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<title>Materials Recycling Week - Latest news</title>
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<title>Materials industries at risk from Government energy policies</title>
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<description>Energy intensive sectors such as paper, steel, aluminium and glass manufacturing could face fatal energy bills as a result of Government energy policy and emissions reduction schemes like the Carbon Reduction Commitment.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Final two bidders for Hertfordshire Waste PFI </title>
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<description>The final two shortlisted bidders for the Hertfordshire Waste PFI project have been announced by Hertfordshire County Council.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>£1bn deal done as Staffordshire awards Veolia waste contract</title>
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<description>Veolia Environmental Services (VES) has been awarded the £1bn Staffordshire waste PFI contract, following its appointment as the preferred bidder in May.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Anti-gasification campaigners hit out at Green Lane eco park plans</title>
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<description>Plans to construct a 240,000 tonne ‘eco park’ in a residential area of Salford have been criticised by an opposition group, who claim that the health impacts on local people are untested.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Energy from waste has increased in the last year according to official DECC figures</title>
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<description>Energy generated from renewable sources, including waste, has increased in the UK over the past year according to figures published today by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC).</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:50 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>WID compliance and heat efficiency recommended for future Welsh biomass facilities	</title>
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<description>Future biomass plants in Wales should be compliant to the waste incineration directive (WID) and should produce heat, not just electricity, new research recommends.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Food costing less is more likely to be wasted</title>
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<description>Lower priced food is more likely to be wasted by householders in comparison to food that costs more according to a new report published by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Defra waste review will explore waste incentives and weekly collection schemes</title>
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<description>Further incentives and the wider roll-out of weekly collection schemes will be explored in the forthcoming review of UK waste policy, according to the study’s terms of reference.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Local Authorities in Wales now granted permission to sell electricity from EfW facilities back to the grid</title>
<link>http://www.mrw.co.uk/news/local-authorities-in-wales-now-granted-permission-to-sell-electricity-from-efw-facilities-back-to-the-grid/8604004.article?referrer=RSS</link>
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<description>Local Authorities in Wales could directly benefit from energy from waste (EfW) facilities in their area after being given the go-ahead to sell electricity from renewable sources back to the grid.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Keenan Recycling launches commercial food waste collection service</title>
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<description>Scotland’s First Minister has given his support to a new commercial food waste recycling service launched in Aberdeen yesterday (30 July).</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Glasgow city council issues tender for commercial and industrial waste collection</title>
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<description>Glasgow City Council has issued a tender for the collection of 50,000 tonnes of commercial and industrial (C&amp;amp;I) waste in the city.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Closed Loop plans further recycling facilities</title>
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<description>Closed Loop Recycling is hoping to raise £30m to finance plans to open more recycling facilities nationwide.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>HWRC redeveloped in Cornwall as part of £15m improvement programme</title>
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<description>A larger Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) which can take in a greater variety of items has officially opened in St Austell, Cornwall as part a £15m improvement programme to improve recycling facilities in the county.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>EC awards £1.7m funding to electronic duty of care system</title>
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<description>Fifty per cent of the £3.5m needed to replace paper waste transfer notes with an electronic duty of care system has been awarded to the Environment Agency.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Waste collection strikes narrowly averted as draft Irish waste policy proposes to return collection responsibility to local authorities </title>
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<description>Strike action by waste collection workers, which could have impacted on up to 18,000 homes in the Republic of Ireland, has been narrowly averted amid calls for an overhaul of waste collection responsibilities.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>TJ Group acquires 135,000 tonne commercial MRF </title>
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<description> A Hampshire-based waste management company has acquired a 135,000 tonne commercial MRF as part of its expansion programme.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Buxton Natural Mineral Water launches 'on the go' recycling</title>
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<description>Buxton Natural Mineral Water, owned by Nestle Waters,  launched its ‘recycle on the go’ scheme in its hometown yesterday (27 July) with the unveiling of 18 recycle stations.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New composting facility for Sheffield</title>
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<description>Up to 2,000 tonnes of green waste will be diverted from landfill each year as a result of a new composting facility in Sheffield.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Environmentally friendly milk bags to be made more widely available</title>
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<description>Milk delivery business Dairy Crest has announced plans to roll out its more environmentally friendly milk bags to all its doorstep customers as well as making them available in many retail outlets and supermarkets.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Industry “relieved” as grandfathering issue is finally resolved by Government</title>
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<description>The ongoing issue which had previously thrown the financing of energy from waste facilities such as anaerobic digestion (AD) and biomass into “turmoil” has finally been resolved by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC).</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>M+W Group to partner with Biffa for West Sussex MBT</title>
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<description>Biffa has announced it will be working with M+W Group UK who will act as the turnkey contractor to deliver its new £1bn waste management facility in West Sussex.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mansfield firm secures capital investment boost for AD</title>
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<description>Mansfield-based anaerobic digestion (AD) technology business, Monsal, has secured £14m of expansion capital to aid it in creating important new AD infrastructure in the UK.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>TEG unveils plans for its first AD plant</title>
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<description>TEG has unveiled plans to build its first anaerobic digestion (AD) plant under a 50:50 joint venture with Albion Ventures.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Veolia renews £200m contract with Medway Council</title>
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<description>Veolia Environmental Services has won a £200m contract renewal with Medway Council, providing its recycling, street cleansing, waste treatment and disposal services.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Corilla Plastics closes loop to develop a 100% recycled plastic skip</title>
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<description>A South Yorkshire recycling firm has developed a skip made from 100% recycled plastic using investment from a market development programme.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cory Environmental CEO steps down </title>
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<description>Cory Environmental chief executive Malcolm Ward has left the company, to be replaced by Peter Gerstrom, director of its energy-from-waste facility Riverside Resource Recovery (RRR).</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Record' glass PRN figures, as Q2 results published</title>
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<description>Packaging recovery note (PRN) results displayed what could be record tonnages for glass in quarter two of 2010.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Waste company charged £11,390 for illegal waste operation</title>
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<description>A waste company has been charged £11,390 in fees and compensation costs after pleading guilty to running an illegal waste operation.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:42 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sky Properties lodges plans for 240,000 tonne recycling eco-park</title>
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<description>Plans have been lodged to construct a trio of high-capacity waste processing facilities in Salford as part of a multi-million pound eco-park.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New measurements for sustainability in packaging </title>
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<description>A measuring system that allows retailers and manufacturers to assess the sustainability of their packaging choices has been launched as part of a new report.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>£3,200 fine for demolition company burning C&amp;I waste</title>
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<description>A £3,200 fine has been delivered to a Scottish demolition company which was found to be burning a variety of commercial and industrial waste.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Caroline Spelman reminds councils that ‘bin spying’ is no longer Defra practice</title>
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<description>Environment secretary Caroline Spelman has written to local authorities to remind them that the practice of ‘Waste Compositional Analysis’ (WCA) is no longer supported by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>£800m N.Wales waste PPP contract out for tender</title>
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<description>A public private partnership (PPP) contract to deal with North Wales’ residual waste with an estimated value of £600m to £800m is out for tender.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Minister says “progress” being made on AD as he tours plant</title>
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<description>Lord Henley, the minister responsible for waste and recycling, said the coalition Government is “making progress” towards promoting anaerobic digestion (AD).</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:39 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Defra announces withdrawal of funding for Sustainable Development Commission </title>
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<description>The coalition Government is to withdraw its funding for the Sustainable Development Commission (SDC), environment secretary Caroline Spelman announced earlier today (22 July).</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Huge gasification plant plans unveiled for Tees Valley</title>
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<description>Gas specialist Air Products has unveiled plans to build a gasification plant with a capacity to treat 300,000 to 350,000 tonnes each year in the Tees Valley.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:11 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Residual waste arisings down by 20% </title>
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<description>Residual waste tonnages have dropped by 20% and commercial and industrial waste has plummeted by 48% over the past three years, new research has found.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Quarterly Northern Ireland recycling rates remain unchanged </title>
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<description>Recycling rates in Northern Ireland for the first quarter of 2010 have barely increased relative to the same period in 2009, provisional figures show.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>On-farm AD facilities could recieve premium subsidies from RHI scheme</title>
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<description>On-farm anaerobic digestion (AD) plants may receive a higher subsidy than food waste AD facilities through the renewable heat incentive (RHI) scheme.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Growing split in recycling portfolio between DCLG and DEFRA is an “economic and environmental risk” </title>
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<description>The division of waste policy between the Government’s environmental, community and climate change departments is an “economic and environmental risk” according to the head of a leading environmental policy group.</description>
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<title>Further insight into Defra waste policy review expected shortly </title>
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<description>Further details on the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ (Defra) official waste policy review are due to be unveiled in the coming weeks.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>WRAP reveals spending figures but says it is on target in annual report</title>
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<description>The Waste &amp;amp; Resources Action Programme (WRAP) is “on track” to meet all of its targets, according to its annual report.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BEaR project attracts ten bidders</title>
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<description>The Central Bedfordshire Energy and Recycling Project (BEaR) has attracted ten bidders following the issue of the tender notice last month.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PDM sells 10% of company to AD specialist Saria</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Controversial energy recovery planning inquiry is delayed</title>
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<description>The public inquiry into an energy recovery centre planned for Cornwall, due to resume last week, has been delayed and is now unlikely to conclude until October.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>European PET bottle collections increase by 8% </title>
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<description>The amount of PET plastic bottles collected in Europe increased by more than 8% in 2009, according to figures published by Petcore (PET Containers Recycling Europe).</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>WRAP launches new £2m mixed plastics recycling loan</title>
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<description>A £2m loan fund to encourage investment in recycling mixed plastics, such as yoghurt pots, margarine tubs and plastic food trays, has been launched by the Waste &amp;amp; Resources Action Programme (WRAP) today (20 July).</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Welsh environment minster seeks energy infrastructure planning powers from UK </title>
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<description>Welsh environment minister Jane Davidson is seeking greater planning powers for national energy infrastructure projects in Wales.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bristol issues tender for multi-million pound new waste services contract</title>
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<description>Bristol City Council is tendering for its refuse and waste related services worth at least £84m.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Agrivert opens Hertfordshire IVC facility</title>
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<description>Agrivert officially opened its largest in-vessel composting (IVC) site in South Mimms, Hertfordshire, on Friday (16 July).</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pioneering Bristol City incentive scheme will not be going ahead</title>
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<description>Proposals by Bristol City Council to introduce a pilot recycling incentive scheme are to be scrapped as the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) announces fundamental changes to the Climate Change Act.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>CPI lobbies MPs on key industry issues</title>
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<description>The Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) has written to 150 MPs, including Prime Minister David Cameron, in an attempt to solve key issues facing the paper-making industry.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>SITA brings appeal against GMWDA High Court ruling</title>
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<description>An appeal has been brought by SITA UK against Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (GMWDA) following the judgement in a case at the High Court earlier this year.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Summer months cause can prices to drop</title>
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<description>Aluminium beverage can prices have dropped £75 per tonne this week, according to figures from beverage can recycler Novelis.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Environmental consultancy launches sustainable construction review service </title>
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<description> An environmental consultancy has launched a review service for the sustainable design of new buildings and refurbishment projects.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<description>The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Advisory Board (WAB) is to be cut, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has announced today (19 July).</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Majority of packaging recycling claims are “advisory in nature” </title>
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<description>Up to 97% of all recyclability claims made on consumer products are merely advisory in nature, a report claims.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Peel Energy reveals plans to build 20MW biomass plant </title>
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<description>Peel Energy has revealed plans to build a 20MW biomass plant in Trafford, Manchester.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>National Recycling Awards: find out who won</title>
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<description>The winners of the National Recycling Awards 2010, in association with UPM, have been announced at a glittering ceremony at the Hilton on Park Lane, London.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Leicestershire embarks on final part of year-long waste audit</title>
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<description>The final part of a year-long study designed to build up a picture of Leicestershire’s waste habits is about to get underway.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:08 GMT</pubDate>
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