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Consultation On Europes Future Waste And Recycling Targets Launched
The European Commission has launched a consultation on the future of Europes waste and recycling tar...
Wed, 05 Jun 2013
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Freeze Landfill Tax And Reinvest Money Into Waste Sector, Says LGA
The nation's waste is a gold mine that could earn local authorities an extra 1bn by 2020, according ...
Wed, 05 Jun 2013
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Food Waste Service Launched For Birmingham Businesses
A new food waste recycling service launched in Birmingham is giving businesses the ability to cut th...
Tue, 04 Jun 2013
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Imprisoned Waste Criminal Ordered To Spend Further Three Years Behind Bars
An unrepentant waste crime boss has been sentenced to a further three years in prison, after failing...
Tue, 04 Jun 2013
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More Choice And Smaller Portions Key To Cutting Food Waste, Research Shows
More than half of diners say more choice and smaller portions could cut food waste, new WRAP researc...
Tue, 04 Jun 2013
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Plans Submitted For Revolutionary Eco-Village In Leicestershire
A planning application has been submitted to Melton Borough Council in Leicestershire for a 49-home ...
Tue, 04 Jun 2013
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UK Waste Treatment Overcapacity Could Become A Reality By 2014
A report released by consultancy Eunomia today (3 June) has predicted that residual waste treatment ...
Tue, 04 Jun 2013
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Asda To Cut Food Waste By Giving Surplus Stock To Charity
Asda has today (3 June) revealed a partnership agreement with charity Fareshare that will see leftov...
Mon, 03 Jun 2013
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Scottish Council Waste Reg Target On Track But Businesses Still Long Way Off
A survey conducted by recycling advice organisation Every Can Counts has found that 72 percent of Sc...
Mon, 03 Jun 2013
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Biffa Reopens Mixed Plastics Recycling Plant At Wilton
Biffa has reopened its mixed plastics recycling plant in Wilton following a 500,000 investment
Fri, 31 May 2013
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Continuum Reaches The Half A Billion Bottle Landmark On Its First Anniversary
Continuum Recycling, the recycled-PET joint venture between Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) and ECO Plas...
Fri, 31 May 2013
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Energy Minister Confirmed As Headline Speaker At The Energy Event
Ed Davey MP, the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change has been confirmed as the headline...
Fri, 31 May 2013
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Liverpool Mayor Slams MRWA Decision To Award 1bn GBP Contract To SITA
The Mayor of Liverpool has slammed the decision to award a 1bn contract to a North East company, off...
Fri, 31 May 2013
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Brief News: Straight Four Year YPO Contract; G Clouds Silver Lining for Aylesbury Vale; Cory's Vacuum Solution
Brief News: Straight Four Year YPO Contract; G Clouds Silver Lining for Aylesbury Vale; Cory's Vacuu...
Thu, 30 May 2013
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Chewing Gum Action Group Launches New Campaign
The Chewing Gum Action Group (CGAG) has launched a new campaign to focus on getting chewing gum litt...
Thu, 30 May 2013
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Fly-Tippers Could Force Recycling Centre Closures In Vale Of White Horse
Businesses dumping waste at recycling centres in Oxfordshire, rather than paying for disposal, could...
Thu, 30 May 2013
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NHS Supply Chain Helps Reduce Suppliers Packaging By 63 Percent
NHS Supply Chain, the organisation that supplies healthcare products and supply chain services for t...
Thu, 30 May 2013
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Plans Submitted For Eco Village That Runs On Waste
An outline application for an eco-village that runs on waste has been submitted to Melton Borough Co...
Thu, 30 May 2013
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Production Commences At SITAs Birmingham SRF Plant
Commercial waste from across Birmingham is being turned into a replacement fossil fuel following the...
Wed, 29 May 2013
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Shanks Exits Non-Core Wood Trading Activates
Shanks Group plc has announced that it has sold its Foronex wood trading business in Belgium and wil...
Wed, 29 May 2013
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UK Rejects EU Renewable Energy Target As Inflexible And Unnecessary
Plans to upgrade the EU's renewable energy target have been rejected by the secretary of state for e...
Wed, 29 May 2013
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Welsh Waste Sent To New Earth Solutions Avonmouth Facility
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council and Torfaen County Borough Council have jointly appointed New E...
Wed, 29 May 2013
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Benefits Of Recycling Construction And Demolition Waste Could Be Huge
A study has revealed the potentially huge environmental benefits that could be obtained by the effec...
Tue, 28 May 2013
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Co-Op Stores To Divert All Food Waste From Landfill
The Co-operative Group is rolling out an innovative recycling scheme that will divert all food store...
Tue, 28 May 2013
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EA Officers Raid Recycling Firm Suspected Of Breaking Land-Spreading Rules
Environmental Agency officers launched a raid against a recycling firm suspected of breaking rules a...
Tue, 28 May 2013
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Knee Surgery Waste Amounts To Almost Half A Million Kilograms Per Year
Research from a report published in the Canadian Journal of Surgery has estimated that a routine ope...
Tue, 28 May 2013
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Landfills Community Fund Supports Environmental Projects From Landfill Tax
Grants handed out from the Landfill Community Fund has seen a variety of environmental projects come...
Tue, 28 May 2013
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Biffa Set To Close Trafford Park MRF
Biffa has taken the decision to close its operations at Biffas Trafford Park MRF recycling plant, wi...
Fri, 24 May 2013
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Can Recyclers 1.7m GBP Plant Upgrade Increases Processes 250 Percent
Novelis has announced the completion of a 1.7m upgrade programme at its aluminium can recycling plan...
Fri, 24 May 2013
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Childs Toy At Recycling Centre Sparks Bomb Fears
Police have confirmed that a bomb alert at a recycling facility in Inverness yesterday (23 May) was ...
Fri, 24 May 2013
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