Recycling

The reclamation and recycling of waste materials is an important part of Government policy and is a statutory requirement for local authorities in the case of household wastes, which is linked also to landfill reduction targets through the local authority trading scheme (LATS). In addition to aiding the mitigation of global warming effects, recycling of materials such as metals and plastics also contributes to the conservation of natural resources for the use of future generations, which is in accordance with the basic principles of sustainability.

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WIP - New Technologies Supporter Programme (11/02/2007)
The New Technologies Supporter Programme continues apace as waste disposal authorities move rapidly towards the making of important decisions on facility development, often associated with the private finance initiative (PFI) process. 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...UK Government plans to cut packaging further (11/06/2009)
Plans to further cut the amount of packaging on products were announced on Tuesday by the UK Government. 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...Super new North Seaton HWRC ups recycling tonnage by a quarter (07/05/2009)
The new state-of-the-art household waste recycling centre at North Seaton in Northumberland, has pushed recycling tonnages up by 25 per cent...... More...New plastic waste quality protocol issued (05/05/2009)
WRAP and the Environment Agency have published the Quality Protocol for "Non-Packaging Plastics"....... 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...A new era for recycled polystyrene ? (20/04/2009)
A new project scoping study, aimed at enabling retailers and brands to use recycled polypropylene plastic in food packaging, was announced today. More...WRAP strengthens regional support to SMEs (23/03/2009)
WRAP's expanded business development service will allow small-medium (SME) recycling businesses across England to use local expertise through regional business advisors. More...Vinyl Floor Recycling Scheme gets boost (04/03/2009)
Vinyl floor waste is collected for recycling through the Vinyl Flooring Recycling Scheme .......... More...Recycled railway sleepers on the right track (17/02/2009)
Railway sleepers made from a revolutionary recycled composite are set to challenge the traditional wooden varieties...... More...WRAP launches new MRF search tool (06/02/2009)
Local authorities, reprocessors and other stakeholders in the recycling and waste management industry can now quickly and easily find municipal MRFs across the UK. More...First waste contractor signs up to Halving Waste to Landfill agreement (02/02/2009)
The first waste management contractor has signed up to WRAP's Halving Waste To Landfill agreement. More...Weak pound a boost for plastic recycling (19/01/2009)
The weak pound is helping UK-based plastic recyclers to be more competitive abroad........ More...Households' recycling must continue says LGA (24/11/2008)
Residents must carry on recycling announced the Local Government Association today as they unveiled an action plan to help councils. More...Owens Corning Increases Recycled Content in PINK Fiberglas(TM) Insulation to 40 Percent (19/11/2008)
Company maintains highest level of certified recycled content for fiberglass insulation in North America and drives initiatives to keep glass out of landfills. 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...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...Closing the WEEE loop (11/11/2008)
Indesit has become the first company to successfully incorporate recycled content derived from the UK waste stream within white goods and on a large scale. More...'Di-vert' Launched to Meet CSR Targets and Unlock Hidden Value (06/11/2008)
A new service has been launched to help UK businesses cut the cost of relocation, while actively supporting their corporate and social responsibility (CSR) policies. More...CanRoute price hits zero (02/11/2008)
Corus announced on Friday that with effect from Monday 3rd November 2008, the company will pay £0 per tonne for steel packaging delivered to CanRoute collection centres throughout the UK. 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...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...Uk construction industry to halve waste to landfill (16/10/2008)
A major new voluntary agreement has been launched today. More...Half marathon blazes the trail for recycling (10/10/2008)
Plastic drinks bottles will be recycled back into food grade plastic. 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...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...Plasterboard disposal beats 2010 target (23/09/2008)
This good progress has come in the first year of the industry’s voluntary Ashdown Agreement according to WRAP More...Businesses to recycle lunchtime waste (23/09/2008)
Closed Loop Recycling is urging UK Businesses to get greener by recycling their lunchtime food packaging waste. 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...Corus invests PRN funds to achieve record recycling levels (18/09/2008)
This has resulted in "significant achievements and benefits” to recycling infrastructure. 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...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...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...Recycle Now launches its new consumer website (10/06/2008)
The re-launched site has an updated and more contemporary look, but in addition there are three additional sections. 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...Can sculpture of Big Ben's tower launches Recycling Week (02/06/2008)
To mark the event a six-metre replica of Big Ben's tower constructed with Coca Cola cans and bottles has been unveiled in London's South Bank. More...LGA calls for retailers and producers to fund packaging waste collection (29/05/2008)
The call for action follows the LGA's publication today (Thurs) of its second investigation into the weight of retailer packaging and how much of it can be recycled. More...WRAP appoints new Director for Scotland (24/05/2008)
WRAP announced yesterday, that Iain Gulland has been appointed as its new Director for Scotland. 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...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...Cory and WRWA step into the recycling breech (21/04/2008)
Cory Environmental and the Western Riverside Waste Authority (WRWA) have pledged £700,000 towards the threatened Recycle Western Riverside Programme. 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...Utilities companies commit to groundbreaking agreement (02/04/2008)
The first construction agreement of its kind launched 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...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...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...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...Sainsbury in for Resource Conservation Award (31/01/2008)
Sainsbury is up for an award for Resource Conservation at the Sustainable City Awards, which take place in London on 13 February. More...West Midlands severely under resourced in recycling infrastructure (31/01/2008)
Veolia Environmental Services has received planning permission to build its sixth UK Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) at its existing Four Ashes site near Wolverhampton. 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...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...Recycle Now features on Coronation Street (18/01/2008)
Recycle Now, the national recycling campaign for England, and ITV’s flagship soap, Coronation Street have joined forces to give recycling its debut performance. More...Scottish stats confirm household recycling success (17/01/2008)
Figures released by the Scottish Government confirm the drive, in partnership with local authorities, to push up participation of residents in recycling activities and provide backing information for the country’s recycling success. More...Alternate weekly collection accelerates Norwich recycling rates (04/01/2008)
Norwich City Council has collected a "massive" 7,500 tonnes of recycling from across the city since April 2007. More...Anna Ryder Richardson backs Christmas card recycling campaign (03/01/2008)
Fresh from her stint in the ‘celebrity jungle’ keen recycler Anna Ryder Richardson has today teamed up with Recycle Now, to launch the national Chrismas card recycling campaign for England. 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...Valpak launches text service for recycling information (19/12/2007)
Valpak announced recently, that its recycling information web site recycle-more.co.uk, has launched a new text service to provide recycling information. 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...Joanne Lumley launches Christmas Recycling Campaign (12/12/2007)
Ab Fab star, actress Joanna Lumley OBE last week, teamed up with Recycle Now and the Woodland Trust to deliver an early festive reminder to recycle. 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...Defra smashes its own recycling target (06/12/2007)
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has already exceeded its own recycling target set for 2010. 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...Major initiative to aid packaging recycling (03/12/2007)
Retailers are looking to replace the current range of symbols and messages on packaging, with a single logo. 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...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...Santa to generate 0.75 million tonnes of extra waste (26/11/2007)
English households are expected to produce nearly three quarters of a million tonnes (736,574) of extra waste this Christmas according to new research. 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...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...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...Scotland set to shatter 2008 recycling target (13/11/2007)
Scotland has almost reached its 2008 recycling a year in advance, according to figures published yesterday by SEPA. 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...Greenstar UK acquires Verdant Group Plc (02/11/2007)
Aylesbury, Bucks, England: Greenstar UK has announce the acquisition of Kent based Verdant Group Plc, one of the largest independent municipal services providers to UK local authorities. More...Armagh recycling shows “massive leap” (02/11/2007)
Armagh, Northern Ireland: Armagh has revealed that its recycling figures have shown a “massive leap” over the last four years. More...Model predicts growth for Scottish sustainable aggregates (31/10/2007)
The demand for aggregate in Scotland is forecast to grow by an average of 1.17% a year until 2018 with recycled and secondary aggregates taking a 20% market share by 2012. More...Incentives to recycle in strengthened Climate Change Bill (30/10/2007)
London, UK: Incentives to recycle, commonly referred to as “pay as you throw”, have re-appeared in a Government Command Paper. 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...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...Wales heads for 40% recycling by 2010 (15/10/2007)
Welsh Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing, Jane Davidson welcomed figures for 2006-07 released last week. 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...Hambleton to launch £658k kerbside sorting scheme (10/10/2007)
Northallerton, UK: Hambleton District Council is to launch a new five year, £658k kerbside sorting and collection scheme across its area in November. 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...Irish recycling rate for WEEE continues to grow (08/10/2007)
The successful WEEE programme in Ireland has lead to continued growth in the recycling rate, but producers need to do more on recovering smaller items and reuse. 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...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...Glass recycling benefits as bulk wine imports take off (28/09/2007)
Bulk importing of wine into the UK has shown important and significantly increases in the last 12 months, according to WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme). 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...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...North Fulham mining for recycling gold (20/09/2007)
A new pilot project in Fulham is seeking to improve recycling services and make easier for residents of high and low rise dwellings to recycle. 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...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...Push continues on beverage carton recycling (03/09/2007)
Each year, UK beverage carton manufacturers produce approximately 55,000 tonnes of paper-based cartons for milk, juice, sauces and other liquid foods/drinks. 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...Construction SME's go green with waste (28/08/2007)
A scheme providing collection and recycling services to construction companies is proving to be a great success, giving firms the opportunity to achieve sustainable waste management. More...Hambleton gives boost to Tetrapak’s carton recycling campaign (21/08/2007)
Hambleton Council has distributed recycling banks for food cartons across the District Council’s area in support of Tetrapak’s national campaign to recycle more of these common packaging wastes. 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...Welsh construction firms urged to tackle 6 million tonnes of waste (15/08/2007)
Construction companies in Wales are being urged to take action in reducing their wastes and improve their bottom line. More..."People have a duty to recycle" - 81% agree (14/08/2007)
London, UK - When asked for their attitudes about recycling, 81 per cent of a survey population strongly agreed or tended to agree that "people have a duty to recycle". 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...Defra targets recycling in 'public places' (13/08/2007)
A consultation issued today by Defra is aimed at extending the ‘culture’ of recycling from the home and office to public areas, making it become “a natural part of everyday life”. 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...25.5 million people in England committed to recycling (08/08/2007)
New research shows that 8.5 million more people are ‘committed’ recyclers bringing the total to 25.5 million people in England. 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...Excellent public response to plastic water bottle recycling in flood areas (01/08/2007)
Gloucester, UK - Gloucester Council says that its plastic bottle recycling facilities had been overwhelmed by “public-spirited response of residents in returning their used bottle water containers”. 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...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...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...Cotswolds Council breaks 50% recycling barrier (20/07/2007)
Residents in the Cotswolds are now recycling more than half their waste, the District Council revealed yesterday. 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...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...Smallest Scottish County excels in recycling (06/07/2007)
Scotland's smallest local authority is seen to be leading the way in the recycling field, according to data released by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. 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...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...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...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...Welsh NHS Trust’s success at reducing waste (26/06/2007)
A Cardiff hospital has been highly successful in cutting the amount of waste it sends to landfill by 75%. 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...Grosvenor scoops top award for plastics sorting technology (20/06/2007)
Grosvenor’s cutting edge plastic sorting technology has put them ahead of the competition as they win the award for Best Technology Application at the 2007 Plastics Industry Awards. 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...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...Government to set up a London Waste and Recycling Board (14/06/2007)
As one of its duties it will manage the London Waste and Recycling Fund, and may also be required to provide advice on strategic London waste issues to London Boroughs and the Mayor. 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...Plastic bottle recycling experiences continued growth (08/06/2007)
Plastic bottle recycling continues to go from strength to strength with 92% of UK local authorities now offering recycling collection facilities for plastic bottles, according to new research. 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...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...New sports pitch from used plane tyres (15/05/2007)
A Stokesley floodlit sports area has re-opened after a £43,000 revamp using old plane tyres! 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...Outdoor furniture from board? - simply a picnic (14/05/2007)
Gayle Blanchflower from OutABox was presented with the best environmental product award at the recent British Female Inventors and Innovators awards ceremony. More...Import wine but not the bottles! (11/05/2007)
Wrap toasts the environmental benefits of a new wine import facility. 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...Lab equipment goes green (30/04/2007)
The laboratory equipment supplier, Anachem, has added a further incentive to its already existing recycling scheme by offering to make a donation to environmental projects on behalf of new entrants. More...Supply logistics innovator wins top award (27/04/2007)
Using a sustainable approach to materials supply to construction sites, Wilson James aims to recycle 70% of site waste materials and help minimise construction waste. 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...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...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...New programme fuelled to up paper use (16/04/2007)
WRAP has launched the second phase of a major project designed give the UK Magazine industry a new impetus to extend its use of recycled content paper. More...WRAP targets SMEs (16/04/2007)
WRAP is targeting the waste management activities of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) through the organisation's SME Recycling programme More...International news bites (12/04/2007)
Shipping lines to raise paper waste transport costs. Warming Artic could release frozen waste. US study confirms waste cell phones to be potentially polluting. 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...Scottish report provides backing to alternate weekly collections (10/04/2007)
A report on Scottish kerbside recycling has demonstrated that alternate weekly collections have a great benefit on the quantities of materials recycled by householders. 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...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...Agency urges WEEE producers to sign up (30/03/2007)
The Environment Agency urges producers to continue to sign up to WEEE schemes. 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...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...Wilton complex to become major hub for green energy (26/03/2007)
UK Wood Recycling has officially opened its new wood chip plant on the former ICI Wilton integrated petro-chemicals complex on Teesside. 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...£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...Bovine bins boost recycling (15/03/2007)
Recycling bins disguised as cows will soon be grazing on waste across the capital, following a trial in Lewisham which proved an un’herd’ of success. 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...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...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...Recycling 50% up at East Sussex Household Waste Recycling Sites (08/03/2007)
Figures released by Veolia Environmental Services for the last three and a half years, have confirmed that recycling has increased by more than 50% at East Sussex and Brighton & Hove’s Household Waste Recycling Sites. 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...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...Superhighway for container deliveries (02/03/2007)
Straight plc, has forged a partnership with DHL, the international operator in contract logistics, for all its product deliveries. 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...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...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...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...WEEE first for Newport (20/02/2007)
Newport council is the first council to use new WEEE containers at its civic amenity site. 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...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...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...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...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...Valpak's WEEE Distributor Take Back Scheme (DTS) (06/02/2007)
Valpak is urging both retailers and Local Authorities to participate in the WEEE Distributor Take Back Scheme (DTS) , and take advantage of its benefits. 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...EA issues WEEE reminder (02/02/2007)
Companies who produce electrical and electronic equipment are being reminded by the Environment Agency to register in order to comply with the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations. 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...Pyrolysis solution favourite for West of England. (30/01/2007)
The West of England councils have issued consultation documents as a first step in moves towards joint planning and joint municipal waste strategies. More...John Craven to launch Cumbria recycling initiative (29/01/2007)
Cumbria is set to use a national TV personality to launch an initiative under the Recycle for Cumbria campaign. 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...Cotswold to do wheelies (22/01/2007)
Wheeled bins for general household waste are set to be rolled out across the Cotswolds later this year. 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...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...Marks & Spencer - zero waste to landfill by 2012 (15/01/2007)
Marks & Spencer have announced the initiation of "Plan A", a business-wide £200m "eco-plan" which will have an impact on every part of M&S' operations over the next five years. 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...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...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...LGA wages War on Waste (08/01/2007)
The Local Government Association has launched its War on Waste campaign, as new figures are published that show that the UK is depositing more waste into landfill than other European countries. 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...New modular container for near-entrance recycling (03/01/2007)
A new, versatile, multi-material container has been introduce that caters for near-entrance and communal areas. It should be particularly suitable for multi-occupancy accommodation. 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...Directgov online guide to sustainable living includes waste issues (02/01/2007)
Defra has launched a new online guide to greener living on the government's main public website, Directgov. More...DEFRA and Recycle Now - Christmas advice (22/12/2006)
Christmas advice and stats from DEFRA and Recycle Now More...Watch your "wasteline" use the 3Rs this Christmas (22/12/2006)
Christmas advice from DEFRA and Recycle Now: 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...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...Environment Agency continue clampdown on non-complying packaging waste producers (19/12/2006)
The Environment Agency has recently publicised a further two prosecutions in relation to the failure of producers to meet their obligations under the packaging waste regulations. 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...DEFRA reviews waste imports and exports (18/12/2006)
Defra is undertaking a review of the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations and the UK Management Plan for Exports and Imports of Waste. 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...News Bites (15/12/2006)
Beware of bogus refuse collectors; In the Commons - Biomass; In the Commons - In-vessel Composting; Dismantling of UK ships in South Asia contravenes ban on haz waste exports? 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...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...New WEEE Regulations laid before Parliament (12/12/2006)
Producers of electrical, and electronic equipment (EEE) will from July 2007 be required to meet the environmental costs of dealing with waste products under new regulations published today. 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...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...Success in Zero Waste Week for Bath and Somerset (05/12/2006)
An innovative experiment to see whether it is possible to go for a week without throwing anything away has been declared a success. 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...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...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...PIC rebut finding of 'A Zero Waste UK' on disposable cameras (29/11/2006)
The report, ‘A Zero Waste UK’ from the Institute for Public Policy Research and Green Alliance, targeted disposable products such as certain cameras as items that should be subjected to a tax to discourage their use. The Photo Imaging Council refutes this proposal as it considers that disposable cameras in fact represent "a true recycling success story". 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...CKS to open a new WEEE recycling facility (22/11/2006)
CKS has said that it is to offer a high security disk shredding and WEEE compliant recycling service through the development of a new site in the south of the UK to be operated by CKS Electronics Recycling. 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...Unhappy BPF seeks Bradshaw and meets Cameron- Part 1 (21/11/2006)
The British Plastics Federation (BPF) has requested a meeting with the Environment Minister Ben Bradshaw following remarks he made to the media about excessive supermarket packaging. 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...Crack down on waste exports and imports - National ports project. (20/11/2006)
Searches carried out of freight traffic at Holyhead Port and Pembroke Docks. 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...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...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...Logistics problems looming in recycling container export (06/11/2006)
Changes are coming in container transport which have implications for the recycling export sector of the waste management industry. They essentially relate to economies of scale with huge container ships travelling to ports across the world. 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...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...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...Bury roll out "chipped" wheeled bins (27/10/2006)
Bury MBC have rolled out blue wheeled bins containing microchips, to around 6,500 residents. 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...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...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...Paper packaging waste - Report on Government investigation- August 2006 (15/10/2006)
A Government investigation into allegations against parts of the paper packaging waste industry has uncovered ‘inappropriate practices’ by a number of exporters, though no evidence of fraud was found. 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...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...Orkney Island Council are leading by example (12/10/2006)
Orkney Islands Council’s School Place staff have caught the recycling bug and are saving a tonne of waste paper a month. This is part of a drive for waste minimisation and awareness. 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...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...Gloucester choose preferred bidder (news in brief) (04/10/2006)
Accord has been named as the preferred bidder for Gloucester City Council £50m Streetcare contract. 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...What colour our bins? (01/10/2006)
Are container colours causing confusion for householders? More...Misunderstanding leads to a roasting (29/09/2006)
A misunderstanding of packaging regulations led to a company being fined a total of £4,000 and ordered to pay £940 costs. More...Success for innovative tyre treatment process (28/09/2006)
A revolutionary new recycling plant for tyre treatment has been unveiled. More...Dramatic recycling increase in Waltham Forest pilot areas (26/09/2006)
Within a month of commencement of Waltham Forest’s Council’s Compulsory Recycling Scheme, and initial figures indicate a substantial recycling increase in the pilot areas. More...Somerset CC breaks the 70% barrier for composting and recycling at its CA sites (26/09/2006)
Somerset County Council Household Waste Sites have broken the 70% barrier with an average recycling and composting rate of 72%. The sites are run by Viridor Waste Management following that company's aquisition of Wyvern earlier in the year. Individual site percentages have been as high as 82%. More...Room for improvement in organic waste management in Ireland (22/09/2006)
A report on the Management of Household Waste in Ireland was launched yesterday (Thursday) by the Joint Committee on Environment, Heritage and Local Government. 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...'Arson' may be behind Bayliss Plastics factory fire(news in brief) (18/09/2006)
A fire took place at the Bayliss Plastics factory near Slough on Sunday, which may have ignited from a bin that had been deliberately set on fire nearby. 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...South Beds aims for place in top performers (18/09/2006)
South Beds aims to be among England's top performing waste recyclers and is introducing alternate weekly collections through Verdant. More...Dudley firm guilty of packaging waste recycling failures (15/09/2006)
A company based in Dudley pleaded guilty at Dudley Magistrates Court, on 11 September 2006, to nine charges relating to failing to recover and recycle packaging. More...Confusion on Agency advice on disposal of TV monitors (news in brief) (13/09/2006)
There has been confusion caused to Local Authorities over the way that TV monitors should be handled according to the Chief Executive of Sustainability Northwest. 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...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...Agency continue to pursue unregistered companies as fencing firm fined for ignoring packaging law (06/09/2006)
Grange Fencing Limited based in Telford, pleaded guilty early this month, at Telford Magistrates Court, to 9 charges relating to failing to meet its obligations under the Packaging Waste Regulations. More...HSE issues guidance on “Waste and Recycling Vehicles in Street Collection”. (05/09/2006)
The HSE has issued guidance titled “Waste and Recycling Vehicles in Street Collection”. This follows earlier reports that the HSE considers the waste industry to be one of the worst on safety. More...Forced delays to new kerbside recycling scheme in Lincoln (31/08/2006)
Lincoln city council has been forced to write to residents of the City, to explain why there has been a last-minute delay to its new £1 (+) million waste recycling service. 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...ERC set for Electronics Recycling (30/08/2006)
A NORTH Yorkshire company specializing in electronic waste is expecting a big increase in business when regulations which prevent electrical equipment being landfilled, comes into force in less than a year. The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE) is scheduled to become effective on 1st July 2007. 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...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...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...New £80,000 campaign for flats recycling in Barnet, but no compulsion! (22/08/2006)
Barnet Council has been successful in obtaining £83,945 of funding from WRAP to encourage flat dwellers to use their on-site recycling facilities more effectively. More...Cardboard packaging company fined (22/08/2006)
A company involved in cardboard packaging manufacture, pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court to 12 charges relating to failing to meet its obligations under laws governing the recovery and recycling of packaging. More...DEFRA has issued a report on its investigation – ‘fact finding mission’ – into the paper packaging waste industry (15/08/2006)
A government investigation into allegations against parts of the paper packaging waste industry has uncovered ‘inappropriate practices’ by a number of exporters, though no evidence of fraud was found. More...