Materials Recycling Week
20 January 2012
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Council faces EfW fight costs
A dispute over a £60m waste incinerator near Shrewsbury could cost Shropshire Council about £500,000, according to the authority’s leader. -
AD loans still available
Loans from a £10m pot to finance anaerobic digestion (AD) projects launched last year are still available, after administrators revealed it had received seven bids to date. -
Apple launches UK recycling scheme
Apple has launched a UK recycling scheme for iPhones, iPads and other gadgets. -
Bin fines law to be changed
Ministers are proposing changes to the law by which householders can be fined by councils for misuse of their domestic rubbish. -
Company 'forced' into insolvency by EA rules
A cathode ray tube recycling company says it has been forced into closure by Environment Agency rules. -
Counting the cost of HWRC cuts and closures
Once they were the ‘council tip’. Now we know them as Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs). But for many they remain the most visible element of our waste and recycling infrastructure. -
County wants to close half its recycling centres
A council has defended the planned closure of almost half its household waste and recycling centres, saying it will not increase fly-tipping. -
Decision day for Aberdeen's controversial recycle cente
Councillors are deciding whether to grant permission for a controversial recycling centre next to Aberdeen’s largest park. -
Doubts raised over benefits of waste framework
A much-vaunted project to save councils £85m on waste contracts by pooling their collective buying power will not achieve its aims, critics claimed this week, as leading suppliers geared up to submit their bids. -
DS Smith set for £1.3bn SCA deal
DS Smith has announced plans to buy the packaging division of Swedish firm SCA for £1.3 billion. -
Eight family members charged with waste and money laundering offences
Eight members of the same family have been charged with waste management and money laundering offences after a swoop by police in the West Country. -
European rule changes 'could damage AD industry'
Anaerobic digestion firms have warned that proposed European end-of-waste rules could damage the industry in the UK. -
First loan awarded from government AD fund
A Wiltshire firm has become the first recipient of a loan from the government’s £10m anaerobic digestion fund. -
Footballer turns refuse collector
A professional footballer sparked shouts of ‘what a load of rubbish’ for all the right reasons yesterday – when he turned refuse collector for a day. -
Former Valpak CEO questions value of proposed buyout
Valpak members should “seriously question” voting in favour of a proposed £1.4bn restructure of the company, a former chief executive of the compliance giant said this week. -
Framework is 'poor value for money'
The philosophy of framework contracts is, to reduce the costs of procurement for both purchaser and service provider, thereby making savings. Sadly, it would appear that the chances of this particular framework doing so are very low indeed, says WYG’s Len Attrill. -
Framework will 'save councils money'
IESE’s waste management framework will save councils money, says IESE’s Alison Templeton. -
Illegal waste site operator sentenced
The boss of a skip hire firm which ran an illegal waste site has been sentenced to 240 hours community service. -
Incinerator engineering contract awarded
A contract to carry out civil engineering work on the controversial Willows Power & Recycling Centre in Norfolk has been awarded to Bam Nuttall. -
Industry 'concerns' over bin fine plans
Proposed changes to the law by which householders can be fined by local authorities for misuse of rubbish could see councils forced to “jump through onerous hoops”, waste experts have warned. -
Large blaze at wood plant
Firefighters have been tackling a large fire at a wood recycling plant near Doncaster overnight. -
Lib Dem calls for tougher landfill targets
Tougher targets are needed to reduce the amount of biodegradable waste sent to landfill, a former Liberal Democrat environment spokeswoman has told a House of Lords debate. -
New appointment for WEE firm
WEEE recycling company Sunersol has announced the appointment of a new operations manager. -
Norfolk council releases funding for scheme linked to incinerator
Campaigners have accused Norfolk County Council of trying to “dampen” opposition to its controversial £500m incinerator plans with funding for a nearby housing scheme. -
Norfolk incinerator gets all clear
Caroline Spelman is to release withheld private finance credits worth £91m to fund a controversial incinerator in Norfolk – a move which could prompt a legal challenge. -
Norfolk incinerator row deepens
Councillors who backed the King’s Lynn incinerator contract are facing calls from opponents for a fresh probe into the decision as the row over the controversial project deepened. -
Notts co-incinerator gets amber light
A proposed combined heat and power plant in Nottinghamshire has been given the provisional go-ahead by the Environment Agency. -
Nuclear protest at Northamptonshire landfill
Villagers have staged a protest at a landfill site in Northamptonshire after a waste firm began dumping nuclear waste there days before a legal challenge. -
PDM expands AD plant chain
PDM has announced plans to invest £40m in extending its network of anaerobic digestion (AD) plants this year. -
Sims invests in Chinese firm
Metal recycling giant Sims has made a “significant” investment in a Chinese recycling firm. -
Southwark agrees route for district heating system
Southwark Council and Veolia have agreed the details of a low carbon district heating system that would be the biggest in London. -
Straight secures place in procurement agreement
Leading UK recycling container firm Straight has secured a position on a four-year framework agreement with YPO, a public sector buying organisation. -
Subsidy review 'could hit 70 renewables projects'
Government plans to revise subsidies for generating renewable electricity could put more than 70 energy infrastructure projects at risk according to an industry body, endangering up to 24,000 jobs. -
The big issues for plastics packaging in 2012
The year ahead presents big challenges for all sectors in the waste management and recycling industry. Stuart Foster looks ahead to the big issues in 2012 for plastics packaging recycling. -
Waste firms hit back at manufacturers over legislation
Refuse firms have hit back at manufacturers in a row over waste laws. -
Weather and oil prices hit waste firm profits
DCC Group, the Irish investments and holding company, has warned of weaker than expected earnings. -
Welsh firms get waste advice
The Welsh government has published guidance to help businesses comply with European waste laws. -
Yorkshire firms fined £10k each for burning waste
Two Yokshire waste firms run by the same pair of directors have been fined £10,000 each for burning waste without a permit.
