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Shanks supply agreement for Closed Loop
Waste management firm Shanks will supply plastic bottles collected
from its London operations to bottle-to-bottle recycler Closed Loop
Recycling’s plant in Dagenham, east London.
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11 Mar 2010
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Material sectors criticise Government's unachievable packaging recycling targets
Key figures across the recycled plastics, aluminium and wood industries have expressed their concerns over the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs proposed packaging recycling targets for 2020. Some sectors believe the Government’s targets are over-ambitious and need to be revised. They say more infrastructure and work on increasing the recovery rates of materials needs to be put in place before such targets can be reached. more... |
10 Mar 2010
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Drax calls on Government to change co-firing regulations
The Government needs to change biomass co-firing regulations which restrict competition and create an uneven playing field for independent electricity generators, power plant owner and operator Drax believes. Britain’s biggest and most efficient coal fired power plant, is concerned that its plans to further increase its co-fired coal and biomass capability are being damaged by regulations restricting the number of Renewables Obligation Certificates (ROCs) from co-firing with regular biomass that electricity suppliers can present.
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09 Mar 2010
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Bristol submits waste incentive proposal
Today (8 March) Bristol City Council submitted its proposal to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to trial a waste incentive scheme. Under the scheme householders would receive 50 pence for each kilogramme of waste reduced from its average waste levels but householders would only be able to receive a maximum of £17.50 a year.
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08 Mar 2010
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Greenstar WES announces record r-HDPE plastic flake production
Greenstar WES has announced record production levels of food grade recycled HDPE plastic in December 2009. Nearly 700 tonnes of food grade recycled HDPE plastic flake was produced at the end of last year, boosting its overall 2009 production total to 5,900 tonnes.
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02 Mar 2010
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AWS receives planning permission to rebuild plant
AWS Eco Plastics has been granted conditional planning permission to rebuild the sort line, which was destroyed after a fire at its Hemswell plant. Unanimously agreed to by the council and recommended by the planning committee, recycled food grade PET producer AWS is set to begin building immediately with the goal to be fully operational by September 2010. more... |
02 Mar 2010
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Scotland launches £5 million plastic recycling fund
Zero Waste Scotland is launching a £5 million capital grant scheme to develop plastics recycling infrastructure in the country. The scheme was launched on 26 February on behalf of the Scottish Government as part of its Zero Waste Scotland programme. The money will be awarded to facilities capable of sorting, recycling and reprocessing a range of plastic waste, with a focus on plastic packaging and bottles from household waste. more... |
02 Mar 2010
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