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Report: The 2009 International Hazardous Waste Congress (part 1)

04-02-2009
Waste expert, Jeff Cooper, shares his experience of the International Congress on the Management of Hazardous Waste in Colombia

Report: The 2009 International Hazardous Waste Congress (part 2)

04-02-2009
Jeff Cooper reports on Switzerland and Spain at the International Hazardous Waste Congress

Singapore – towards a Zero Waste System?

22-12-2008
International recycling expert, Jeff Cooper, visits Singapore to find out how the country is looking to implement 'zero waste''

Recycling and recovery in Sweden (part 1)

05-11-2008
World-renowned international recycling expert, Jeff Cooper, takes a look at the latest developments in Sweden

Recycling and recovery in Sweden (part 2)

05-11-2008
In part two of our special report on recycling and waste in Sweden, Jeff Cooper visits a WEEE recycling facility and a biogas plant

Putting customer care into recycling

07-09-2005
Severnside Recycling has developed a state-of-the-art customer care centre to provide a quality service to its wide range of customers. Steve Eminton reports.

The Big Recycle case studies

23-06-2005
The Big Recycle was held for the first time in 2004 and the organisers have given details of three of the many successful local authority projects which were inspired by the campaign. Here we report o...

What next for WEEE retail compliance?

02-06-2005
Following the government's approval of the British Retail Consortium's retail compliance scheme for WEEE, Adam Hooker spoke to the BRC's Nigel Smith about the next steps.

Novelis — a new name in can recycling

14-03-2005
Novelis Recycling national manager Rick Hindley talks to James Cartledge about the company's important work to increase the collection of aluminium cans for recycling.

Growing business: the challenges facing the Composting Association 10 years on

10-12-2004
Chief executive of the Composting Association, Dr Jane Gilbert, talks to Claudia Cahalane about the main issues for the sector in 2005 and says there may well be difficulty putting to land all the low...

The way forward for steel packaging recycling in UK

07-12-2004
Claudia Cahalane talks to John May about his ambitions for maximising the amount of steel packaging recycling in the UK.

Profits warning: why Germany's Green Dot is selling up

25-11-2004
Germany's Duales System Deutschland is reaching packaging waste recycling rates above 70%, but a move away from its not-for-profit status could bring fresh challenges ahead. James Cartledge looks int...

Household waste recycling in Leipzig

25-11-2004
The city of Leipzig, in the Saxony region of eastern Germany, was the starting point for the popular uprising against the socialist state back in November 1989. Since then, the city has been one of t...

Emission: impossible for UK glass reprocessors?

26-08-2004
Andy Hartley, director of strategy and communications at the glass industry's trade confederation British Glass, talks to James Cartledge about the impact of major new environmental controls.

Abibiti-Consolidated prepares for continuing growth in the UK

30-07-2004
A name change for Cheshire Recycling sees Abitibi marking Europe out as an area for development which could include expansion in papermaking.

New era for "producer responsibility" scheme Valpak

08-03-2004
Valpak's new chief executive, Steve Gough, talks to letsrecycle.com about diversifying from its origins as the UK's largest packaging waste compliance scheme into a producer responsibility compliance...

Green waste service boosts Hillingdon's drive to be number one

07-07-2003
The London Borough of Hillingdon is determined to move up the league table of recycling in London. The council is proud of the performance of its in-house service which provides a range of kerbside s...

A Finland Perspective

07-07-2003
The Finnish Forest Industries Federation recently invited a group of journalists to Helsinki. In this article Steve Eminton looks at a number of issues including forestry and paper trends in Finland ...

A Global View — and how many times can paper be recycled?

07-07-2003
A report on the world outlook for paper from Finnish consultancy Jaako Poyry with useful facts about how many times paper can be recycled.

FINLAND: Carton recycling and energy recovery at Corenso

07-07-2003
An innovative recycling process is fully operational at Corenso's paper mill in Varkaus. It is capable of recycling the paper fibres and recovering aluminium for re-use while plastic liners are used ...

Hazardous waste overhaul

26-03-2003
Hazardous waste is facing a period of change in the UK. Roland Arnison, manager of the Leeds-based National Household Hazardous Waste Forum takes a look at what lies ahead.

Wastepack's cost-saving business looks to put the customer first

06-03-2003
In his first major interview since becoming chief executive of the Wastepack group, Paul Ashworth talks to letsrecycle.com about the challenges facing the compliance and commercial waste business.

New look Valpak cuts costs and looks to other markets

10-01-2003
Jonson Cox, chief executive of Valpak, the UK's largest packaging waste compliance scheme, tells letsrecycle.com how he aims to give members compliance at the lowest sustainable cost

Seeking the perfect future, the latest Biffa book travels the Yellow Brick Road

21-10-2002
The need to be visionary in the way effective UK policies are developed for dealing with waste and resources, is the theme in the latest publication from Biffa, writes Steve Eminton.

SITA creates SITA Recycling and reveals 15% recycling rate

23-05-2002
The UK's largest waste management company has emphasised that it is looking to grow its recycling activities

Action not words for London Remade

26-04-2002
After a year in his post as chief executive of London Remade, Hugh Carr-Harris has helped to divert 30,000 tonnes of household waste from landfill. This reflects London Remade's philosophy of action ...

Turning on the positive helps Valpak meet targets.

26-04-2002
A steeled determination to ensure efficiency and success in meeting its packaging waste obligations has been the hallmark of John Turner's stewardship of Valpak.

European Road Transport Show 2002

18-02-2002
Open until 16 February, the Amsterdam truck and van show alternates biannually with its Belgian equivalent as a showcase for new models and innovative thinking from Europe's vehicle and ancillary com...

Valpak's glass collection aims to grow markets

01-02-2002
Valpak operations director Graeme Carus talked to letsrecycle.com about the compliance scheme's cullet collection and explained how this is helping to drive up collection levels.

Finland: Event recycling and environmentally-friendly packaging

05-01-2002
letsrecycle.com looks at one organisation which is carrying out recycling work at outdoor events and a company developing recyclable packaging.

FINLAND: Seeking a balance in the forests

20-12-2001
A tightrope is being walked in Finland while making sure that harvesting trees does not destroy the forests of the future

Recovered paper chiefs agree to look at price mechanisms

06-06-2001
A call for a long-term agreement on floor and ceiling prices for recovered paper came from Mr Jos Arages, Director of Material Supplies for SAICA, Spain's largest paper manufacturer, at the recent Pa...

Recycling challenges

22-02-2001
A wide-ranging conference which produced a lot of answers and challenges to issues facing recyclers and waste management companies was held earlier this month at the SITA Centre for Sustainable Waste...

Valpak looks beyond 2001 packaging success to end-of-life vehicles

05-02-2001
If Valpak's success in meeting its packaging waste obligations were to be measured simply by the efficiency of its chief executive, then there would be little doubt that it would achieve. Everything ...

IWM study into MRFs tackles design, markets and other key issues

08-01-2001
With the government predicting that as many as 316 materials recovery facilities will be needed to meet the targets set in its waste strategy, publication of a booklet on MRFs by the Institute of Was...

Parliamentary group hears packaging sectors must look beyond 2001 recycling targets

06-12-2000
This is a detailed account of a meeting called "The packaging manufacturing industry and the impact of the packaging regulations" at the Houses of Parliament on December 5 2000. It was organised by t...

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