Recycling news: 2007

Industry news Campaign demands inquiry into English recycling costs Commingled scheme opponents demand urgent investigation of English recycling collection costs following Welsh study letsrecycle.com News · 18 Sept 2007 Industry news Black Country borough moves MBT and MRF plans forward Sandwell council to consider buying 30-acre site for waste treatment facilities under compulsory purchase letsrecycle.com News · 18 Sept 2007 Industry news Construction start for Isle of Wight gasification plant Defra-funded Energos project "on schedule" for operations to begin by the end of 2007 letsrecycle.com News · 17 Sept 2007 Industry news Bank backs 100m autoclave for Merseyside Plans for merchant facility using autoclave and gasification technology to treat black bag waste letsrecycle.com News · 17 Sept 2007 Industry news Councils accused of “ripping-off” charities Local authorities deny wrong-doing in row over waste disposal costs, but are reviewing policies letsrecycle.com News · 17 Sept 2007 Industry news 3,900 producers signed up to WEEE recycling law Environment Agency continues bid to hunt down unregistered electronics manufacturers/importers letsrecycle.com News · 17 Sept 2007 Industry news 50,000 penalty for “sham” skip hire firm Hounslow-based New Bharat Skips is found guilty of dumping waste near a Middlesex service station letsrecycle.com News · 17 Sept 2007 Industry news Oxfordshire town to ban plastic bags Eco bags to be introduced to all businesses in Wantage in time for Christmas letsrecycle.com News · 16 Sept 2007 Industry news “Next generation” recycling vehicle trials delayed Trials to start in November, after prototype designs are altered to take into account industry views letsrecycle.com News · 16 Sept 2007 Industry news Environcom WEEE recycling plant hit by fire UPDATE: Firm reviewing its future after multi-million pound Lincolnshire plant "devastated" by fire letsrecycle.com News · 16 Sept 2007 Industry news SITA sponsors Labour Party Conference 2007 Firm raises it profile as some uncertainty remains over its future ownership letsrecycle.com News · 16 Sept 2007 Industry news Disappointment over “worthless” landfill allowances Local authorities unable to sell surplus allowances, even at prices under five pounds per tonne letsrecycle.com News · 16 Sept 2007 Industry news Small Hands Resistant Pharma Packaging - Packaging Gateway Packaging Gateway (GlobalData) · 16 Sept 2007 Industry news Bioplastics could “cause serious problems for recyclers” WRAP report on packaging made from biopolymers expresses concerns but manufacturers say there is great potential letsrecycle.com News · 13 Sept 2007 Industry news Views from public invited on carrier bag ban in London London Councils invites views from the public to help shape new legislation for the capital letsrecycle.com News · 13 Sept 2007 Industry news Dublin plans 200 million CHP plant City council signs contract with Dublin Waste to Energy to build 600,000-tonne facility letsrecycle.com News · 13 Sept 2007 Industry news London’s waste technology gets financial boost London Remade secures funding to help develop new technology plants in the capital letsrecycle.com News · 13 Sept 2007 Industry news 1,000 per tonne kerbside recycling scheme revealed Welsh Assembly Government study finds "enormous variation" in council recycling scheme costs letsrecycle.com News · 13 Sept 2007 Industry news Shopping obstacles: Joy Blizzard How supermarket technology has not caught up with the UK's recycling efforts letsrecycle.com News · 13 Sept 2007 Industry news Battery “pre-compliance” service launched Valpak helps businesses prepare for tough targets to fund battery collections under the Battery Directive letsrecycle.com News · 12 Sept 2007 Industry news Tory review backs disposal bans on recyclable materials Big rise in Landfill Tax, more producer responsibility and recycling incentives in Quality of Life report letsrecycle.com News · 12 Sept 2007 Industry news Tories pledge “fundamental” change in waste policy Review demands change in approach to waste, but too early to tell if Party will adopt suggestions letsrecycle.com News · 12 Sept 2007 Industry news Royal approval for Bedfordshire anaerobic digester Princess Anne opens state-of-the-art waste plant that could be first in new network of AD facilities letsrecycle.com News · 12 Sept 2007 Industry news Biffa site worker on bail after CA site death Newbury centre closed while circumstances surrounding 58 year old man's death are investigated letsrecycle.com News · 11 Sept 2007 Industry news Concern over rising waste export costs Environment Agency warns that new freight charges could damage UK recycling rates letsrecycle.com News · 11 Sept 2007 Industry news Conservatives to unveil new approach to recycling Links between waste and the environment expected to be addressed in tomorrow's Quality of Life review letsrecycle.com News · 11 Sept 2007 Industry news Welsh councils hit landfill targets but more work needed Landfill diversion efforts welcomed but Environment Agency tells councils to step up to meet future European targets letsrecycle.com News · 11 Sept 2007 Industry news Wine company hit by 70,000 fine under recycling regulations London firm Bibendum pleads guilty to charges of avoiding producer responsibility to recycle packaging waste letsrecycle.com News · 10 Sept 2007 Industry news Exeter trade waste scheme could boost recycling by 25% City council proposals to reduce commercial waste could also generate revenue letsrecycle.com News · 10 Sept 2007 Industry news Colossal MRF planned for Birmingham Waste firm Greenstar announces plans for 250,000-tonnes-a-year plant in West Midlands letsrecycle.com News · 10 Sept 2007 Industry news Scotland to set “more ambitious” recycling targets Scottish councils invited to waste summit in October to discuss raising of recycling targets letsrecycle.com News · 10 Sept 2007 Industry news Injunction served against North London waste site Neasden waste transfer station forbidden from handling waste following "significant" opposition letsrecycle.com News · 9 Sept 2007 Industry news 43% of waste technologies “unproven” Analysis of global waste technologies warns councils that many have not been fully proven letsrecycle.com News · 9 Sept 2007 Industry news Valpak wins 2007 Waste World Cup Producer responsibility specialists win after extra time against ACM Waste Management in final letsrecycle.com News · 9 Sept 2007 Industry news Fresh delay for 3bn Manchester PFI waste deal Contract signing put back to December, hold-ups include preparations for newly-acquired waste sites letsrecycle.com News · 9 Sept 2007 Industry news National network formed to oppose incineration Friends of the Earth helps establish new outfit to co-ordinate campaigns against burning of waste letsrecycle.com News · 9 Sept 2007 Industry news Waste policy: Dr Michael Warhurst, senior waste and resources campaigner, Friends of the Earth What's next for waste policy? letsrecycle.com News · 9 Sept 2007 Industry news Price rise for exporting waste to China UK Shipping Lines announce that waste freight costs to the Far East are rising from next month letsrecycle.com News · 6 Sept 2007 Industry news Defra meets industry to discuss textiles impact Clothing, textiles and fashion industries seek ways to cut environmental impact of their activities letsrecycle.com News · 6 Sept 2007 Industry news News in Brief With news on MBT guidance, finance, sorting technology and packaging reduction letsrecycle.com News · 6 Sept 2007