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Wood News Archive

  1. Enfield approves plans for waste wood biomass plant

    Thu 02 Sep, 2010

    North London council gives Kedco go-ahead to develop 60,000 tonnes-a-year capacity gasification-based facility at Edmonton

  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. Welsh committee calls for landfill ban for wood

    Mon 16 Aug, 2010

    National Assembly for Wales' sustainability committee publishes report highlighting demand could outstrip supply from 2012

  4. DECC confirms grandfathering for EfW technologies

    Tue 27 Jul, 2010

    Decision provides certainty for investors in biomass, energy from waste, AD, gasification and pyrolysis, says government

  5. Peel Energy unveils plans for £70m biomass plant

    Fri 16 Jul, 2010

    Subsidiary of property firm proposes 200,000 tonnes-a-year capacity facility in Trafford using waste wood as key feedstock

  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. Waste wood pyrolysis plant approved in Wales

    Fri 09 Jul, 2010

    Welsh Assembly Government overturns council refusal for project at Barry Dock, South Glamorgan, set to process 72,000 of waste wood pa

  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. Rapid growth reported in waste wood sent to biomass

    Fri 02 Jul, 2010

    Wood Recyclers' Association publishes data for 2009 showing that almost quarter of recovered wood used for energy

  10. Wood recycling “at risk” from large-scale biomass

    Tue 29 Jun, 2010

    Wood panel manufacturers attack "distorting" renewable energy subsidy which it says has pushed up woodchip prices by 30%

  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. “Fundamental” waste review announced by Spelman

    Tue 15 Jun, 2010

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

  13. 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

  14. Plans lodged for waste wood biomass plant in Kent

    Mon 14 Jun, 2010

    Subsidiary of German energy firm Evonik submits plans for 160,000 tonnes-a-year capacity site at Ridham Docks

  15. Spelman endorses recycling and points to waste review

    Tue 08 Jun, 2010

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

  16. Wood recycler fined £20,000 after worker loses foot

    Tue 08 Jun, 2010

    Penrith-based AW Jenkinson's owner prosecuted in case brought by the HSE following incident at Clifton processing plant

  17. LARAC calls for higher steel and wood targets

    Wed 02 Jun, 2010

    Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee issues response to government packaging consultation

  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. Countrystyle scoops £15.8m London market deal

    Fri 07 May, 2010

    Organics recycling company secures seven-year contract for New Spitalfields Market from City of London Corporation

  20. 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

  21. Chancellor extends Landfill Tax escalator until 2014

    Wed 24 Mar, 2010

    Budget also puts 80 floor under tax after 2014/15 and unveils 2bn Green Investment Bank

  22. 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

  23. Consortium to turn waste into transport biofuel

    Tue 16 Mar, 2010

    Businesses join forces to develop commercially viable pyrolysis process to treat municipal and wood waste

  24. 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

  25. Industry-wide concerns over packaging proposals

    Tue 09 Mar, 2010

    Aluminium and wood sectors join plastics trade bodies in raising doubts over suitability of proposed targets

  26. Biowaste Directive plans look set to be dropped

    Mon 08 Mar, 2010

    European Commission hints that it will not pursue separate legislation for biowaste to dismay of international stakeholders

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. Defra proposes 78% wood packaging recycling target

    Fri 29 Jan, 2010

    Idea mooted ahead of imminent consultation on targets but department is urged to raise general recycling target instead

  30. 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

  31. Recession creates "challenging year" for AD

    Wed 20 Jan, 2010

    Trade bodies and sector experts claim funding is largest obstacle facing technology ahead of Defra-backed action plan

  32. Dorset organics firm frustrated by planning process

    Fri 15 Jan, 2010

    Eco Sustainable laments "intolerable delays" in bid to develop 7m biomass facility at Parley site

  33. News in Brief

    Wed 23 Dec, 2009

    With news on Welsh waste minimisation, moving biomass by train and a new qualification for waste management staff

  34. 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

  35. 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

  36. Wood waste–fuelled biomass plant planned in Kent

    Wed 18 Nov, 2009

    Proposed 25MW CHP facility would use 150,000 tonnes of regionally-sourced waste wood a year

  37. Mixture of feedstock for 80MW Peterborough biomass power station

    Mon 09 Nov, 2009

    Developers claim plant will recover or recycle all of its 650,000 tonnes-a-year feedstock of waste and energy crops

  38. Recycled wood grades defined for the first time

    Wed 04 Nov, 2009

    WRA clarifies what kinds of material are suitable for different end markets ahead of official standard development

  39. 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"

  40. Increased recycling in Lambeth after HWRC change

    Mon 26 Oct, 2009

    London council claims decision to bar residual waste at household waste and recycling centre has almost doubled recycling rate

  41. 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

  42. News in Brief

    Thu 15 Oct, 2009

    With news on fundraising by New Earth, appointments at Hadfield and mixed plastics collections in Telford & Wrekin

  43. Viridor beats WRG to Oxfordshire preferred bidder status

    Tue 08 Sep, 2009

    An incinerator is the only financially viable technology for residual waste, says county council

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