 | Local policy in England, on both waste strategy and waste planning, is in the main developed by local authorities and waste disposal authorities through consultation with business, other bodies, communities and individuals. Local waste policies are based on the framework laid down by Central Government as stated in the national waste strategy transposed through Regional waste strategies and planning policies. Local waste strategies and local waste planning documents have to pay due regard these Regional policies. |
District and County Planning Matters (06/10/2006)Statistical issues relating to planning submissions dealt with by District Planning Authorities and County Planning Authorities.
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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...£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...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...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...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...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...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...Environment outweighs cost for Skye and Lochalsh Efw plant (16/11/2007)The Highland Council decided yesterday on a small scale energy from waste plant (Efw) to serve the Island of Skye, and Lochalsh in the Western Zone of the council’s area.
More...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...Planning decisions within 13 weeks down 5% in second quarter (24/10/2007)London, UK: Waste developments accounted for 73 percent of the total decisions made on ‘County’ planning applications and minerals developments 21 per cent in the second quarter of 2007, according to the DCLG.
More...New construction carbon calculator includes waste management (24/10/2007)Bristol, UK: The Environment Agency has released a new aid to construction companies that will help them to calculate their carbon emissions.
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...Veolia signs up with the Shropshire Waste Partnership (03/10/2007)Veolia has signed the long term integrated waste management contract with the Shropshire Waste Partnership (SWP) within 2 months of being appointed the preferred bidder by the Authority.
More...Sita gains Perthshire Efw permission (02/10/2007)Perth and Kinross planners in Scotland, have approved the construction of an energy from waste (efw) plant at Binn Farm near Glenfarg.
More...Creation of Ipswich unitary could cause £52m delay in waste procurement. (01/10/2007)The Government’s intention to establish a unitary Ipswich authority has increased the likelihood of delays in the waste procurement programme, according to a report by officers of Suffolk County Council.
More...Move to derail incinerator plans rebuffed (27/09/2007)A Leicestershire county councillor moved yesterday to seek extensive public consultation and debate on approved incineration plans.
More...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...Delay in Greater Manchester PFI contract (10/09/2007)The Greater Manchester Waste Dispoal Authority has announced that it will be attaining commercial closure for its waste PFI contract in September, but financial closure will be delayed until December.
More...Eco submits application for £7m biomass generating station (11/07/2007)Eco Composting (Eco) has submitted a planning application to construct one of the UK’s first green energy generating plants in Dorset.
More...Success in PFI round for local authorities (05/07/2007)Four innovative projects to deliver major infrastructure for dealing with England's waste have been given the go ahead to progress to the next stage in securing Private Finance Initiative (PFI) credits under Defra's Waste Infrastructure Delivery Programme (WIDP).
More...London’s Mayor objects to new Recycling Board (15/06/2007)The Mayor has told the Government that he sees no purpose in participating in a Board which has no statutory powers to deliver ‘real change on the ground'.
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...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...Greater Manchester Council launch waste planning consultation (14/05/2007)The Issues and Options (I&O) stage presents the framework of waste policies for Greater Manchester and how they will be developed
More...Draft business recycling strategy for London (08/05/2007)The London Mayor, Ken Livingstone, has published a draft strategy to manage waste materials from London’s businesses.
More...£4m Pyrolysis plant for Seamer Carr (01/05/2007)A new, revolutionary £4m plant is to convert household waste into gas to produce energy in the form of electricity and heat.
More...Boroughs join for war on waste (23/04/2007)Sutton, Croydon, Merton and Kingston upon Thames have combined to wage a war on wastes through their joint efforts.
More...Donarbon set for Cambridgeshire PFI contract (20/04/2007)The Cambridge County Council Executive has given provisional approval for the 28-year Private Finance Initiative contract with Donarbon to deal with the Council’s residual wastes using the MBT process.
More...Biodiversity comes up trumps for WRG (18/04/2007)It is good to see that the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) has again named Arpley Landfill Site/Moore Nature Reserve, near Warrington, as a winner in its biennial Business Bird Challenge.
More...Application submitted for Exeter Efw facility (12/04/2007)Viridor Waste Management has formally submitted a planning application for the Exeter Energy from Waste Combined Heat and Power facility.
More...London Mayor to appeal High Court decision (05/04/2007)London Mayor to appeal High Court decision to stop West London's waste being incinerated.
More...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...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...Veolia announced preferred bidder for Southwark PFI (20/03/2007)Veolia has been awarded preferred bidder status by Southwark Council for the council’s integrated waste management contract.
More...Ghost Ships are still in US ownership (20/03/2007)A spokesman for the US Marine Administration has said that the so called Ghost Ships, currently docked near Hartlepool, are still in US ownership.
More...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...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...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...Planning approved for Veolia's Newhaven Energy Recovery Facility (01/03/2007)East Sussex County Council has given planning approval for Veolia to develop an Energy Recovery Facility at North Quay in Newhaven.
More...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...Public Inquiry into Warrington waste treatment plant (23/02/2007)A public inquiry is to be held into a controversial plan to build a waste treatment plant on Winwick Road, Warrington.
More...London Remade provides solution to Capital's waste problems (23/02/2007)London Remade launched its solution to the capital’s waste and recycling infrastructure problem at Tate Modern.
More...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...West London WDA have to seek judicial review (15/02/2007)West London Waste Disposal Authority have been granted a judicial review in relation to some aspects of the London Mayor’s powers.
More...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...Shrewsbury under pressure to axe weekly bin collections (06/02/2007)Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council face a £240,000 per annum financial shortfall if they continue to collect residual waste on a weekly basis.
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...New Scottish energy from biowaste plant in prospect (30/01/2007)Scotland is to gain a new energy from waste plant and Deputy First Minister Nicol Stephen has welcomed the news.
More...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...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...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...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...News bites (15/01/2007)South Kesteven Council refute rat scare.
Ambitious waste diversion agenda updated.
Consumers and environment benefit from EU energy action.
More...East Sussex adopt new Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) (15/01/2007)East Sussex residents can now find out how they can get involved in decisions on waste planning. They will get the opportunity to influence decisions on the planning strategy to be adopted and possible locations of waste management facilities.
More...Recycling rates rocket at South Kesteven (12/01/2007)There has been a "massive increase" in the amount of rubbish being recycled as residents enthusiastically embrace a new wheelie bin scheme according to South Kesteven Council. Figures show that recycling rates have rocketed from 14.4 per cent to 44 per cent where wheelie bins are being used.
More...Capacity of waste management facilities at March 2005 in England and Wales (12/01/2007)According to Environment Agency statistics released yesterday, 686 million cubic metres of landfill voidspace remained on permitted sites in England and Wales at 31/3/2005.
More...Only 3 to 4 years landfill capacity for London and the East (12/01/2007)Landfilling of waste materials is falling but newly available landfill capacity is not keeping pace with waste deposits according to the Environment Agency.
More...Hertfordshire public consultation on waste strategy (11/01/2007)The Hertfordshire Waste Partnership is consulting on its waste strategy so that it can take account of public opinion before it formalises the strategy. The results of the consultation process will be published in early summer.
More...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...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...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...DCLG research into "scoping" of EIAs (22/12/2006)DCLG has issued a research report into the "scoping" of environmental impact assessment studies.
More...Veolia almost there with East Sussex composting facility (21/12/2006)Construction and operation of an enclosed composting facility including ancillary infrastructure, visitor centre and woodchipping facility
More...Waste and minerals planning statistics released for July to September 2006 (20/12/2006)'County matters' planning statistics covering waste management and minerals for July to September 2006 have been released by DCLG.
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...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...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...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...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...GLA Bill published (29/11/2006)The Government has published the Greater London Authority Bill proposing enhanced powers for the GLA (the Mayor of London and the London Assembly) with the intention of giving greater leadership on strategic issues across London.
More...Residents celebrate victory in the High Court (28/11/2006)A Denholm resident and town councillor, together with colleagues, are celebrating victory at the High Court relating to Buck Park Quarry near Bradford.
More...Scarborough approach on green wastes makes sense (27/11/2006)In further development of the Scarborough recycling service the council is to issue wheeled bins to its residents, but with a small financial input required from them. The bins are to be issued to those people already on kerbside collection rounds.
More...New £2.8m 'state-of-the-art' recycling centre proposed for Exeter (24/11/2006)A new 'state-of-the-art' recycling centre to serve the north and east of Exeter will be considered by Devon County Council's Executive at its meeting next
More...Devon gets hot on energy from waste (24/11/2006)A report, to be considered by the Devon County Council Executive, proposes that a modern energy from waste (efw) combined heat and power (CHP) plant for Exeter should be built to divert waste away from landfill.
More...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...Residents to mount legal challenge to Leyland waste technology park (16/11/2006)Residents of Leyland Lancashire are to challenge the decision by Lancashire County Council earlier this month to allow the development of an important waste park at Leyland, Lancashire.
More...Buckinghamshire consult on options for development of waste facilities (10/11/2006)The Waste DPD Issues & Options Report sets out what the Council sees as the key waste issues and options for future waste management provision in the county.
More...WRAP boosts UK composting capacity (08/11/2006)The Waste and Resource Action Programme (WRAP) is set to increase composting capacity in the UK by 50,000 tonne per year.
More...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...Richmond cabinet to consider compulsory recycling (06/11/2006)A report by a Waste Scrutiny Task Group on compulsory recycling is due to go to Richmond Council's Cabinet on December 9 when decisions on the future of the borough’s waste and recycling services are expected.
More...Cambridgeshire County Council says no to non-hazardous landfill. (03/11/2006)A six week public consultation will be commence on November 6 into plans to deal with Cambridgeshire’s waste and mineral extraction over the next 15 years.
More...Lancashire CC approve Leyland waste technology park (03/11/2006)Protesters packed the council offices at Preston to hear the debate on the proposed Farington waste technology park, but were disappointed when consent was given by the Planning Committee.
More...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...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...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...London businesses briefed on recycling and waste minimisation (27/10/2006)London businesses will be helped to reduce waste and increase the amount they recycle in a new green initiative.
More...Film premiere for Essex school (25/10/2006)The film 'What a Waste', has been developed by the Essex County Council Waste Education Team and is targeted at primary school pupils in the county.
More...Strong "No" to landfilling waste in Bath and NE Somerset (24/10/2006)Bath & North East Somerset Council has joined forces with Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North East Somerset Councils to find out what residents think about landfill sites.
More...Halton gears up for waste combo with Merseyside (23/10/2006)Halton Council have withdrawn from an attempt to establish a joint waste strategy and waste planning documents with Warrington Council, and gears up to join Merseyside.
More...Bucks to investigate two residual waste technologies (20/10/2006)Buckinghamshire County Council has taken one step closer to deciding on a preferred solution to manage the 275,000 tonnes of household wastes arising every year.
More...The Edinburgh Furniture Initiative has won a major waste re-use award. (19/10/2006)The EFI scooped the Best Community Waste Initiative award at the Scottish Waste Industry Awards. Its work includes the Edinburgh City Council recycling centres where re-usable household items are saved from going to landfill.
More...Bradford seeks solutions to growing waste management problem (17/10/2006)Bradford Council is seeking a long-term solution to its growing waste problem.
More...Envirowise continue to minimise waste and reduce companies' environmental impact. (16/10/2006)Launched in 1994 through Government funding, Envirowise has helped thousands of companies to cut waste and in the process improve their "bottom line".
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...Welsh Minister to visit controversial Hafod Site (news in brief) (12/10/2006)Welsh Environment Minister, Carwyn Jones, has decided to visit the new landfill site at Hafod, Wrexham to see for himself. Since opening earlier this year (August) the operation of the site has been subjected to protests from campaigners.
More...Lancaster City under the Audit Commission spotlight (news in brief) (10/10/2006)In an audit of the waste management service of Lancaster City Council, the Audit Commission found the Council was providing a fair, one-star waste management service that has promising prospects for improvement.
More...Norfolk to discuss growing waste problem (06/10/2006)'Recycle for Norfolk' is the theme of a major waste conference taking place in Norwich on Tuesday 10 October. The conference, hosted by the Norfolk Waste Partnership, will look at how Norfolk is tackling the challenge of reducing the increasing amount of rubbish produced by the county.
More...What colour our bins? (01/10/2006)Are container colours causing confusion for householders?
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...Opposition attempts to tie Council's hands on refuse collection in Richmond-upon-Thames (25/09/2006)At the September Council meeting the Conservative opposition tabled a motion to maintain weekly collections to at least 2010
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...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...City of York and NYCC - £65 million PFI funding up for discussion (06/09/2006)North Yorkshire County Council and City of York Council's Executives are to be asked to agree to submit an initial bid to DEFRA for £65m in private initiative funding (PFI) for future sustainable treatment of waste in the county area.
More...Recycling in Oxfordshire set to receive a major boost aided by WRAP funding (06/09/2006)The Oxfordshire Waste Partnership is planning a major campaign aimed at reducing the amount of municipal waste sent to landfill.
More...Barnsley BC issues new Draft Municipal Waste Management Strategy (MWMS) for 2006 to 2030 (04/09/2006)Barnsley Borough Council has issued a new Draft Municipal Waste Management Strategy (MWMS) covering the period from 2006 to 2030. The new strategy provides a framework of policies to deliver more sustainable waste management.
More...Yorwaste composting trial at Thorpe Willoughby refused. (31/08/2006)North Yorkshire County Council's planning and regulatory functions committee voted earlier this week to refuse planning permission for a municipal waste composting trial at Gateforth Park Farm, Gateforth, near the village of Thorpe Willoughby, Selby district.
More...Yorwaste apply for trial compost facility near Selby (29/08/2006)Yorwaste has applied to the North Yorkshire County Council for planning consent to operate a compost plant at Thorpe Willoughby near Selby and the Planning Committee is due to consider this application today (Tuesday 29 Sept 06)
More...Hafod waste delivery is a blow for the 11-year campaign (25/08/2006)Mersey Waste Holdings (MWH) faced considerable opposition earlier in the week when the first lorry carrying waste arrived at Hafod Quarry, near Wrexham. A police presence was required to control the situation and it is understood that protesters had to be removed from the path of vehicles.
More...Leeds moves nearer incineration with energy recovery (25/08/2006)Leeds City Council is moving towards incineration of waste with energy recovery following a public consultation on its proposals.
More...Derbyshire Minerals and Waste consultation - residents at Wirksworth are concerned (24/08/2006)The Derbyshire County Council’s consultation on minerals and wastes is due to close at the end of August, but people at Wirksworth are showing concern. A waste management facility is proposed at land off Cromford Road in the town as part of the County wide need to establish a network of facilities.
More...A million compost bins delivered under WRAP scheme (23/08/2006)The one millionth compost bin has been delivered this week and Recycle Now Compost at Home and Waste Aware Scotland have celebrated the milestone with Big Brother’s Lea at Trafalgar Square. The scheme backed by WRAP, has saved a predicted 400,000 tonnes of kitchen and garden waste going to landfill.
More...Poor design unacceptable to Planners (14/08/2006)Planning applications now require a Design and Access Statement to be provided according to Planning Minister Baroness Andrews. This is part of Government’s drive to increase standards of design and quality in all new developments.
More...Consultation launched on London’s Mayoral Powers (12/08/2006)The Government has launched a consultation paper on powers for the Mayor of London to decide planning applications of major strategic importance. Waste management gets particular mention in relation to the Mayor’s recommended powers.
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