2011 Industry news Minister pledges zero tolerance for textiles crime Nick Hurd calls for consistent message on clothes collections and to ensure public trust in using clothing collections is not lost letsrecycle.com News · 14 Sept 2011