Glass News Archive

  1. End of waste tag for metals to impact on PRNs

    Tue 31 Aug, 2010

    EU vote set to let metals sector count its materials as a resource rather than waste

  2. Calls for waste priority in Green Investment Bank

    Thu 15 Jul, 2010

    Trade bodies and campaign groups stress need for government to include funding potential for waste infrastructure

  3. Defra WFD plans include backing for kerbside sort

    Thu 08 Jul, 2010

    Consultation on regulations for implementing Waste Framework Directive also reveals bottom ash will be classed as recycling

  4. Palm Paper celebrates official opening

    Thu 24 Jun, 2010

    Concerns over commingled material and MRF quality as Palm celebrates opening of King's Lynn newsprint mill

  5. News in Brief

    Fri 18 Jun, 2010

    With news on Veolia extending its barge fleet, a composter contract in Warwickshire and qualifications at Recresco

  6. Severnside secures Defra waste deal

    Thu 17 Jun, 2010

    Waste and recycling firm handed contract to manage waste from 157 sites operated nationwide by government department

  7. Veolia urges carbon test for new technologies

    Wed 16 Jun, 2010

    Manifesto from Veolia ES argues for assessment of new waste technologies for economic benefits and carbon reduction impact

  8. “Fundamental” waste review announced by Spelman

    Tue 15 Jun, 2010

    Environment secretary says business waste and incentives to be priorities for new government

  9. LARAC urges cautious approach to landfill bans

    Tue 15 Jun, 2010

    But, as consultation on restrictions closes, local authority body says it could back food, green and paper bans

  10. Spelman endorses recycling and points to waste review

    Tue 08 Jun, 2010

    Secretary of state emphasises need for consultation with residents over collection containers

  11. “Preventable” bin deaths addressed in new guidance

    Mon 07 Jun, 2010

    Document produced for commercial waste collectors after three people in a year found dead at depots

  12. Councils kick-start World Cup recycling

    Mon 07 Jun, 2010

    Cherwell, Eastleigh and Warwickshire aim to boost recycling over the course of the tournament which begins this Friday

  13. Government to spell out recycling incentives policy

    Mon 07 Jun, 2010

    The RecycleBank incentive scheme is set to be endorsed by two secretaries of state

  14. Viridor's Ford MRF hit by fire in plastics store

    Thu 27 May, 2010

    Blaze shuts Ford facility with Viridor to use Crayford MRF as temporary plant with collection services unaffected

  15. News in Brief

    Thu 27 May, 2010

    With news on Scotland's municipal waste recycling rate, glass recycling in Falkirk and investment in New Earth Solutions

  16. Higher packaging targets “may jeopardise quality”

    Thu 27 May, 2010

    INCPEN issues response to government consultation on significantly raising recycling targets, which closes today

  17. Wine sector increases use of recycled glass

    Thu 20 May, 2010

    WRAP hails progress of GlassRite project which has seen recycled content increase by 44,000 tonnes per year since 2006

  18. Recession hits packaging recycling obligations

    Mon 17 May, 2010

    Prices for PRNs look set to remain low as demand for PRNs falls year-on-year despite targets going up

  19. Bridgend prepares to expand its recycling service

    Mon 17 May, 2010

    South Wales council and its collection contractor May Gurney step up awareness campaign ahead of June 2010 rollout

  20. Councils implored to collect glass separately

    Wed 12 May, 2010

    Calls from British Glass come as glass sent to alternative uses overtakes remelt for the first time in 2009

  21. Northumberland slashes waste services budget

    Tue 04 May, 2010

    Council implements rafts of cuts as part of wider savings programme despite potentially negative impact on recycling rate

  22. Police investigate death at glass recycling site

    Tue 27 Apr, 2010

    Employee fatally injured at Recresco glass recycling facility in Ellesmere Port after incident with forklift truck

  23. Major recycling campaign launched in Scotland

    Wed 14 Apr, 2010

    Scottish Government uses snapshot study to highlight need to gather recyclable materials lost in residual waste stream

  24. News in Brief

    Fri 09 Apr, 2010

    With news on the carbon impacts of kerbside collections, an appointment at Recresco and a fresh application for the Ardley EfW

  25. Windsor set for UK’s first full RecycleBank rollout

    Wed 31 Mar, 2010

    Local authority plans to introduce recycling incentive scheme to 60,000 households following "hugely successful" pilot

  26. Defra outlines plans to cut emissions in waste sector

    Wed 31 Mar, 2010

    Capturing methane from landfill sites prioritised in departmental plan to meet carbon budgets

  27. Next government advised how to “improve” recycling

    Mon 29 Mar, 2010

    Campaign for Real Recycling writes to political parties ahead of election calling for action on reject rates and carbon impacts

  28. Trade bodies wary of rushing landfill ban proposals

    Tue 23 Mar, 2010

    Glass, wood, organics and aluminium recycling bodies urge restraint in view of need to develop infrastructure

  29. Landfill bans considered for nine materials

    Thu 18 Mar, 2010

    Proposals which could have a dramatic impact on waste management launched for consultation - with VIDEO REPORT

  30. Defra highlights business opportunities in waste sector

    Tue 16 Mar, 2010

    Glass, plastics, card and paper, and food waste seen as key waste streams in report outlining areas for investment

  31. Glass chief David Workman to take up paper role

    Fri 05 Mar, 2010

    Former director general at British Glass moves to take up post with paper sector trade body CPI

  32. Ambitious targets proposed to recycle over 70% of packaging

    Thu 04 Mar, 2010

    Much-anticipated consultation launched into changes to UK packaging producer responsibility regime

  33. Portsmouth to roll out mixed glass bring banks

    Fri 26 Feb, 2010

    City council announces new approach in administration of glass bank service in bid to boost tonnages and improve participation

  34. Wales targets landfill bans with new powers

    Tue 23 Feb, 2010

    WAG discusses potential restrictions ahead of UK-wide consultation on bans expected in March

  35. News in Brief

    Fri 19 Feb, 2010

    With news on RecycleBank in Halton, the latest Ardagh Glass legal challenge and approval for the new chair of the LWaRB

  36. Palm snaps up collection side of AbitibiBowater

    Fri 12 Feb, 2010

    Norfolk-based mill looks to secure used newspaper supply previously used at Ellesmere Port plant

  37. News in Brief

    Mon 08 Feb, 2010

    With news on Ardagh's legal action regarding Quinn, Donarbon boiler recycling and 8m funding for South East

  38. Delays hamper WRAP’s kerbside vehicle project

    Thu 04 Feb, 2010

    Two "revolutionary" collection vehicles to be trialled next month almost three years after initiative started

  39. Hilary Benn points to staged imposition of landfill bans

    Wed 27 Jan, 2010

    In an exclusive interview, the Environment Secretary also reassures councils over the definition of municipal waste

  40. Herts councils club together to save £560,000 a year

    Mon 11 Jan, 2010

    Welwyn Hatfield leads on 10-council deal to send glass, cans, cartons and plastics to two companies

  41. UK below EU average for glass recycling

    Fri 08 Jan, 2010

    However, European glass federation FEVE figures skewed by countries achieving near 100% recycling rate in 2008

  42. Glass reprocessors call for action on clear cullet deficit

    Thu 07 Jan, 2010

    UK 2009 glass recycling levels "encouraging" but calls for campaign to get more clear glass out of waste stream

  43. Waste firms hit out at Copenhagen "carbon cop-out"

    Mon 21 Dec, 2009

    Environmental Services Association joins critics of Copenhagen summit for failing to set legally binding emissions targets

  44. First carbon-based recycling targets proposed

    Wed 02 Dec, 2009

    Defra issues document suggesting glass targets should reflect if material is recycled in closed or open loop processes

  45. WRAP urges restraint over landfill ban plans

    Fri 20 Nov, 2009

    Need to develop infrastructure first highlighted, as concerns also raised over enforcement of any bans

  46. Concerns raised over WFD approach to end-of-waste

    Wed 18 Nov, 2009

    Moves to clarify when some materials cease to be waste could actually work against securing status, lawyer claims

  47. Quinn glass factory overcomes latest planning hurdle

    Tue 03 Nov, 2009

    Secretary of state decides not to call in retrospective planning permission for Cheshire facility

  48. Quarterly data suggests UK on track to meet 2009 packaging targets

    Wed 28 Oct, 2009

    Figures from the third quarter of 2009 show that packaging recycling levels "much greater than expected"

  49. Recycling workers miss fewer days due to physical injuries

    Sun 25 Oct, 2009

    HSE finds waste and recycling workers take less time off for injuries but can be off longer than other council workers

  50. Sainsbury's plans in-store bulb and battery collections

    Mon 19 Oct, 2009

    Scheme to be run in partnership with Recolight to capture low energy bulbs and waste portable batteries

  51. SCA Recycling opens £15m Southampton MRF

    Wed 14 Oct, 2009

    Paper recovery specialist officially unveils facility which takes glass and includes high-tech optical sorting for plastics

  52. Premier Waste targets commercial glass stream

    Thu 01 Oct, 2009

    Durham-based firm latest to offer service in bid to help stop 600,000 tonnes of glass from sector being landfilled each year in UK

  53. Quinn Glass launches “world’s first” 300g wine bottle

    Fri 25 Sep, 2009

    Glass firm teams up with WRAP and Tesco as part of efforts to improve lightweighting of glass packaging

  54. Finalists announced for Awards for Excellence 2009

    Wed 23 Sep, 2009

    Prestigious ceremony to be held in London on October 20 to recognise achievements in waste and recycling

  55. News in Brief

    Mon 21 Sep, 2009

    With news on a ministerial visit in Peterborough, a SITA appeal in Cornwall and glass recycling in Yorkshire

  56. Public “just as likely” to buy recycled glass products

    Thu 10 Sep, 2009

    WRAP study into consumer perceptions expected to boost interest in using recovered glass to produce packaging

  57. Quinn factory clears retrospective planning hurdle

    Mon 07 Sep, 2009

    But, final say on controversial glass-making plant at Elton in Cheshire will now involve Secretary of State John Denham

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