Heavy duty access interlocks reduce injury
Industrial safety specialist Castell has launched heavy-duty access interlocks for use in industries such as waste and recycling, aggregates, steel and chemical processing. The...
Remanufacturing reloaded?
October funding announcements suggest new interest in researching the repair and restoration of end-of-life products
A series of remanufacturing announcements in October hinted at a...
Iterative design: From EIA to EfW
Richard Kevan of Wardell Armstrong reviews the role of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) with reference to planning for a new Energy-from-Waste (EfW) scheme...
New advanced plastics recycling facility in Kent
RECYCLING company Viridor welcomed The Mayor of Medway Councillor Barry Kemp to its new Plastics Recycling Facility (PRF) in Rochester on 7 November. The...
Taking the WEEE: Recycling IT
A panel discussion at the Resource & Waste Management show in September looked at progress and challenges with recycling materials recovered from electronic equipment
THERE...
Circularity gains business traction
Moving to a circular business model can boost the bottom line. There is now much discussion and debate as to the best way to...
Getting in a Pickle over waste and recycling
A combative Q&A session followed Eric Pickles presentation to the RWM show at the Birmingham NEC on 17 September.
The Secretary of State for...
SITA sites to become solar farms
NATIONAL recycling and waste management firm, SITA UK, and Somerset-based British Solar Renewables (BSR) have agreed a deal that could see a number of...
Demand for specialist waste expertise
DEALING primarily with industrial services and hazardous waste disposal, BKP Waste and Recycling offers a wide range of specialist services which include operating a...
Study quantifies leachate from historic landfills
A study conducted by the British Geographical Survey adds urgency to concerns about the potential for ammonium from historic landfill sites leaching into waterways....
Recycling: Better for the environment, better for business
Although the benefits of recycling have been recognised domestically and within larger industries for some time now, ideas about recycling and waste management within...
707 celebrates 5-year anniversary with record growth and expansion plan
Yorkshire-based national waste and recycling company, 707, is marking its fifth anniversary this summer with a head office expansion.
Founded in July 2009, 707 was...
Graduate opportunity with Huddersfield firm
The company who became in December 2013 the only company worldwide to mechanically process flat panel displays (FPD) are in search of a graduate...
Decontamination that stays upright
WHEN deploying tall equipment such as water filtration systems in unstructured, off-road environments, there is always the danger that it might fall over, or...
Recycling company creates opportunities
A recycling plant in Huddersfield has announced their win of a prestigious award- “Efficiency Initiative of the Year” among some of the industries largest...
Inside the UK’s first carton recycling facility
Fay Dashper, Senior Recycling Manager for the Alliance for Beverage Cartons & the Environment (ACE) UK, describes the processes used at a new UK...
Waste transfer site gets 1000th user
SIX weeks after the launch of edoc – a new online system for recording waste transfers - over 1000 businesses across the UK have...
GPS-enabled device assists landfill monitoring
ENVIRONMENTAL monitoring specialist Enitial has worked with Viridor to develop a new PDA-based device. The enidata device has modules for monitoring groundwater, surface water,...
Tougher targets for electrical waste
The 14 February 2014 deadline for EU Member States to transpose the new Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Recast Directive 2012/19/EU into national...
Monitoring nuclear waste legacy ponds
Following rigorous assessment, water quality monitoring sondes from Xylem Analytics are being deployed in what is arguably one of the most hostile environments imaginable:...
