Waste Treatment and Reprocessing

A major challenge is the need to divert the biodegradable element of MSW from landfill under the targets set in the Landfill Directive, 1999. Failure to reach these targets could lead to substantial financial penalties for the UK. To divert the progressively increasing quantities of waste to achieve targets will require a large number of treatment plants across the UK of a variety of types and often utilising advanced technology. Government’s determination to comply with the Landfill Directive is illustrated by the introduction of the system of statutory landfill allowances for individual waste disposal authorities under the LATS scheme. The waste treatment news is summarised below and you can use the links provided to gain further insight into treatment issues.

Tees Valley energy-from-waste facility flies through tests (18/06/2009)
A major extension at SITA UK’s Haverton Hill energy-from-waste facility in the Tees Valley has passed "stringent performance trials" ........ More...Ebbw Vale to get £450,000 plastics recycling facility (16/06/2009)
The Welsh Assembly Government has awarded £450,000 to help buy new equipment and develop a new recycling facility in Ebbw Vale..... More...Bexley Council to dump landfilling (09/06/2009)
The Captital's top recycling borough plans to take another giant step to reduce its environmental impact from waste management More...Coke's Scottish plant announces zero landfill policy (03/06/2009)
Coca-Cola's Scottish factory announced today that it plans to stop sending waste to landfill by the end of 2011. More...Industry first for WRG (01/05/2009)
Stuart Richardson of WRG has become the first professional in the waste industry to gain a Certificate of Continuing Competence. More...Recycled WEEE gets new lease of life (30/04/2009)
A WEEE recycling project is due to place a range of green electrical goods onto the high street for the first time..... More...Environment Agency searches for landfill polluter (25/04/2009)
An investigation has been launched by the Environment Agency to find the person or organisation responsible for a polluting landfill in Sunderland, it was announced recently. More...£1.5 million IVC plant for Northern Ireland (16/04/2009)
Northern Ireland is to get one of the most advanced recycling facilities in Europe ........ More...£5 million pound funding for food waste processing firm (06/03/2009)
£5 million has been invested in Vertal Limited, a food waste recycling company announced the Foresight Group, yesterday. More...Stockton's approval of state-of-the-art Efw facility welcomed (18/12/2008)
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council has approved Sita UK's planning application to develop a state-of-the-art energy-from-waste (Efw) facility....... More...New Managing Director for AFOR (15/12/2008)
Jeremy Jacobs has been formally appointed as Managing Director announced the Association for Organics Recycling (AFOR) on Thursday. More...WRAP to help local authorities through the economic downturn (04/12/2008)
WRAP announced today it is launching a new advice forum for local authorities to help them deal with lower prices and weaker demand for recyclable materials. More...Licence issued for mega Efw incinerator at Poolbeg Peninsula (02/12/2008)
The Irish EPA has issued a licence to Dublin City Council, to operate a non-hazardous waste incinerator at Pigeon House Road, Poolbeg Peninsula, Dublin. More...GMWDA confirms progress on record PFI waste services project (01/12/2008)
Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority and Viridor Laing are committed to achieving financial close, announced the GMWDA today. More...Funding boost for Welsh recycling and anaerobic digestion (28/11/2008)
WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) announced yesterday new funding to boost the Welsh recycling and reprocessing sector. More...£138 million waste PFI credits for Milton Keynes and Northamptonshire (27/11/2008)
Councils awarded £138 million PFI credits to develop their waste management infrastructure and divert more waste from landfill. More...New waste services and facilities introduced by Greenstar (21/11/2008)
Greenstar UK has continued the strategic expansion of its collection and processing network. More...Zero percent waste growth on Merseyside by 2020 (18/11/2008)
The Merseyside Waste Partnership has updated its Waste Strategy for the area. More...U.S. Sugar to explore development of 100 Million gallon Coskata ethanol conversion facility (17/11/2008)
U.S. Sugar Corp. announced today (Monday) that it has entered into an agreement with Coskata, Inc. of Warrenville, IL ....... More...Leading light in plasma torches assessed (17/11/2008)
A new report has been released on plasma gasification plants in Japan and the Waltz Mill pilot facility in the USA. More...PYReco unveils a genuinely green solution (14/11/2008)
A British company will provide a ‘closed loop’ pyrolysis process as an environmental option to existing disposal methods for tyres. Carbon Black produced at the Metso Minerals plant in Danville, Pennsylvania More...£92 million for Gloucestershire waste PFI project (12/11/2008)
Gloucestershire's waste facilities will see major improvements thanks to £92 million in Private Finance Initiative. More...Efw power plant proposed for Rookery Pit, Bedfordshire (10/11/2008)
Covanta Energy has confirmed its proposal to develop an Energy-from-Waste power station. More...Shanks Group operating profit up 22 percent for first half year (06/11/2008)
Shanks Group plc, Europe's largest listed independent waste management company, has today issued its results for the six months ended 30 September 2008. More...£130,000 fines for companies following death at Allington Efw facility (03/11/2008)
The main contractor and a sub-contractor at Kent Enviropower's Allington Efw facility, were fined at Maidstone Crown Court last Thursday, following the death of a construction worker on the site in 2005. More...BIOGEN acquires Greenfinch in AD technology merger (31/10/2008)
Biogen (UK) Ltd announced this week that it has acquired leading technology provider Greenfinch Ltd. More...Food waste to biomethane fuel at Camden (30/10/2008)
Camden Council and Gasrec announced London’s first bio-gas refuelling station as part of a unique 6 month trial.reliability of using biomethane fuel in a commercial vehicle. More...Government issues guidance on waste facility design (29/10/2008)
The UK Government has issued guidance to local authorities, architects, planners and builders that deals with the development of high quality and locally appropriate waste facilities. More...New partnership in production of food grade rHDPE (27/10/2008)
Nampak Plastics Europe announced today its largest deal so far for the supply of food grade recycled HDPE. More...Scottish capital grant programme for construction waste launched (24/10/2008)
A new Capital Grant Programme aimed at increasing capacity for reclaiming and recycling the non-inert fractions of construction and demolition (C&D) waste in Scotland, was launched this morning. More...Changes at the Composting Association (23/10/2008)
Dr Jane Gilbert is stepping down from her post as Chief Executive of the Association for Organics Recycling. More...Reducing steel production likely to further affect scrap metal prices (22/10/2008)
Corus announced last week that it will reduce crude steel production over the next 3 months by up to 20 %, equivalent to around 1 million tonnes. More...Agency to investigate dumping of electronic waste in Ghana (19/10/2008)
The UK Environment Agency has started investigations into the possible dumping of electronic waste in Ghana, according to Ghananewstoday.com. More...Gasification of municipal waste to produce biofuel (18/10/2008)
More flexible method floated to produce biofuels, electricity. More...Major £120 million investment yields huge energy from waste facility for Teesside (17/10/2008)
SITA UK announced this week, the decision by Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council to approve its planning application to develop a state-of-the-art energy recovery centre at Haverton Hill, near Billingham. More...New tugs for Thames in advance of Belvedere Efw facility (15/10/2008)
Four new tugs are to be purchased by Cory Environmental to update its fleet in advance of the operation of London's largest energy from waste facility. More...£14 million plastics reprocessing plant opens in Lincolnshire (03/10/2008)
AWS Eco Plastics has opened its upgraded £14 million plastics reprocessing centre, said to be the largest in Europe. More...£181.6 million of PFI funding for waste facilities in England (03/10/2008)
Waste facilities in Leicestershire and the South West are to receive PFI funding amounting to a combined total of £181.6 million. More...Millions of tonnes of CO2 saved through WRAP's work (01/10/2008)
WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) has saved millions of tonnes of CO2 through its innovative programmes with partners. More...Processing standard first - for waste plasterboard (30/09/2008)
A new standard has been produced for the processing of waste plasterboard into quality assured gypsum – the first of its kind. More...Audit Commission backs waste to energy and fuel (25/09/2008)
Councils could face fines totalling millions of pounds unless they deliver planned waste treatment facilities and keep up the pressure to reduce, reuse and recycle More...Construction starts on £350million Belvedere Efw plant (24/09/2008)
Construction work has started on the Riverside Resource Recovery Ltd energy-from-waste (Efw) plant at Belvedere in London. More...Food grade plastic recycling plant for Wales (19/09/2008)
Closed Loop Recycling has chosen North Wales as the location for its second plastic recycling plant. More...Cory signs contract for new Wandsworth Materials Recovery Facility (15/09/2008)
WRWA and Cory Environmental are to construct a new Materials Recovery Facility in Inner London, under a contract signed last week. More...An alternative view on waste plastic exports (05/09/2008)
Processing waste plastics in the UK and Europe is still a better option than export abroad for environmental, ethical and legal reasons. More...£20 million recycling park planned on Merseyside (04/09/2008)
Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority (MWDA) has announced that it is to submit plans for a Recycling Park at Gillmoss, Liverpool. More...Gate fees at waste management facilities (27/08/2008)
WRA.P has produced a report on the gate fees charged at various types of waste treatment facilities More...Record PVC recycling rates forecast (26/08/2008)
Recovinyl is forecasting another record-breaking year with more than 50,000 tonnes of PVC set to be recycled by the end of 2008. More...Exporting plastic bottle waste to China is better than UK landfill (20/08/2008)
New study shows carbon benefits of trade with the Dragon economy. More...Dry clean your recycling plastics! (18/08/2008)
Trials have shown that dry cleaning technology is an effective and environmentally beneficial method for removing dirt and contaminants from mixed plastic waste. More...New North London MRF to be operational by July 2009 (13/08/2008)
The circa £18 million deal is Greenstar’s largest strategic investment to date. More...Research finds four main barriers to recycling (08/08/2008)
New research has identified four main barriers which prevent people recycling more. More...Compressed biomethane trial for recycling collection vehicle (06/08/2008)
Gasrec, Veolia and Iveco have announced a commercial trial of vehicle fuel derived from landfill gas. More...UK food waste gets high profile coverage (07/07/2008)
This scale of interest is always welcome to the waste industry and follows the publication by the Cabinet Office of its ten month project which looked at food policy. More...High capacity energy-from-waste facility opens in Paris (03/07/2008)
The new green energy centre comprises an energy-from-waste incineration facility, as well as a recycling centre capable of handling 55,000 tonnes of materials per year. More...World's first mixed plastic bottle recycling plant to produce food grade plastic (30/06/2008)
A revolutionary plant in London that recycled plastic soft drink and milk bottles back into useful packaging has opened in London. More...UK landfilled food waste generates around 2 million tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent (23/06/2008)
Global Renewables urges people to consider their ‘methane footprint’ and local authorities to divert more waste from landfill. More...Close call on best current household waste recycling system (17/06/2008)
Currently, kerbside sort schemes are more cost effective for local authorities than single stream co-mingled collections More...New research on household plastics recycling (06/06/2008)
New research from WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) reveals recycling household plastics can be cost-effective as well as environmentally friendly. More...Graphite Resources reaches financial closure on north-east autoclave plant (04/06/2008)
Graphite Resources Limited has reached financial close on its £50 million Derwenthaugh Ecoparc in Tyne and Wear. More...Views sought on radioactive waste disposal in Scotland (19/05/2008)
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) is seeking views on guidance to be issued on the principles and requirements for near-surface disposal facilities dealing with radioactive waste. More...BSI PAS 100 compost to be used in Yorkshire commercial brownfield redevelopment (15/05/2008)
The site’s former use as a colliery and coking plant has left the soil devoid of nutrients and unable to support plant life. More...Use of recycled PVC granules saves 94% of carbon emissions (14/05/2008)
Manufacturing new building products from recycled PVC-U has about 6% of the global warming impact of using virgin polymer, according to new calculations by plastic recycler, Axion Recycling. More...Financial closure of GMWDA's £3billion waste PFI contract put back to 6 June (08/05/2008)
GMWDA announced yesterday that agreement has been reached with Viridor Laing on all major commercial principles relating to its 25 year waste PFI contract More...First anniversary for Lancashire waste PFI contract (06/05/2008)
One year after financial close, the Lancashire waste PFI contract is well into its stride with good progress being made, according to Global Renewables. More...Agrivert in compost giveaway for Compost Awareness Week (01/05/2008)
Agrivert, in conjunction with Cherwell District Council and South Oxfordshire District Council, is distributing free compost to the general public. More...West London composter to have largest 'in-vessel 'capacity in Europe (29/04/2008)
Eight compost production sites across the UK are reaping the financial rewards thanks to funding and business advice from WRAP. More...New calculations raise recycled polystyrene's environmental credentials (22/04/2008)
New calculations show the recycled material has about 6% of the global warming impact of virgin polystyrene. More...SITA to consult on North East Energy Recovery Centre (18/04/2008)
SITA UK is to enter consultation with the public, on plans to construct a North East Energy Recovery Centre at Haverton Hill on Teesside. More...Norfolk to seek £72.4m PFI support - aided by land offer (17/04/2008)
Norfolk County Council recently announced that it is to offer land at an industrial site south of King's Lynn as a potential location for bidders to build a household waste treatment facility. More...Efw proposals - Mayor hits out at non-recycling companies (15/04/2008)
Following last month's announcement by Cheshire County Council of the shortlist of companies for the Waste Treatment Services PFI contract - the Mayor of Middlewich in Cheshire has hit out at non-recycling businesses. More...Veolia acquires C & C Recycling (14/04/2008)
Veolia Environmental Services (UK) Plc recently announce the acquisition of North West-based recycling company, C & C Recycling Ltd. More...MEP's back position that incineration should be treated as recovery (10/04/2008)
EU Member States should stabilize waste production by 2012 relative to 2009 levels. More...Anaerobic digestion quality protocol launched (08/04/2008)
The Quality Protocol for the production and use of quality outputs from Anaerobic Digestion has been launched this week. More...GMWDA moves closer to PFI contract completion. (08/04/2008)
GMWDA has confirmed that it proposes to award the contract for its 25 year waste management services to the Viridor Laing consortium. More...Research on weekly food waste collections highlighted by the UK Government (28/03/2008)
Brook Lyndhurst worked with the Resource Recovery Forum and Waste Watch, on the project 'Enhancing participation in kitchen waste collection schemes'. More...Wincanton plans a second WEEE plant in Midlands (27/03/2008)
The new plant would double Wincanton's current WEEE recycling capacity and the company would inject in excess of £5m into the facility. More...Business waste targeted with £24m funding package (25/03/2008)
Nearly 7 million tonnes of commercial and industrial waste is currently produced in London each year which is nearly double the amount that London's households produce. More...New remediation guide could aid waste planning (18/03/2008)
Contaminated and derelict land has good potential to provide sites for future waste management facilities... More...Expansion plans for food grade plastics recycling (11/03/2008)
Closed Loop Recycling announced yesterday, a major expansion programme with a number of possible locations for the second food grade plastics recycling plant identified around the UK. More...Further recycling success for Greater Manchester (28/02/2008)
Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (GMWDA) announced earlier this week substantial increases in recycling levels across Greater Manchester, which exceeded targets. More...Potential new suitors for Biffa (24/02/2008)
There has been substantial speculation that a new bid for Biffa, the waste services company, could come from a consortium involving Terra Firma and Suez. More...Increased recycling rates come at expense of prevention at source (20/02/2008)
Waste prevention, remanufacture and improved waste legislation are the future of waste management according to speakers at the recent ACR+ and London Remade conference on waste and climate change. More...European innovation initiative targets recycling and renewable energy (18/02/2008)
In a move to drive innovation in targeted industrial sectors, including recycling and energy from waste, the European Commission recently announced a proposal to unlock market potential for innovative goods and services. More...Scott Wilson and Juniper consultancies form alliance on renewables (14/02/2008)
A new partnership has been announced by Scott Wilson and Juniper consultancies. More...Most SMEs unaware of WEEE Regulations (14/02/2008)
In a recent survey by the Environment Agency, only 12 percent of SMEs could name the WEEE regulations without being prompted. More...UK Government reveals 2008 packaging waste recycling targets (12/02/2008)
The UK Government intends to increase its targets for packaging waste recovery and recycling in Great Britain from 2008 onwards. More...Hot stuff in packaging recycling at Billingsgate Fish Market (12/02/2008)
The first 'Clean Heat Packer' plastic recycling machine in the Europe has just been installed in the City of London Corporation's Billingsgate Market. More...North Yorkshire decides on residual waste contract shortlist (07/02/2008)
The York and North Yorkshire Waste Partnership has reduced the number of bidders for its residual waste contract under the PFI initiative, to four. More...HP’s 2007 recycling increase over twice weight of Titanic (06/02/2008)
HP recently announced it recycled nearly 250 million pounds (113,400 tonnes) of hardware and print cartridges globally 2007. More...Axion produces a purer polymer from monitor plastic (04/02/2008)
A new RoHS-compliant high grade impact polystyrene, developed by Axion Recycling from old TV and computer monitor plastic, could help revolutionise the use of 100% recycled components in new electrical products More...WRAP funding for Rotherham plaster board recycling facility (29/01/2008)
WRAP funding will enable a major Rotherham recycling facility to process an additional 85,000 tonnes of waste plasterboard over the next five years. More...Scotland has an ambitious zero waste vision (28/01/2008)
Ambitious plans for a zero waste Scotland, including tough new targets to increase recycling and reduce landfill, were outlined last week by the Scottish Government. More...Ravenscraig is testing ground for PAS 100 quality compost (24/01/2008)
Scotland’s Ravenscraig site is WRAP’s latest “trailblazer project”. More...Southwark confirms Veolia for “ambitious” 25 year waste contract (21/01/2008)
Southwark Council selected a partner last week for its waste scheme for the Borough, which it describes as one of the most ambitious in the UK. More...Eco-Tec to provide biogas purification technology for UK anaerobic digester. (17/01/2008)
Eco-Tec announced today that it has recently won a contract for biogas purification at McCain Foods (GB) Ltd. More...Resurgence of Energy from Waste confirmed in Oxfordshire (16/01/2008)
The Oxfordshire County Council cabinet yesterday endorsed the selection of contractors to be invited to submit detailed solutions for the treatment of residual wastes. More...Efw still an option in Worcestershire? (15/01/2008)
An energy from waste plant could be back in the frame at Worcestershire. More...Efw may be compatible with sustainable development (14/01/2008)
The Scottish Government’s aspiration to move towards a Zero Waste Society is a good basis for deciding the best way forward....... More...Agrivert loses Buckinghamshire preferred bidder status after planning appeal (11/01/2008)
Buckinghamshire Council announced on Tuesday that it is currently in talks with its reserve bidder with a view to awarding a contract for the design, build and operation of an In-Vessel Composting facility in the north of the County. More...Scottish Borders composting project sweeter than WINE (10/01/2008)
Over the last few years, the Scottish Executive has invested in a composting service by farmers in the Scottish Borders to good effect. More...UK needs to spend £9 billion on recycling and incineration infrastructure (07/01/2008)
The waste management industry has seen an unprecedented number of M&A transactions during 2007. More...Scottish and Southern Energy acquires Slough Heat and Power for £49.25m (03/01/2008)
Scottish and Southern Energy has acquired Slough Heat and Power Ltd from SEGRO plc for a total cash consideration of £49.25m. More...Enhance provides £133k funding to London tyre recycler (20/12/2007)
The Enhance Capital Fund has provided a grant of £133,000 to help Edmonton-based London Tyre Recycling (LTR) become established and provide a solution to the UK’s huge waste tyre problem. More...Greenview Composting gets investment from Euro infrastructure fund (19/12/2007)
Greenview Composting Limited, a “UK market leader” in the provision of in-vessel composting solutions to the waste market, has been advised by LG the London based business law firm, in relation to an important investment in the company. More...UK makes WEEE progress and amending regulations issued (18/12/2007)
Official figures have been released, showing the progress made during the initial compliance period under the 2006 WEEE regulations. More...Dunbar Efw facility design modified in response to public comment (14/12/2007)
Following a period of public consultation, Viridor Waste Management announced earlier this week, amendments to its initial proposal for an Energy from Waste Combined Heat and Power facility (EfW-CHP). More...Fire ravages “state-of-the-art” Yorkshire recycling centre (13/12/2007)
Fire fighters from across South Yorkshire fought a raging blaze at a major “state-of-the-art” recycling facility last week-end. More...Minister says additional capacity needed for 2013 landfill diversion targets (13/12/2007)
Joan Ruddock says that Defra is confident that there is enough infrastructure in place to meet the Government’s 2010 EU Landfill Directive target, but for 2013 more is needed. More...Viridor acquires Grosvenor Waste Management (11/12/2007)
Pennon Group Plc announced recently that its subsidiary, Viridor Waste Management, has acquired Grosvenor Waste Management, a leading UK materials recycling company. More...Crumbs! – Surface Repolymerisation breaks the re-tread mould (10/12/2007)
New WRAP funded research has demonstrated that high rates of crumb rubber from waste tyres can be successfully incorporated into retread compounds for road truck and earthmover tyres. More...UK training on new waste treatment technologies (07/12/2007)
Defra and CIWM have been working together to develop a programme of courses focusing on Waste Treatment Technologies. More...Seven PFI applications given the go-ahead (07/12/2007)
Seven PFI (Private Finance Initiative) applications have been given the go ahead under the current round of approvals for dealing with England's waste. More...Appointments made to new UK WEEE advisory body (05/12/2007)
The UK Government has announced the appointment of the Chair, Peter Calliafas, and 12 members of a new WEEE Advisory Body. More...Welsh recyclate heading east (04/12/2007)
Councils in Wales are sending waste collected for recycling to Far East and South American countries, according to information obtained by Plaid Cymru. More...Hazardous waste up while landfill down in 2006 (03/12/2007)
The amount of hazardous waste sent to landfill fell to 900,000 tonnes - down 60% on 2004 - while recycling and re-use increased to 1.3 million tonnes (up 64%). More...Breakthrough for fire retardant, recycled polymer (29/11/2007)
Axion Polymers, a division of plastics recycler Axion Recycling, claims a technical breakthrough in the production of a new flame retardant impact styrene formulation with high recycled content following successful laboratory trials. More...CEMEX doubles tyre usage and trials Climafuel at Rugby (28/11/2007)
Building materials company, CEMEX UK, has obtained a permit for a trial to increase the use of tyres from 12 to 25 per cent as part-replacement for coal to heat the cement kiln at Rugby Works in Warwickshire and is also to trial Climafuel. More...Tyre reprocessors meet new quality standards (27/11/2007)
A new list of 28 tyre reprocessors who have voluntarily registered their operations’ compliance with a series of quality control standards has been published. More...Biffa reject approach on possible cash offer (26/11/2007)
Biffa has rejected an approached by private equity companies. More...Waste statistics disguise London’s incineration problem (23/11/2007)
The Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, has today repeated his concerns over London’s poor municipal waste management performance, following the release of England’s municipal waste statistics yesterday. More...Europlasma is set to launch a 12MW Unit in Morcenx, France (22/11/2007)
Plans for a 12MW Europlasma facility at Morcenx, France are underway as an “ambitious” development programme following the first instalment of funds from Credit Suisse New York, is announced. More...English waste statistics confirm North Kesteven is tops! (22/11/2007)
Defra released today, its revised estimates from the 2006/7 survey of municipal waste showing that English local authorities have achieved a respectable 31% for recycling and composting of municipal and household wastes. More...Dry-cleaning waste plastic, reduces water consumption (21/11/2007)
High levels of interest have been shown in a novel ‘dry cleaning’ technology for plastic waste and could lead to significantly greater recycling of the material in the UK. More...Agrivert’s Ardley site gets WRAP capital support (20/11/2007)
WRAP Organics Capital Support has assisted leading organic waste recycling company, Agrivert, in the financing of a concrete pad at its Ardley green waste site, as well as a side turner. More...Recycled and secondary aggregates get research backing (19/11/2007)
New research shows the leaching performance of concrete containing recycled and secondary aggregates to be similar to concrete made using aggregates from primary sources. More...Environment outweighs cost for Skye and Lochalsh Efw plant (16/11/2007)
The Highland Council decided yesterday on a small scale energy from waste plant (Efw) to serve the Island of Skye, and Lochalsh in the Western Zone of the council’s area. More...New Website for ECO2’s eco-friendly plastic recycling (14/11/2007)
ECO2 Plastics, Inc. , the eco-friendly recycling company that is changing the way plastics are recycled, earlier this week announced that it has launched its new website. More...Stay clean - stay healthy in waste (14/11/2007)
"Stay clean and stay healthy" is the message from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to workers in the waste management and recycling industries. More...UK first for £60m wood burning station (13/11/2007)
A £60M wood burning power station was opened yesterday by Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks at the Wilton International manufacturing site, on Teesside. More...Cardiff should trial weekly food waste collections (12/11/2007)
Weekly collections of food waste and fortnightly collections of residual waste have been recommended by a Cardiff County Council committee, subject to trials. More...Biffa shells-out £32,500 for landfill smells (08/11/2007)
Biffa Waste Services has been fined £32,500 at Hertford Magistrates Court after an Environment Agency investigation into smells and odours from a Ware landfill. More...New use for waste MDF in wood-plastic composites (05/11/2007)
Banbury, Oxon, England: The launch of an innovative project to demonstrate whether recycled MDF can be used in place of virgin wood flour in the manufacture of wood plastic composites (WPCs), has been announced by WRAP. More...UK’s “largest” plastic recycling plant launched (04/11/2007)
Skelmersdale, Lancs., England: Intercontinental Recycling Limited (IRL) has opened a multi-million pound plastics recycling plant at its site in Skelmersdale. More...£0.5 million investment to improve WEEE yields (29/10/2007)
Salford, UK: Following months of trials, Axion Recycling has invested a further £500,000 in more sophisticated separation techniques to improve the yield of high-grade plastic material. More...Ghost ships laid to rest (29/10/2007)
Hartlepool, Teesside, UK: The saga of the ghost ships which has hit the headlines over the last few years, is reaching a conclusion. More...Step change in Greater Manchester recycling performance (22/10/2007)
‘Well done Greater Manchester’ says a report to the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (GMWDA) which was considered last Friday. More...Cotswold to slash amounts of waste landfilled (17/10/2007)
Cotswold District Council have voted overwhelmingly to introduce a new waste service which is aimed at reducing the amount of rubbish the District sends to landfill sites by an estimated 20%. This should reduce municipal wastes landfilled from 24000 to 19000 tonnes per year. More...WRAP supported waste infrastructure to save 12.5m tonnes of CO2 (16/10/2007)
Statistics revealed by WRAP at last week’s annual open meeting show that new infrastructure supported by the organisation, will recycle more than 86m tonnes of material over their lifetime, with 12.5 million tonnes of C02 equivalent saved. More...Cory gains permission for Stanway Hall waste treatment facilities (16/10/2007)
Cory Environmental was recently granted planning consent by Essex County Council for two new sustainable waste management treatment plants at Stanway Hall Quarry, south west of Colchester. More...Jane Davidson boosts Welsh food waste collections (15/10/2007)
Schemes to receive grants as part of a two year £14m programme to boost recycling in Wales, were announced on Friday. More...Plans submitted for £60m Capel Efw plant (15/10/2007)
A planning application for an energy from waste (efw) plant at Clockhouse Brickworks, Capel, near Dorking, has been submitted by Surrey Waste Management. More...UK Government proposes tougher targets for packaging waste (12/10/2007)
London, UK: The Government intends to issue new targets for packaging waste recycling and recovery effective from January 2008 to help the UK meet its obligations under the EC Packaging Directive, under new proposals from Defra. More...2007 pre-budget report reveals step change in PFI funding (10/10/2007)
London, UK - As part of the pre-budget report, the UK Government announced yesterday that waste management funding through the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) is rising from £280 million in 2007-08 to £700 million in 2010-11, totalling £2 billion over the CSR period. More...Novelis Recycling Education Project Receives Top Award (08/10/2007)
Warrington, UK, Oct. 5: Novelis strikes gold with a recycling award for a consumer education project. More...Scottish Glass Recycling Success (05/10/2007)
Over the last year over 4,000 tonnes of glass bottles and jars have been collected for recycling in the Scottish Highlands according to Viridor Waste Management. More...£1.5m investment in third line at Grosvenor MRF (04/10/2007)
Grosvenor has announced a major £1.5m investment in a third 80,000 tonne production line at its head office site in Crayford, Kent. The investment is funded by the commercial arm of the Alliance & Leicester Bank. More...Plasma based gasification process treats hazardous wastes (03/10/2007)
IET's Plasma Enhanced Melter(TM) will convert hazardous waste into useful products for Dow Corning. More...Veolia signs up with the Shropshire Waste Partnership (03/10/2007)
Veolia has signed the long term integrated waste management contract with the Shropshire Waste Partnership (SWP) within 2 months of being appointed the preferred bidder by the Authority. More...Sita gains Perthshire Efw permission (02/10/2007)
Perth and Kinross planners in Scotland, have approved the construction of an energy from waste (efw) plant at Binn Farm near Glenfarg. More...Creation of Ipswich unitary could cause £52m delay in waste procurement. (01/10/2007)
The Government’s intention to establish a unitary Ipswich authority has increased the likelihood of delays in the waste procurement programme, according to a report by officers of Suffolk County Council. More...Horticultural PVC recycling grows (28/09/2007)
Recovinyl, the PVC-U industry’s recycling initiative, is looking for growth in recycling waste material from the UK’s horticultural sector. More...Move to derail incinerator plans rebuffed (27/09/2007)
A Leicestershire county councillor moved yesterday to seek extensive public consultation and debate on approved incineration plans. More...Rolls-Royce Finds Solution to Polystyrene Waste (26/09/2007)
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, of Rotherham UK, is always looking to be greener and recycle more materials from their production site in Chichester More...Used Tyres Into Roof Tiles (21/09/2007)
Trials have been undertaken of a new innovative roof tile that may give a further valuable outlet for recycled tyres and plastics. More...Landfill Directive target “unlikely to be met” in Scotland (20/09/2007)
It is unlikely that Scotland will be able to reduce landfill to the levels required by the European Union in 2013 and urgent decisions now need to be made, according to an official report released today. More...Four new waste to energy plants for London (19/09/2007)
London will see the development of four new recycling and reprocessing plants for conversion of waste into renewable energy as part of the Mayor's Waste Strategy. More...Waste evidence programme will help build knowledge (19/09/2007)
A waste and resources evidence programme to help deliver the Government's waste strategy has been outlined today by the UK Government. More...Coventry gets magnetic attraction (18/09/2007)
The Coventry incinerator plant is in operation 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The plant has boasted incineration figures of 220,000 tonnes per year and power generation of 17.7MW/hour together with 9MWt of heat for local use. More...Over 50% dissatisfied with geological storage of nuclear waste (14/09/2007)
Over half (51%) of those who took part in stakeholder events last Saturday were either dissatisfied or very dissatisfied with the Government's proposal to manage new nuclear waste in the same manner as legacy waste (geological storage). More...Viridor assesses reaction to Dunbar CHP proposals (12/09/2007)
Viridor Waste Management is currently assessing the responses received to its public consultation on the proposed energy from waste, combined heat and power facility for Oxwellmains, near Dunbar. More...Confusion over biopolymers leads to WRAP statement (11/09/2007)
Most consumers are confused about the wide range of new materials emerging with ‘biodegradable’, ‘home compostable’, ‘compostable’ and ‘degradable’ labels being introduced in the UK as bags, pots, trays, films or bottle formats, according to new consumer research. More...Textile waste at 2 million tonnes needs more sustainable approach (06/09/2007)
Representatives from the fashion, clothing, and textile industry as well as environmental and ethical groups met yesterday (5 August) to see how they can work with government to improve the sustainability of clothing. More...Planning success for WRG in Wrexham (05/09/2007)
WRG has obtained planning permission for a new waste facility and for upgrades to existing facilities in Wrexham. More...UK first for PVC roof membrane recycling (04/09/2007)
The UK’s first dedicated PVC single ply roofing membrane recycling scheme is planned, following successful trials. More...UK businesses unaware of tough new treatment requirements (03/09/2007)
Most UK businesses are unaware of and unprepared for regulations that require all businesses to treat their own non-hazardous waste before landfill disposal from 31 October. More...WIPD Planning System Guidance published by Defra (31/08/2007)
New guidance intended to help provide the waste infrastructure required in England to meet obligations under the Landfill Directive, has been published by Defra. More...£65 million PFI deal for York and North Yorkshire (31/08/2007)
£65 million in PFI credits has been awarded to the York and North Yorkshire waste partnership to “improve” local waste management facilities in the region. More...Veolia preferred bidder for Shropshire PFI (31/08/2007)
Veolia Environmental Services has been selected as the preferred bidder by Shropshire Waste Partnership for its integrated waste management PFI contract. More...OU unveils community composting profile (29/08/2007)
This is the first time a comprehensive profile of the community composting sector has been obtained and published. More...Landfill changes loom for non-hazardous wastes (23/08/2007)
Changes to the way that non-hazardous wastes destined for landfill are dealt with will come into force from 30 October 2007. More...Smash and Grab creates a Little Smasher (20/08/2007)
Good news for licensed retail establishments as Smash and Grab deliver a bottle compacting solution behind the bar. More...PAS 105 sets standard for recovered paper (17/08/2007)
A new quality assurance document has set the standard for recovered paper. More...80 year old Sutton landfill converts to country park (15/08/2007)
Waste Recycling Group’s Sutton Landfill Site in Nottinghamshire closed this month but a new and exciting era looms for the site. More...WEEE trials for large domestic appliances protocol (14/08/2007)
London, UK – Trials have been undertaken on WEEE Category 1 – large domestic appliances (LDA) as a basis for a WEEE protocol. More...Major increases in Viridor energy and compost production (13/08/2007)
Viridor has significantly increased green waste volumes composted and energy production in 2006-07. More...Scots firm wins strategic UK government contract (09/08/2007)
Glasgow – Scotland: A Scottish company has entered a contract with the UK Government to operate the Settlement Centre for WEEE. More...PVC recycling set to exceed 2007 target (09/08/2007)
Latest figures show the Recovinyl scheme is set to exceed its PVC-U recycling target for 2007 More...A snapshot of WEEE one month on (08/08/2007)
It is now just over one month since the various requirements of the WEEE regulations became effective in the England and Wales. This has given the larger waste management company’s such as Viridor, an opportunity to view the effects of the new approach. More...Contaminants barrier to WEEE recycling (07/08/2007)
Contaminants within WEEE waste streams are one of the biggest barriers to the effective recycling of waste plastic from waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE)..... More...Tetrapak boosts recycling of food cartons (06/08/2007)
Tetrapak in conjunction with the carton industry body ACE UK (Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment) are busy promoting the recycling of paper based drinks cartons through key partnerships. More...MRF operators wanted for quality trials (06/08/2007)
A review of the growing role of material recovery facilities (MRFs) in the production of quality recyclates is to be undertaken by WRAP. More...Anhydrite mine possible waste facility (03/08/2007)
Teesside, UK - A former anhydrite mine at Billingham on Teesside is being investigated for use in waste disposal. More...Leicestershire cabinet moves towards £100m Efw plant. (01/08/2007)
The Leicestershire County Council has given the go ahead for a waste management procurement strategy based on energy from waste (Efw) with the potential for combined heat and power (CHP). More...Harlow empowers battery potential (31/07/2007)
Following a successful pilot, Harlow Council announced today that the kerbside battery recycling initiative will go council wide. More...New report published on tyre-derived steel and fibre (31/07/2007)
WRAP research has identified potential end uses for difficult to recycle waste tyre components. More...Oaktech and Avondale sign up to Falkirk MBT plant (30/07/2007)
A new MBT plant could be destined for Falkirk as Oaktech signs a contract for plant design with Avondale Environmental. More...Denis Gasquet officially opens Marchwood’s ‘Silver Dome’ (27/07/2007)
Southampton, UK: Earlier this month, Denis Gasquet, Veolia Environmental Services’ worldwide CEO officially opened Hampshire’s "architecturally stunning" Integra South West Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) at Marchwood on the banks of Southampton Water. More...Electronics Recycling Report discusses current regulations in 26 countries (26/07/2007)
The publication discusses the current electronic waste laws and regulations in twenty-six countries in North America, Europe, Asia, Latin America, as well as Australia. More...Devon gives green light to Exeter CHP plant (26/07/2007)
Devon County Council has conditionally approved a planning application submitted by Viridor for a CHP plant at Exeter. More...Recovering energy from waste wood better than recycling (25/07/2007)
Joan Ruddock responds to a written question on wood recycling in the House of Commons. More...Massive 675,000 tonne RDF-CHP plant for Infraserve (24/07/2007)
A contract with a total value of about $30 million (USD) was signed last month between a consortium under the lead of ABB and Ebara Corporation, Japan More...New technology supporter programme comes to a close (23/07/2007)
England - The Supporter Programme has now come to a close after providing information, advice and training to local authorities in relation to new and emerging waste management technologies. More...Plymouth homes in on 4 potential waste sites (19/07/2007)
Plymouth City Council’s long term plans to establish facilities to manage its waste have moved forward as the Council’s latest draft planning document is published. More...More positive vibes for Anaerobic Digestion (18/07/2007)
WRAP has published its revised guidance for local authorities who are considering introducing AWC services, which appears to be timed to coincide with the select committee’s report publication. More...£2.4m CRT expansion creates jobs in Mold (17/07/2007)
CRT Recycling has invested £2.4m at Mold, Wales in a cathode ray tube glass processing plant. More...Ford Dagenham's award winning eco-efficiency diverts wastes (12/07/2007)
Ford’s Dagenham plant has been pursuing an eco-efficiency drive which has resulted in the diversion of over 12,500 tonnes of waste materials and reduced CO2 production. More...Eco submits application for £7m biomass generating station (11/07/2007)
Eco Composting (Eco) has submitted a planning application to construct one of the UK’s first green energy generating plants in Dorset. More...New process for CRTs developed (10/07/2007)
Competition is keen in the cathode ray tube (CRT) treatment business and a new process has been developed to deal with the problem. More...20% recycled aggregate in concrete – no problem! (09/07/2007)
A new research report shows that using 20% recycled aggregate blended with natural aggregate, has no negative impact on concrete performance. More...Plans to reduce 109m tonnes of waste (09/07/2007)
Each year 400 million tonnes of solid materials are used in the UK construction industry but only two-thirds is added to the building stock. More...Platinum recovery from street sweepings? (06/07/2007)
Cardiff University researchers are undertaking collaborative research work to investigate the potential for recycling precious metals from road dusts and vehicle exhausts. More...Success in PFI round for local authorities (05/07/2007)
Four innovative projects to deliver major infrastructure for dealing with England's waste have been given the go ahead to progress to the next stage in securing Private Finance Initiative (PFI) credits under Defra's Waste Infrastructure Delivery Programme (WIDP). More...Krysteline Light solves CRT problem (05/07/2007)
Lewes, Sussex-based recycling specialist MDJ Light Brothers (SP) Ltd is set to change the way CRTs (cathode ray tubes, found in TV sets and PC monitors) are recycled in the UK with its implementation of the latest Krysteline glass processing technology. More...Augean makes "good progress" in first half (05/07/2007)
Augean issues a market update for 2007 first half. More...Metso Supplies Power Boiler to UPM Caledonian for Green Energy Production in Scotland (04/07/2007)
Metso Power, a part of Metso Paper business area, will supply UPM's Caledonian paper mill with a biomass-fired power boiler to the mill's new power plant in Irvine, Scotland. More...Greater Manchester links with INEOS on Combined Heat & Power - 2 (03/07/2007)
INEOS ChlorVinyls submitted an application for a proposed new Combined Heat and Power (CHP) facility at Runcorn in January this year. More...Greater Manchester links with INEOS on Combined Heat & Power - 1 (03/07/2007)
GMWDA intends to supply SRF to a CHP facility as a part of its future municipal waste solution for Greater Manchester. More...WEEE Day for Electrical Producers (29/06/2007)
Electrical producers will have to meet the environmental costs of dealing with waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) from 1st July 2007 across the UK. More...Scottish Ministers decline to endorse deep storage (29/06/2007)
The Scottish government earlier this week, declined to endorse plans to consult on proposals to bury nuclear waste in deep geological facilities in Scotland. More...Industry to tackle 2 million tonne electrical waste problem (29/06/2007)
The new Department of Enterprise, Business and Regulatory Reform has issued further information on the WEEE Regulations which come into effect on 1 July. More...Waste Management, Inc. announces major landfill gas to energy initiative (28/06/2007)
US's Largest Owner and Operator of Landfills to Generate Renewable Electricity At 60 Additional Landfills Over Next 5 Years Using Landfill Gas More...Early set-back for Horton landfill application (25/06/2007)
A planning application to extend a West Sussex landfill site has hit an early obstacle as it is objected to by a local authority consultee. More...“Waste neutrality” used as tool in construction performance (22/06/2007)
WRAP has launched its proposed ‘Net Waste Method’ which it anticipates will provide a practical means by which construction professionals can develop and measure a project’s performance in achieving “waste neutrality”. More...Major boost for Government backed anaerobic digestion programme (21/06/2007)
Anaerobic Digestion has been given an important boost through cooperative working between WRAP and the Environment Agency. More...Major organisations commit to packaging reductions (19/06/2007)
Nine of the UK’s biggest brand owners and manufacturers have shown a strong commitment to reduce the amount of packaging waste that ends up in the household waste according to an announcement from WRAP. More...No contest on Ghost Ships planning appeal (19/06/2007)
Hartlepool Council's Planning Committee has decided not to challenge the appeals by Able UK over its plans to dismantle ships and other associated work at its Graythorp site. More...Power to the people through local grid (18/06/2007)
The former landfill site at Poole, near Wellington, is now producing more power from the degrading wastes through landfill gas generation. More...UK first for mattress recycling (18/06/2007)
This was the first such project in Scotland, and indeed by 2007 was still the only one in the UK. More...DTI Approval for AWM as Designated Collection Facility (14/06/2007)
AWM Group has announced that the Department of Trade and Industry has confirmed that the company’s Dudley site has been approved as a Designated Collection Facility (DCF. More...£150m state-of-the-art waste facility planned for Cardiff (12/06/2007)
A Welsh property development company has teamed up with Viridor Waste Management in a plan to construct a £150m resource recovery and energy from waste facility in Cardiff. More...Over £2.5m invested in wood recycling facilities (08/06/2007)
Two wood recycling projects, each valued at a million pound plus, are to receive £670,000 of WRAP support funding, which will increase the quantity of post-consumer wood waste diverted from landfill. More...WEEE cooperation twixt north and south in Ireland (07/06/2007)
Two company’s, located in Northern Ireland and the Republic are co-operating on the management of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). More...European first for UK with £69m Immingham food waste plant (06/06/2007)
EnCycle has obtained planning consent from the North East Lincolnshire Council to develop an energy from food waste power plant at Immingham. More...Veolia preferred bidder for West Berkshire (05/06/2007)
Veolia Environmental Services has again achieved Preferred Bidder status, this time with its selection as Preferred Bidder by West Berkshire Council for a 25-year integrated PFI waste contract. More...Year Two for the Waste Protocols Project (01/06/2007)
The Environment Agency and WRAP have announced the waste streams that will be included in the second year of the Waste Protocols Project following a successful first year. More...New food waste collection trials (01/06/2007)
Following hard on the heels of the release of the National Waste Strategy for England and a key report on biowastes published by WRAP, new food collection trials are to take place. More...Rosyth nuclear subs waste for disposal (29/05/2007)
Rosyth Royal Dockyard limited is planning to dispose of radioactive materials by exporting them initially to Scandinavia for pre-treatment, before their return to the UK for disposal. More...Waste company nominated for prestigious business award (25/05/2007)
The rapid growth of a Midlands waste management company during the last 12 months has culminated in the company being selected as a finalist for the Midlands and East of England regional heat of The AXA Small to Medium Sized Business of the Year Award. More...Key report published on household biowastes (25/05/2007)
Timed to coincide with the issue of the national waste strategy, WRAP has published the final report from Eunomia on Managing Biowastes from Households in the UK. More...Weekly food waste collection for St Albans (24/05/2007)
In a move that may reflect the future nationally in waste collection, St Albans City and District Council has said that food waste will continue to be collected every week, even after the proposed introduction of an alternate week waste collection system in mid-2008. More...EHS issues landfill closure guidance (23/05/2007)
The guidance note provides interim guidance for Northern Ireland's Environment and Heritage Service staff and landfill operators on the capping of landfill sites and the procedures that can be applied to both existing and new landfill sites. More...VCA appointed as WEEE distributor enforcement body (18/05/2007)
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), today appointed the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) as the enforcement body for the distributor obligations under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations. More...EU reviews the Animal By-products Regulations (17/05/2007)
The European Union is reviewing the Animal By Products Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 and has issued an on-line consultation in the form of a questionnaire. More...Glass and plastic bottles scoop packaging awards (16/05/2007)
A glass bottle and a plastic bottle scooped four awards last night at the 2007 Starpack Packaging Awards, held at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham. More...Tyre recycling quality standards set (15/05/2007)
Two new tyre standards have been released by WRAP working in conjunction with the British Standards Institute. More...Import wine but not the bottles! (11/05/2007)
Wrap toasts the environmental benefits of a new wine import facility. More...Capital support programme for AD launched in Wales (11/05/2007)
The Welsh Assembly Government has launched a capital support programme for the development of more anaerobic digestion plants. The support is provided through the Assembly’s Materials Action Programme (MAP). More...UK's world leading HDPE recycling technology (10/05/2007)
WRAP has released the findings from a large scale trial into the commercial viability of producing recycled plastic milk bottles from food-grade HDPE. More...WRG sign Wrexham PFI Waste Contract (09/05/2007)
A new waste contract aimed at further reducing reliance on landfill while boosting recycling rates has been signed by Wrexham County Borough Council and Waste Recycling Group. More...Gardeners urged to tackle climate change (09/05/2007)
A new survey has been carried out by WRAP’s Know Your Compost Campaign which shows gardeners believe they are seeing climate change. More...Compost producers celebrate industry growth (04/05/2007)
A WRAP study finds that 35 per cent of landscape professionals have increased their use of compost produced from recycled garden material by ten per cent or more More...£4m Pyrolysis plant for Seamer Carr (01/05/2007)
A new, revolutionary £4m plant is to convert household waste into gas to produce energy in the form of electricity and heat. More...WEEE research - new additive extraction processes (30/04/2007)
The results of trials have revealed that new extraction processes for additives, should encourage the recycling of waste plastics derived from WEEE. More...Yorwaste in £50m contract award (30/04/2007)
North Yorkshire recycling and waste management company, Yorwaste, have been appointed by the City of York to handle the city’s waste disposal for a further 15 years and recycling for a further 5 years. More...WEEE Electronics Recyclers join forces. (26/04/2007)
Bruce Electronics Recycling based in Sheffield, and RID (UK) Ltd of Huddersfield have merged into a new company, which is now known as ‘ Bruce R.I.D. Recycling Limited.’ More...IBM worldwide recycler of computer WEEE (24/04/2007)
IBM is making an important contribution to reducing the amount of e-waste generated each year worldwide. More...Extec scoops Queen's Award (24/04/2007)
The annual winners and recipients of The Queen's Awards for Enterprise were announced on The Queen's birthday (21 April). More...£45m Frog Island MBT plant opens (23/04/2007)
The opening of the new Shank’s Frog Island MBT plant has been welcomed by London Councils as a step to accelerate the rates of recycling of Borough Councils. More...Boroughs join for war on waste (23/04/2007)
Sutton, Croydon, Merton and Kingston upon Thames have combined to wage a war on wastes through their joint efforts. More...Donarbon set for Cambridgeshire PFI contract (20/04/2007)
The Cambridge County Council Executive has given provisional approval for the 28-year Private Finance Initiative contract with Donarbon to deal with the Council’s residual wastes using the MBT process. More...News bites (19/04/2007)
Sainsbury's ban degradable bags (for a day). East Devon residents support battery trial. Terex Pegson jaw crusher for St Austell recycler. More...Focus on MBT (18/04/2007)
2nd International Symposium on MBT 2007 - 22 to 24 May 2007, Hanover, Germany More...Recresco establishes the UK’s first tri-colour glass sorting facility (17/04/2007)
Recresco, a growing recycling company, has developed the first tri-colour sorting plant for mixed glass in the UK. More...Leicestershire compost used at Beckham towers (13/04/2007)
Leicestershire compost is reputed to be used by the Beckhams as well as finding a use at the Eden Project, Cornwall. More...Application submitted for Exeter Efw facility (12/04/2007)
Viridor Waste Management has formally submitted a planning application for the Exeter Energy from Waste Combined Heat and Power facility. More...Tata Steel completes £6.2bn acquisition of Corus (11/04/2007)
The enlarged company will have an estimated crude steel production of 27 million tonnes in 2007 and will be the world’s fifth largest steel producer with 84,000 employees across four continents. More...A rose by any other name…. (11/04/2007)
Dancing on ice star, actress Gaynor Faye launches the Recycle Now Home Composting campaign for 2007 with a rosy pose(y). More...Agency makes allowance for problematic hazardous wastes (10/04/2007)
The Environment Agency has issued a briefing note in relation to problematic hazardous wastes with a high total organic carbon (TOC), making some allowance for their landfill up to June 2008. More...London Mayor to appeal High Court decision (05/04/2007)
London Mayor to appeal High Court decision to stop West London's waste being incinerated. More...BREW Waste Protocols Project now in its second year (04/04/2007)
Waste protocols provide a framework within which a recycled product no longer classified as waste. Quality Protocols provide industry with much needed clarity, enabling businesses to develop sustainable markets and realise the full potential of recycled products. More...New life cycle tool for wastes launched (04/04/2007)
A new tool for assessing the relative impacts on the environment of waste management facilities has been launched by the Environment Agency. More...Mega roll out to 285000 homes in 6 weeks! (03/04/2007)
Brampton, Canada – The Region of Peel has launched its new Organics Recycling Program at the Peel Integrated Waste Management Facility in Brampton. More...York re-affirms its support for MBT despite £708m "affordability gap". (29/03/2007)
The City Of York Executive have approved a report on the joint North Yorkshire County Council and City of York waste PFI business plan at a meeting this week. More...Cambridgeshire approves Donarbon MBT facility (28/03/2007)
Cambridgeshire County Council has approved an application by Donarbon Limited to develop a modern technology mechanical biological treatment plant (MBT) at Waterbeach. More...Milton Keynes food scheme a recycling success (27/03/2007)
More food waste in Milton Keynes is to be recycled after a successful pilot scheme to cut down on household waste going to landfill. More...Funding for green energy projects offers recycled wood opportunities (27/03/2007)
The Scottish Executive has announced that more than 70 biomass projects across Scotland are to share £10.5 million in a programme aimed at reducing CO2 emissions by 37,000 tonnes a year. More...New use for used tyres (27/03/2007)
A Cheshire company, Dunweedin has come up with a new use for waste tyres. More...Defra announces low level radioactive waste policy (26/03/2007)
A new UK policy for managing solid low level radioactive waste has been published by the UK Government and the devolved administrations today More...European Commission starts legal action against UK (26/03/2007)
The European Commission has decided to start legal action against the UK and 13 other Member States for inadequately transposing the EU's legislation on the landfilling of waste into their national law. More...News Bites (23/03/2007)
Recycling victim of its own success in South Yorkshire. Miliband welcomes budget as next steps to low-carbon economy. Veolia's Pebsham recycling depot gets planning consent. More...Shetland glass company paves the way (21/03/2007)
A Shetland glass recycling company has exported its first recycled glass paving slabs to the mainland. More...Veolia announced preferred bidder for Southwark PFI (20/03/2007)
Veolia has been awarded preferred bidder status by Southwark Council for the council’s integrated waste management contract. More...Ghost Ships are still in US ownership (20/03/2007)
A spokesman for the US Marine Administration has said that the so called Ghost Ships, currently docked near Hartlepool, are still in US ownership. More...New Quality Protocol for Compost to ensure sustainable production (19/03/2007)
A new initiative making it easier for businesses and industry to produce more compost and reduce the amount of organic waste sent to landfill has been launched by WRAP and the Environment Agency. More...£1m reprocessing capacity guarantee in Northern Ireland (16/03/2007)
WRAP has played a key role in securing £1 million of investment in recycling equipment for two companies in Northern Ireland. The investment will result in the creation of an additional 118,000 tonnes annual reprocessing capacity. More...Viridor and Electrolink forge WEEE Partnership (15/03/2007)
Viridor Waste Management has teamed up with WEEE Producer Compliance Scheme, Electrolink. More...Merseyside in brief (15/03/2007)
All systems go for Pioneering £13m Waste Facility. Knowsley upgrade collection service. Liverpool Fly-tippers clean up their own mess. Garden Waste Is Now Clear in Sefton. Wirral turns to co-mingled recycling collections. More...Funding - £48m per year for Scottish waste treatment (14/03/2007)
The Scottish Executive has provisionally announced today, funding to double Scotland's current recycling rate and reduce reliance on landfill through an attack on residual wastes. More...News bites (13/03/2007)
TEG shows significant turnover increase. Re-appointment of five Commissioners to the Sustainable Development Commission. WEEE producer registration deadline looming. More...Popular Lancashire household waste site may still be axed (13/03/2007)
Following claims by a Ribble Valley councillor, Lancashire County Council Chiefs have said that the Petre Arms Household Waste Centre at Langho has not escaped closure. More...Odour – no problem for Lancashire MBT facilities (13/03/2007)
There have been recent reports of potential smell problems with European MBT plants, though these were constructed to an older design and care needs exercising when making comparisons. More...Scottish Household Survey (2006 - Quarter 3) (12/03/2007)
The Scottish Executive has published its Household survey, which includes responses to questions on recycling. More...A national poll has ranked Lancashire top of the recycling heap (12/03/2007)
The poll investigated the service delivered at local ‘tips’ and showed an impressive 93 per cent satisfaction rate with the county council’s 23 recycling centres. More...LARAC reacts to Campaign for Real Recycling (09/03/2007)
The Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee has reacted to criticism of co-mingled recycling collections voiced by the Campaign for Real Recycling. More...Viridor-Laing consortium present Rochdale plant proposals (09/03/2007)
The site of the proposed Waithlands Waste Resource Centre is just over half a mile east of Rochdale town centre and north of the existing Household Waste Recycling Site. More...The future of High Heavens (09/03/2007)
Major improvements are in the pipeline for the High Heavens recycling facility in High Wycombe, in part to overcome odour problems. More...Bucks goes out for residual waste treatment (08/03/2007)
Buckinghamshire County Council is seeking submissions from potential contractors for the diversion from landfill and treatment of its residual waste stream. Closing date: 02/04/2007 Time 12:00 More...New and improved recycling centre service for Norfolk (07/03/2007)
Following the decision by Norfolk County Council to appoint SRM as preferred bidder for its £500 million residual waste management contract in a reversal of fortunes for WRG, the council has also chosen a new contractor to manage its recycling centres. More...SITA’s £11m Northumberland waste management facility gets approval (07/03/2007)
SITA UK has received planning approval for a new integrated waste management facility (IWMF) in West Sleekburn, Northumberland. More...Research on the carbon impacts of waste (07/03/2007)
Defra and WRAP have published research on how waste can be managed to reduce its impacts on climate change in three reports. More...Global Renewables signed up for Lancashire PFI (05/03/2007)
GRD Ltd has announced that the Lancashire County Council contract for sustainable management of municipal waste has now been signed. More...Series of WEEE deadlines looming (05/03/2007)
Several deadline or target dates relating to the WEEE regulations are rapidly approaching following the publication by the Environment Agency of the full list of producer compliance schemes. More...New Chief Executive for Augean (02/03/2007)
Augean has announced the appointment of Peter Worlledge to the Board of the Company as Chief Executive Officer, with effect from 7 March 2007. More...WEEE - DTI issues guidance on the WEEE Regulations (01/03/2007)
The Department for Trade and Industry (DTI) yesterday issued guidance notes on the WEEE Regulations. More...Planning approved for Veolia's Newhaven Energy Recovery Facility (01/03/2007)
East Sussex County Council has given planning approval for Veolia to develop an Energy Recovery Facility at North Quay in Newhaven. More...London wide waste authority rebuffed in the Commons (28/02/2007)
In a debate yesterday on the Greater London Authority Bill, Karen Buck moved the second reading of amendments to Clause 1 of the Bill which were aimed at the introduction of a London wide waste authority. More...Commons to debate single London Waste Authority today (27/02/2007)
The Commons is due to debate amendments introduced by a group of MPs to establish a single waste authority for London to achieve a more sustainable approach to waste management that will place more emphasis on recycling and reduce the influence of incineration. More...CD&E wastes - Survey indicates 88.6m tonnes of English CD & E waste arose in 2005 (27/02/2007)
The objective of the survey was to establish estimates for the arisings and use as aggregate of construction and demolition and excavation waste in England in 2005. More...Opportunities for plaster board recycling (26/02/2007)
Trials funded by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) have shown that the recycling of waste plasterboard from commercial refurbishment is economically viable, according to a report published today. More...EA approve more WEEE Producer Compliance Schemes (26/02/2007)
Following the initial approval of 5 Producer Compliance Schemes earlier this month, the Environment Agency has now produced an updated list of schemes at the 23 February together with a provisional list of schemes which may be subject to later approval. More...Public Inquiry into Warrington waste treatment plant (23/02/2007)
A public inquiry is to be held into a controversial plan to build a waste treatment plant on Winwick Road, Warrington. More...London Remade provides solution to Capital's waste problems (23/02/2007)
London Remade launched its solution to the capital’s waste and recycling infrastructure problem at Tate Modern. More...SEPA approves WEEE compliance schemes (22/02/2007)
The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency has revealed that it has approved a number of producer compliance schemes (PCSs) under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations, 2006. More...Innovation in urban recycling unveilled (22/02/2007)
To encourage more people to recycle, it is important to ensure that recycling centres are designed in an attractive manner and are at easily accessible locations. More...Accord wins waste services within £80m Gloucester contract (20/02/2007)
Accord plc has been successful in winning a 15 year, £80m contract with Gloucester City Council. The partnership of company and authority has ambitious targets to make Gloucester one of the cleanest cities in the country. More...63% numbers boost in preventing junk mail (20/02/2007)
Lancaster Recycling Forum recently decided to address the growing mountain of unwanted junk mail with startling results. More...Britvic to phase out re-usable bottles by 2008 (19/02/2007)
Britvic, the soft drinks company, is moving from returnable to recyclable glass bottles with phasing out of returnables by 2008 More...Protest march against Didcot ash disposal (19/02/2007)
Campaigners held a protest march against the use of Radley Lakes in Oxfordshire for ash disposal from Didcot power station following the granting of planning consent. More...Veolia's Marchwood transfer station meets opposition (19/02/2007)
Councillors object to the proposed construction of a permanent waste transfer station on the edge of the New Forest National Park at Marchwood. More...New Forest gets a tree and smashes recycling record (16/02/2007)
Alupro presented a 5ft Alder tree to mark the milestone of more than 100 tonnes of aluminium cans being recycled in the New Forest during 2006 and residents break previous glass recycling records. More...West London WDA have to seek judicial review (15/02/2007)
West London Waste Disposal Authority have been granted a judicial review in relation to some aspects of the London Mayor’s powers. More...PRNs - regulatory changes following going electronic (14/02/2007)
In order to support the maintenance and development of the NPWD, Defra ha indicated that there will be a corresponding increase in fees. More...Agency approves WEEE compliance schemes (13/02/2007)
The Environment Agency recently issued a list of approved compliance schemes under the requirements of the WEEE regulations. More...News bites (12/02/2007)
$25m for best scheme to remove CO2 from atmosphere. Fight Against Envirocrime gets Technological Boost. Companies combine to shred tyre mountain. More...Wigan MRF £1.5m re-opening after major fire last year (09/02/2007)
The Kirkless Materials Recycling Facility and Civic Amenity Site in Wigan was nearly destroyed last year by fire, but it is once again fully operational following a £1.5 million refit. More...PFI new structure to aid £11 billion infrastructure investment. (09/02/2007)
Based on experience so far, a more streamlined process for applying to Defra for waste PFI credits has been announced today. More...New Technologies Supporter Programme continues apace (09/02/2007)
The New Technologies Supporter Programme (NTSP) continues apace as waste disposal authorities move rapidly towards the making of important decisions on facility development. More...Manchester to get combined MBT and AD to tackle residual wastes (08/02/2007)
The type of facilities required under the GMWDA record £3b PFI contract are being revealed in outline. More...Cemex wins permission to use waste tyres as fuel (08/02/2007)
Cemex can now use waste tyres as a substitute fuel at its cement plant in Rugby following a strictly-controlled and monitored trial, according to the Environment Agency. More...News bites (08/02/2007)
Westminster chutes for the recycling stars. Commission plans legislative framework for cutting CO2 emissions from cars. UKAEA admit illegal Dounreay radioactive waste practices. World’s first combined wind and gas offshore energy project given go-ahead. More...Climate change could have impact on Waste infrastructure and communications (08/02/2007)
In the first work of its kind in the UK a detailed regional study has been undertaken on the effects of the impacts of climate change on buildings, infrastructure and society. More...News bites (07/02/2007)
REPIC introduces cradle to grave tracking for WEEE. The Independent wages war on waste. Holmen keen to get going with Tilbury Dock MRF. Balcan gets approval for on-site lamp crushing. More...Funding - Welsh municipal waste projects benefit by £1.1m (05/02/2007)
The Welsh assembly has allocated £1.1m to help improve the management of municipal wastes in Wales. The drive is to support the full implementation of the national waste strategy, Wise About Waste. More...Waste pre-treatment before landfilling from 30 October 2007 (02/02/2007)
New guidance has been issued on the requirement for non-hazardous waste treatment prior to landfilling, as required by the Landfill Directive. Waste pre-treatment comes into effect on 30 October 2007. More...Packaging waste website set to cut fraud (01/02/2007)
A new and improved website for packaging waste information will help companies to meet packaging recycling regulations and tackle fraud. More...Pirelli and Vacu-lug join forces (01/02/2007)
Pirelli UK Tyres Ltd is joining forces with Vacu-Lug, the UK’s largest independent retread manufacturer, in a strategic alliance that will strengthen the position of both companies. More...New Chairman for Composting Association (news bite) (31/01/2007)
Peter Mills, Contracts Director at New Earth Solutions Ltd, was voted in by TCA Board, at the Association’s Annual General Meeting last week. More...New Scottish energy from biowaste plant in prospect (30/01/2007)
Scotland is to gain a new energy from waste plant and Deputy First Minister Nicol Stephen has welcomed the news. More...Greater Manchester announce preferred bidder for £3 billion PFI contract (26/01/2007)
Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (GMWDA) has announced the selection of the Viridor and Laing Roads consortium as preferred bidder for its £3 billion waste PFI contract. More...South Lakeland "rocket" to recycling success (26/01/2007)
South Lakeland is expecting a record year of recycling in 2007 – after seeing its figures rocket by millions during 2006. More...Norfolk plumps for MBT (25/01/2007)
Norfolk County Council's Residual Waste Treatment Project Board has selected Sustainable Resource Management (SRM) as preferred bidder in the County's PFI project. More...Chinese bites (25/01/2007)
China's boom bodes well for UK recyclate exports China may curb waste imports. More...Upgraded £1.3m HWRC for Lincolnshire (24/01/2007)
WRG has unveiled a £1.3 million upgrade of the Boston Household Waste Recovery Centre on behalf of Lincolnshire County Council. The facility is bigger, more modern and more convenient for users. More...Fire hits Suffolk MRF (23/01/2007)
A fire, thought to have been started by a piece of machinery, affected a Viridor materials recycling facility (MRF) at Great Blackenham, Suffolk yesterday. More...Cory applies for permission for Merseyside MBT plant (19/01/2007)
Cory has submitted a planning application to St Helens Council for a mechanical biological treatment facility (MBT) plant. More...New Technology Turns Food Leftovers Into Electricity and Vehicle Fuels (19/01/2007)
Tonnes of table scraps from the San Francisco's Bay Area's finest restaurants will be turned into clean, renewable energy at a new UC Davis research and technology demonstration facility. More...News bites (19/01/2007)
Cumbria terminates HWRC contracts. Bid for single London waste authority fails. Illegal waste deposited in Northern Ireland is being re-exported to the Republic. New Bill trials BST all year around. Merseyside seeks £90m PFI funding from DEFRA. More...Indaver Ireland profits down on increased turnover (18/01/2007)
Indaver Ireland has increased turnover to €28m in 2005 (€26m 2004), though it suffered a drop in pre-tax profit to €1.2m (€2m 2004) effectively a 40% fall. More...Reprise of landfill allowances (17/01/2007)
The UK needs to reduce the amount of waste it sends to landfill, to tackle climate change and to meet challenging EU targets set by the Landfill Directive, which fall in 2010,2013 and 2020. More...Sustainable construction - Clients hold the key (17/01/2007)
Demand for construction materials with high recycled content in new building projects is increasingly being driven by some of the construction industry’s largest clients according to WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme). More...TV message in a bottle (16/01/2007)
A new TV advertising campaign encouraging people to recycle more glass bottles and jars has hit our screens as part of the latest phase of television advertising from Recycle Now. More...North Yorkshire company rubber-stamps £0.25m deal with tyre recycler. (16/01/2007)
Riverside Waste Machinery - the delivery of a £250,000 tyre shredder is the company's biggest order and demand continues to grow. More...Major WRAP glass project greens up production (15/01/2007)
It is intended that the WRAP report will help industry to maximise the use of green glass which arises in abundance in the UK. More...Recycling rates rocket at South Kesteven (12/01/2007)
There has been a "massive increase" in the amount of rubbish being recycled as residents enthusiastically embrace a new wheelie bin scheme according to South Kesteven Council. Figures show that recycling rates have rocketed from 14.4 per cent to 44 per cent where wheelie bins are being used. More...Capacity of waste management facilities at March 2005 in England and Wales (12/01/2007)
According to Environment Agency statistics released yesterday, 686 million cubic metres of landfill voidspace remained on permitted sites in England and Wales at 31/3/2005. More...Only 3 to 4 years landfill capacity for London and the East (12/01/2007)
Landfilling of waste materials is falling but newly available landfill capacity is not keeping pace with waste deposits according to the Environment Agency. More...Hertfordshire public consultation on waste strategy (11/01/2007)
The Hertfordshire Waste Partnership is consulting on its waste strategy so that it can take account of public opinion before it formalises the strategy. The results of the consultation process will be published in early summer. More...Life Cycle Analysis of Plasterboard (11/01/2007)
Work on the life cycle assessment of gypsum sources is about to be undertaken by the Waste Resources and Action Programme (WRAP). Closing date for tenders - 22 January 2007 More...Pyrolysis plant to produce diesel and white spirit from waste plastic. (10/01/2007)
A new recycling plant for waste plastics to be developed at Peterhead, has been approved. More...£3m investment to 'enhance' London's recycling sector (10/01/2007)
A major boost for London's recycling sector has come from a £3m investment by the London Development Agency (LDA). This investment has been made through the Agency's enhance business support programme.(Posted 10 Jan 2007) More...Select Committee holds follow up inquiry on radioactive waste managment (10/01/2007)
The House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee is to hold a follow up inquiry into radioactive waste management. More...Salt End Efw plant given final approval (09/01/2007)
The Waste Recycling Group's (WRG) Salt End Efw plant has been given the final seal of approval by Hull City Council. More...Speculation grows on new site for Norwich efw plant (09/01/2007)
Speculation is growing that WRG are about to plump for a new site for an efw plant in the Norwich area. It is thought that the plant could be constructed to the east of the City. More...SEPA publishes 2004 waste data (08/01/2007)
SEPA has published its sixth annual Waste Data Digest for the 2004. Though this information is historic, SEPA makes a well presented report on overall waste management in Scotland for 2004 and is to be commended on the comprehensive nature of the report. More...Is poor waste management fuelling the rise of rats? (08/01/2007)
On Friday last, the Daily Mail picked up on a report by the National Pest Technicians Association (NPTA) on the growing rat population across the country, in an article headed 'Council greed fuelling rise of rats'. More...News bites (05/01/2007)
Population shift to urban areas has implications for wastes management. Push on home composting in Swindon. £3m boost for London's recycling infrastructure. US experiments with animal fat based biodiesel. More...Wiltshire's plans for £15m MBT plant on display (05/01/2007)
Plans for Wiltshire County Council's proposed new £15m MBT plant at Westbury are to go on show to the public next week. More...Bolton biodiesel cooperative runner-up for national honour (04/01/2007)
Bolton Alternative Fuels Cooperative (BAFC) was commended at the Energy Saving Trust Fleet Hero awards. The cooperative turns cooking oil into a usable fuel. More...Control systems for innovative Plasma Gasification Process (04/01/2007)
Control systems supplied by a UK based company for a proprietary, modular Plasma Gasification Process. More...ELV Regulations implemented from 1 January 2007 (02/01/2007)
The End of Life Vehicle Regulations are implemented from 1 January. The regulations give car owners an entitlement to have their old (End of Life Vehicles or ELVs) vehicles taken off them free of charge known as "free take back". More...Berryman Glass and Hackney work with the Savoy in glass recycling (02/01/2007)
Working in partnership with Berryman Glass and the Commercial Waste Glass Service of The London Borough of Hackney, glass from the Savoy is now being recycled. More...Defra opens up Bio-energy Capital Grants Scheme third round (02/01/2007)
Defra has opened a ten week application window for the third round of the Bio-energy Capital Grants Scheme. More...News Bytes (22/12/2006)
English Partnerships has issued a Brownfield Guide. Local Government on track to deliver a further £1.3 billion efficiency gains. UK Statute Law Database (SLD) publicised More...Veolia pledge money for Xmas tree recycling (22/12/2006)
Recycle your Christmas Tree for Charity More...DCLG research into "scoping" of EIAs (22/12/2006)
DCLG has issued a research report into the "scoping" of environmental impact assessment studies. More...Recycling report kept under WRAPs (22/12/2006)
In a BBC radio interview this morning, Jennie Price, Chief Executive of WRAP revealed that a new report on recycling will be released shortly. The report is said to demonstrate that recycling is saving millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide entering the atmosphere. More...Jennie Price to leave WRAP (21/12/2006)
WRAP has announced that Chief Executive Jennie Price will be leaving at the end of March 2007 to join Sport England as Chief Executive Officer. More...Veolia almost there with East Sussex composting facility (21/12/2006)
Construction and operation of an enclosed composting facility including ancillary infrastructure, visitor centre and woodchipping facility More...Justifiably proud at North Kesteven (20/12/2006)
North Kesteven District Council is justifiably proud of topping the national league table for recycling. The District is the only area in the country to recycle over 50% of its waste. More...News Bites (19/12/2006)
Quarter 3 - Revised reprocessor and exporter figures for packaging wastes. Amazon is having a not-so-merry Irish Christmas More...Scottish Executive needs to do more on waste (19/12/2006)
The Scottish Executive has published its annual report on the environmental performance of its estate. More...Sims to expand Newport plant with £8m facility for WEEE (18/12/2006)
Sims Recycling Solutions, a division of the Sims Group, has announced that it is installing new processing capacity at its Newport, South Wales plant to treat and recycle Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE). More...Japanese Stars prosecuted (18/12/2006)
An illegal scrap yard company and its director have been fined £15,000 for dismantling motor vehicles for scrap without a waste management licence. More...Two-thirds of English authorities hit recycling targets (15/12/2006)
Sixty-six percent of local authorities have met or exceeded their Best Value targets for 2005/6. More...Variable charging still in the balance (15/12/2006)
In a debate in the House of Commons Ben Bradshaw was asked what progress he was making on the review of the national waste strategy. More...WRG's Hull energy from waste plant is half way there (14/12/2006)
The East Riding of Yorkshire Council has approved the Waste Recycling Group’s plans for a new Energy from Waste facility at Salt End, Hull. More...Say "no" to Christmas excess? (14/12/2006)
If you’re in the business of festive food and drink, you’d better watch out for the Womens' Institute (WI) this Yuletide season. More...Wastes management key to sustainable homes (14/12/2006)
Waste management is a key element of the new Code for Sustainable Homes during the design and construction phase but also in the operational phase. More...Envirowise "box clever" (13/12/2006)
Companies across the UK are being urged to 'box clever' with packaging design under an Envirowise initiative. More...Six million tonnes of food go to waste! (13/12/2006)
Funding is being made available by WRAP to help reduce the six million tonnes of household food thrown away each year (closing date 21 March 2007) More...HSC / HSE merger consultation (11/12/2006)
The Health and Safety Commission (HSC) has published a public consultation document seeking views on merging HSC and Health and Safety Executive (HSE) into a single health and safety authority. More...Operators of landfill guilty and fined £47500 in total (11/12/2006)
Operators of the Thornhaugh landfill site near Peterborough have been prosecuted for their activities at the site during 2004 and 2005. More...One51 increases holding in Augean to nearly 27% (11/12/2006)
One51 has bought a further 3.6% stake in UK waste company Augean, bringing its holding to nearly 27%. More...Stirling Council fined £7500 for leachate discharges from landfill (08/12/2006)
Stirling Council has been fined £7500 for discharging excessive amounts of leachate from its Lower Polmaise landfill site into a river. More...NFU Scotland claims victory in composting waste exemptions (08/12/2006)
NFU Scotland has secured an important win in relation to biobed and composting regulations within the Waste Management Licensing system. More...Forum set up on controversial Lancashire waste plant (08/12/2006)
A forum of local residents and representatives from the county council, set up to discuss the issues surrounding the Farington Waste Plant.... More...Innovative packaging funding opportunity (07/12/2006)
Innovative schemes to reduce household packaging waste could benefit from financial assistance from WRAP (closing date 31 January 2007). More...Barker Review - major infrastructure projects (06/12/2006)
Kate Barker's proposals included a radical overhaul of the planning system for major infrastructure projects, including transport, waste and energy, to improve speed and certainty. More...Environment Agency welcomes High Court ruling on waste oils (06/12/2006)
The Environment Agency has welcomed the High Court ruling made at the end of November, on the burning of waste as fuel. More...Waste textiles - New clothing and textile report published (05/12/2006)
A new report reviews the situation in the clothing and textile sector and uses future scenarios for predicting sustainability in the sector. More...Trials offer New solution for heavily contaminated plastics (05/12/2006)
Trials are currently taking place into processing plastics which are heavily contaminated with blood, meat, fat and other food stuffs. More...Barrow favourite for MBT plant with gasification (04/12/2006)
Barrow-in-Furness identified as potential location for a Shanks MBT plant. Two others likely at Carlisle and Workington. More...Inspector's decision on Brogborough 'extension' expected in January (04/12/2006)
A decision on controvertial plans to extend the life of Brogborough landfill site, is expected in January 2007 following a public inquiry. More...Scottish recyclables go to waste (04/12/2006)
Around 40,000 tonnes of recyclable materials were wasted in Scotland last year due to contamination by householders.... More...FOE and EEB welcome EU Committee's moves on waste prevention (01/12/2006)
Pressure Groups Friends of the Earth Europe and the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) have welcomed new forward-looking targets for waste prevention agreed by the European Parliament's Environment Committee this week. More...Veolia win Brent contract renewal and expansion worth £14.4m a year. (01/12/2006)
Brent Council have awarded a seven-year contract, worth over £14.3m a year, to Veolia Environmental Services, which currently delivers waste collection in the borough. More...Merseyside success in DEFRA New Technologies Demonstrator Programme (30/11/2006)
Merseyside has been successful in the DEFRA backed New Technologies Demonstrator Programme to host a £10.6 million scheme in the Knowsley District. The project should save 30,000 tonnes of municipal waste going to landfill each year. More...Final chapter for ReChem's Bonnybridge plant (29/11/2006)
Shanks Group have sold the Bonnybridge Re-chem plant which is now to be developed into a transport depot. More...UNEP Nairobi conference addresses electronic waste (28/11/2006)
Nairobi Conference on Basel Convention to Address the Growing Challenge of Electronic Wastes More...New £2.8m 'state-of-the-art' recycling centre proposed for Exeter (24/11/2006)
A new 'state-of-the-art' recycling centre to serve the north and east of Exeter will be considered by Devon County Council's Executive at its meeting next More...Devon gets hot on energy from waste (24/11/2006)
A report, to be considered by the Devon County Council Executive, proposes that a modern energy from waste (efw) combined heat and power (CHP) plant for Exeter should be built to divert waste away from landfill. More...Hartlepool company fined £10,000 for waste tyre offences (24/11/2006)
A Hartlepool recycling depot was fined £10,000 this week after pleading guilty to four tyre waste offences. More...Northumberland to sign 28 year 'green vision' contract with Sita UK (22/11/2006)
Northumberland County Council has agreed to sign up to what it considers to be a 28 year 'green vision' aimed at recycling nearly half the county’s waste. More...London's waste management approaching a crisis says Ken Livingstone (22/11/2006)
London’s waste management system is approaching a crisis according to The Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone. More...Call to construction industry for 50% cut in landfill use by 2012 (22/11/2006)
A call has been made to the construction industry to achieve a 50% cut in materials waste going to landfill by the year 2012. This call was made by The Sustainability Forum, together with WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme). More...Re-launch of Defra New Technologies Supporter training course (21/11/2006)
The original Defra New Technologies Supporter training course was introduced in September 2005. A course will be held in East Midlands on 30 January -1 February 2007. More...Unhappy BPF seeks Bradshaw and meets Cameron- Part 2 (21/11/2006)
Cameron signals importance of plastics to manufacturing. More...England easily achieves 2005/06 LATS allowance (20/11/2006)
England has made a good start towards meeting its first tough EU targets of sending less biodegradable waste (cardboard, garden and food waste) to landfill. More...Tax on non-recyclables (20/11/2006)
The Government should tax disposable and hard-to-recycle products to encourage manufacturers to produce less waste, according to a new report published yesterday (19 Nov) by the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) and Green Alliance. More...Energy from waste loses out in Cumbria (20/11/2006)
Cumbria County Council chooses Shanks as it move towards a 25-year, £400million PFI contract based on MBT More...The municipal waste tide has turned? (17/11/2006)
DEFRA have indicated that the currently issued municipal waste management statistics for 2005-06 may indicate that the historic tide in the growth of waste has turned. More...Municipal waste management statistics 2005/06 (17/11/2006)
DEFRA has issued the first set of estimates for the 2005-06 survey of municipal wastes. More...Cory hold public exhibition on Stanway Hall Quarry (16/11/2006)
Cory Environmental has held a Public Exhibition to showcase its new plans for the Stanway Hall Quarry site, Warren Lane, south-west of Colchester. More...End of line for paper based PRNs (14/11/2006)
The Packaging Federation has said that the new E-PRNs and PERNs will commence in January 2007. This will mark the end of the paper based version. More...New initiative to help local authorities meet Landfill Directive Targets (09/11/2006)
DEFRA have introduced a new support programme to help local authorities to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill. The initiative will be as part of the existing Waste Implementation Programme (WIP). More...Shanks report profit increase of 13% for first half (09/11/2006)
The Shanks Group have reported a 13% increase in profits to £19.7m for the first half year of trading in an interim report issued yesterday (8 Nov). More...WRAP boosts UK composting capacity (08/11/2006)
The Waste and Resource Action Programme (WRAP) is set to increase composting capacity in the UK by 50,000 tonne per year. More...Firm fined for using untreated waste in community woodland planting project (08/11/2006)
A company pleaded guilty today at Ayr Sheriff Court to disposing of untreated waste between May and October 2004. More...Wastes and recycling prominent in new minerals planning guidance (08/11/2006)
A new framework setting out the Government's key policies and principles for minerals planning in England has been published. It aims to balance the needs of the UK's minerals industry against the need to safeguard environment and society. More...Application for massive Cheshire Resource Recovery Park rejected (07/11/2006)
Cheshire Planners have rejected outline planning permission for the development of a major Resource Recovery Park at Ince Marches. More...Recycling plant in Norfolk gets the go ahead (news in brief) (07/11/2006)
Freedom Recycling has been awarded planning consent for a £2.5m recycling facility. The site will be located at Freedom Farm, Cowles Drove, near Thetford. More...Biffa's Soil Clinic wins national award (07/11/2006)
A 'Soil Clinic' operated by Biffa has won the award for "Best use of biological systems" at the, annual Brownfield Briefing Remediation Innovation Awards (BBRIA) 2006. More...Richmond cabinet to consider compulsory recycling (06/11/2006)
A report by a Waste Scrutiny Task Group on compulsory recycling is due to go to Richmond Council's Cabinet on December 9 when decisions on the future of the borough’s waste and recycling services are expected. More...Cambridgeshire County Council says no to non-hazardous landfill. (03/11/2006)
A six week public consultation will be commence on November 6 into plans to deal with Cambridgeshire’s waste and mineral extraction over the next 15 years. More...Lancashire CC approve Leyland waste technology park (03/11/2006)
Protesters packed the council offices at Preston to hear the debate on the proposed Farington waste technology park, but were disappointed when consent was given by the Planning Committee. More...FOE demand plastic recycling facilities in Coventry (02/11/2006)
Friends of the Earth, Coventry have handed a 700 signature petition to Cllr David Nellist at the council offices entrance. More...Warwickshire waste compositional survey underway (02/11/2006)
Warwickshire Waste Partnership is carrying out waste composition analyses to see how much of household waste produced in the County could have been recycled. More...Environment Agency concerned over hazardous waste treatment (02/11/2006)
The Environment Agency has issued an opinion on the treatment and landfilling of hazardous waste due to problems that the organisation is experiencing with the management of these materials. More...Battery recycling scheme expanded by WRAP (01/11/2006)
Research undertaken by WRAP shows that the average household uses 21 batteries per year and that around 600m UK batteries are sent to landfill every year. More...The Re3 council partnership in Berkshire sign up to £600m PFI with WRG (01/11/2006)
Re3, a partnership of Berkshire Councils, has signed up with Waste Recycling Group(WRG)to deliver the new waste strategy of the Partnership. More...Cranfield system efficiently breaks down toxic wastes and landfill leachates (01/11/2006)
Cranfield University Health scientists claim to have made a significant technical breakthrough in the treatment of both chemically toxic waste and highly toxic carcinogenic waste which, until now, have proven either extremely expensive, or difficult to break down. More...Merton delay implementation of waste management modernisation (news in brief) (30/10/2006)
Carefully laid plans to modernise waste management by the previous labour administration have been thrown into disarray, as Conservative led Merton Council delay implementation for the foreseeable future. More...Power tools firm fails to recycle packaging waste (30/10/2006)
An international power tool company has been fined a total of £12,000 and ordered to pay £1,257 costs for failing to recover and recycle packaging waste More...Suffolk look set to go for energy from waste (30/10/2006)
Speculation has been rising in the local media that Bury St Edmunds may be the area in which a new energy from waste (efw) plant could be constructed if Suffolk County Council decide to pursue that approach at a Cabinet meeting tomorrow. More...WRAP case study site, Battersea Reach, nominated for national award (27/10/2006)
Battersea Reach was nominated for best sustainability innovation for waste recycling and tidal planting, at the annual awards organised by LABC - the national organisation for building control services. More...Film premiere for Essex school (25/10/2006)
The film 'What a Waste', has been developed by the Essex County Council Waste Education Team and is targeted at primary school pupils in the county. More...Plastics regranulates selling hotly in Germany (25/10/2006)
Plastics recycling with the German Green Dot scheme is proving to be a success story according to Stefan Schreiter, CEO of Duales System Deutschland GmbH (DSD). More...State of Composting Report issued for 2004-05 (24/10/2006)
Composting is playing a key and improving role in increasing the amount of waste recovered, according to the a report issued by the Composting Association. More...Strong "No" to landfilling waste in Bath and NE Somerset (24/10/2006)
Bath & North East Somerset Council has joined forces with Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North East Somerset Councils to find out what residents think about landfill sites. More...Sims acquire German WEEE recycling company (23/10/2006)
Sims Recycling Solutions, the e-recycling Division of Sims Group has expanded in Europe with the acquisition of Metall+ Recycling GmbH (M+R), a specialist German Recycling company. More...Skip operator fined for illegal tyre treatment (news in brief) (23/10/2006)
The court heard that Mr Clements is a senior partner of Clembins Skip Hire, which is run from his land at Pitchkettle Farm. More...Agency goes veggie with fuel. (23/10/2006)
Recycled vegetable oil is being harnessed in a two-year biodiesel trial announced today, that will see 100 Environment Agency vehicles reducing their emissions by 20%. More...Tata's £4.3bn takeover bid accepted by Corus (22/10/2006)
Tata Steel has had its £4.3bn ($8.1bn) takeover offer accepted by Corus. This is thought to be the largest ever takeover by an Indian company. If approved by shareholders, this will become the worlds 5th largest steel company. More...Scottish company to recycle large quantities of aggregates (news in brief) (20/10/2006)
Taking advantage of its quayside location, the Malcolm Group is to develop a new inert waste recycling facility at a disused shipyard in Glasgow. More...Capacity increase for lamp recycler (20/10/2006)
Addressing increasing demand for its services, Mercury Recycling has doubled its capacity at its Trafford Park, Manchester recycling plant. More...Axion trials mobile plastics shredder (news in brief) (19/10/2006)
Axion is trialling a mobile plastics shredder. The aim of the trial is to determine whether mobile plastic shredding can be both economically and technically viable. More...Goldman Sachs leads $15 million equity investment in Autoclave waste treatment company (19/10/2006)
Sterecycle, the waste recycling company, has announced that it has completed a 3rd round of equity financing totaling $15 million. The financing round was led by Goldman Sachs. More...DEFRA New Technologies Supporter Programme - the last 6 months (18/10/2006)
The Defra New Technologies Supporter Programme is to run upto April 2007. During this period the programme is widening its service offerings with the aim of increasing the knowledge of new technologies for the diversion of waste from landfill. More...Bradford seeks solutions to growing waste management problem (17/10/2006)
Bradford Council is seeking a long-term solution to its growing waste problem. More...SITA and Cornwall sign PFI contract (16/10/2006)
SITA UK has announced it has completed and signed the 30 year private finance initiative (PFI) contract with Cornwall County Council. This contract to provide an integrated waste management solution for the County Council is the first waste PFI contract structured fully independently of the waste operator. More...Able UK planning submissions for recycling of the "ghost" ships thrown out. (13/10/2006)
Hartlepool Council has overwhelmingly rejected all four applications from Able UK relating to the development of its Graythorp site on the outskirts of Hartlepool. More...British Plastics Federation urges Government action on energy (13/10/2006)
The British Plastics Federation (BPF) has repeated key points for the UK Government's consumption in its to pursuit of a sustainable energy policy. More...English WDAs meet LATS limits - provisionally (12/10/2006)
According to an interim statement from DEFRA, all waste disposal authorities in England have successfully met their LATS limits for the first year of the Landfill Allowances Trading Scheme. More...'Its in the bag' as DEFRA calls for voluntary code (news in brief) (12/10/2006)
DEFRA and the devolved administrations have invited major UK retail groups to discuss a voluntary code of practice aimed at reducing the number of plastic and paper bags distributed to consumers. More...Welsh Minister to visit controversial Hafod Site (news in brief) (12/10/2006)
Welsh Environment Minister, Carwyn Jones, has decided to visit the new landfill site at Hafod, Wrexham to see for himself. Since opening earlier this year (August) the operation of the site has been subjected to protests from campaigners. More...220,000 tonne MRF opens in north County Dublin, Ireland (11/10/2006)
Greenstar, winner this week of the Repak award for best large recycling operator, has announced the opening of the a large automated materials recycling facility (MRF) in Ireland in Ballycoolin, north County Dublin, in an investment worth €25 million. More...Scrap dealer contravenes End-of-Life Vehicle Regs (09/10/2006)
A scrap yard owner has been ordered to pay £18,905 for failing to dispose of waste vehicles and vehicle parts properly and for running a site without the correct Waste Management Licence. More...High profile issue of permit for Staffordshire rendering plant. (09/10/2006)
The Environment Agency has taken the unusual step of issuing a press release related to the issue of a PPC permit and has taken a variety of steps in terms of present and future public consultation. More...Japan to help Ha Noi with the 3 Rs (news in brief) (09/10/2006)
Japan and Ha Noi have signed a contract to improve waste management in the City. The US$3million contract is between the Ha Noi People’s Committee and the Japan International Co-operation Agency. More...One week only to WEEE consultation deadline (09/10/2006)
Readers are reminded that the recent consultation on the implementation of WEEE will come to a close on the 17 October 2006 (on Tuesday next). More...Battery Directive published in the Official Journal (news in brief) (05/10/2006)
DIRECTIVE 2006/66/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 6 September 2006 on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directive 91/157/EEC OJ L266 Vol 49 26 September 2006 More...WRAP issues Latest Achievements Report (news in brief) (04/10/2006)
The Chief Executive of WRAP, Jennie Price, has acknowledged that WRAP's performance during the period 2004-2006 has been just about good enough. More...WRAP ends Recycling Fund Investment Programme (news in brief) (04/10/2006)
WRAP has ended its Recycling Fund Investment Programme. The fund value was £5.5 million in total and has been in existence for 3 years. More...Success for innovative tyre treatment process (28/09/2006)
A revolutionary new recycling plant for tyre treatment has been unveiled. More...New Earth Solutions awarded 5 year Bournemouth contract (news in brief) (27/09/2006)
New Earth Solutions have been awarded a 5 year, £7.5 million contract from Bournemouth Council for treatment of residual waste More...France to treat toxic waste from the Ivory Coast tragedy (news in brief) (27/09/2006)
France is to accept the toxic waste for treatment that has caused deaths and many health problems in Ivory Coast. The material is expected to be shipped in mid-October. More...The Renewables Obligation (Scotland) (ROS) consultation (news in brief) (25/09/2006)
According to the Scottish executive, the Renewables Obligation (Scotland), or ROS, has been very successful to date. More...Work starts on Biffa's Etwall IVC facility with WRAP's support (25/09/2006)
Work has begun in Etwall, Derbyshire on a £3million project for the construction of a new in-vessel composting facility for Biffa Waste Services. More...Environment Agency launches Annual Environmental Protection Charges Consultation 2007/08 (25/09/2006)
The Environment Agency has launching its annual charges consultation which will run to 8 December 2006. More...Home composting could be contributing to global warming (news in brief) (22/09/2006)
A high proportion of people, perhaps in the region of 75%, are failing to aerate their compost heaps at home sufficiently. More...Donarbon recommended to be Cambridgeshire Preferred Bidder (21/09/2006)
A recommendation is being made to the Cambridgeshire County Council Cabinet that local company Donarbon Limited should be handed Preferred Bidder status for a long term contract to help reduce Cambridgeshire’s growing waste problem. More...Novera Energy shows half year loss due to "increased investment in development projects" (20/09/2006)
Novera Energy Limited yesterday (Tuesday) released their interim report and results for the 6 months ended 30 June 2006. More...Augean and DEC NV join forces to form soil treatment company (18/09/2006)
Augean Plc announced last month that it has created Terramundo, a joint venture company with Belgium based DEC NV, for soil treatment. More...Viridor enters 20 year contract with Poole Council (18/09/2006)
Poole Borough Council has agreed a long term contract with Viridor to manage the council’s waste disposal operation until 2027. More...Could waste disposal units solve the food waste problem? (news in brief) (14/09/2006)
According to In-Sink-Erator UK a cost effective, simple way to increase household recycling rates and reduce the amount of municipal waste going to landfill, is the food waste disposer. More...Cumbria defer preferred bidder decision(news in brief) (14/09/2006)
Cumbria Council was expected to take a decision today on the preferred bidder for a £400 million PFI contract. However the decision was deferred for clarification of a number of technical issues. The nature of these issues is unclear due to the current state of commercial confidentiality of information associated with the bid. More...Compost industry says Government consultation is welcome (13/09/2006)
The compost industry has welcomed the recent consultation on the draft protocol on compost quality. The aim of the protocol is to enable controlled production of compost that, as an end product will no longer be considered as a waste. More...A major North-South study on the feasibility of establishing a paper mill on the island of Ireland has been published. (11/09/2006)
This important study assesses the contribution a new paper mill could make to delivering a dynamic recycled paper market on the island of Ireland and would make use of waste paper that is currently exported. More...Peterborough achieve a 45 % recycling and composting rate in first 3 months. (07/09/2006)
Residents in Peterborough have been praised by Council officials for recycling 45 per cent of their household waste making them one of the best recycling Authorities in the UK. But there is some discontent over weekly collections of residuals. More...EASCO Group acquires Peruzzi’s Metals of Norwich (07/09/2006)
EASCO Group has announced the acquisition of Peruzzi’s Metals in Norwich. More...Italy also meets strong opposition to efw in Sicily (news in brief) (07/09/2006)
There have been sit-ins and marches in Palermo to protest against the 4 energy from waste (efw) plants proposed in the strategic regional plan for waste and construction in Sicily. Also in Rome the Environment Minister is placing a halt on the plants in Bellolampo, Palermo, Augusta (Siracusa), Paterno' (Catania) and Casteltermini (Agrigento), but also at seven linked areas. This arises from a dispute involving an authorisation for discharge of emissions to the atmosphere and which places the contractors involved with construction in a difficult position. More...City of York and NYCC - £65 million PFI funding up for discussion (06/09/2006)
North Yorkshire County Council and City of York Council's Executives are to be asked to agree to submit an initial bid to DEFRA for £65m in private initiative funding (PFI) for future sustainable treatment of waste in the county area. More...Recycling in Oxfordshire set to receive a major boost aided by WRAP funding (06/09/2006)
The Oxfordshire Waste Partnership is planning a major campaign aimed at reducing the amount of municipal waste sent to landfill. More...York research on the riddle of LCD re-use (06/09/2006)
Scientists at the University of York are to play a pivotal role in new research aimed at averting a growing environmental problem caused by discarded liquid crystal displays (LCDs). More...Barnsley BC issues new Draft Municipal Waste Management Strategy (MWMS) for 2006 to 2030 (04/09/2006)
Barnsley Borough Council has issued a new Draft Municipal Waste Management Strategy (MWMS) covering the period from 2006 to 2030. The new strategy provides a framework of policies to deliver more sustainable waste management. More...Yorwaste composting trial at Thorpe Willoughby refused. (31/08/2006)
North Yorkshire County Council's planning and regulatory functions committee voted earlier this week to refuse planning permission for a municipal waste composting trial at Gateforth Park Farm, Gateforth, near the village of Thorpe Willoughby, Selby district. More...DEFRA consultation on amendments to the Packaging Waste Regulations 2005 (30/08/2006)
The recent consultation launch from DEFRA, the Scottish Executive and the Welsh Assembly on amendments to the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2005 was reported by MoreThanWaste – see article of 29.8.06 – and a further report on the consultation document is summarized below. More...Swift skips gets ‘swift’ justice (30/08/2006)
The owner of a skip hire company on Bedfont Trading Estate, in Feltham, has been fined £45,000 after pleading guilty to six charges of keeping and treating controlled waste without a Waste Management Licence contrary to Section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. More...DEFRA issue consultation on amendments to the Packaging Waste Regulations 2005 (29/08/2006)
DEFRA, the Scottish Executive and the Welsh Assembly Government have issued a consultation paper for changes to the producer responsibility legislative regime for packaging and packaging waste as contained in the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2005. More...Bournemouth take a ‘big bin’ – ‘little bin’ approach (29/08/2006)
From September 4th, Bournemouth Council will be introducing a new twin bin kerbside collection scheme for household waste and recyclables. This will replace the existing blue bag scheme and it is expected that this will allow waste to be recycled more easily and help to divert waste from landfill. More...Yorwaste apply for trial compost facility near Selby (29/08/2006)
Yorwaste has applied to the North Yorkshire County Council for planning consent to operate a compost plant at Thorpe Willoughby near Selby and the Planning Committee is due to consider this application today (Tuesday 29 Sept 06) More...Hafod waste delivery is a blow for the 11-year campaign (25/08/2006)
Mersey Waste Holdings (MWH) faced considerable opposition earlier in the week when the first lorry carrying waste arrived at Hafod Quarry, near Wrexham. A police presence was required to control the situation and it is understood that protesters had to be removed from the path of vehicles. More...Leeds moves nearer incineration with energy recovery (25/08/2006)
Leeds City Council is moving towards incineration of waste with energy recovery following a public consultation on its proposals. More...Derbyshire Minerals and Waste consultation - residents at Wirksworth are concerned (24/08/2006)
The Derbyshire County Council’s consultation on minerals and wastes is due to close at the end of August, but people at Wirksworth are showing concern. A waste management facility is proposed at land off Cromford Road in the town as part of the County wide need to establish a network of facilities. More...A million compost bins delivered under WRAP scheme (23/08/2006)
The one millionth compost bin has been delivered this week and Recycle Now Compost at Home and Waste Aware Scotland have celebrated the milestone with Big Brother’s Lea at Trafalgar Square. The scheme backed by WRAP, has saved a predicted 400,000 tonnes of kitchen and garden waste going to landfill. More...DS Smith proposes to close Tapford Mill (23/08/2006)
DS Smith is proposing to sell its Taplow site and close the associated Taplow Mill, which currently manufactures 95,000 tonnes per annum of corrugated case material (CCM) and which is said to have been ‘adversely affected by difficult market conditions and substantial increases in energy costs’. More...Second Quarter Packaging Waste Statistics Released (22/08/2006)
Statistics issued on the National Packaging Waste Database indicate that second quarter packaging waste recycling is holding up overall. More...Landfill operator fined for major odour problems from Essex landfill (21/08/2006)
A landfill site which caused rotten smells and also caused misery to residents, was the subject of a parliamentary debate, and resulted in the operator being fined on 18 August. The case was brought under section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. More...Wirral want more garden recycling please! (21/08/2006)
Wirral residents are doing well with their garden recycling and to help and increase quantities, Wirral Council are swapping the existing white garden waste bag with a bigger and more convenient brown wheeled bin. More...Munition find closes Black Country CA Site (18/08/2006)
Residents using a busy Black Country civic amenity site were turned away last night when, what is thought to have been Second World War amunition was found at the site. More...Merseyside Waste Holdings secure landfill capacity near to Wrexham (15/08/2006)
Despite a considerable amount of controversy over the years, Merseyside Waste Holdings (MWH) has secured a landfill site near to Wrexham and is about to commence operations once the permit has been cleared by the Environment Agency More...Agency staff practise what they preach. (10/08/2006)
Staff at the Environment Agency in York have enlisted the help of a tiger worm workforce to help them cut down on office waste. More...Blandford waste recycling centre quickly re-opened for business following fire (09/08/2006)
Dorset residents were able to quickly return to Blandford's household recycling centre following a fire which closed the facility over a weekend in early August. More...UK first for Dorset biofuel recycling vehicle (09/08/2006)
The first ever recycling and refuse vehicle to run on vegetable oil in the UK is now operating Poole, Dorset. More...New Bristol food waste collection scheme goes City wide (09/08/2006)
120, 000 more residents in Bristol will benefit from the new food waste collection services as the scheme goes city-wide on 8th August 2006. It is understood that this is the first city wide food waste service to be introduced across the country. More...MP has wrong facts on recycling credits says county council (08/08/2006)
East Sussex County Council is trying to limit the amount of recycling by Lewes and Wealden District Councils claims Lewes LibDem MP Norman Baker. More...Cornwall LAWDC receives £35,000 fines at Liskeard Magistrates Court (07/08/2006)
Liskeard Magistrate's Court imposed fines last week of £35,000 on CES Ltd against five charges of breaching site permit conditions at one of Cornwall's two main landfill sites. The company had pleaded guilty to all charges. More...Environment Agency to deal with radioactive contaminated land (07/08/2006)
Changes to land contamination rules set out how radioactive contaminated land should be dealt with. The changes came into force on 4 August and set out how radioactive contaminated land should be dealt with by the Environment Agency and local authorities. More...