Recycling news: 2004

Industry news Steel report predicts global slow-down over next five years Experts MEPS predict average 3% annual increase in steel consumption until 2008, compared to 6% seen from 2001-4 letsrecycle.com News · 21 Sept 2004 Industry news Corus: Steel cans could be recycled at zero cost Steel reprocessor Corus urges local authorities to take up steel can collections, saying net costs should be zero letsrecycle.com News · 21 Sept 2004 Industry news Cross-border waste awareness campaign launched in Ireland Republic of Ireland teams up with the Northern Ireland administration to raise awareness of recycling among householders letsrecycle.com News · 21 Sept 2004 Industry news Berryman glass recycling plant up and running in Wheatley Multi-million pound glass treatment plant, handling 225,000 tonnes of waste glass each year, has started operations in Doncaster letsrecycle.com News · 21 Sept 2004 Industry news LARAC denounces calls to simplify waste collections Local authority organisation disputes think tank Sustainability Northwest&#39s call for regional approach to recycling letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2004 Industry news Plastics recovery sector set for packaging waste protocol Plastics recyclers look set to follow the waste wood sector in drawing up a voluntary industry protocol to counter PRN irregularities letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2004 Industry news Luxus launch wheeled bin recycling scheme Plastic recycler Luxus have launched a wheeled bin recycling scheme following successful trials in the North of England letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2004 Industry news Fortnightly collections key to Eastleigh recycling success In a letsrecycle.com interview, recycling officer Martyn Cole reveals how Eastleigh council is achieving recycling success letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2004 Industry news Lib Dems accuse Defra of incompetence over hazardous waste Liberal Democrat MP Sue Doughty blames government for making hazardous waste disposal costly and difficult letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2004 Industry news Lib Dems would allow variable charging on household waste Liberal Democrats would allow councils to charge householders for the amount of waste they produce, Conference hears letsrecycle.com News · 20 Sept 2004 Industry news Office World fined for using too much packaging Stationery retailer pleads guilty after trading standards officers find it uses too much packaging in its home delivery business letsrecycle.com News · 19 Sept 2004 Industry news Waste tyres key to UK cement industry sustainability Report from UK cement industry says using alternative fuels like waste tyres remains key to the sector&#39s sustainability goals letsrecycle.com News · 19 Sept 2004 Industry news Alistair McGowan favourite to front WRAP recycling campaign TV celebrity impersonator Alistair McGowan is thought to be a leading contender to front the new national recycling campaign letsrecycle.com News · 19 Sept 2004 Industry news Reprocessing “held back” by lack of investment experience Survey from WRAP reveals that recycling companies are being held back by a lack of capital investment letsrecycle.com News · 19 Sept 2004 Industry news Stirling could match top English councils on recycling Scottish council claims its new kerbside roll-out will see it matching Daventry and Lichfield&#39s 45% recycling rate next year letsrecycle.com News · 19 Sept 2004 Industry news New investment company eyes up UK waste sector Led by a former WRG chairman, Augean plc aims to buy a recycling or waste management business worth up to 100m letsrecycle.com News · 16 Sept 2004 Industry news Crow Environmental to supply de-pollution systems to EMR European Metal Recycling has enlisted Crow Environmental to supply and install over 40 vehicle de-pollution units across the UK letsrecycle.com News · 16 Sept 2004 Industry news Merseyside councils agree single strategy to boost recycling Five councils forming the Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority have agreed to a 25-year strategy to recycle more waste letsrecycle.com News · 16 Sept 2004 Industry news Denbighshire awarded 236,000 to upgrade waste vehicles County council grant from the Energy Saving Trust to make waste handling vehicles more environmentally friendly letsrecycle.com News · 16 Sept 2004 Industry news ICER accredits three community WEEE refurbishers Three WEEE refurbishers have been given ICER accreditations which could lead to Approved Treatment Facility status letsrecycle.com News · 16 Sept 2004 Industry news Sims develops recycling process for WEEE plastics Recycler Sims Group has installed new equipment to separate and recycle plastics from waste electrical and electronic equipment letsrecycle.com News · 15 Sept 2004 Industry news Police called in after Defra packaging waste investigation Police investigations are underway after Defra found reprocessors to be "incorrectly" issuing packaging waste recovery notes letsrecycle.com News · 15 Sept 2004 Industry news Composters to raise planning and waste permitting concerns The sector will meet with Defra and the Environment Agency this month to discuss changes to planning and permitting legislation letsrecycle.com News · 15 Sept 2004 Industry news MPs warned of glass manufacturing and recycling job losses British Glass warns that UK&#39s tougher stance on climate change than other EU countries could see investment going abroad letsrecycle.com News · 15 Sept 2004 Industry news Sourcing guidance for recovered paper in development PaperChain reveals new guidelines for paper recycling are nearly complete, looking at sourcing, collection and storage letsrecycle.com News · 14 Sept 2004 Industry news Aylesford Newsprint launches recycling photo competition Kent-based newsprint recycler celebrates double anniversary by offering travel prizes for interesting recycling photography letsrecycle.com News · 14 Sept 2004 Industry news Tony Blair calls for green industrial revolution Prime Minister says UK should be leading the way in tackling climate change through improving resource efficiency letsrecycle.com News · 14 Sept 2004 Industry news North west of England needs “single, powerful” waste body Think tank Sustainability Northwest calls for "visionary" regional approach to counter "dismal" recycling rates letsrecycle.com News · 14 Sept 2004 Industry news Defra proposes changes to recycling credit scheme Defra has suggested that re-use and minimisation should be included in the recycling credit scheme letsrecycle.com News · 13 Sept 2004 Industry news Committee casts doubt over Defra&#39s 25% recycling ambition The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has said today it is surprised that Defra thinks the UK can recycle 25% by 2005/06. letsrecycle.com News · 13 Sept 2004 Industry news Valpak looks to run full compliance scheme for WEEE Valpak has announced its proposals for developing a waste electronics and recycling compliance scheme letsrecycle.com News · 13 Sept 2004 Industry news Sims and Grundon in new UK WEEE initiative A &#39complete solution&#39 to the re-use and recycling of WEEE is being promoted by Remploy with a number of partners letsrecycle.com News · 13 Sept 2004 Industry news Defra selects seven proposals for technology plants Preferred bidders have been named for Defra&#39s new technologies programme which aims to divert waste from landfill letsrecycle.com News · 12 Sept 2004 Industry news Biffa crowned Waste World Cup champions Waste management firm wins second annual Waste World Cup after a masterful victory over letsrecycle.com in the final letsrecycle.com News · 12 Sept 2004 Industry news High energy costs hit papermaking at DS Smith The parent company of Severnside Recycling reports continuing pressure within its papermaking division letsrecycle.com News · 12 Sept 2004 Industry news Hertfordshire tops recycling target in partnership approach Separation of recyclables from waste by residents has been praised as Hertfordshire reachs 21.9% recycling letsrecycle.com News · 12 Sept 2004 Industry news Howard backs green taxes in environment speech Eight out of the top 10 recycling councils are Conservative, Michael Howard, Conservative leader said today. letsrecycle.com News · 12 Sept 2004 Industry news New PVC recycling scheme for Thames Valley The British Plastics Federation is backing a pilot scheme for the recycling of PVC plastics in the Thames Valley area letsrecycle.com News · 9 Sept 2004 Industry news Estech looks to build autoclave in Worcestershire A planning application has been submitted for a "steam autoclave" plant to recycle mixed municipal waste into organic fibre letsrecycle.com News · 9 Sept 2004 Industry news News in Brief New environmental centre for Northamptonshire; Wyvern expands composting; Oxfordshire praised for recycling performance letsrecycle.com News · 9 Sept 2004