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  1. Severnside works with Envar to tackle paper sludge

    Thu 02 Sep, 2010

    Recycling firm and organics specialist to develop alternative outlets for 26,000 tonnes-a-year of waste produced in paper-making

  2. 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

  3. News in Brief

    Wed 04 Aug, 2010

    With news on a six-figure fine from SEPA, plans for a Welsh carrier bag charge and a change at the top for environCom

  4. Rollout of reduced size Yellow Pages gets underway

    Tue 03 Aug, 2010

    London and Isle of Wight become first to receive smaller directories in bid to drive down waste

  5. News in Brief

    Fri 16 Jul, 2010

    With news on an EA consultation on a gasification facility, Veolia rolling out a food waste service and an AWC rollout

  6. William Tracey chosen for £21m Renfrewshire work

    Wed 14 Jul, 2010

    Glasgow-based firm selected for contract with Scottish local authority which covers waste and recycling treatment

  7. Veolia linked to Rivenhall waste project

    Mon 12 Jul, 2010

    Company forms partnership with aggregates firm behind plans for giant Essex waste facility as it bids for 2bn PFI deal

  8. 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

  9. EA signals tougher line over bioaerosols

    Thu 01 Jul, 2010

    Some composting facilities handling more than 500 tonnes at any one time face tighter permit regulations

  10. Two East Sussex councils unite for paper contract

    Mon 28 Jun, 2010

    Lewes and Wealden join forces to sign 9,000 tonnes-a-year deal with recovered paper reprocessor Aylesford Newsprint

  11. Audit Commission links incineration to low recycling

    Fri 25 Jun, 2010

    Commission signals concerns over incineration slowing recycling and gives some support for AWC

  12. Viridor adds to paper volumes in Reconomy deal

    Thu 24 Jun, 2010

    Viridor has paid 23m for the physical assets side of the Reconomy business in a debt-free deal

  13. 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

  14. “Fundamental” waste review announced by Spelman

    Tue 15 Jun, 2010

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

  15. 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

  16. M&S drives down waste to landfill by 33% in a year

    Thu 10 Jun, 2010

    Retailer publishes report charting progress in year three of Plan A' initiative, including work to reduce packaging

  17. China forecast to reduce recovered paper imports

    Thu 10 Jun, 2010

    BIR highlights drop off for recovered paper going to Far East in 2009 and foresees further drop in 2010

  18. “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

  19. 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

  20. UPM Shotton MRF on track to open in 2011

    Tue 01 Jun, 2010

    Deputy First Minister for Wales visits 17m development at paper mill where steel structure has been erected

  21. 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

  22. News in Brief

    Fri 21 May, 2010

    With news on recycling in Reading, technology for a Scottish AD plant and Carpet Recycling UK's second annual conference

  23. Swansea extends paper deal with Aylesford

    Fri 21 May, 2010

    Welsh council hands Kent-based paper recycling firm five-year deal to process around 8,000 tonnes of paper a year

  24. Severnside announces Recycling Award winners

    Wed 19 May, 2010

    Independent book manufacturing firm MPG Books among those honoured at 2010 ceremony in Cardiff

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. “Serious questions” over recovered paper quality

    Fri 14 May, 2010

    Sector trade body CPI reveals recycling rate rose in 2009 despite recession, but raises concerns over commingling

  28. Finalists announced for Severnside Recycling Awards

    Tue 04 May, 2010

    Seventh annual event to be held at Cardiff City Stadium on May 13 2010

  29. CPI appoints new recovered paper president

    Wed 28 Apr, 2010

    Ensuring end-of-life criteria introduced "effectively" tops list of priorities for Steve Smith of SCA Recycling

  30. Stora Enso secures Rotherham tonnage

    Fri 23 Apr, 2010

    Council signs deal with Newport Paper which will see newspapers and other paper sent to Stora Enso mill

  31. News in Brief

    Thu 22 Apr, 2010

    With news on tributes to a Verdant employee, schools recycling in Mid Devon and an 8,000 fine for EMR

  32. European demand grows for recovered material

    Thu 15 Apr, 2010

    In this special opinion piece, Paul Dumpleton of Shanks looks at the latest market developments for recovered materials

  33. 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

  34. News in Brief

    Thu 08 Apr, 2010

    With news on Veolia's contract in Camden, joint-working between councils to collect batteries and gasification in Bradford

  35. PM visits Aylesford as election campaign kicks off

    Wed 07 Apr, 2010

    Gordon Brown shown around newsprint mill in Kent yesterday, just hours after calling General Election

  36. Sharp rise in container prices hits UK exporters

    Tue 06 Apr, 2010

    Plastic reprocessors claim sudden jump in costs caused by shipping lines seeking to recoup "significant" losses

  37. 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

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. Aylesford appoints new head of recycling

    Wed 17 Mar, 2010

    Kent-based firm announces replacement for Chris White and celebrates 60,000th tonne of material collected at the kerbside

  41. 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

  42. WRAP claims benefits of EfW in updated life cycle research

    Tue 16 Mar, 2010

    Recycling is still most environmentally beneficial option but energy recovery sometimes comparable, says report

  43. Paper processors query "tough" packaging target

    Thu 11 Mar, 2010

    The Recycling Association questions whether Defra's proposed 90% recycling goal for 2020 is obtainable

  44. 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

  45. Tensions mount in phone directory waste dispute

    Fri 05 Mar, 2010

    LGA and online servers attack "needless" phonebook distribution but producers defend product sustainability

  46. 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

  47. China gives mixed review to UK material quality

    Tue 23 Feb, 2010

    WRAP publishes studies looking at recovered paper and plastics exports to China and recovered paper trade with Indonesia and India

  48. Quality and market risks top WRAP summit agenda

    Fri 19 Feb, 2010

    WRAP report gives strong support for source-segregation ahead of meeting behind closed doors next week

  49. Administrators warn Abitibi's creditors may not be paid

    Thu 18 Feb, 2010

    Councils and subcontractors could lose out in wake of Bridgewater Mill entering administration

  50. News in Brief

    Tue 16 Feb, 2010

    With news on WREN's landfill fund, Severnside's revamped website and a recycling mascot in Wales

  51. 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

  52. 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

  53. 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

  54. SAICA presses ahead with Manchester cardboard mill

    Wed 13 Jan, 2010

    Spanish company SAICA says it wants to use cardboard currently exported as feedstock for a new UK mill

  55. UPM Shotton to build its own MRF at paper mill

    Mon 04 Jan, 2010

    UPM is to sort commingled material to get paper for its newsprint mill in North Wales

  56. Newspaper collections tumble in 2009

    Wed 23 Dec, 2009

    While Palm Paper helped to ensure steady demand, collection of newspapers is down by 500,000 tonnes

  57. Concerns raised over WasteDataFlow figures

    Mon 21 Dec, 2009

    Defra defends scrutiny measures of database following questions over robustness of system

  58. News in Brief

    Thu 17 Dec, 2009

    With news on Exeter's EfW plans, a recycled clothes show and a sponsored cycle ride down the Nile

  59. Returned Brazil bales are landfilled in Suffolk

    Fri 04 Dec, 2009

    Environment Agency argues that bales were too contaminated for material to be recycled

  60. News in Brief

    Thu 26 Nov, 2009

    With news on a MRF contract for Harrow, a Yellow Pages competition and furniture re-use on TV

  61. 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

  62. News in Brief

    Tue 10 Nov, 2009

    With news of a departure from the FRN, an attempt to cut wheeled bin crime, and Newport Paper's MRF plans

  63. News in Brief

    Thu 29 Oct, 2009

    With news on a marketing push by a Norfolk firm, a new president for CIWM and WEEE reprocessing in Northumberland

  64. 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"

  65. News in Brief

    Tue 27 Oct, 2009

    With news on BiogenGreenfinch's latest AD project, a recycling centre in Thurrock and mixed plastic in Selby

  66. 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

  67. Defra to consult on new packaging recycling targets

    Fri 23 Oct, 2009

    Minister says that more work to be done, but retailers claim food waste is a bigger problem

  68. One of Europe’s largest MRFs opens in Kidderminster

    Fri 23 Oct, 2009

    Skip hire firm Lawrence holds official ceremony for plant intended to sort up to 500,000 tonnes of waste a year

  69. Wales urged to follow Irish lead on carrier-bag charges

    Fri 16 Oct, 2009

    Study by consultancy AEA Technology reveals "good evidence" for Welsh single-use shopping bag charge

  70. 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

  71. Somerset recycling drop blamed on behaviour "slip"

    Mon 21 Sep, 2009

    Waste Partnership also cites recession and adverse national press coverage as factors behind 1.2% fall in quarterly rate

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