Public consultations on recycling have been started in the city of Hull and its county East Yorkshire while efforts are stepped up in an attempt to cut how much waste is sent to landfill. Councils of East Riding of Yorkshire and Hull City are looking at methods waste can be managed with in a joint venture. The two authorities wish to have householders and businesses recycling up to 65 per cent of all their waste by the year 2020. Last year, in 2011, 128,000 tonnes of household waste was recycled - representing an increase of 58 per cent when measured against the ... Full Story

A new process aimed at recycling road sweepings will hopefully save seven councils money. According to Warwickshire County Council, around £400,000 per year will be saved over seven years while the the area's recycling rate is boosted by three per cent at least. The scheme covers Coventry and Warwickshire, Solihull, Staffordshire, Herefordshire, Leicestershire, and Worcestershire. Run by SITA UK from Wolverhampton, a new processing facility will handle a whopping 30,500 tonnes a year that will come directly from seven authorities, namely Warwickshire County Council,  Staffordshire County Council,  Worcestershire County Council, Coventry City Council, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, Leicestershire County Council and Herefordshire ... Full Story

Extra collections were made from recycling banks in Guernsey over the Christmas period, as previously announced by the Public Services Department. Deputy Minister Scott Ogier told of how extra facilities were to be in place in an attempt to help cope with increases in recycling. At the time, he said that Christmas excesses always generate huge amounts of waste and that islanders would continue their good work by recycling as much as possible. Guernsey's Recycling Officer, Ms Tina Norman-Ross, commented that many sites might still fill up quickly, as they did, particularly on Boxing Day - traditionally the peak time. Norman-Ross said ... Full Story

The waste treatment facility set to be built close to Millerhill’s old rail marshalling yards in Edinburgh has been given the green light by councillors. The joint venture between councils in Edinburgh and Midlothian is to operate 24 hours per day, seven days a week, while recycling municipal waste. For now,  a detailed planning application won’t be submitted until the mentioned councils have found a contractor to build it. The first facility, currently out to tender, is to deal with food waste. According to insiders, it is highly likely that the successful bidder will put forward a planning application next summer, in ... Full Story

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Plans to sort and then recycle commercial waste before transferring it from businesses across central and western Cornwall have been put on display. Cory Environmental has made an application for permission to construct what it is calling a bio park at an ex-mining site located at Scorrier.  The company said that the idea behind its proposal is to handle 115,000 tonnes of commercial waste per year. Just a week ago, Cory was awarded the refuse collection contract for the whole of Cornwall. The company has submitted planning applications to Cornwall Council so that it can recycle and set up a residual waste ... Full Story

Bexley looks set to maintain its standing as London’s top borough for recycling for the seventh year on the trot after recycling, composting and then reusing over 50% of its  total waste in the 2010/11 year, according to obtained data. Despite this dominance, it looks highly likely that Bromley will overtake Bexley and claim next year’s top spot, following food waste collections being introduced in September 2010. The figures were exclusively obtained from the Coalition’s WasteDataFlow database and other selected sources prior to official nationwide figures being published tomorrow. They come after a survey that was published in August of which boroughs ... Full Story

A company that wishes to both repair and recycle ships located at Swansea dry docks stands likely toseal a permit, according to the Environment Agency Wales. SDL, or Swansea Drydocks Limited, which will invest £4m at the site, has said that it hopes ships are going to start arriving soon. Already, concerns have been raised about the types of materials that will be recycled ... Full Story

A new initiative is set to offer discounts and vouchers for London commuters who cyclw and walk to work. A creation of Transport for London, the scheme will reward walkers and cyclists discounts for the cinema and London shops in partnership with RecycleBank. It has been designed to push more people into making greener journeys. The US-based Recyclebank, primarily running voucher schemes that aim to encourage people into recycling household waste, revealed that it is making its first step into the world of green transport after the   announcement of a new partnership with TfL. The scheme will involve a smartphone application that will allow ... Full Story

Flytipping has increased across five of the eight districts and borough council areas in Devon over the past year. East Devon, North Devon, Mid Devon and South Hams, and West Devon borough councils say that they have dealt with even more incidents than usual. East Devon has seen the biggest rises, from 227 incidents last year to 315 in 2011. Its county council added charges for the disposal of certain items in April, with one incident seeing a 20ft long mobile home being dumped in the lay-by of one of the area’s roads. Devon County Council says that the charge cannot be ... Full Story

A Staffordshire church is aiming to raise a whopping £150,000 so that its bells, at least 300 years old, can be refurbished. Both St Michael’s and St Wulfad's plan to melt down their bells and then transform them into new ones. Mr Phil Gay, of NSACR, the North Staffordshire Association of Change Ringers, said that it is the only way churches can replace them with metal prices currently so high. As they can’t be tuned accurately any longer, the bells will need to be recast. The rector of Stone, Reverend Ian Cardinal, told how the bells’ time is coming to a close, ... Full Story

The Public Services Department of Guernsey has announced that all its glass will be recycled on sites around the UK island from now on. As a result, islanders will no longer have to make sure that coloured and clear glass are separated when recycling at any of the island's bring banks. Prior to 2006, all material collected locally ended up being exported for recycling into glass products. For the last five years though, coloured glass has been continually crushed on site at Fontaine Vinery then recycled locally. Among other things, it has been reused for aggregate replacements in building projects. Mr Scott ... Full Story