News Index

Research into lightweight milk bottles - Dairy Crest and WRAP aim to produce handle-free milk bottles

London recycling advisors - London Remade and WRAP have made a team of recycling experts available to the city's SMEs

The Climate Change Bill - The Environment Services Agency supports amendments outlining household waste minimisation incentive schemes

£50 million financing for New Earth Solutions - Norddeutsche has given a large finance package for the development of waste treatment facilities across the UK

Promotion at Verdant - Roger Edwards has been named Managing Director for Verdant Group Plc

Plasterboard reprocessing - Plasterboard recycler Roy Hatfield Ltd will benefit from £65,000 of WRAP funding

More Than Recycling conference - The Community Recycling Network for Scotland is to host a conference exploring the benefits of recycling

Love Food Groups - The National Fedaration of Women's Institutes launches monthly discussion groups to reduce food waste

European Emission Trading Scheme - Policy revisions lead the European Aluminium Association to fear for the future of the aluminium industry

Joan Ruddock visits SOFA Project - Labour MP Joan Ruddock showed her support for programmes of furniture re-use on a recent visit to Bristol

Recycling steel cans - Steel recycler Corus has announced a rise in the amount it pays for steel cans

Illegal tipping costs millions - John Craxton Plant Hire Ltd has had to pay £1.27 million for running an illegal landfill site

Recycling boost in Birmingham - Birmingham City Council and Smurfit Kappa Recycling encourage residents to make recycling their 2008 resolution

WRAP communications roster - WRAP has revised its communications roster in an attempt to achieve a more integrated approach

Recycling targets - The European Environmental Bureau and Friends of the Earth Europe have released a report encouraging countries to set targets for municipal and business recycling

The Green Oscars - Beales Hotels took the top prize at The City of London Corporation's Sustainable City Awards

MRW Survey - Materials Recycling Week has published a new report detailing the attitudes of local authorities to recycling and waste management

Oxfordshire plans to incinerate - Oxfordshire County Council aims to award its municipal waste treatment contract to two companies that use incineration as a form of waste management

Bottled Water - Waste Watch is calling for the House of Commons to set an example by banning bottled water at Westminster

Peat-free compost - A sculpture of television's favourite gardeners is part of a campaign to promote the use of peat-free compost

Re-used items on eBay - The Furniture Re-use Network has teamed up with MissionFish to sell collected items on eBay

Ludgate Environmental Fund investment - Further investment in Dutch environmental trading and broking company, STX Services B.V.

Reprocessing used tyres - An initiative launched by WRAP should make it easier and cheaper for the tyre industry to reprocess used tyres

Rewards for football fans who recycle - 'Talent from Trash' has helped to boost recycling levels by targeting football fans

New appointments - Frank Mulgrew appointed as WRAP Director for Scotland and Bob Pitchford made Head of Sales and Marketing at Purex International

Lowest residual waste - The people of Wye and Brook throw out the least amount of residual waste in the country