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

A Shropshire council has begun checking just how much waste residents of select areas are recycling in an attempt to save money on landfill taxes. Officers from Telford and Wrekin will go out side by side with collection crews and are going to note which recycling containers will be put out while estimating how full each one currently is. In a statement, the council said that the exercise isn’t an excuse to snoop and that grey rubbish bins won’t be checked. The review will start in Woodside and a certain part of Madeley. The aim is to look at the ways that ... 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

A rugby league club in West Yorkshire will recycle two stands from a disused and derelict football ground at least 75 miles away from its base. Featherstone Rovers RLFC is going to move the stands from Scarborough’s  McCain Stadium, four years after a football match was last seen at the ground. The rugby league outfit will complete demolition of the remaining parts of stadium, as part of an exclusive deal. Simon Riley, Featherstone’s chief executive, said that it is as though the stands the rugby team will take have been specially designed to fit its own stadium. Last Thursday, the planning committee ... Full Story

Fortnightly collections of black bags will begin in Cardiff this week for several thousands of households, as part of major shake-up in waste management. Wales' capital city will bring in weekly green bags and food waste recycling, in addition to changes to days that waste is collected for most people. Sources at Cardiff Council said that its city's approach to recycling is about to change forever. At present, around two thirds of Cardiff's city residents recycle waste. Moves to fortnightly black bags and bin collections are aimed at encouraging even more residents into recycling. An average Cardiff home produces 141kg of waste ... Full Story

Three north Wales councils have joined forces as they attempt to recycle 20,000 tonnes of waste from food per year on a Denbighshire site. Denbighshire council purchased a former abattoir located in Waen, St Asaph, two years ago, which it earmarked as being a potential site for the project. Planning permission has still yet to be secured for the project that aims to generate electricity as a key part of the vital composting process. The site might start processing waste from Flintshire, Conwy, and Denbighshire households by 2013. The consortium, which is led by Denbighshire council, announced that it has specially selected ... Full Story

Surrey County Council claims to have received a sailing boat, an oxygen tank, and also a coffin from residents of its boroughs that have dropped off their items at various recycling points. The organisation said that an eight-foot polystyrene snowman, as well as a caravan and an amount of postage stamps capable of filling two vans have also been left at recycling centres. Thankfully, a tortoise that was tipped into a waste bin was spotted before being crushed. Surrey council says residents' efforts have helped them to reach a pre-set target of recycling of least 50 per cent of household waste as early ... Full Story