Tackling flytipping black spots – FlyMapper system launched in Glasgow
Local authorities are using a sophisticated new system to find and tackle flytipping black spots in communities across Scotland. The approach was announced on...
Ovivo sells UK municipal business to in-house team
WATER treatment specialist Ovivo has sold its UK municipal business for an undisclosed sum to part of the existing senior management team led by...
Red tape restricts road waste reuse
A major development of recent years has been the arrival of new treatment systems for dealing with waste from road sweepings, municipal wastewater and...
SITA fined for landfill permit breach
A £110k fine was handed to recycling and resource management firm SITA UK on 13 January after it breached the conditions of its environmental...
Rethinking the care of legacy landfills
With the advent of more efficient waste processing methods and increasing landfill taxes, the days of landfilling may finally be numbered. The post-closure aftercare...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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:...
Bringing jetting and suction to the city
THE CityWhale is a new range of vehicles offering both jetting and suction capabilities in a package adapted for urban operation.
Designed and manufactured...
Telehandler lifts up to 6 tonnes
JCB has unveiled its latest telescopic handler for the waste management industry, the 560-80 Wastemaster.
The high capacity vehicle is a heavy duty machine engineered...
