Catch up time for British Isles
Austria, Germany and Belgium are recycling the largest proportion of municipal waste in Europe in 2010. But the UK and Ireland are chasing hard.
THOSE...
Local authorities are getting all mixed up
Faun Zoeller, one of Europe’s largest waste management systems manufacturers, is targeting the market with RCVs capable of picking up different types of waste...
A window on recycling bid
A track record of leadership in sustainable manufacturing has helped Eurocell secure a place in the finals of an awards scheme.
The company has been...
Viridor all set
CONSTRUCTION of a £200m energy from waste (EfW) facility in Scotland is expected to begin in 2013 after Viridor won permission to normalise waste...
Plastics target worries CIWM
THE Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) has welcomed new packaging recycling targets for 2013-2017 but acknowledges the possible impact of export markets conditions...
England sets a new record
FOR the first time since records began England is reusing more waste than it sends to landfill.
New figures from Defra reveal that not only...
Milton Keynes aims for zero
MILTON Keynes Council is to divert 50,000 tonnes of household waste from landfill and into recycling and energy recovery from 2013.
A new waste...
Making progress
GE Healthcare won praise for its green credentials recently when it became the first company to be presented with a new environmental award.
The...
Scotland ups cash to help councils achieve targets
AN extra £1.2m worth of funding has been earmarked to help councils in Scotland reach the 50% recycling target set for the end of...
No frontiers
Increasing amounts of waste are moving across EU borders for recovery or disposal.
SHIPMENTS are not just travelling between EU countries but outside those borders...
Ashfield Solutions launches new waste advisory service
A LEADING advisor in land, waste and water has launched a new service to ensure its clients understand their liabilities surrounding on-site waste.
Landowners...
Lafarge Waste signs up to Spillard Optronics 360
The Waste Business of Lafarge, a world leader in building materials, is to equip its mobile waste plant in the UK with Optronics 360...
Recession makes waste a great business to be in
Despite the gloom of the recession, it's refreshing to see glimmers of business success. Worcester based, nationally-operating company, Waste Efficiency Ltd, is determined that,...
Augean recruit
Edward Pigg has joined Augean PLC as a director to lead the development of its Waste Network division.
He moves from Biffa Waste Services where...
Road sweepings from the Midlands to be recycled
ROAD sweepings from the Midlands are to be recycled rather than sent to landfill following installation of a recycling plant at a SITA UK...
MBT plant progresses on the web
Construction progress on a waste treatment plant can be tracked on a new website.
The Northacre Resource Recovery Centre is the home of Wiltshire’s first...
Viridor’s last of seven
VIRIDOR has completed a £25m investment in West Sussex recycling.
The revamped East Grinstead site is the final project in a seven-year programme for a...
Straight up for recycling
STRAIGHT plc, the environmental products and services group, has won a new contract from May Gurney for a recycling and waste service for Cheshire...
Waste deal is on the right road
TARMAC, the UK’s biggest road surfacing and maintenance company, has struck a deal with Biffa to manage its waste and recycling services across the...
Raise a glass
AN engineering company claims it is revolutionising the commercial recycling of glass following a five-year contract win.
Tharsus has partnered with Scottish recycling business Ekko...
