NORTH YORKS WASTE PROJECT GETS PFI BACKINGA North Yorkshire partnership has been awarded 65 million pounds in PFI credits to improve waste management in the area, a move that could see three-quarters of council-collected rubbish no longer going to landfill sites.Defra has awarded the money to a project led by North Yorkshire County Council in partnership with York City Council. 

Ten young people from Manchester have won places on a new modern apprenticeship scheme that will see them working on a major regeneration project in the east of the city. The 10, aged from 16 to 21, will join a scheme set up by the Renaissance Consortium with the support of New East Manchester, Skills Solutions and MANCAT.Initially they have been given two-year contracts with the housebuilders, Lovell or Adactus Housing Association. 

A North Yorkshire partnership has been awarded 65 million pounds in PFI credits to improve waste management in the area, a move that could see three-quarters of council-collected rubbish no longer going to landfill sites.
Defra has awarded the money to a project led by North Yorkshire County Council in partnership with York City Council. The money will be used to develop a mechanical and biological treatment plant and a second project that will generate energy from waste.