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New director for Juniper (10/10/2008)Juniper has announced the arrival of Adrian Judge from Cory Environmental, in a new Director-level post.
More...Cumbria waste company acquired by Waste Recycling Group (07/10/2008)The assets and business of CAW Limited, from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, were acquired last week by Waste Recycling Group (WRG). The business has an annual turnover in the region of £5 million.
More...Verdant appoints new Ops director (29/09/2008)The Verdant Group announced today, the appointment of David Maidman to operations director.
More...Irish company takes RFID Technology to the U.S. waste management market (26/09/2008)Company announces deal with leading U.S. recycling company.
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...Seghill landfill planning application called in by NE Government Office (22/09/2008)The Government Office for the North East announced on Friday that it has called-in the planning application for the Seghill landfill site.
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...CIWM News – The Institution takes on new media partner (14/09/2008)The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) has appointed its media partner for Futuresource, the Institutions June 2009 meeting for waste management professionals.
More...Cory Environmental acquires Hafod Quarry landfill site (03/09/2008)The Hafod site was opened in 2006 amidst considerable controversy.
More...Rushmoor and Surrey Heath contract extensions for Veolia (29/08/2008)Veolia Environmental Services announced recently that it has won two contract extensions in Rushmoor and Surrey Heath.
More...Potential extension to Seghill Landfill fails planning (15/08/2008)SITA UK announced yesterday its disappointed at North Tyneside Council’s rejection of its planning application for an extension to Seghill Landfill site.
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...Tetra Pak recycling arrives in Wiltshire (10/07/2008)People in Wiltshire will be able to recycle their Tetra Pak cartons for the first time this month.
More...‘Oscar’ Win for TwinBin (04/07/2008)Award success for LINPAC's TwinBin.
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...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...Fire at Crawley Waste Transfer Station (14/06/2008)Viridor announced earlier this week, that a major fire engulfed the waste transfer station at Crawley.
More...Covanta Energy appoint Development Director (28/05/2008)Peter Wright joins Covanta Energy from SITA UK .
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...Greenstar acquires Firbank Chiltern (04/04/2008)Greenstar UK has acquired Dunstable Waste Group Ltd, a Bedfordshire-based commercial waste and recycling business trading as Firbank Chiltern.
More...Verdant continues expansion with new appointments (01/04/2008)Municipal services specialist Verdant Group Plc, has appointed its third contract portfolio manager following continuing business expansion.
More...Multis and SIMS Recycling expand collaboration (29/03/2008)The collaboration pairs the companies' complementary services to provide additional eco-efficiency to the solutions provided.
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...Acquisition of Biffa approved by shareholders (14/03/2008)Biffa shareholders approved the terms on Wednesday, for the total issued share acquisition of the waste management contractor.
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...Modern innovation set to solve clothes hanger disposal problem (03/03/2008)There are 530 million unwanted coat hangers stashed away in UK homes, and almost 100 million of them go straight to landfill every year
More...Suitors for Biffa withdraw before making bid (25/02/2008)Biffa confirmed this morning that ‘third parties’ were “no longer working towards making a competing offer”.
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...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...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...Biffa board recommends £1.2 billion acquisition of the company (10/02/2008)Biffa says that it has reached agreement on a recommendation for the acquisition of the company by Wasteacquisitionco.
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...Edwards returns as Verdant MD (01/02/2008)Roger Edwards, former development director of municipal services specialist Verdant Group Plc, has been promoted to managing director
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...Biffa bid speculation raised share price yesterday (22/01/2008)The possibility that Biffa may be become the centrepiece of rival bids, elevated the share price on the London Stock Exchange yesterday, on a day of generally falling prices
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...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...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...B&Q to save £300k through Multi-Trip Packaging (06/01/2008)B&Q has announced that it is to roll-out multi-trip packaging for its kitchen worktops following initial trials and expects the bags used to make significant savings.
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...Verdant win waste contract in Shakespeare country (17/12/2007)Verdant Group plc is set to close a ‘momentous’ year with the award of a seven year waste, recycling and street cleansing contract by Stratford-on-Avon District Council.
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...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...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...Biffa makes good progress in the first half (28/11/2007)Waste management group, Biffa has continued to deliver good growth during a period of significant change as the UK waste management industry has been preparing for the new pre-treatment regulations.
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...Biffa reject approach on possible cash offer (26/11/2007)Biffa has rejected an approached by private equity companies.
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...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...AWM Group awarded as Best in the Black Country (21/11/2007)Waste management company the AWM Group is celebrating again, this time after winning the Young Business of the Year award at a glittering ceremony to celebrate the Best of the Black Country.
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...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...Shanks shows “good first half” performance in 2007-08 (08/11/2007)The Shanks Group plc yesterday announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2007.
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...Carbon sequestration in landfill estimated by WRG (06/11/2007)Waste Recycling Group (WRG) has today published details of its first proposal to measure the Company’s overall carbon impact.
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...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...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...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...Legally binding SWMPs gets 75% support (02/10/2007)Proposals to cut the 109m tonnes of construction waste produced annually in England and Wales, have been broadly endorsed by the building sector according to Defra.
More...Next generation German gasification technology introduced to US markets (30/09/2007)Gasification plants convert many types of waste products into gas and electricity cleanly and efficiently.
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...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...Augean Plc releases six month interim results (17/09/2007)Augean PLC, one of the UK’s market leaders in the management of hazardous waste, announced its interim results last week for the six months ended 30 June 2007.
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...Going green with PVC (10/09/2007)Cladding and window cills made from 100% recycled PVC-U are examples of how PVC can be sustainably used in new building products without any loss of performance, according to Axion Recycling, Recovinyl’s UK agents.
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...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...Martin Waste wins Cheshire recycling centre contract (28/08/2007)HW Martin Waste Ltd has been awarded the Cheshire County Council contract for the operation and maintenance of household waste recycling centres (HWRCs).
More...GlassRite saves 4500 tonnes of carbon annually (24/08/2007)Major inroads into glass packaging waste are being made by the UK wine industry which is set to save 6,000 tonnes of glass packaging annually through lightweighting.
More...New Covent Garden Market targets zero waste to landfill (24/08/2007)The New Covent Garden Market is getting to grips with its waste thanks to help from the Enhance business support programme.
More...New QA document welcomed by paper industries (23/08/2007)PAS 105 is vital for recovered paper, sustainable growth and carbon reduction according to the Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI). LARAC has also welcomed the new publicly available specification.
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...FTA - Planning reforms a "significant step forward" (20/08/2007)The Freight Transport Association says that the proposals for an Infrastructure Planning Commission to assess Major Infrastructure Projects will be a significant step forward for the UK economy as a whole.
More...Axis wins £150k Derbyshire waste planning contract (16/08/2007)Derby, UK - Derbyshire’s cabinet has decided to appoint Axis consultancy to obtain planning consent for new waste facilities.
More...Low emission waste collections Enhanced (10/08/2007)The Enhance Capital Fund has invested in London waste transport to increase recycling capacity and reduce the emission of greenhouse gases.
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...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...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...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...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...India extends existing import policy for scrap (24/07/2007)The deadline for registration with India's Director General Foreign Trade (DGFT) in relation to scrap imports has once again been postponed, according to BIR.
More...Market Intelligence On Recovered Paper (23/07/2007)A new report containing in-depth analysis of the market for recovered paper has been published by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme).
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...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...Fire at waste treatment plant closes M6 (02/07/2007)A fire and explosions at a Lancashire industrial estate resulted in the closure of the M6 for a time today.
More...Torbay trials solar bin to 'press the mess' (29/06/2007)Torbay has become the first council in the UK to trial a new state-of-the-art solar powered litter bin on Paignton seafront as part of its commitment to keeping the Bay clean.
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...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...Waste sector first for SITA UK consortium (11/06/2007)The ‘SITA Consortium’ on PFI projects has been voted Best Private Sector Consortium at the Public Private Finance Awards 2007.
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...Waste Strategy and the packaging industry (05/06/2007)INCPEN has welcomed the Government’s intention in its Waste Strategy to focus policy in the context of overall resource management and its plans to recover more material and energy from waste.
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...Defra publishes national waste strategy (24/05/2007)Environment Secretary David Miliband has today published the new national waste strategy on wastes management. He said that everyone, businesses, individuals, local authorities and the Government, has a role to play by reducing the waste they produce.
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...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...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...New use for used tyres (27/03/2007)A Cheshire company, Dunweedin has come up with a new use for waste tyres.
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...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...Viridor and Electrolink forge WEEE Partnership (15/03/2007)Viridor Waste Management has teamed up with WEEE Producer Compliance Scheme, Electrolink.
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...Montagu makes £588m sale of Cory Environmental to a Euro consortium (14/03/2007)Cory Environmental, one of the UK’s leading waste management companies, has been sold for £588m by Montagu Private Equity after only 2 years of acquiring the company from Excel for £200m.
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...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...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...Hippobags for M & S (28/02/2007)National waste management firm HIPPOWASTE™ has been selected as the preferred supplier to handle the disposal of waste for Wates Retail on the store development programme works with Marks & Spencer stores across the UK.
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...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...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...Viridor makes £14.7m acquisition of waste business in Kent (13/02/2007)Pennon Group Plc has announced that its subsidiary, Viridor Waste Management Limited, has acquired Skipaway Holdings Limited for £14.7m. Skipway is the holding company for three trading subsidiaries of Skipaway Limited, Allwaste Disposal Services Limited and Wastenot Recycling Limited.
More...McAlpine in £30m takeover of Enviros (07/02/2007)Alfred McAlpine acquires leading waste and environmental consultancy, Enviros, for £30m.
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...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...Viridor upgrades north west vehicle fleet (31/01/2007)Following hard on the heels of its success in the Greater Manchester WDA PFI contract, Viridor has now invested £1.2m in Volvo waste management vehicles.
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...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...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...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...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...News Bites (09/01/2007)New MRF gets first local authority customer.
F & R Cawley to open Luton MRF in 2007.
Riverside in £0.25m deal on secondary tyre shredder.
More...USB port batteries charged with saving waste. (05/01/2007)Moixa Energy has been selected as a finalist for the best consumer product in the prestigious Design Week awards in February. Moixa's USBCeLL is part of a wider low-energy strategy developed to address issues in home device power.
More...Full privatisation of refuse collection in County Mayo! (04/01/2007)The Irish county of Mayo has issued a notice to householders relating to the privatisation of the refuse collection services. But this is not privatisation as we know it!
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...The case for recycled PET in packaging (03/01/2007)The business case for using recycled PET plastic in packaging will be demonstrated at a WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) conference being held on 6th February 2007 in London.
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...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...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...Dennis Eagle to form part of the Ros Roca Group in global trade (12/12/2006)Dennis Eagle and Ros Roca S.A, a family owned
business and Spain’s market leader in municipal
manufacturing and environmental engineering are to join forces.
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...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...P&L Certified to ISO 9001:2000 (11/11/2006)P&L Waste management Software are now certified to ISO 9001:2000.
The company produces software across the waste spectrum which it states is user friendly and intelligent enabling the most to be made of valuable time and resources.
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...Verdant acquires Waste Services (UK)-(news in brief) (03/11/2006)Verdant has taken over Waste Services (UK) to expand into the commercial waste market. Waste Services has a turnover in the region of £8m and is based in Southampton.
More...Thorworld supply loading ramps to Eurokey (Trade news) (01/11/2006)Eurokey Recycling Ltd has solved the problem of having no loading bays by using yardramps from Thorworld Industries to load containers.
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...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...Verdant awarded 12 year South Bedfordshire contract (news in brief) (16/10/2006)The Verdant Group have been awarded a £40 million, 12 year waste management contract by south Bedfordshire Council.
More...Croydon trade waste charges show steep increase (news in brief) (16/10/2006)A massive increase in waste managment charges for business wastes has been agreed by Croydon Borough Council. This is reported to be 40% and could severely affect small businesses.
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...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...Department reveals next years transport research (05/10/2006)The Department for Transport has published its plans for research for the period 2006-07.
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...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...Ivory Coast investigators to visit Probo Koala blockaded in Estonia (news in brief) (04/10/2006)Seven investigators from the Ivory Coast are expected to visit the port of Paldiski, Estonia where the oil tanker Probo Koala is held.
More...Veolia finalises Cleanaway acquisition (news in brief) (02/10/2006)Veolia has completed the £589 million aquisition of Cleanaway. The combination is expected to result in a turnover in excess of £1 billion.
More...Europe's African dumping ground? (02/10/2006)It looks from information given that the toxic waste recently "disposed of" in the Ivory Coast could be the tip of the ice-berg.
More...Minimum wage rises to £5.35 (news in brief) (02/10/2006)The adult minimum wage has risen to £5.35 with increases also for young workers under 21.
More...Anti-age discrimination regulation now in force (news in brief) (02/10/2006)The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 have now come into force. They result from a European Directive on employment.
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...Food waste to energy plant proposed for Humberside (news in brief) (25/09/2006)A number of food companies including Greencore, Northern Foods and Greggs, are contracting to provide food and packaging waste to Inetec which intends to submit a planning application for development on a 10-acre site at Immingham. This is likely to be the first of a number of what are described as "mini-power stations" to be constructed around the country.
More...Amsterdam Council to investigate Ivory Coast toxic waste deaths (news in brief) (21/09/2006)Amsterdam's City Council has ordered an investigation into the ship that carried hazardous waste which is alleged to have resulted in the deaths of seven people in Ivory Coast. The ship had unsuccessfully tried to unload the waste in Amsterdam before it sailing to Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
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...Augean appoint new finance Director (news in brief) (18/09/2006)Augean Plc, a prominent UK hazardous waste businesses, has
announce the appointment of Peter Southby to the Board of the Company.
More...Nottingham City Council set to reject Eastcroft efw expansion (news in brief) (15/09/2006)Nottinghamshire City Councillors look set to reject a planning application from Waste Recycling Group for an expansion of the Eastcroft efw plant.
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...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...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...IKEA predicts major reduction in use of plastic bags (06/09/2006)IKEA have been levying a 5p charge on the use of their plastic bags and now intend to double this to 10p. The company expects its plastic bag levy to result in an overall estimated 97% reduction in the number of new carrier bags used by customers.
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...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...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...Doorstep recycling advice to 50000 households in Shropshire (18/08/2006)Recycling specialists will begin visiting homes across Shropshire in a bid to help increase the amount of household waste being reclaimed and recycled in the county.
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More...Viridor to submit planning application for waste transfer station (11/08/2006)Viridor will be submitting a planning application for a transfer station at Williton, West Somerset later this month. If successful the new building will be commissioned in the first half of 2007 to replace the landfill site at Williton which will be due for closure in October 2007.
More...Spectrometers meet environmental needs (08/08/2006)Companies producing instrumentation are now gearing up to provide industry with the monitoring systems it needs to help comply the RHOS and WEEE directives
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...Planning submission made for extension to Selby Household Waste Recycling Centre (07/08/2006)North Yorkshire County Council have submitted a planning application for the Selby Household Waste Recycling centre involving extension and improvements including building demolition, excavations, building alterations and re-surfacing. Although the extension area is relatively small, it should enable more efficient use of this strategically important site.
More...Call for help on fly-tipped tyres in Wales (06/08/2006)Environment Agency Wales is urging members of the public to come forward with any information they might have about hundreds of tyres that have been flytipped in the Pontsarn area of Merthyr Tydfil.
More...Welsh company fined for burning trade waste (06/08/2006)GKR Building & Maintenance Co. Ltd, Bedwas House Industrial Estate, Caerphilly, pleaded guilty at Blackwood Magistrates' Court on 31 July 2006 to a charge regarding the illegal disposal of trade waste. They were fined £3,000 and also ordered to pay over £700 in costs to Environment Agency Wales who brought the prosecution.
More...Planning Application for Shropshire MRF rejected (27/07/2006)Proposals for the development of a waste sorting, processing and recycling plant at Hopton Bank, near Cleobury Mortimer were rejected by Shropshire Councillors.
More...Dublin City drop plans for household waste recycling centre (26/07/2006)Following considerable opposition the Dublin City Council has decided to drop plans for a household waste site in the City. The site was to be located in a residential area in Northside which lead to fierce protests.
More...'Planning Policies For Sustainable Building' (17/07/2006)A consultation document has been issued by the LGA aimed at local authority planning officers in relation to greening development through the planning system. Policies are included on wastes management.
More...Firm fined for lapse on packaging waste recycling (news in brief) (10/07/2006)A poultry importer was fined £9,000 yesterday for failing to meet its recycling of packaging waste obligations according to EDP24. Costs totaled £1531.
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