Volume 1, Issue 10, 15th March 2006
31 Alloa Business Centre
Whins Road
Alloa FK10 3SA
22nd March 2006, Perth
Proven Technologies from Europe
CIWM Event
24th April 2006, Edinburgh
The Future for Charities in Scotland
OSCR Event
7th -13th May 2006, UK Wide
Various
24 May 2006. Glasgow
LARAC / MRW Event
31st May 2006
Letrecycle.com Live
Letrecycle.com Event
5th June 2006
"Big Recycle" Launch
WRAP Campaign
The Waste & Resources Action Programme(WRAP) has published "Recycled Roads", a step-by-step guide to increasing the use of recycled content and improving materials resource efficiency in highways maintenance and construction. The guide has been widely endorsed by representative bodies working in the sector.
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The DTI appear to be about to issue discussion papers to shed light on several key, unresolved areas within the new producer responsibility regulations for waste electronics. The papers are expected to be issued in the next few weeks, to help improve the chances of success of a full consultation expected in April or May.
WEEE: Germany brings WEEE producer responsibility into force
German householders will be able to take back waste electronic and electronic equipment to local collection points free of charge from March 24. The German government has said it is now ready for producer responsibility to start this month, bringing into force the terms of Europe's WEEE Directive.
Marginally weaker export prices for used cardboard (Old KLS) and continuing price pressure on office grade material are the two main features of the current recovered paper market.
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A research project looking into the collection, recovery and recycling of electronic waste in Hampshire has suggested regular kerbside collections of WEEE is a possibility.
The Health and Safety Executive has issued a safety alert to the waste industry after nine deaths were reported in eight weeks in late 2005 and early 2006.
This Market report for the week ending March 10th 2006 is brought to you courtesy of The Environment Exchange
Paper traded from £8.50 down to £8.25 in good volume, down 25p from last week's close.
Plastic traded at £27.50 in good volume, down £1.00 from last week's close.
Wood traded at £9.50 in modest volume, unchanged from last week's close.
Steel traded at £100.00 in modest volume, down £10.00 from last week's close.
Aluminium traded at £150.00 in modest volume, unchanged from last week's close.
Glass traded at £26.00 in light volume, up £1.00 from last week's close.
A group of local and regional authorities has called for specific European funding for cities and regions to support Europe's forthcoming Thematic Strategy on the Prevention and Recycling of Waste
Enviros Consulting have been commissioned by WRAP to produce draft guidance for the use of compost, derived from source-segregated organic municipal wastes, in agriculture and field horticulture.
A new business taskforce has been brought together to identify ways in which companies can move to more sustainable consumption and production practices.
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