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20 May 2013
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Palm Recycling contract, Green Deal statistics, Susteco composter, Recolight rare earth redistribution, Wrexham MBT.

 
Food digesters to save Cumbria £43,000
Cumbria County Council to offer residents ‘heavily discounted’ food digesters to reduce food waste and save £43,000.

 
Leeds to switch to AWC to boost recycling
Leeds City Council to switch from weekly to alternate weekly waste and recycling collections, in a bid to increase recycling.

 
North London recycling rate must “almost double”
North London Waste Authority says local recycling rates will need to “almost double” to reach 50 per cent target by 2020.

 
Monmouthshire makes U-turn on clear bin bag plans
Monmouthshire County Council tweaks clear bin bag scheme following opposition from hundreds of local residents.

 
News in brief
Defra website move, Viridor lands Brent Council contract, SMEs ‘landfill’ £463 million, BHS Europe headquarters, and more.

 
Construction on Shropshire EfW facility begins
Construction has begun on Veolia’s 90,000 tonne energy-from-waste incineration facility in Battlefield, Shropshire.

 
OWP publishes recycling destinations list
Oxfordshire Waste Partnership pubishes destinations list for collected recyclables to provide ‘greater transparency’.

 
Fire at AmeyCespa’s Waterbeach site
A fire has broken out at AmeyCespa’s MBT site in Waterbeach, which was being repaired after breaking down in 2012.

 
Biffa waste contract ‘kills off’ WyeCycle
Biffa has said that it expects to increase recycling rates in Mid Kent as local recycler WyeCycle goes out of business.

 
No appeal in co-mingling Judicial Review
Claimants in the Judicial Review into co-mingled collections say they will not appeal the judge’s verdict.

 
Wales publishes recyclables destinations report
A new report showing the primary destinations of household recycling has been published by the Welsh Government.

 
Suffolk councils launch recycling campaign
Suffolk Waste Partnership launches new campaign to help residents identify which plastics can be recycled and where.

 
Monmouth to limit black bags to promote recycling
Monmouthshire County Council to halve black rubbish bag collections from July In an effort to promote recycling.

 
 
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