Councils
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Commission calls for move up waste hierarchy
16 May 2012Official tells FEAD event that European Commission will use both carrots and sticks to ensure member states comply with waste legislation
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Unilever supports tea bag recycling in Essex
15 May 2012Consumer goods giant teams up with Brentwood and Chelmsford councils and WRAP to encourage residents to recycle tea bags
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Princess Anne praises recycling and energy link
11 May 2012Cory Environmental’s RRR energy from waste plant at Belvedere has been officially opened by HRH Princess Anne
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WRAP issues guidance for rigid plastics collections
11 May 2012Guide offers advice for local authorities looking to add non-bottle rigid plastic packaging to recycling collections
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Breckland set to levy bin charge for new homes
9 May 2012Norfolk-based council plans to charge for provision of wheeled bins to new properties in the area and hopes to recover costs from developers
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Compost Awareness Week 2012 underway
8 May 2012Councils and businesses across the country to hold events to promote home composting under the theme ‘Give Back to the Earth’
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News in Brief
4 May 2012With news on: Olympic Park bins; a Covanta poll; SITA’s Northumberland contract; Cardiff recycling claims; and, Bywaters criticism of LWaRB
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Guidance on applying for £250m fund published
3 May 2012Department for Communities and Local Government responds to questions raised by local authorities which submitted expressions of interest
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Over half of firms fail to try for iESE framework
3 May 2012Less than half of the firms invited to tender for the iESE framework contract for waste management work and related activities completed the process
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England’s household waste recycling rate edges up
3 May 2012Quarterly figures show that 45% of waste recycled in second quarter of 2011/12, up two percentage points compared to same period last year
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