News: 2012

Hackney Council to change recycling service
By
Jenny Dye
| 28 December 2012 |
Hackney Council to expand food waste recycling service and switch to co-mingled collections in 2013.
Epping Forest removes can and plastic banks
By
Annie Reece
| 27 December 2012 |
Epping Forest District Council removes all plastic and metal can banks across the district following a fall in use.
Shanks chosen to recycle Heineken’s brown bottles
By
Annie Reece
| 26 December 2012 |
Waste management company Shanks Group plc chosen to recycle 15,000 tonnes of glass bottles for beer brewer Heineken.
West Sussex Council to recycle cooking oil
By
Annie Reece
| 25 December 2012 |
West Sussex County Council and waste contractor Viridor partner with Living Fuels to recycle used cooking oil into energy.
Biffa increases Small Grants Scheme to £10,000
By
Annie Reece
| 24 December 2012 |
UK community and environmental projects can access grants of up to £10,000 in updated Biffa Award’s Small Grants Scheme.
Veolia fined £10,000 for failing to meet targets
By
Nick Livermore
| 21 December 2012 |
Veolia has been fined nearly £10,000 for failing to meet recycling targets in Basingstoke and Hart.
Preferred bidder for Derry recycling plant chosen
By
Annie Reece
| 21 December 2012 |
Waste management consortium chosen as preferred bidder for £750M recycling plant in Northern Ireland.
Drax secures funding for biomass conversion
By
Nick Livermore
| 21 December 2012 |
Electricity generator Drax, secures £100m loan from GIB to convert three of its six boilers to accept biomass only.
Norfolk borough to get residual waste plant
By
Nick Livermore
| 20 December 2012 |
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council contract Material Works Ltd to build and run residual waste treatment plant.
Inferior recyclate from MRFs costs UK £51m a year
By
Nick Livermore
| 20 December 2012 |
’Poor and inconsistent’ recyclate from MRFs costs the UK £51 million a year, finds new Resource Association report.