Materials Recycling Week
9 December 2011
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£7m Kettering MRF extension opens
Shanks Waste Management has opened the doors of its overhauled materials recycling facility (MRF) in Kettering to take in commercial and industrial waste. -
Autumn 2012 start for new Bristol AD plant
Construction of a food waste processing facility with the capacity to handle 40,000 tonnes of food waste per year is under construction at the Bristol Sewage Treatment works in Avonmouth. -
Brazil waste case due to start
Four men and two companies are due to appear in court later today in relation to offences concerning the alleged illegal export of prohibited waste to Brazil. -
Brazil waste case put back
The trial of four men and two companies accused of illegally exporting prohibited waste to Brazil was adjourned after one day. -
Council looks to unload troubled incinerator
A council has put a controversial household waste incinerator up for sale after it closed temporarily for breaching pollution limits. -
Courtauld 2: little progress on supply chain waste
The food and drink industry failed to significantly reduce product and packaging waste in the UK grocery supply chain in the first year of the Courtauld Commitment 2 agreement. -
Devon council grants permission for AD plant
Planning permission has been granted for an £15m advanced anaerobic digestion facility at a former china clay works on Lee Moor, Devon. -
'Eco-Park' gets final go-ahead
Controversial plans to build an energy-from-waste plant in Surrey have been given the go-ahead. -
EfW plans to go before Parliament
Objectors to a planned £350m energy-from-waste incinerator in Bedfordshire are preparing to take their campaign to Parliament. -
Flying high
Geeta Thomas considers how the ‘cloud computing’ approach to software can help simplify systems used in the waste management sector -
Green taskforce to blitz illegal sites
A specialist environmental crime taskforce has been launched to clamp down on illegal waste dumps. -
Haringey furniture scheme launched
Veolia and Haringey Council in London have joined forces to start up a new furniture reuse scheme. -
Illegal tip owner loses jail term appeal
Judges have upheld a four-year jail sentence handed to a crime boss who ran a 65,000-tonne illegal waste site. -
Industry promotes electrical recycling at Christmas
An industry partnership is calling on local authorities to back the national WEEE recycling campaign over the holiday period. -
London borough awards first Green Points
A council’s new recycling incentive scheme has shown “early signs of improvement in reducing waste”. -
May Gurney benefits from public sector spending
Infrastructure, maintenance and services firm May Gurney Group has reported a 21% rise in half-yearly pre-tax profits to £14.5m. -
New name for Merseyside waste authority
The Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority is changing its name to emphasise its focus on sustainable waste management. -
Perspectives on targets and collection
ERP UK recently brought industry experts together to discuss the WEEE recast currently progressing through Brussels. Andrea Lockerbie reports in this exclusive two-part series -
Plant firms to merge
Plant machinery manufacturers Kinshofer GmbH and RF System AB have agreed to merge. -
Recovered paper
A look at the latest sector statistics -
Recycle workers get green fingered for local school
Waste and recycling workers in south London have helped revamp a local school’s “eco-area”. -
Recycling offers 'win-win' opportunity for EU
Recycling can make a substantial contribution to the key challenges facing the European Union, according to a new report. -
Recycling start-up firm celebrates first year
An office recycling company set up last year now diverts more than two tonnes of recyclable materials away from landfill each week and has tripled its customer base. -
Small businesses call for relaxation of waste rules
Small businesses need less regulation and more help to minimise waste and increase recycling rates, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). -
Steel workers on extended holiday as slump hits
Workers at a Scunthorpe steelworks have agreed to take an extended Christmas holiday on half pay. -
Strict limits on Pickles' bin fund
Councils will only be able to bid for a share of the community secretary’s £250m pot for bin collections if they commit to weekly residual waste collections, officials have indicated. -
Towards the binless office
A serviced office provider has removed all waste bins from its head office. -
Town's recycle partnership with manufacturing firm
Householders in Torbay can now recycle mixed plastics for the first time thanks to a new partnership between the council and a major manufacturer. -
UK battery collection rates back on track
The UK is now on target to hit EU collection rates for waste portable batteries, figures released by the Environment Agency have shown. -
Viridor go-ahead for Avonmouth MRF and EfW plant
The High Court has dismissed an attempt by Bristol City Council to block Viridor from building a recycling and energy facility capable of processing a combined 500,000 tonnes of waste. -
Waste operator jailed for dumping offences
The owner of a waste removal business who illegally dumped 30 tipper truck loads of waste has been jailed for 15 months. -
Weekly residual waste rounds expected for Pickles cash criteria
Bids by councils for cash from a £250m pot to boost weekly waste collections are unlikely to be successful unless there is a commitment to weekly residual waste rounds. -
Yorkshire's first food waste CHP plant opens
A new anaerobic digestion combined heat and power (CHP) plant capable of producing 400kW of electricity is to be officially launched on Friday.
