Plastics
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News in brief
12 December 2012With news on a £200,000 Taylor contract; Chris White joining Closed Loop; EPC deal; Shanks Heineken contract; cooking oil scheme; and an olive supplier’s aims for zero waste
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News in brief
10 December 2012With news on a £6m investment for ECO Plastics; Selfridges’ recycled wood Christmas display; HotRot; Movember efforts; and, 'Shwopping' at work
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Biffa reveals refinancing plan
29 November 2012Biffa has revealed details of new shareholders and a refinancing proposal to move the business forward
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MPs agree higher packaging recycling targets
27 November 2012EXCLUSIVE: Higher targets for plastics, aluminium and steel packaging set to take effect from January after MPs vote in favour of new regulations
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Remelt targets pass through House of Lords
26 November 2012Targets for packaging recycling to 2017 plus glass remelt targets have passed through the House of Lords despite concerns from the plastics sector
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Equipment Round-Up
23 November 2012With news on: Eco loaders; pumps for Welsh AD plant; Taylor’s courtesy bin service; shredding protection equipment; and, bioaerosol samplers
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Veolia extends bottles deal with Closed Loop
14 November 2012Waste management firm to supply bottle recycler with 20,000 tonnes of plastic bottles per annum under five year agreement
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BIR slams ‘anti-export’ recyling policies
2 November 2012Chairman of BIR plastics committee says anti-export policies could put the progress towards EU recycling targets at risk
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Veolia ES opens its first plastics sorting facility
1 November 2012Company unveils Essex facility which can sort up to nine different polymers from local authority mixed plastics collections
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Plastic bottle collection rate reaches 52%
25 October 2012Latest figures unveiled by Recoup show increases in the amount of bottles and rigid plastics collected for recycling
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